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Two books finished now for the #24in48 Readathon, which I‘m considering a success! While I enjoyed this book as a whole, I found the little twist at the end cheap and unnecessary, as if the purpose of adding it was just to claim it had one. Ending would have been better without it, in my humble opinion!
I opted to get Felicia Yap‘s Yesterday in Malay because frankly it cost a third of the trade paperback and I‘m poor. The translated novels from Fixi actually isn‘t too bad and I need to brush up on my Malay. Almost halfway through. Interesting premise but a little cliche, I feel.
“Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they‘re here to stay.
I believe in yesterday.”
Day 3 #yesterday #quotsymay18
so-soSolidly midline. Interesting premise of a murder mystery in a society divided into monos (people with one day‘s worth of memory) and duos (two days‘). However, it developed into melodramatic exposition about 3/4 of the way through, and I found myself rolling my eyes. I would probably have bailed were it not for the STELLAR voice performances of Rory Kinnear and Indira Varma. The ending provided a few final twists that made me glad (ish) I stayed.
pickTheres two types of people in the world, Monos who only remember yesterday and Duos who remember 2 day ago.
Great concept, kept me guessing right to the end. #thriller
New read today. Going to start #yesterday by Felicia yap. Love when you open a new book for the first time or for me, turn the page on my kindle for the first time. Here goes this one....
panThe premise was promising, but this might have been some of the least engaging published writing that I‘ve ever read. Dialogue, characters, and conflicts all felt juvenile (though the novel dealt with middle-aged men and women), and there were some unforgivable plot holes. Not my cup of tea, at all.
Guys. This book is SO. BAD. 😭 The writing is just ridiculously juvenile & overdone at the same time. The premise is intriguing, but characters are so poorly written & there are so many plot holes, it‘s taking sheer willpower to keep going. This really bums me out, too—that first page was so promising. Are you a finisher or a quitter when it comes to boos you don‘t care for?
pickI really enjoyed this even if it left something to be desired. A bit of a ridiculous twist but I was pretty glued to the story the last few nights. The whole idea of adults having limited short term memory really appealed to me as I mentioned in my last blurb --3.5 and bumped up to 4 stars on Goodreads.
Gave up on Parasite Eve (40%, still nonstop detailed lab and medical talk) and started something new. Bit of a mystery-thriller set in a world where the entire adult population only has short term memory (one day for the Mono majority, two days for Duos). Speculative fic with a memory loss theme is generally a trope that rings my bells.
It is always about love in the end. Because love makes us try harder.
There are some things money can‘t buy, no matter how hard you try. Like love, and the unsolvable problem of onedirectional plastic surgery.
To lie, one must know the truth.
Novels have a tendency to broaden one‘s mind. By offering insights into the minds of the damned people who wrote them.
We are but the sum total of our digital presence. We use iDiaries and social media networks to define and delude ourselves, because they contain what we prefer to remember.
Factual hindsight is a curse when it‘s accompanied with the awful realisation that one could have done much better.
‘Denial‘s the first rule of politics,‘ he says with a growl, spitting his words out. ‘Especially when you think you might be heading for disaster.‘
We are all products of our own prejudices. These barriers constrain the progress of our society. But they will only be demolished if we attempt to break them down
There are three types of men in this world: womanising bastards, sophisticated cads and grotesque slimeballs. I once had the misfortune of meeting a man who turned out to be all three.
The path to political stardom is littered with the bodies of those who failed to get their spin right. Ignore this fact at your peril. Rowan Redford, Spin Your Way to Success.
It‘s a shame the lack of intelligence of a few reinforces the bigotry against the many.
Always seize an opportunity when it presents itself, Mark. This is a cardinal rule of politics.
Today, she has the lavender irises of a serene woman, one secure in the comfort of not remembering, exempt from the punishment of knowing.
It‘s the sum total of remembered grievances that makes hatred potent.
#TBRtemptation post 8! Recently released. A sci fi mystery thriller. The world has two classes--the Monos, whose memories go back only a day; the Duos, the elite whose memories go back 2 days. Claire is a Mono, her writer-husband, Mark, is a Duo. Mark's mistress is found dead in a river. He's the prime suspect. How do you solve a murder when everyone's clocks constantly re-set and everyone's got secrets? #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
pickFun, quick thriller about a murder that takes place in a world where people can only truly remember the past two days or less. Interesting thought experiment about what we choose to remember. A little meta in places but not too smug.
Another trip to B&N today. The fiancé needed the second book in the series and he left me unattended again. #cantstopwontstop #ineedhelp
I'm listening to this book now. The voice acting is terrific, but I'm not sure I buy the whole premise, and I'm pretty forgiving about these things. Worth the read for the author's observations on memory, even though the details are not always consistent with the premise.
pickI truly enjoyed this unique mystery set in a world where after a certain age people only remember either a day's worth of memories, or two day's worth if you happen to be one of the advantageous duos. Exploring a world with a limited memory is every bit as fun as trying to figure out whodunnit.
I'm going to be rounding up upcoming inclusive mystery thrillers every few months and I started with these great books publishing June- August: http://bookriot.com/?p=128067
Hotter than satans... is leading me to make terrible (yet delicious) decisions. #TheBookIsNotTheTerribleDecision
