Another winner from John Boyne. This one is made up of 4 novellas very loosely related to one another, but the way they subtly interweave is genius, and in the end it all comes full circle.

Love, love, loved this just as much the 2nd time around! ❤️ (I rarely re-read books.)
It‘s long, but so worth it.

The follow-up to What She Knew, again featuring Detective Jim Clemo. This one was good as well. Only two books in this series, and she‘s published quite a few standalones since then, so I don‘t know if there are plans for any further books with Clemo, but I would definitely be there for them if so.

I‘ve read a few of Gilly Macmillan‘s books but didn‘t realize until I finished this that it was her debut novel. I liked it….some twists & turns and the perpetrator took me by surprise.

While I appreciated this story from a historical fiction standpoint, this one fell flat for me. I didn‘t particularly like any of the main characters and something about the way the story was pulled together just felt off. As a side note, the cover art (and the title) are really quite deceiving.

The third (and last?) book in the Aaron Falk series. These books always start out rather slow but they always succeed in pulling me in and I was left guessing almost up til the end.

I‘m not all that knowledgeable in Greek mythology, so it shouldn‘t be surprising that I wasn‘t familiar with the character of Circe prior to reading this. I still don‘t know that I liked her, though she was a complicated character for sure. I do think I liked this novel better than The Song of Achilles.

I feel like each of Hawkins‘ novels are quite different from one another, though so far I‘ve enjoyed them all and this was no exception. More of a classic whodunnit, this one had twists & turns and red herrings, but I liked it!

I chanced upon a review of this and though I don‘t read a lot of nonfiction, I thought it might be a good, casually informative read. It was that and more! I can‘t recommend this enough and want to buy a hard copy for all my female friends. If you‘re like me and probably most other female drivers, your knowledge of cars and all their parts and how they work might be limited. This is like Cars for Dummies, but in a good way. Highly recommend!

I liked this, but I found it horribly depressing and sad. Normally I don‘t mind books like that, but it felt really heavy and I was kind of glad to be done so that I could move on to something else.

I know I‘m late to the party on this one. I liked it, though maybe not as much as I expected, considering all the great reviews I‘ve seen. I‘ve read quite a few of Jojo Moyes and this one was different. But not in a bad way.

The downside of writing a debut novel as good as Shotgun Lovesongs is that everything after can‘t quite compare. This is my 3rd Butler read and while the writing was still good, the storyline just didn‘t pull me in. There was also something about the flow of the book that wasn‘t quite right. But still….I will continue to seek out books by Nickolas Butler.

I‘ve not received an ARC in a long time. Thanks LibraryThing! (This one‘s due to release in September)

Though sad, this one really gripped me and I found myself completely engrossed. Probably one of my favorite reads in 2025 so far. I watched the tv series immediately afterward, which was decent, but I was disappointed in some of the changes in the adaptation. Anyone else read and/or watched?

I had mixed feelings about this series going past book #10. And I still do. I was kind of underwhelmed with this one. Interesting twist but still a lot of vague, unanswered questions. So I‘m thinking there will be at least a 12th book…?

I know I‘m in the minority here, but try as I might, I just don‘t love Gaiman‘s stories. I guess it‘s just not my genre. But I don‘t deny that he‘s a good writer and I do love listening to him read his own audiobooks. And how did I not know there was a movie??

Pulled this one off my shelf as I was in the mood for something a little different. Kind of a scientific thriller and a bit farfetched, though it did sort of pull me in.

Been wanting to read a Charles Martin for a while. This was decent enough, though not sure if it will stick with me. Lots going on in this one, which has the potential to pull at the heartstrings.

So my feeling for this was that it was a worthy follow-up, but still overhyped. Now that I‘ve done the GraphicAudio for the first two books, I feel like I need to do the same for book 3, so I have to wait until July for the 2nd part of that to be released…..

I folded to the hype. I listen to a lot of audiobooks but I‘d not done a GraphicAudio before. That part was enjoyable. And while I mostly enjoyed the story, there were things that I found annoying as well. I will continue on because I‘m kind of a sucker once I start a series, but my general feeling is that this is overhyped.

Have had this old copy on my shelf a long time. I‘d heard that it was one of the earlier time travel classics and I finally gave it a read. Back then maybe it was novel for its time (1970), but I admit I was underwhelmed. Maybe more appealing to those who are very familiar with or live in NYC. I found it overly detailed and a bit of a slog.

Better than the last one, but the first two are still my faves. I did like how this connected some of the dots. And it was just fun, in a sort of sick & twisted way, to return to the Gamemaker‘s world.

Read the audiobook and then watched the series, both this week. Bittersweet storyline, for obvious reasons. I didn‘t realize until I started reading that it was based on a true story, from interviews that the author did with a survivor.

This was a re-read for me, after recently watching the Netflix series. The series was remarkably faithful to the book, other than maybe the casting. Would recommend both book and series!

McMahon‘s books usually have a little of the supernatural and this one was no exception. This one was sort of gothic creepy. I didn‘t love the main characters, but the story was good.

I‘m apparently in the minority here, but I was kind of disappointed in this follow-up prequel to We Were Liars. To be fair, I do think the audiobook reader had at least something to do with that.

