The last three books of my cover color challenge.
Which should I read first?
LiteraryinLititz I vote for Lock Every Door! 1h
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Recursion | 
The last three books of my cover color challenge.
Which should I read first?
pickWasn‘t sure how this would measure up to Crouch‘s Dark Matter, but I think it did! Both books are mind-bending sci-fi thrillers which I struggle to wrap my head around, but that‘s what makes them so fun! Can‘t wait to see what Blake Crouch has up his sleeve for his next novel!
1) It spans many months, but it often returned to November.
2) Tomorrow is my final day working before my week off.
3) Read, eat, drink. Be merry.
4) Only two that are still living.
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pickI love Blake Crouch and how he melds sci fi and philosophy. This book did not disappoint. Some of the scientific theory was definitely over my head but this is a very accessible tale of memory, reality, love, and loss. It reminded me of a Dean Koontz short story, Strange Highways, that I read years ago, as well as some other sci fi movies, but stands on its own as an original. It turns into a full on horror novel at a certain point, truly scary.
pickBlake Crouch does it again, brilliant science fiction that makes me have a small crisis while reading it. Absolutely perfect!
pickThe complexity! It took me a long time to understand what was happening with the invention and the way it was used. Quite masterfully conceived and written. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
pickI have had no reading mojo for months, until this book happened. I really liked Dark Matter so I had high expectations. Recursion totally lived up! This book is a super fun ride and took me where I didn't expect it to go. Not to mention along the way I got reacquainted with my Kindle. Now I have so many books I want to read, I'm having trouble choosing! This one gets a rare 5⭐.
Tie between tagged title and While Beauty Slept for favorite October read. Most disappointing read was The Ninth House.
⭐️7 graphic novels
⭐️6 novels
⭐️1 non-fiction
⭐️1 novella
#OctoberReads #OctoberWrapUp
#BookReport:
Monster of Florence: As I've mentioned I loved this one. Easily one of the best true crime books I've ever read 5⭐
Remaking: An interesting, if flawed, entry into meta-horror. 4⭐
Recursion: Liked it more than Dark Matter, which I liked quite a bit. 5⭐
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pickHaving read, & loved, Dark Matter as well a couple other Crouch titles I didn't read the plot synopsis when I picked this as my June BOTM selection. I only knew it involved False Memory Syndrome & I went down a rabbit hole after seeing a post that mentioned Mandela Effect. This is by far Crouch's most ambitious book to date, & if there's one book that I've read recently that cries out for an adaptation it's this one.
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My evening plans: a good book, a big mug of hot chocolate and the new season of my guilty pleasure ‘90 Day Fiancé‘ ?
so-soThe premise seemed promising but it got old really fast. And the important relationships in the story seemed melodramatic and cliche. Just meh.
pickWow, I think I liked this even more than Dark Matter! The 1st half was a little bogged down by the science of what created FMS, but around pg 200 the action & suspense ratchets up & this mind-bender ultimately shows how humans can take a good thing & use it for cataclysmic disaster. Face-meltingly scary stuff. How willing are we to accept pain in life with the good? Are we really living if we have "cheat codes"? This needs to be a film! 4⭐️s!??
While I didn't find the romantic relationship nearly as believable in this book compared to Jason and Daniela Dessen in Dark Matter, their relationship kinda grew on me, and a few quotes pulled at my heartstrings, particularly this one.
“I‘ll be in that Portland bar in October of 1990, waiting for you.”
“You won‘t even recognize me.”
“My soul knows your soul. In any time.” 😭 #BOTM
panI found this book to be repetitive and it felt way too much like Dark Matter (which I loved). Because of that I was bored and it lacked the element of surprise.
pickOne of my favorite books ever. My brain hurt after reading it:))) #recursion #blakecrouch #lovetoread
pickI‘m not a huge sci-fi fan, but there‘s a sliver of it I just love and Blake Crouch is right in that sweet spot. His latest book, about the nature of time and memory, is a tantalizing, fascinating, mindfuck of a book and a total page turner. I loved it.
pickThis one started off slower than Dark Matter, but it truly did not disappoint! I am in it for the long haul with Blake Crouch.
so-soI did enjoy the book but felt it was just meh. Nothing memorable in my opinion. To me his other book, Dark Matter, was better.
3.5/5 stars
pickMIND.BLOWN. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Enjoyable, fast read. I liked this novel more than Dark Matter, and found myself purposefully slowing down towards the end of the story so I could savor each moment. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2
Ugh, can‘t wait to be done with work so I can dive back in.
pickPage turner. Perhaps better than Dark Matter. Crouch twists and turns the story back upon itself all while making some pretty astute observations about human nature.
Image from earlier, but hubby is just as unhappy right now lol. I'm just trying to finish this mind-bender while sipping some bubbly rosé.??♀️ #Football #FallIsBooked People are monsters in this read, so 1pt for #Scarathlon #TeamStoker
Mind twisting book about the nature of memory and time (past, present and future) and attempts to fix reality you‘ve broken.
September was a good book month for me. I had been in a book slump and I think I broke the curse. Most of these were completed in the first 3 weeks too since I've not been focusing very well since Tuesday. That was the day we learned that our sweet fur baby was miserably suffering from cancer and lost him quite suddenly. I'm still reeling a bit and looking for good escapes for the coming month. I'm not a spooktober-y type, but I love fall. Ideas?
