I'm plowing through this book. It's really good. He's a local Michigan author as well so i might look up more of his work in the future.
You know it's a good book when you start dreaming about the subject matter... last night I was dreaming of mobsters

After finishing a big tomb like a Robert Langdon, I decided to grab this off my shelves. I read This Tender Land ages ago and loved it so I'm ready for a smaller book. I have no doubt it will be excellent.

I read the first two back-to-back which kinda burned me out, i think. I took a big break and am now starting the third one, however, I think it's just the author and how he writes this character. The trope already tells familiar and overplayed and I'm only 6 chapters in. I have Origin in the tbr as well, but it appears I'm missing Inferno.... I know his newest just came out-- unsure if I will bother

Apparently I had already read this. I didn't like it any better the second time 😵‍💫

Pg 207//story 11
Out of the Sea

That was pretty good. Just picked up another of her books, Lark & Termite, at a used book sale today, so hopefully, it's as decent a read as this.

That was pretty good. Just picked up another of her books, Lark & Termite, at a used book sale today, so hopefully it's as decent as read as this.

Used book sale haul post 2
The Passage has been on the tbr for a while so I snatched that right up.
Not a bad haul for $2! (It was the last day so it was fill a paper bag for $2.)

Used book sale haul post 1
A couple of these I've read-- Tara Road and Thorn Birds, but I wanted better editions. (I hate MMPB!)
I was excited to find the Caleb Carr book, since I just read The Alienist and really liked it.

Book swap haul from yesterday

Spooky season is almost upon us and i have the perfect book that's been waiting patiently in the tbr pile

Guess now is the time

Used book sale haul
Tomorrow they're free so of course I'm going to go back 😅
I got these 8 for $5

I've seen the movie a few times so I guess it's time to check out the book

The book i wanted to borrow wasn't available, but this was! I love physics so decided to give it a whirl

Part III
So far this isn't much like I had expected. Lots of profiling, investigating and prophesizing but I still have no idea who the killer is and am wondering if we ever find out...

It's pretty interesting to read about medical ideas in the 1800s and whatnot.
Like this passage where they speak of the victim recording the last image it's seen like a permanent record

It's been on my want to reads list for years and decided to see if Libby had it since I hadn't been lucky enough to find it at any used places. They do have it, so I'm looking forward to reading this, especially since my last book The Other Typist was a bummer

I liked it well enough, interesting premise. I guess it if a series, however, I most likely won't continue with it. There's at least 6 books and I ain't got time for all that.

This just became available on Libby and it's been in the tbr, so I guess it's my new read!

I liked the first part of the book better than the second half. it all tied together nicely in the end, I suppose, but I initially found the bits about Egypt a bit disjointed compared to the first half. overall it was an enjoyable read.

I won this from Goodreads, but I DNFed at 33% through. It was not at all what I had hoped for (based on the title.) It seemed more to want to push his own religion and theories. Have a feeling that's probably why it's self published, as well. Disappointed.

Won this in a Goodreads giveaway so time to dive in

I think this will be a much better choice than my previous book. Here's hoping, anyway

DNF @ ~300 pages. Snooze fest. I looked the book up on Wikipedia and that helped cement my decision to abandon it.

Now I need to (hopefully) pick out a different (better 🤞) book

I feel like I have read this book before, but if I have, it was before 2011 when I joined Goodreads and started tracking my books. The sticker was on my bedroom floor and I was too lazy to get a proper bookmark [even though I have a million] & the juxtaposition of the book title/sticker made me smile 😂😈💀

Grabbed this at a sale because I'd seen it mentioned in my fb book groups. Started reading it and thought it was giving David Sedaris kinda vibes. Less than halfway through, I figured out what was going on and had an inclination of how it could end. Definitely a Fight Club type of vibe book. Not stellar, but good. 3 star

Had no idea this was such a short book, so I finished it in about a day. I enjoyed it, for the most part, but found the ending a bit anticlimactic and lacking. I finished and said, "That's it? Really?" Still an enjoyable book overall, though.

Stopped by the library to stock up on some vacation reads. Do I have stacks and stacks of books I have bought at sales that I need to read? Yes. But I have heard really good stuff about James so I went to grab that and ended up with these others. JCO is usually pretty hit or miss for me, so chance I might not finish that one. I loved Monte Cristo and wanted to try Musketeers. Starting with serial killer book.

This was a long ass book. I had no idea how contemptuous a relationship LIW and RLM had. Rose was kind of awful, and their relationship dynamic was weird. Anyway, you learn a lot about everything during that time period (maybe too much) & unfortunately I won't look at the cherished series from childhood the same way after reading this and knowing the hand (or pen) Rose had to it

I enjoyed being back in Kingsbridge. This wasn't the best book, but it wasn't bad. Kind of middle of the road.. still better than ACOF. Solid Follett with his usual tropes that I've become accustomed to over the years of reading him. The bit of Hornbeam at the end was a little surprising. Good, overall, but not great. Decent.

Diving back into Kingsbridge 🥰

More book mail!

Woot, finished! I see why this book is every where right now. It a a nice dive back into some historical fiction and makes me want to read more stuff from the 1700s (although maybe not necessarily about midwifery)
Anyway, I really enjoyed it

Book mail!! They all arrived on the same day 😊📚🤓

Fredrik Backman- The Winners
The Covenant of Water- Abraham Verghese
The Armor of Light- Ken Follett

I'm about halfway thru The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon right now... I might reread The Beartown series next

I finally spent a gift card someone got me, and I got my first book from abebooks! The other 3 are still on their way, but this was the only book I ordered I haven't read yet 🙂 the others are all books I've read but don't own yet

This was an interesting read that took a lot of twists. I think this might be the first book I've ever read about the suffragette movement. I liked it. Overall, it was good. It was really the cover and title that had initially caught my eye, which turned out to not really be a very big part of the real story.

Pg 300 something.... the title of the book just made sense and the mystery deepens. This is quite the unusual book thus far.

It's people who won't open their minds that are dangerous

First book of 2025

Well, dang! What a ride that was. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to read that book, but what a ride it was. It took a while to really start understanding what was going on, but once I did, I figured it was really only the beginning & started waiting for more twists & turns. Excellent read.

This was a great book! It's been a long time since I started a book in the morning and finished it the same night.

Anne is a resilient saint, and Charles is a dirty, famous scumbag

Happy Thanksgiving, litsy peeps
Starting some historical fiction, which I haven't read in quite some time.

I've been wanting to read this for a good while now, and I guess tonight is the night. It was available on Libby, so I said, let's go
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

It wasn't nearly as enjoyable the second time around.

Ahh, sweet summer child... 😅 you've no idea what you're in for