pickI‘m a huge fan of Chanel Cleeton she knows her way around a story and brings vivid images making the story come to life. But, THE LAST TRAIN TO KEY WEST is my least favourite, the book a bit heavy on the dialogue, and somewhat repetitive. The story is full of danger, history, suspense and intimacy it kept my interest, and a good addition to the series.
1. Beatriz Williams, Taylor Jenkins Reed, Chanel Cleeton
2. Poolside
3. I cannot commit - 3 small kids
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I am really happy with this months #bookspin and #doublespin results! Plus they‘re both on my kindle, which I have been using a lot lately. Thanks for being you @TheAromaofBooks !🧡
pickThis was my #LMPBC for September, and I'm happy to have read it as I really enjoyed it.
Well-written with lots of historical background, it centers around the events of one of the most powerful hurricanes (in 1935) to hit the Florida Keys and is told from three women's experiences and how they overlap. I was invested in all three (Helen, Mirta and Elizabeth), but I think Helen was my favorite. The women were all very different in their past 🔻
pickSwapped between Audible & Kindle. Narration was excellent.
When I realized setting was 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, planned to read along the Timeline. As I neared the end I couldn't put it down. Characters I liked & wanted to know what happens to them. Vague memories of Flager's RR from a long ago trip to Florida so historical side interesting as well.
LOVE the cover & want that outfit! Plus now I have a craving for Key Lime Pie.
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Having so much fun at #LitsySummerCamp🏕that I forgot to write home yesterday. The weather has been mild here for this time of year. Perfect reading weather. But that‘s all weather! Coincidentally I finished a book about a hurricane yesterday. I‘ll try to write again tomorrow! Thanks for sending me to camp!
pickYes I‘m done with August‘s #LMPBC book already because yes it was that good! I wouldn‘t have picked this up myself but I‘m glad @Susanita picked it. Three women‘s lives collide as a hurricane bears down on Key West and the WWI vets in nearby CCC camps. Great pick! I‘ve already recommended it to a friend.
pickRead this one in a day. Set in 1935, three women are forever changed when a powerful hurricane destroys Key West. Easy to read and entertaining.
I‘m mashing together two readathons so I can finish this book and get it in the mail. First, I‘m in the office and a captive audience on a zoom event, but I left the book at home! 🤦🏻♀️
At least I have another book on my phone. Still, the end of the day can‘t come fast enough!
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pickI really enjoyed the third book in this series, but they can be read alone too. It hear about three women and how their lives become connected. Also learnt about the hurricane that hit the Keys and about the building by WWI veterans on a highway.
1. Victories Greater than Death and Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales
2. Swimming and kayaking
3. The Last Train to Key West (historical fiction) OR Malibu Rising (historical literary) OR How to Find a Princess (romance)
#WeekendReads
June wrap-up!
Books read: 19
Total pages: 4,964
LGBTQ+: 10
BiPoc Authors: 11
Women / nonbinary authors: 16
Longest: Malibu Rising (384)
Shortest: Donut Feed the Squirrels (112)
Favorites: The Last Train to Key West, Sorrowland, Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, and The Girls I've Been
pickA gorgeous historical fiction novel about the intersecting lives of three very different women during the devastating Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in Key West. Beautiful and heartbreaking. I fell in love with Helen, Mirta, and Elizabeth as they each fought for the lives they wanted and weathered the challenges of life and horror of natural disaster.
pickWhat a stunningly beautiful book... at times haunting and at others hopeful... a home run of read for sure!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm excited to be reading this one as I loved the first two Cuba books! Jasmine decided to keep me company for a bit too. 🐱😍📖
pickI loved this book just as much as the others in the series. I can‘t wait for the next book to be released.
pickThree women in the Florida Keys, there lives intertwine in this story about survival as a woman. Historical background during 1935 with the use of war veterans to build a train that travels down to the keys. The Hurricane of 1935 changes not only the future of the train tracks but the trajectory of the 3 women in this story.
pickWhile I didn‘t enjoy this quite as much as Cleeton‘s first two books of the Cuba Saga, this was a riveting book as well. Cleeton really knows how to write a fast paced page turner and I appreciated how well she intertwined the stories of three main characters who are in the path of a devastating hurricane heading for the Florida Keys.
pick“The day we stop fighting for others is the day we might as well pack it all up and go home.”
