so-so3⭐️
I went into this expecting to love it. I have read the authors previous work and enjoyed it. This book left me feeling unconnected to the characters. I couldn't find a single character that I enjoyed. I do think to make the story work it had to be that way.
These two books helped me meet my #20in4 goal of 20 chapters. With a husband who works crazy hours, a son who is sick, a daughter who wants to do everything but clean her room, it was a struggle. I met the goal around 9pm CST and didn't get a chance to post until now. Hopefully, 2025 reading isn't all like this first batch.
Rainy day reading. All of the adults are reading while the kids play in the hot tub. Family vacation at its finest.
pickI am so glad I picked this. I was worried that I loved The Wishing Game so much that I could only be disappointed with this book. I was not disappointed. Well done, Meg Shaffer!
What a beautiful morning. Reading on the adults only, Serenity Deck. Really starting to get involved with these characters and wondering how it will all play out.
pickSitting on a cruise ship, sobbing. Thank God I finished this on our balcony instead of a public space, I would look like a mess. 5⭐️
pickI devoured this. I couldn't stop reading it, but I am having trouble processing how I feel about it. I think I am struggling with how much I liked the book when I saw so much wrong within it.
pickI don't even know of I can write a review through these tears. I closed this book and the flood gates opened. I don't know why it hit me so hard, but it did. This is a book I will recommend for a long time, one I won't forget, and one,when it inevitably made into a movie, will not quite hit the mark. Bravo Ms. Hannah!
5⭐️
And I am crying in the waiting room of my kids' dentist.
#waitingroomreading
pick5⭐️
It has been a while since a book had me crying both sad and happy tears.
At first, I thought the pace was slow, but now I think it needed to be. I think if it was paced faster, you wouldn't be able to build relationships with all the characters. 4⭐️
pick4⭐️ A book club pick. Twisty. Book 3 of the year!
pickGreat read. A question I have had about faith in difficult times was answered while reading this.
pickSince June 1, 2011, the day my grief journey started, I am incredibly interested in how people get through their loss. This was an incredibly moving read.
pickThis left me sad. I feel like if she had someone who cared about her and not about what they could get out of her, her life could have been something so different.
pick#NovelNovember Started and finished. Hopefully, this is the breakthrough, and my reading slump is over. I enjoyed this even though I saw the ending coming. Sadie's family story was able to keep me checked in because I wasn't sure how that would play out.
pickThe build-up of this book was great. Always waiting, for Jamie to be the bad guy, for Finn to be the hero. That ending. A pregnancy? That is what saves her? Ugh.
2,620 pts for #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks . This was tough for me this year. I had more on my plate than past #Scarathlon . I enjoyed the time that I put into this I kust wish there was more of it.
@LiseWorks thanks you for all your time and effort.
I could not find premade gingerbread. So, I took liberties. I bought cookies decorated them with my daughter while my son baked a cake. We set up a haunted pumpkin patch instead of a haunted gingerbread house. #scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks @Catsandbooks
I swear this has been the busiest October of my life!! I will keep going. hopefully, #TeamCryptKeepers had some heavy hitters this round. @LiseWorks #Sarathlon
I have had the busiest week. I need to be cleaning my home, but all I want to do is read!! #31by31 #OutstandingOctober #Scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks @Andrew65
pickSorry, #TeamCryptKeepers, I couldn't stop. I cannot wait to hear all of your thoughts. I will not post mine but wait to discuss them with you. @LiseWorks #Scarathlon
pickI have held on to this book for an entire year in order to have it for #Scarathlon . I laughed, I read parts outloud to my husband, and loved the nostalgia. #31in31 total is 5:40:23 #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks
Well, #20in4 did not go as planned. Reading a total of 4:25m. Usually, I am ok with how things work out. I have never hit the 24-hour goal, but this was disappointing. I think because other people's poor planning interfered it frustated me. 2:25 is the total for #scarathlon tally. @Andrew65 @LiseWorks #TeamCryptKeepers
panI really did not enjoy this at all. I finished because it is who I am, but this was not for me.
pickI cried a lot! Sad tears, happy tears, so many tears. I didn't expect to love this book but I did.
1. Childhood nickname. 2. Thriller. 3. Summer is my favorite season 4. I believe in spirit entities 5. USA 6. Wife, Mom and everything that entails. Library volunteer. #Scarathlon #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks
pickThought provoking.
"Life is made of so many goodbyes welded together. So dread the endings. Cry and rage and curse them. Just don't forget to cherish the beginnings and all that comes in between. "
pickReading this felt like reading someones journal.
"Blood's thicker than water, and I am drowning in it. I was sinking down in that blood and once I hit bottom, no one would find me."
pickA perfect beach read. I am sad that my vacation and the book are over.
pickThis got me! Just sitting in my VRBO rental crying. Honestly, I love a book that makes me feel something. This book had me feeling multiple emotions.
