January > Recent Status Updates

Page 25 of 350/362 Ch. 3 - Meh! The opening was good but the action died quickly.

24:39 Ch. 3 - I was about to quit in the middle of Chapter 2, but I had a book meeting and afterward decided to finish the chapter. I'm going to give it till tomorrow.

Page 20 of 315 Ch. 2 Tori - Meh.

2:58:30 Ch. 17 - These stories are keeping up fast enough for me. It's like they are pausing some of the storylines.

6:1601 Ch. 38 - I'm loving this more than the first book. I'm only pausing because my husband has lured me away with Survivor and The Amazing Race, he threatened to watch without me.

4:00:30 Ch. 25 - I'm surprised this is better than the previous books. My only issue is they keep adding characters and they already had too many in the first book. Also, no one is going to call you J. Henry that is a mouth full, why not just Jay?

Disc 8 Track 89 Ch. 34 - 🙄 This story is all over the place in a bad way. I'm gonna finish the series but if it continues down this road it might get pushed out a year.

Disc 7 Track 83 somewhere in Ch. 28 - The good news is I'm almost there. 🥱

3:23:50 Ch. 13 - I'm a little mad at myself for not spending the entire day with this book but I'm also glad I took a break from reading. If you are reading this book I suggest you have some chocolate-covered cherries to pop into your mouth every time she mentions Mariah Carey.

36:57 Ch. 3 - Lively and adorable so far.

1:10:32 Ch. 7 - The drama is so shallow but I'm here for it.

1:44:47 Ch. 8 - So Katie has appeared, she's a teen, it seems like this story is set a few before the events in The Shunning. She got my interest with the unspeakable thing M I can guess but I want to know.

Disc 7 Track 18 Ch. 26 - I just lost all respect for the pastor in one chapter. I can't wait for this book to be over cheese and ridiculousness everywhere.

38:44 Ch. 3 - I wasn't crazy about The Shunning and it has been more than a few years since I abandoned The Confession but this cover was too pretty to pass up. This prequel took a minute took line up. I'm still not there but I understand this isn't Katie's mom.

15:09 Ch. 2 - I don't remember these people. I remember the siblings from the previous books but not this girl, her mother, or ranch. I do remember the construction guy, I thought he was taken so that was weird.

Disc 6 Track 52 somewhere in Ch. 23 - I cringe when it switches to certain characters because their dialogue is blah.

26:08 Ch. 3 - Ooooh! This is so cute I'm going to pause it and save all of these pretty cover books for after I read Dark Matter as an incentive and possible renewal.

Page 85 of 515 Ch. 3 - I have 7 days to read this, I was hoping to read it closer to my discussion date but I fear it's not a single reading book. I think this is a good starting point, maybe 3 days and I can enjoy my small-town romance in between. I was hoping to read 3 chapters but these babies are long and although it's interesting, it's dark and I'm itching to get away and go somewhere sunny.

Ch. 70 - It was a good run but I didn't make it. I'm stopping to go to a book discussion and author's chat, so I will get spoilers. I struggled to get into this book. It was frantic yet dull and slow, and took a long time to pick up. It has finally gotten somewhere but I'm barely interested. So far I don't see the point of the story.

23 of 437 Ch. 4 - This guy is too frantic for this late at night. I'll have to finish this one tomorrow. I'm cutting it close.

Disc 6 Track 21 somewhere in Ch. 22 - This is officially my kind of book, but I can't say why just it involves bundles.

4:24:23 - I don't even remember where I am but it's all coming together.

3:21:03 Ch 10 Willpower - Several sentences are repeated a minimum of 3 times. Once you state it you don't need to state it again in the next paragraph, nor the paragraph after that. It's like trying to increase your word count or teach preschoolers.

47:05 Ch. 11 Mortimer - This story is slow 🐌

1:51:47 Ch. 6 The Incredible Machine - The information is decent but the delivery is drawn out, repetitive, and extra slow.

Page 9 of 51 four pages into Chapter 1 - This better not be The Gift of the Magi!

Disc 5 Track 63 Ch. 20 - I thought a cast member was notified of 2 heartbeats in the last book and now they are wondering if they could have twins, I thought that had already been confirmed with an ultrasound. SMH. Half of the storylines are interesting and the other half I'm not into, but all feel dated, and not 2007 dated, like early 90s dated.