Excellent historical fiction about 3 women from different backgrounds whose lives overlap around the Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys in 1935.
pickMy November #doublespin pick. Another great read by Chanel Cleeton. I love a good historical fiction, and this one did not disappoint. Especially one that takes place in my state, and has a hurricane in it.
pickI thought I‘d posted this review when I finished this one but I forgot to do that. I love historic fiction and Chanel Cleeton is an automatic read. This story set in Key West revolves around one of the nations worst hurricanes on record. I really enjoyed this one.
Don‘t you love visiting an airport book shop and having some of your favorite authors jump out at you?
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Headed home. I thought I‘d browse Denver‘s Intl Airport bookshop see what I truly needed to own. Then the darn gate girl rang my boarding call and I was only lucky enough to pickup and touch a few books. 😢
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pickWell this train has stopped. It was a wondrous ride. This was my first Chanel Cleeton read and it was excellent. She creates such bold and expressive characters. 5 stars! #bookspinbingo #Scarlathon2020 #TeamHarkness #October20in4 #OutstandingOctober #littenlisten
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I'm hopping on The Last Train to Key West! Take me away Chanel Cleeton! Library hold for #bookspinbingo. #LittenListen #October20in4 #OutstandingOctober #Scarlathon2020 #TeamHarkness
so-soOk, I‘m going to admit my shortcomings here 😂
I first chose this book because I‘ve always wanted to go to Florida. And another reason was the pretty cover 🤣 I couldn‘t stop listening and marathoned it. But that SAME old storyline of “three women whose lives intersect” thing just isn‘t for me. And the big ‘drama‘ in the book felt lukewarm. Oh well, that‘ll teach me to just GO to Florida instead of trying to read about it. 🤣
⭐️ ⭐️1/2 out of 5.
I think this is going to be Florida in my 50 states challenge...
Me: I have my bookshelves just as I want them. I don‘t need to buy any new books.
Also me: Closing sale at the local BAM? I‘m there! (Just the local store is closing, not the whole chain.)
I happened to eat at a restaurant with key lime pie which is practically a character in this #audiobook
pickI really enjoy this author. Her characters are great and mix of history and fiction are just how i like it. Not to dense with facts but enough history to educate me. 3 stories of 3 women in 1935 in the Keys when a monster hurricane approaches. A story of how these women endure not only mother nature but being a woman in that time. Excellent read. Triggers for domestic violence and natural disasters. 5🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝
pickReally lovely, quiet novel with a slow build to a satisfying and compelling conclusion. Well plotted and paced, I loved the characters and learning more about Key West.
Diving in! I‘ve always wanted to go to Key West . . .
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This was a wonderful novel. It was right up my alley, with Historical fiction, Romance, and Suspense. I love books about surviving a disaster,or anything weather related. It's the story of how three women survive the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
pickThis was so good! I started it yesterday and already finished. I had never heard of this real life hurricane that hit Florida in the 1930s. I was invested in the stories of all three women and the way they came together. (You just have to go with the coincidences in some cases!). The covers of Chanel Cleeton‘s books are always so pretty, even when the story isn‘t. First book finished for August.
pickThis was the 2nd book by this author that I have read. I really enjoyed it. I liked how there were 3 distinct characters whose story she told and at the end they were all connected. I liked where the story took place. The hurricane and the time period when the story took place was new information to me. This was a good summer read.
pickThis is by far my favorite of her three books. So good.
pickNew review up on my blog. https://bookitwithsandi.home.blog/2020/07/16/the-last-train-to-key-west/
I would suggest not missing the train on this one.
so-soI like historical fiction and this book is in a historical period from United States that I have never read. Unfortunately the plot was very predictable and this frustrated me.
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pickFirst book by Chanel Cleeton, but not my last. This book was perfect! I saw a part of myself in each of these women and was rooting for them all the way! Definitely recommend! #mmdbookclub #modernmrsdarcy #mmdreading
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