Nix's Never-Ending to do Lists

[Janice, Moderator]

Hopefully you'll find better reads for the rest of the badge.

[Nistha]

Fingers crossed - Female authors are my go to so my aim is to knock off quite a few books from my TBR

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 2
2. List Three - Female authors - E
3. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
4. PB 372
5. First initial

Rating 3 stars, it was a fun book to read but honestly it was a disappointment for EH - felt like the historical fiction in a romance - wasn't bad but had higher expectations

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 3
2. List Three - Female authors - Q
3. She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
4. Audiobook 8hours
5. Last initial

Rating 3 stars, it was a cute YA enemies to lovers

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 4
2. List Three - Female authors - D
3. Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
4. Kindle 352
5. Last initial

Rating 4 stars, a good horror with beautiful writing style

[Janice, Moderator]

I have the audiobook, so I'm happy to read your comment.

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 5
2. List Three - Female authors - S
3. Flawless by Elsie Silver
4. Kindle 424
5. Last initial

Rating 4 stars, this book delivers the giddy romance as promised

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 6
2. List Three - Female authors - P
3. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
4. Kindle 320
5. Last initial

Pretty average book, not too bad not too good

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 7
2. List Three - Female authors - A
3. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
4. Audio, 8+ hrs
5. First initial

This was a nice love story with unique time travel elements

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 8
2. List Three - Female authors - U
3. Honor by Thrity Umrigar
4. Kindle, 333
5. Last initial

Rating 2 stars, writing was average but shows a very problematic one-sided view of India and the storytelling is without proper research

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 9
2. List Three - Female authors - M
3. The Teacher by Freida McFadden
4. Kindle, 379
5. Last initial

Rating 4 stars, this was an engaging domestic thriller

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 10
2. List Three - Female authors - G
3. Dark Notes by Pam Godwin
4. Kindle, 493
5. Last initial

Rating 4 stars, this was a promising dark romance, pushing the boundaries

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 11
2. List Three - Female authors - O
3. Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda
4. PB 264
5. Last initial

Rating 3 stars, this was a disturbing book

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 12
2. List Three - Female authors - C
3. Babylonia by Costanza Casati
4. Hardcover 432
5. Both initials

Rating 4 stars, I enjoy the way this author writes - it has nice feminist elements and takes you back to the ancient day Mesopotamia setting

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 13
2. List Three - Female authors - H
3. Quicksilver by Callie Hart
4. Hardcover 624
5. Last initial

Rating 4 stars, it was nice but I felt I was reading another ACOTAR - I read it in very few sitting for such a big book

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 14
2. List Three - Female authors - Y
3. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
4. Hardcover 272
5. First initial

Rating 3 stars, the writing was beautiful but I felt the story was made unnecessarily mysterious

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 15
2. List Three - Female authors - F
3. Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
4. Hardcover 400
5. Last initial

Rating 2 stars, Alice Feeny never fails to disappoint me - very stupid plot

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 16
2. List Three - Female authors - J
3. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
4. PB 325
5. First initial

Rating 4 stars, I adore Vera as a character and can't stop reading of this cozies

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 17
2. List Three - Female authors - T
3. Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías
4. Hardcover 240 pages
5. Last initial


Rating 2 stars, did not understand this

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 18
2. List Three - Female authors - K
3. It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo
4. Hardcover 240 pages
5. First initial

Rating 3 stars, it was a sad one but did not fully resonate

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 19
2. List Three - Female authors - W
3. The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
4. Kindle 650 pages
5. Last initial

Rating 5 stars, great character and plot building - it was a bit of a mess of a tale but a good one!

