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Hi, all! Here are the books I've read since March (in the order I read left to right, top to bottom). Some I read due to others having mentioned on this thread--thank you! 🙂
Here are the books I read this month.
This one had so much potential, but was very disappointing in not fulfilling that potential. The characters, main or minor, were not well developed or described in enough detail and none were particularly likeable; the scene was described but not well enough to visualize; and even the murder was rather vague. Not recommended unless you are looking for a mindless, fairly quick read.
Not only did this book have potential, it was fulfilled! I was hooked beginning with page 1 and that was reading it on my cell phone. 😄 Although I figured out "who dunnit," there was much more to it than that (you might need a score card or spreadsheet). The story is humorous and serious (a dramady?), but not blood and gore gross. Definitely recommend. A fast read.
Recommended by a work colleague. Shows we've (globally speaking) been through and survived tyrannical leaders before. Also shows we should have seen this coming and never let our current leader in office and we have the power and ability to keep him from destroying democracy. Very quick read.
My books used to sit on a small two tier shelf but the cats have made that unstable. So I moved my palettes I've used into boxes under the bed for later planning. These are my to read books, not exactly in order since I don't have all the books in the series I have up there. I have hundreds on my to read wishlists on Goodreads and Amazon so I better start reading more.
I read The Science of Beauty by Dr. Michelle Wong (The Lab Muffin on YouTube). Well organized and easy to read. Not as in depth as I would have liked, but that's OK. Useful and informative graphics to explain concepts. Much of the info presented I already knew, but there was new to me info that answered my own questions.
Definitely worth reading if you'd like to confirm what you already know and/or possibly add to your knowledge. However, if you're looking for in-depth explanations, like Dr. Wong shares on her YT site, you may be disappointed.
The Exchange by John Grisham
This was okay. I am fairly certain that going through it as an audiobook kept me sticking with it. If you’re looking for a book that keeps up with the plot, the pacing and the excitement of The Firm, then this will be a pass for you. If you’ve got time to kill (pun not intended) and are fine with just going with the flow of the story, sometimes having to suspend disbelief, then this might be one worth listening to while on vacation or passing time while traveling to your destination spot, or doing chores or cleaning up around the house.
While there were interesting moments, the book as a whole wasn't nearly as engaging as its predecessor. In fact, I could sense that I was more engaged with the audiobook than I would have been with a physical book, in large part because I could multitask while listening to the story. (@blackkitty2014, no idea how you got through the book in just a few sittings).
The first half of the book is better than the last half, which is unfortunate because there was potential in the storyline for the second half to be as riveting and suspenseful as one might expect from a John Grisham novel and from a book holding itself out as the follow up to The Firm.
3.25 stars. I’m using the ratings I gave to books I read last year as a reference guide for rating this year’s reads.
Noteworthy Quotes:
Spoiler
“Luca and his team worked hard and enjoyed the prestige and money, but they were Italians and refused to succumb to the workaholism expected by the Americans.”
“Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important.”
“Winning was always fun, but winning with class was far more important.”
