It's All About The Books - Vol. 2

It's time to talk about what we read in March with Jana and Steph, I read a lot more books last month than I thought I did. If you're not my friend on Goodreads go do that now so I can stalk your shelves, now that you're back lets review books.

 

// Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult - I know this is going to be hard to believe but this was the first Jodi Picoult book I've read. I learned a lot about elephants I didn't know before but I didn't love this book as much as I thought I would. The twist at the end was unexpected and not a route I would have chosen if I had written this book. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// The First Husband by Laura Dave - Goodreads recommended this book to me and it's not the first time I've been disappointed by their choices. I stopped reading this book on page 58, the main character was whiny and somewhat needy. I didn't like a single character in the book so I moved on, life is to short to read bad books. I gave this book 1 star.


 

// The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston - Another Goodreads recommendation that got me no where. The book switched between modern fantasy and historical fiction, I could really get on board with the modern fantasy but the historical fiction part wasn't interesting enough to make me finish the book. I gave this book 1 star.


 

// Ladies Night by Mary Kay Andrews - As a "lifestyle blogger" I really identified with Grace, I wanted to fight for her and her blog. Although I would have accused her of being a "dumb woman" and the mystery was slightly cheesy overall this book is a great easy beach read if you're in the market for such things. I gave this book 4 stars.

 

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - Please don't send me hate mail but this book wasn't the great read I was expecting. The characters were all pretty unlikable and at times the story seemed kind of hard to believe. I felt like the reading was tedious at times and while the ending was unpredictable it was again a little hard to believe. I gave this book 3 stars

 

// The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - Thankfully The Rosie project did not disappoint. Although a little hard to get use to the formal conversation style once I got into the swing of things I really enjoyed the story. Having lived with a future professor of gentics for several years I can related to some of Don's social awkwardness. I gave this book 4 stars


 

// Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - I really like post apocalypse books and was all set to love this book. I really enjoyed this book until the last section, for me the ending just kind of fizzled when all along I thought the book had been building up to something great. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// MWF seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche - First of all I knew this book was written by a blogger before she even mentioned her blog. It was also easy to tell someone had paid her to complete this project in order to write the book. It was hard to keep track of which friend was which, how they had met, and what friend dates they had previously been on. I did find some of her insights about adult friendships and making new friends dead on. While I want be paying to find a friend anytime soon some of her girl date ideas might just get put to use. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// The Girls of Mischief Bay by Susan Mallery - I eagerly stalked this book as it made it's way up my library hold list. I wasn't disappointed, this book offers a great female friendship book without a ton of romantic subplots that usually accompany this type of book. I'm looking forward to books 2 and 3 already. I gave this book 4 stars.


 

// The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon - Another Goodread recommendation, this time one that didn't flop before page 100. The mystery wasn't really that mysterious the plot was original, the story was good enough to keep me reading. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - Recommended by Goodreads based on my liking of Stephanie Plum. Isabel is no Stephanie Plum, she spends the first 100 pages telling us stories about her and her investigative family but no real plot is revealed. If you don't have a plot by page 100 I'm done reading. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Garielle Zevin - Not what I was expecting but still a great book. If you've ever dreamed of owning a bookstore this book is for you. The mysterious package noted in the book summary wasn't at all what I thought it would be but added so much to the story. I gave this book 5 stars.

 

// Blood Magick by Nora Roberts - After reading the first two books in this series I was expecting a real steamy exciting read for book three. Unfortunately steamy excitement didn't really show it's head. A satisfying ending to a trilogy, I gave this book 3 stars.

What did you read that you would recommend to me last month?

Kelli