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 20
2. List Three - Female authors - R
3. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
4. Paperback 319 pages
5. First initial

Rating 5 stars, so happy to read a different 5 star book - loved the satire

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 21
2. List Three - Female authors - N
3. The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
4. Audiobook 8hrs
5. First initial

Rating 2 stars, I dont think I will continue this series - it is now just repeating itself

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 22
2. List Three - Female authors - L
3. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
4. Kindle 416p
5. First initial

Rating 2 stars, it was a really disappointing thriller - like no twists, nothing worth finishing it

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 23
2. List Three - Female authors - V
3. Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
4. Kindle 400p
5. Last initial

Dixie Wheeler, ska Baby blue, was a child who was the only survivor in the book after her father bludgeoned his remaining family to death. She grew up all detached from this until she decides to buy back that cursed family home and she then she keeps remembering things. The book was a fun horror thriller -the pacing was good and the ending was also fine. I don't think it was an outstandingly unique thriller but definitely a fun read. Rsting 3.5 stars

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 24
2. List Three - Female authors - I
3. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
4. Kindle 352pp
5. Last initial

Rating 3 stars, to be honest, even if the writing wasn't bad, I was sort of disappointed with this book as it relied heavily on familiar settings and the writing was flat

[Nistha]

Badge 4 Book 25
2. List Three - Female authors - Z
3. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
4. PB 464pp
5. Last initial

Rating 5 stars, wow, this was such a heartwarmingly sad read - a book made me feel something after a long time

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing badge 4!

[Nistha]

Thanks Janice! I will start with Badge 5 on titles but not sure if I can complete in 2 months... worth a try

[Janice, Moderator]

It's fun just to make the effort. I'm working on Badge 4 and hoping to finish it before the end of the year.

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 1
2. List Two - Title - Z
3. We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
4. hardcover 496

Rating 5 stars, love love loved it as much as I had loved the part 1. I am convinced Mona Awad is a genius

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 2
2. List Two - Title - H
3. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
4. Audiobook, 10hrs
Rating 4 stars, I think it was a very mature book - I kept thinking how the book could possibly end and the author did a good job at that

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 3
2. List Two - Title - M
3. Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
4. Kindle 352
Rating 4 stars,

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 4
2. List Two - Title - P
3. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
4. Kindle 382
Rating 5 stars, anothe rfun EH banter filled friends to lover

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 5
2. List Two - Title - T
3. The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper
4. Audio 9+hrs
Rating 4 stars, great end to a dramatic trilogy, wrapped up MC's story very nicely

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 6
2. List Two - Title - A
3. Alchemised by SenLinYu
4. Hardcover, 1030 pages
Rating 2 stars, so disappointing for such a huge chonker - it kept repeating the same thing

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 7
2. List Two - Title - G
3. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
4. Audiobook, 10 hrs
Rating 2 stars, felt the book was trying hard to be deep but the plot was very simple

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 8
2. List Two - Title - E
3. The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
4. PB, 288 pages
Rating 4 stars, delicious and unhinged - just the right amount of diturbing and intriguing

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 9
2. List Two - Title - Y
3. You've Found Oliver by Dustin Thao
4. PB, 288 pages
Rating 4 stars, cute, romantic, magical, bingeworthy

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 10
2. List Two - Title - C
3. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
4. PB, 567 pages
Rating 5 stars, what a great series and what a great finale! So glad I finished a series

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 11
2. List Two - Title - I
3. Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4. hardcover, 350 pages
Rating 3.5 stars, powerful writing but some characters were very annoying who walked away free

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 12
2. List Two - Title - F
3. Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda
4. Kindle, 286 pages
Rating 3.5 stars, intriguing start but ending did not leave up to it

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 13
2. List Two - Title - Q
3. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
4. Audiobook, 8 hrs
Rating 3.5 stars, a very interesting case study of a character doing her own self-sobatage - aware of it but cannot stop herself

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 14
2. List Two - Title - R
3. Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
4. Hardcover,464 pp
Rating 4 stars, finally a fanfic done right - there is no fanfic DNA and it is quite a compelling world which would make you question for part 2

[Nistha]

Badge 5 Book 15
2. List Two - Title - J
3. Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
4. Kindle ,320 pp
Rating 2 stars, great start but second half was toooo childish and absurd