It's All About The Books - Vo. 5

It's time to talk about all things books again, my June reading list is much improved in length from May but average in content. I'm a little disappointed since most of these books were off of recommended summer reading lists I read on several books sites around the internet. I just finished the perfect summer beach read though so while I didn't finish it in June I'm going to include it on my June book list as a bonus in case you want to pick it up.

 

// Church of marvels by Leslie Parry - I'm not sure what to say about this book, it was an interesting read and a unique concept. The mid-plot twist was revealed with such finesse it took me a minute to put it all together. My reading of this book coincided with the reveal of Caitlyn Jenner which seemed very appropriate to me at the time. I gave this book 3 stars.

 

// Judy Moody Get's Famous by Megan McDonald - I was hesitant to read this book to Little K after my problems with Judy's attitude in book one but Little K insisted we keep reading. I'm glad we did, Judy's attitude is much improved in this book and the lesson at the end is well worth the read. I gave this book 4 stars.

 

// Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews - The plot for this book was far fetched but interesting enough to keep me reading. Not the great summer beach read I've been looking for but still a good book to have in your beach bag. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// Things You Won't Say by Sarah Pekkanen - Written from the POV of the wife, officer, and family of a police officer who has just shot an "unarmed teen" this book fits right in with today's news headlines. It provides very interesting look at what the families, friends, and officers go through after this type of incident. If you love books with a ending twist you would never see coming this book is for you. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// The Beach House by Jane Green - This book is written in the third person POV which was hard for me to get the hang of at first, each time I picked up the book after a break I noted how odd the POV was. I really felt like the author should have found a synonym for truculent after about the 5th time I read it as a character description. While the book takes place in New England several of the characters seem to have English accents which I find a little odd. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// Judy Moody Saves The World by Megan McDonald - Little K really loved the save the Earth keep the environment clean theme of this book. It's a little strange that the teacher lets the kids distract him from having math lessons on a regular basis but overall a good read with a good message. I gave this book 4 stars.


 

// Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave - This book has a lot of great reviews and is on several summer read lists but I just felt eh about the whole story. The main character seems a bit dumb in addition to a bit confused about her life. In the end she did make the right decisions. I gave this book 3 stars.


 

// Paper Towns by John Green - I really liked Looking Alaska and when I saw the movie preview for this book I thought it sounded interesting so I put it on my library hold list. I had a hard time getting into the story and almost put the book down several times. The end was super long winded and I skimmed it just to find out what happened. I gave this book 3 stars because Goodreads won't let me give it 2.5.

BONUS BOOK


 

// The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand - Finally the summer read I've been waiting for! I loved how the small town rumor mill was written. Although a sub plot to the main event I enjoyed the story of the twins the most and it was good to see characters returning from some of Hilderbrand's other books. I'd often wondered when reading her stories why the paths of her characters don't cross more often. A fun easy beach book that won't let you down. I gave this book 4 stars.

What have you been reading?