Time for Another Book Post – YAY?

When we last left off, the next book on my list was Providence by Caroline Kepnes. Not bad, but not one I plan to keep 🤷‍♀️. For me it was just ok – but that’s me, others of you may enjoy thoroughly enjoy it, especially if you’re a fan. I just like most of my questions answered by the end of the book and I was left wanting in that area. Of course, I’m the type who wants everything answered by the author 😁. Probably why I read a lot of murder mysteries…

Next, I picked up another Ollies bargain Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne. Now this one I had figured out pretty early on but kept reading anyway. While I enjoyed the characters, some of the plot points just annoyed me. There seems to be this trend in entertainment, where young people (teens, mostly) seem to think they can tell no one in authority (parent, cop, etc.) when they receive ominous messages. Is that really how young people think, or is the writer taking the easy way out? Such is the case with this book and the female protagonist had to be saved by a guy. Can women please be allowed to save themselves, please?

In an effort to plow through my Ollies book collection, I started The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure. Noticed that I said started. I got about ten pages in and realized it was a period piece, which I am not a fan of (unless it has a supernatural element). Don’t ask me why but I cannot  explain my aversion to many period pieces. And had I known that from the book description, I might not have bought it. But, instead of giving up completely, I put it back on the pile and chose another. The winner? The Body Lies by Jo Baker and I’ve got to say another mixed review from me. I liked the main story arc with the unnamed protagonist, but the point where she becomes a professor of creative writing, it veers into different “voices” as students are required to “read” there work in class. I found it tiresome to keep jumping between different stories and when one student “writes” a complaint that turns out to be about 15 pages of this book, I was just about done with it. So, I had to cheat read my way through the back half, finding the more salient points to read allowing me to finish up in record time with a pretty good idea of the story. Of course, I read the climax and dénouement from beginning to end, but the rest…. Life is too damn short and there are too many books to not read in a way that works for you or to just not read something at all. Just my opinion 🤷‍♀️.

In an effort to change direction from my bad book picking as of late, I went to the library, and I now have two weeks to work through The Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre or The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. I’m leaning toward the witch book, as I’ve had a penchant for magical realism books lately. I’ll let you know how it goes 😁.

And, of course, there is the new Stephen King novel Fairy Tale which comes out September 6^th. A must read for a fan like me 😊. I also have to dive into Hitting the Mark by my amazing therapist, Dr. Markesha Miller (shameless plug for her 😉). If interested, you can find it at Amazon.

Those are my recent reads – hope you are having better luck than I 😁.

Disclaimer: Just because I didn’t enjoy those books, doesn’t mean you won’t. Don’t let anyone sway you from reading something your interested in, including me 😊.