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Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
I'm halfway through! I couldn't listen today bc I had jury duty but I'm back to regular work tomorrow :)
Wow Corina it must exciting to meet your parents after so long. Also I'm half way through the book and ya I'm eagerly waiting for the reveal.
I went trekking yesterday so didn't get to read anything. It's exam season too for me so ya I'm actually glad to be reading a book steadily or else I've left so many books half way or have been reading just one book for the whole month.
I get into those slumps too Nishita! i have so many half-read books sitting on my shelves lol
Definitely exciting :)To be honest, I don't miss exams at all haha
I do have a couple of half read books, but its mostly because I wasn't in the mood at the time lol
I just finished reading and wow this book was really great and definitely worth the hype. I don't want to spoil anything so that's all I'm gonna say for now. but I'm eagerly waiting to discuss the book once all of us are done reading.
I just finished yesterday too! I was so close to finishing it so I listened to it with my BF and he had me explain the whole story to him because he was getting into it lol! I thought it was good too!
Haha Bella! I do tell my husband whats happening in the books I read sometimes. I did think the book was good. What did you think of the conflict in the end? That epilogue was quite long lol
Oh, not sure if Courtney finished...
It makes it more fun!! When we read No Exit, I was telling him everything that was happening throughout the story lol. I'll wait to share once Courtney lets us know if she's done haha.
Lol...that would have been fun. Sometimes if unexpected things happen in a book, I say that out loud, then he asks, then I go off on a tangent hahahaYeah, lets wait for Courtney
Btw, any thoughts on what to read next?
I'm like that too, haha! Have you guys finished stranger things yet?
I'm interested in reading a thriller, mystery, or fantasy next! I went back to our previous thread to see what you suggested before - I am interested in The Night Shift, Who is Maud Dixon, and An Ember in the Ashes! :) all 3 are available to me right now as well
Yes, watched the last episode of season 4 on Friday. It was really good, but now we have to wait for the next season which is not so good lol It did look like the next one would be the last one though, but who knows.I'm happy with any of those :)
I'll finish up The Burning God tomorrow I think, happy to start another fantasy. Also keen on Her majesty's royal coven or City of brass, but glad to pick whatever works for everyone. Or thriller, mystery would be good too :)
I'm finishing right now haha sorry guys!
Ps I'm in for whatever you guys pick! Could take a fantasy or a thriller right now too!
yeah, I think the next season will be the last! I cried so much during the last episode!! Hopefully we don't have to wait so long for the next season :) ooh City of Brass has also caught my eye!
I didn't cry to be fair, but I did get a bit emotional during the Eddie and Max scenes :)Fingers crossed for a shorter wait.
City of Brass is Middle Eastern inspired with djinns and the likes I believe
An Ember in the Ashes is Roman inspired I think.
I'm happy with either or with any other suggestion :)
Yesss so did I!! Have you watched Never Have I Ever? it's also on Netflix, it's like a coming of age show! it's a little silly but it also tugs at the heart strings at times haha. I've borrowed City of Brass, and put myself on the waiting list for an Ember in the Ashes (both in audiobook form). I have a physical copy of Ember but I think I'll be a lot slower at reading since I'll be a bit busy this week! I'm happy with either :)
Haha...I have cried at a lot of shows or films. Haven't watched that one, I am a bit behind on watching stuff lol. I mean I still haven't seen season 8 of The Blacklist and its on Netflix.Sounds good to me. I have City of Brass on my shelves and An Ember on my kindle :) I finished The Burning God last night so I can start anytime ;)
I've never seen Blacklist! is it good? same with me! ready to begin whenever :) Courtney, which do you want to start with?
Its good, I mean I like it. If you like crime procedurals, aka Criminal Minds, CSI type shows.
Oh cool! Yeah I do like those, I'll add it to my watch list lol :)
Haha...give it a go. I think they are at season 9 now and there are about 20 episodes per season, so it will keep you going for a while lol
lol nice!! I don't get to watch a lot of TV but I have some shows that I keep on in the background a lot haha.
lol, I used to do that. Now with the little man, trying to not have the TV on really. Only every now and again and then it will watching Cars cause he loves vehicles and Lightning McQueen haha
haha how cute!!! Cars is such a good movie, he has good taste lol
Lol...I know it by heart by now. We have seen Cars 2 and 3, but the first one remains the best haha
I know we are picking between City of brass and Ember, but wondering if you guys would be interested in reading Babel? I'm super excited about it and waiting for my copy to arrive hopefully soon.
