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This whole past section has just been like “awww the poor wittle rich ppl in their drafty palaces” lol
Review: Some Kind of Animal by Maria Romasco-Moore
Jo has a secret. Her secret is a twin who lives in the woods. For 15 years no one knew about Lee, until the day she attacks a boy from town. Now the sisters are on the run. How far will they go to protect each other?
It’s hard to know where to start with this review, so I’m just going to jump around a bit, don’t expect a single cohesive thought here.
Some Kind of Animal is primarily a book about running. Running for pleasure and running to stay alive. Running towards a new life and running from the past.
The plot almost seems to be rambling a bit as the book goes on, but I actually found that to be a benefit to the book. Our main character’s life is officially out of control and the writing really makes you feel that. Jo has no idea what’s coming next for her and neither do we.
The story ends on a hopeful note, which can almost make you forget that so much is left unresolved. What will become of the character’s Romasco-Moore has just spent so much time making us care about? Well, I guess that’s up to the reader, because the book certainly isn’t telling!
This is a very strange read, but also a pretty enjoyable read.
First Lines Fridays: August 7, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
My father took one hundred and thirty two minutes to die.
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July 2020 Reading Wrap-Up
Come When I Call You by Shayna Krishnasamy
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: Yes
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: June 28 – July 4
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Hard to put down.
Least Favorite Thing: Gave me anxiety.
I received an eARC of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
It’s hard to explain how I feel about this book. I don’t know that I’d read it again, but also I can’t stop thinking about it.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: July 8 – 14
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Short.
Least Favorite Thing: See image below…
This was a horrible book. I literally hated every single character and moment in this book.
It took me 3 days just to get to chapter 2 because the narrator is so insufferable…
Also I made this dumb meme because this line made me so irrationally angry, and it doubles as my least favorite thing so here it is:
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Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: July 16 – 22
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: I just love the way Griet lays out her story…
Least Favorite Thing: So everyone knew how van Ruijven is and yet no one was like “maybe we should keep him from molesting the teenage girl”???
I reread this on a whim and I’m so glad I did. I remembered enjoying it, but I didn’t remember just how engrossing it was.
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Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
Rating: ★★★★★ – it was amazing
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: July 22 – July 31
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: The Drama™
Least Favorite Thing: That whole thing with Lola Montez’s feet??? Big yikes!
This book is bad for my wallet! I keep buying more books based on what I’m reading in this book lol
First Lines Fridays: July 31, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
Our mother was a witch, too, but she hid it better.
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First Lines Fridays: July 24, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
For the record, I don’t normally have a predisposition for making bad decisions. I think it’s important for you to know that.
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First Lines Fridays: July 17, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
I am not the most important person in this story.
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First Lines Fridays: July 10, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.
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Mini-Review: Come When I Call You by Shayna Krishnasamy
A tale of hauntings, but it’s not the ghosts that will make you nervous; it’s the narrators hints that everything is about to go horribly wrong that will have you anxious.
Krishnasamy’s writing will draw you in as the characters come vividly to life, making it nearly impossible to put this book down.
Well worth the read.
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