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The Night Circus was everything I hoped it would be. Just wonderful!!Also read Her Dark Curiosity which was fine.
Onto something a bit more meaty... The Killing Moon! Just a couple chapters in and I can already tell I'm going to LOVE this, haha.
Finished this evening and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but also found it to be a bit boring in parts. If I picked it up to read a few pages here and there I found I would forget what was happening, lose interest and/or get distracted easily. Buuuut when I really set the mood, got comfy, put on some spooky ambient music, etc and really gave myself the space to read chunks at a time - I enjoyed it more.
Would I read it again? Maybe in another 10-15 years.
Finally finished Ninth House - geezus what a slog. Hoping that The Night Circus can bring me back some reading joy. lol
Surprising myself with how quickly I've been coasting through this one. The stage production is one I've seen too many times to count and is an all time favorite of mine and I love seeing how much of the show is true to this novel.
So much drama! Haha
And far easier to read than I was expecting as well. To think, written nearly 115 years ago! I'm very much enjoying it!
Finished Remote Control (good stuff) and The Hollow Places (looved it) over the last few days so I'm finally cracking into Ninth House!Hoping it lives up to the hype!
September:
Kill the Farm Boy A first for me - I paired this with the audiobook and I had a blast! Reading during my down time and able to enjoy the many voices of the narrator while I couldn't sit still was perfect. This was funny and unexpectedly violent LOL
The Madman's Daughter I'm a total sucker for all things Island of Dr Moreau. Give me a story that takes place on that wacky ass island with Montgomery and I'm here for it. A couple moments in here that genuinely creeped me out! Especially when my moody spooky music starts to sync with my reading and the wind picks up at 2am through my wide open windows! LMAO! Also I loooved the ending. So good.
The Light Pirate *deep sigh* This book. Look this book is so beautifully written I was sucked right in within just a few pages. Everything and everyone in the story felt very real to me. I was enjoying every step of the way and then the last part - everything fell apart so fast and I was instantly knocked out of my trance. What was I reading? This isn't right? Wait, what?
Nothing made sense in the end and it completely ruined the book for me. I'll pretend the book ends at part 3 and never consider reading 4th section again.
I still want to read this authors other works though because she can't have ruined the ending on multiple works can she?
World Without End Ooh Kingbridge. How I love thee. Let me count the ways. Ya'll I love these chonky monsters sitting on my shelf. I love the weight of them in my lap as I read and get lost in the past with them. Perfect as my in between read, I never feel lost or confused about where and what I am reading. Ken Follet is such an easy author to read while still being thrilling and engaging. Can't wait to crack into the next installment!
Remote Control I think I saw this on a "best of" list while I was searching for books similar to The Broken Earth trilogy. I'm not usually a short story reader but I found this for a few bucks at a second hand shop and after seeing it sit on the shelf for a few weeks, so it came home with me.I really liked it! I need to see if this author has some novels available because I think I'd like to hang out in her worlds for a bit longer.
The Hollow Places I really enjoyed this from the minute I began reading. T. Kingfisher has some straight up - laugh out loud writing and it always puts me in a good mood. Even when I was reading along and kind of not paying attention, it was so easy to pop back in and know what's going on.The last few pages of this story hit me so hard the other night. Maybe the stress of my job (CET at animal shelter), coupled with a particularly long week and the magic of this story just all mixed together and sent me over the edge. Haha. I cried SO HARD.
Not only have I loved how she wrote animals while their alive, but now in death, my heart felt it all.
I found the first 70 pages or so riveting!I have very vague memories of reading this (or at least starting it) back in the 90's so I'm excited to get really into it.
Kim wrote: "Nothing is better than Pillars of the Earth, in my opinion!."I would agree! ;)
I very much enjoyed World Without End but Pillars made me cry within like 50 pages and I was hooked 100% till the end. Hard to beat!
Guess I've got 3 more books to find out :)
RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Mo wrote: "Finally finished it and I really enjoyed it as well! Debating on jumping into the 3rd quickly since I've also heard good things! :)..."I liked A Column of Fire even bet..."
Better that Pillars?! Oooh gosh, I may jump into Column soon then because I'm already missing Kingsbridge, haha.
I have the 4th book also in my collection and am excited to add the 5th! Eeek! :)) I love them so much haha
My copy at the library just came in so I'll be ready to start come Oct :)
RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I really liked World Without End, and I think I liked the next one in the series even more...."Finally finished it and I really enjoyed it as well! Debating on jumping into the 3rd quickly since I've also heard good things! :)
Picked up Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor for a quick read and I'm about 85% and loving it also!
AND THAT'S 40! :)I did not expect to hit my goal so early in the year!
I've slowed down considerably (just this time of year for me) and I'm not sure if I should even up the goal?
August:
The God of Endings After a really bleh July books, I was feeling very slumpy and this book, while good, just couldn't pull me out of it. Dark, creepy at times and really moody. I really enjoyed this and I would think about re-reading this again in a few years around October. Loved the atmosphere!
The Guest List I knew there was a reason I hesitated on reading this popular thriller. Did not live up to the hype.BORING.
Like really, really dull. I didn't care for any of the characters, when the "reveal/twist" nonsense actually made it to the page I was so ready for it to be finally over I didn't care one bit.
Glad I only paid a buck for this one because back to the thrift store it goes!
Knocked my ass back into slumpy mode -_-
July:
Travels with Charley: In Search of America Read for a quick quarter challenge. I was low key excited to read this because I have fond memories of East of Eden and this was going to be awesome because I love all things dog. Nope. Insincere, boring and downright disappointing. 
The Great Gatsby I should have known from Travels above that this was going to be a rough reading month. Another dud in my book. I've never been so bored through such a short book. I'm also pretty sure I didn't care about the movie either so not sure how that affected this reading experience.
But also every character here is awful and I really didn't like this, haha.
Weyward This started out sooo strong! I was actually really into this for the first half and was excited that a book with such a beautiful cover was actually good! Haha. Boy was I wrong. The weird focus on men being the worst people ever and women only being real women if they have given birth was bizarre. I was so turned off.
The Summer Dragon Finally! At the end of the month, I finally read something I actually enjoyed, haha.This was fun. I would definitely not call it an Adult Fantasy as the writing leaned more middle grade/young adult to me. The dragons here were loveable and had fun personalities.
Hi Lisa!Thanks for the encouragement!
I had a couple slow reading months (work and life sure gets busy sometimes) but still hit my goal early!
I think it was fun to read Fourth Wing at the time because it felt like a giant buddy read, haha. But I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much had I just randomly picked it up.
If you do read it, I hope you enjoy!
Since my love for reading started as a child, I go back and read childhood favorites like a Goosebumps story, some C.S Lewis, etc. Getting a little nostalgic for what started it all pops me out of a slump in no time :)