I meant reading Babel after we finish one of those 2, sorry, should have made that clear lol
hahaha that's so funny! my nephews were obsessed with Sing and would ask me to put it on and he would be coloring but reciting all the words, I was shocked haha
YES that sounds so interesting!! I'll place it on hold now :)
hey guys can we like read standalone books. any genre works but I'm already reading a series and I don't want to start another series along with it.
Haha Bella...I love singing, I was sing along to everything.Nishita, top of my head, not sure if Babel is a stand alone or first book in a series. City of Brass and Ember are first books, but we can always pick a separate stand alone as well if you are not keen on those.
Might I suggestTender is the Flesh- Dystopian
The Starless Sea/ The House in the Cerulean Sea- Fantasy
Sharp Objects- Thriller
Beach Read/The American Roomate Experiment- Romance
these are some standalone but please suggest some others too if you know any
also Corina I have no idea about Babel. who's the author?
Babel is by RF Quang, the author of The Poppy War series and from what I can see it's a stand alone.Regarding the other books, I read Beach Read and The House in the Cerulean Sea, great reads :)
Tender is the flesh - I dont really read horror to be honest and this one sounds maybe a bit too disturbing for me
The Starless Sea - honestly I was disappointed by The Night circus so I'm not really in a hurry to pick this one up
The American Roomate Experiment - hasn't yet been published here
Sharp Objects - tried reading it a while back and couldn't get into it, so I put it down
Sorry....maybe Bella or Courtney are keen for one of those.
Otherwise I do have a few more standalones on my shelves and kindle so we can keep looking :)
I'm able to read Babel soon! I can pick it up at my local bookstore today! it won't be available at the library for like 3 months haha
I've read Tender is the Flesh! It was very disturbing honestly. I think all in all, it was a good book in the sense that it gave you a new perspective HOWEVER! the descriptions were way too much for me. It's the first book to make me physically ill from reading.
I just borrowed Book Lovers and You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty :)
Great, my copy of Babel is on its way. We can still start City of Brass though :) I read Book Lovers and loved it :)
And I have You Made a Fool as well, so we can read that too
When do we want to start and which one? Which one do you have Courtney?
okay cool I have City of Brass borrowed as well! I'm available to start whenever!
Me too. Will wait to see what Courtney says too ;)What did you think about how 7 days ended?
honestly it felt a little forced! I feel like the kids death was so random and sudden. I could see how the author was trying to get us to care about him throughout the book, but I would've liked if we had more scenes about that. I don't like miscommunication tropes. I feel like a quick call to say "hey this happened, i need to cancel" would've avoided all of that! I did like that he decided to grow on his own, i felt like they both needed that as they both have a lot of unresolved issues and trauma.
100% agree with you. The kid was literally just a device for him to disappear and create that conflict. I didn't really liked that. And also, I struggle to accept that he wasn't able to send a quick text. I did appreciate his decision to grow on his own as well. Epilogue was a bit too long lol
yes exactly!!! and even the scenes with him were always like okay?? what does this have to do with the plot? can we move on? and then he died and i was like oh okay that sucks but still, we could've made it a little more heart wrenching. If they had more of a connection and if we had followed more scenes with the kid, then I think it would've been fine. but yes, a quick text would've solved it. ESPECIALLY when he was on his way back. why wait to have the confrontation AT the event? did she go up to accept her award??? just way too many holes in my opinion lol
I agree too. honestly I didn't like the epilogue. I would've preferred if they have stayed on their own and resolved their own issues. also yes the kid thing seemed forced. an unnecessary aspect for sure.
also I can't seem to find a copy of Babel but I'll try. do you have any other standalone recs though?
and I guess I'll read Tender is the Flesh. i enjoy kind of disturbing stuff. that's why I'm also eager to read All for the game series.
But I won't spoil anything