pickLily was my reading buddy this afternoon as I finished this cracker of a book. Rose, Lloyd, Sami and Marta are scholarship students at High Realms, a school where they do not fit in & are mercilessly tormented. When one of the school‘s most popular students is gravely injured, three of the friends do whatever they can to protect the fourth. Fabulous dark academia.
pickThis is only really a so-so pick for me because while it had a lot of things going for it (vampires, New Orleans) the main character, Victoria, drove me nuts. She and her former bestie, Henry, fly to NOLA to find a vampire- they‘re real- so Victoria can get turned so that she can turn her beloved father who is dying. This is a book about what it means to live and while I appreciated the message, the execution fell short for me.
pickI have been mostly off the grid due to school and a wild weekend moving Con (and three of his friends) to a new place to live this weekend. I wish I had read this book in one or two sittings, I think I would have enjoyed it better. The story of a cult based on a remote Scottish island. Because I read it in fits and starts, I often found it difficult to follow. It wasn‘t the page-turner The Last House on Needless St. Was, but still good.
pickA lovely quiet book about a man wrestling with his conscience. Perfect rainy day read.
pickThis is a pick, kinda sorta. Norma has never felt like she fit in. Joe has spent his whole life running away from his guilt. This is a story about family. It took me forever to read. #theslumpisreal
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