#septemberwrapup Video coming soon!
EBOOKS
Poisoned Apples ~ 3 stars
Lock Me In ~ 4 stars
The Perfect Child ~ 4.75 stars
The Retreat ~ Almost done! Will update.
AUDIOBOOKS
Someone We Know ~ 4 stars
PHYSICAL BOOKS
Stolen Things ~ 3 stars
The Book of Essie ~ 3.75 stars
Stepsister ~ 4.75 stars
Recursion ~ 4 stars
Sea Witch ~ 5 stars
A Love Letter From the Girls Who Feel Everything ~ 4 stars
What were your favorite September reads?
This is mind-bending. There‘s no such thing as “in the present” because by the time your brain has processed all the input necessary to make sense of something, you are already in the past.
so-soMeh. The characters were bland and their romance was even less interesting. This reads more like a Hollywood thriller—all action, less concern with a solid plot. Thank goodness it was a fairly quick read or else I wouldn‘t have made it to the end.
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I look forward to reading more by Blake Crouch. I would recommend this book for fans of science fiction or thrillers. I don‘t think you have to like both to appreciate what Crouch offers here. He weaves these genres together seamlessly in this frightening and entertaining tale.
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Is anyone else struggling with this? I loved the author‘s previous novel and was looking forward to reading this one. But I‘m finding that every time I put it down I‘m not in any hurry to pick it back up again. I‘m more than 100 pages in and will certainly finish it, but it‘s definitely not the reading experience I expected.
so-soProbably not a popular opinion, but I struggled with this one. It‘s very readable and engaging. Fast-paced and fun. But, the character development is lacking. I also had some issues with the whole time travel aspect. I can‘t help thinking about all the ways the plot doesn‘t work. I enjoyed the beginning and end the most. The middle was chaotic, repetitive, and underdeveloped. But, from an entertainment perspective, I get why people like it.
pickWould you go back in time to change something if you could? Blake Crouch explores that very topic in this fast-paced, mindbending, time traveling tale of two people fighting to save the world, and themselves.
If you are a fan of his other book, Dark Matter, you'll enjoy this one too. I'll admit, there are parts of this book where I'm still thinking, "WTH did I just read," but that's kinda why I liked it so much too. ?
pickI listened to this author‘s previous book, Dark Matter, a couple years ago and loved it. This one was another banger and a quick read due to the riveting storyline.
Long story short, in this book DARPA has a way to go back and undo bad things that happened in the recent past. Many of those things end up being mass shootings. They could‘ve just tightened gun laws, but no, they have to create this complex super-secret machine that alters spacetime and human consciousness. 😆🤦🏽♀️😆
Library haul. Top 2 are book club reads - nothing I would have chosen. Red Rising is a book I‘d never heard of but read a lot of rave reviews on recently so want to try it. Recursion I‘m so excited for since I really like Blake Crouch. The bottom two are my suspense/horror picks as we near fall and the season of a scary book! The Hunger in particular intrigues me since the Donner party has always spooked me since it was discussed in The Shining.
pickThis book was amazing. Wow. Timelines and alternative histories. Great characters. I loved this one. Crouch rocks at sci-fi.
He has wondered lately if that‘s all living really is - one long goodbye to those we love. ~Blake Crouch/Recursion
Day 18: Your reading spot #botmbookclubseptphotochallenge
Where do you love to snuggle up and read at home? My favorite spot is our #yogibo double. I love to lounge with a good book and my Van Gogh quilt!
pickWhat the hell just happened? I finished this book in a day and a half! It was a blast. Clever and trippy.
I didn't quite get the emotional impact that I think the author was going for. Maybe I read it too fast, or maybe it was too fast-paced (I felt like I was reading a movie for like, three quarters of it). But I had a great time overall 😆
pickRECURSION is a mind bending trip that deals with heavy subjects as neuroscience, time, philosophy, physics and nature of our memory. The story follows a scientist Helena Smith as she tries to find a way for alzheimer patients to retain their memory and an NYPD dectective Barry Sutton as he tries to cope with a tragedy. This is a fantastic sciece fiction thriller which deals with the fragile elements of time, identity and memory. Not to be missed.
Last month when I did the Book Snob Book Tag on BookTube, I started thinking about other things that I am definitely very particular about when it comes to books. As it turns out, I am a bigger book snob than I initially realized! Check out my latest video video and let me know if any of these things bother you, too! https://youtu.be/wMp_dYyTtTQ #booktube #youtube #bookvlog #booksnob #dustjackets #moviecovets #massmarketpaperbacks #librarybooks
What teachers and professors never told her was about the dark side of finding your purpose. The part where it consumes you. Where it becomes a destroyer of relationships and happiness. And still, she wouldn‘t trade it.
I‘m too beat tonight, but I fully intend to dig into this over the weekend.
so-soSooo I thought the premise was interesting but the execution wasn‘t great. The beginning was really good and drew me in. By the middle I didn‘t really care about the characters anymore and just slugged through to the end.
pickBetween “Recursion” and “Dark Matter” I have quickly become someone who will read anything Blake Crouch writes, no questions asked. Whenever I thought I knew where “Recursion” was going, I was wrong. It‘s a puzzle-box time travel story, based on memory, death, and love. This book was a blast, compulsively readable and brimming with unexpected heart.
pickI LOVED this as much as Dark Matter 😱🖤
