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Added another six. Most were three stars,The Final Girl Support Group, The Castle of Otranto & Zombie's Bite were all okay. A Farewell to Arms was very meh. It will be my last Hemingway book, he just isn't my thing. I'm not his intended audience, with his causual racism and stilted simple sentences. The worst book was Zoo City. Beukes created an interesting world but it was too full of animal cruelty and child abuse and murder for me. It was unnecessary and prolific. The best book of those six was Flowers in the Attic. Though this contained child cruelty too, and the villains were truly villainous, there was something not gratuitous about it like there was in Zoo City.I've put my oldest book from my tbr on to the top of my "up next" pile. I'm hoping to finally tick off Heart of Darkness.
Just finished my last book for this round. If we get another U word, I recommend An Unkindness of Magicians. Very good. Also, it's a shame that we didn't get vuvuzela as one of our bonus words, as it appeared in Zoo City. Like what are the odds that vuvuzela would appear?!
Alyana wrote: "For anyone who fancies mystery thrillers, Undone is from the Cora Shields series. All books start with 'U'. I'll try the first book.."Scribd have these in audio. So I will try to get a few of these in. Depends on how they monitor usage. I defo have the first one.
I added a couple other letters,but I will have both Z books up tomorrow and will then read an Unkindness of Magicians. Scribd audio do not give me location or percentages, so I have used chapter and timestamp for reference for the bonus instrument. Will this suffice?
I will err on the side of caution. I have plenty if other books with V titles and green covers.
springs to mind. It's been so long since I started this series, I'm juat not sure I can or want to pick it back up. I really enjoyed thr first book.
Would you all call this green or blue?
I know there is TinEye, but I find it's sometimes unreliable. I mean it never sees white, just shades of grey🤨
Hi Sanz.
Christina wrote: "Aoife wrote: "Keli wrote: "I just finished flowers in the attic today. How perfect it would have been 😭😭😭 A V and banjo in the text."Handy to know tho!"
That's what I thought but then I looked a..."
It's compelling. Not as bad as it sounds.
Christina wrote: "Keli wrote: "Hi all, i thought i already left a message. Sorry. Don't know what happened there"I thought this might have been what happened! We all know GR likes to mess with us sometimes... *eye..."
Sorry, i have been ill and not really checking in. Check out Navajo Autumn, The Cold Dish and Open Season. I haven't read the last one but Ive got it andy sister-on-law loves the series
I just finished flowers in the attic today. How perfect it would have been 😭😭😭 A V and banjo in the text.
My shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...I'm a challenge reader right now. Though, I can be a mood reader, too. But i like reading for challenges as it gets me reading outside of my comfort zone. I recently had to read western mysteries and was surprised to enjoy them. Not a genre I would have picked up necessarily.
I read the Oct BOM not that long ago, so will be skipping that one.
Hi all, i thought i already left a message. Sorry. Don't know what happened there
I'm on team Pop. I love rap, and metal, and old country, and classical. Honestly, I don't think there's a style I don't like, except some modern country and polka. Good luck everyone!
I joined up too.
Janeylou wrote: "Ive got so much on at moment that i dont know if im going to be able to join in with this one this time 😞"You'll be missed.
I'm sorry to hear about your brother-in-law, Suzanne. I, too, wish him a speedy recovery.I agree with y'all about the Bluest Eye. It is a fantastic emotional and powerful book. But Toni Morrison can do that. If you haven’t read Beloved, give it a go. It's not an easy read, but it has impact.
Another four read. All really enjoyable. Can recommend all of them. I only have one more to reach my target!
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Lexi wrote: "
I got one from 2016 read. I liked it and gave it 4 stars (3.5 rounded up) but not as much as other I know have. I felt it was more of a list of situa..."
Lexi, that is good to know as I am debating buying this book. After comparing our books we seem to have similar tastes and ratings, think I might pass.
Another 5 read this month so far. 
⭐️⭐️This book was okay. I think if I had been sold on a supernatural element before I startes reading, i may have liked it more. But because it was sold as acontemporary thriller, i found the (view spoiler) aspect quite hard to swallow.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Beautiful fable-like story. I look forward to reading the next one.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Really solid start to a series. There were a few contradictions, but they didn't detract from the overall story. Just little niggly things, like if you are a boarding school that is checked up on, which has previously been referenced how can you remain open or unaudited with quite a few kids going missing? That kind of thing
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️For some reason this book toom me a while and three attempts to get into it. I found the dad annoying at times. Well, almost all the time. I get that he didn't want to get his kid on meds, but his kid really needed some help. And the fact that he couldn’t even look at it as a short time solution was sad and frustrating. I found that aspect of it truly frustrating. So the ending was no surprise.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Absolutely fantastic! Aside from Rogue Protocol (not a closet qualifier) probably my favourite book of the month. Demon was an excellent narrator. Wonderful story populated with a colourful cast of characters, even if most of them remain one-dimensional.
⭐️Hands down the worst book I've read this year. Worse than that Yarros schlock! So racist. So stupid. I wrote a slightly more in depth review but, I would advise you to leave this one off of your tbr shelf.