This was a reread for me. I originally read it 11 years ago but just recently saw that an adapted series will be coming out sometime this year, so I wanted to refresh my memory. What I found so enthralling this time was the reader‘s (Ariadne Meyers) voice and delivery at the end. Almost brought me to tears and nearly pulled my heart out of my chest. If you‘ve not read it on audio, I‘d definitely recommend!

Can‘t decide how I feel about this one. It‘s got to be frustrating to not be able to get justice for such a heinous crime. But the author‘s writing style annoyed me at times. And the audiobook reader had a lisp (have never experienced that before), so that was distracting to me.

This story begins right where Divine Rivals left off. Iris‘ character has developed some grit in this one and we get to know the god and goddess, Dacre and Enva, a little better. I still liked the first book better, but this was a worthy follow-up.

The alternate cover for this would have never attracted me. But this one is beautiful and I‘m the first to admit I judge books by their covers. But then a book about letter writing and magic typewriters? Yes, please! This one was fun!

I‘m not going to say I disliked this because that wouldn‘t be true. But I do think it was overhyped. I didn‘t care for the author‘s writing style — it felt too disjointed, as well as being long and drawn out. It took me forever to finish this, which is unusual for me. But the underlying story was good. And I do think it will stick with me for a while.

This one seems to have a lot of mixed reviews, but I loved it. It somehow sucked me in completely, despite some of the maybe farfetched events.

I think the novelty of Sarah Vowell has worn off a bit for me. I like her deadpan humor, but her monotone has begun to grate on my nerves. And while having a host of guest readers is nice, the little interspersed quotes just don‘t really “fit” with the flow of the book.

I‘m undecided on this one. The basic premise was good, but I didn‘t necessarily like the execution. The backwards timeline…was it really necessary? And lots of unlikeable characters. It could‘ve been better than it was.

I liked this one, but I think I had it hyped up too much in my head based on other reviews and I was a little disappointed. It was good, but not as good as I ultimately was expecting.

Not my fave, but also not my least fave of Moriarty‘s. Lots of dysfunction and I truly didn‘t care for many (any?) of the characters, but I did like the multiple layers of complicated yet realistic relationships. And Caroline Lee always does an excellent job with narration.

This one is dark, but the word “immersive” is what really comes to mind more than anything. This one pulls you into a whole other world, differently than the way other novels do. I finished this a few weeks ago and am still thinking about it.

There‘s a lot going on in this one — some of it a bit crazy. The first half of the book did not sell me at all, but the second half redeemed it for me. It was definitely not my favorite of McMahon‘s, but it had some redeeming qualities.

It had been a long time since I‘d read anything by this author, but I‘d forgotten how much I enjoyed her stories. This one kept me reading right up until the end (which was mildly sappy).

I can‘t decide how I feel about this one. I did like the writing style and the earlier coming-of-age portion, but I‘m not a particular fan of heists and I think that part of it turned me off. 👍👎🤷🏼‍♀️

While this wasn‘t a bad book, it wasn‘t nearly as good as When We Believed in Mermaids by the same author. I doubt that this one will stick with me.

I liked this quite a bit, though not sure it was as great as all the hype led me to believe. But I did find myself anxious to return to it every time I set it aside, so there‘s that.

I found this one confusing and hard to stay focused on (which may have contributed to why I found it confusing in the first place). I seem to have missed a lot of the key plot points and after Googling I felt stupid that I missed so much. Not my favorite Atkinson novel. Anyone else feel the same or just me?

This book was well written, though sad, and it seemed to capture the poorer aspects of Appalachian life quite well, moving from generation to generation. I feel like this was an under-the-radar novel, but what really made this stand out was the stellar narration of the audiobook, with a full cast of characters that really brought this one to life.

I‘ve enjoyed both books that I‘ve read by this author. (Though didn‘t care for the reader…too overly dramatic and got on my nerves). Sort of surprised this author isn‘t more well-known.

I wasn‘t sure I wanted to commit when I started, based on the previous book. But I did. And then I decided nope, I can‘t do this for another 22 hours. I regret that I didn‘t get to see how everything resolved, but I also feel like some serious editing could‘ve taken place with both books in this series.

The basic plot was good, but it took so long to get there. And it actually didn‘t “get there”, because it ends abruptly and if you want to know the rest, you better have the continuation (All Clear) in hand and ready to go. I enjoyed Willis‘ previous books, Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, but felt this one lingered too heavily on unnecessary details and dragged down the plot.

I was prepared to dislike this because it was an unnecessary addition to the series. I still stand by that thought and I didn‘t really think the two storylines in this book went together, but it wasn‘t terrible. Just not as good as the others.

Have you ever really stopped to think about how absolutely amazing and miraculous the human body is, from the microscopic and molecular, all the way to the fully functioning sum of all its parts? It truly is mind boggling. This reminded me a lot of some of Mary Roach‘s books, which I also enjoy. Lots of interesting facts and statistics. But kind of depressing how poor the U.S. ranks compared to other nations in a variety of areas.

Bohjalian is so good at writing in such a variety of genres. This one was historical fiction disguised as a mystery/thriller. A little slow-moving at times, but I liked the way two timelines and the characters overlapped.