Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Showin' My Books - June 2020

I'm super late posting this and I thought about skipping this month, but I don't want to so here we go.

As always, linking up with Steph and Jana, and I suggest checking out their posts as well as the 40+ other bloggers who have linked up this month.


Life According to Steph


My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - I read this for book club and apparently I didn't write down my thoughts so I'm kind of winging it here. I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads, which I think I rounded up. This was disturbing and complicated and hard to read at times because of the subject matter.


Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore - I really had to sit on this for a while before giving it a rating. I pre-ordered this on Kindle and forgot that I had until it just showed up. I think this is a Very Important Book, and I liked the idea of it and the stories. But I had a hard time reading it for a couple reasons. While the writing was super descriptive and lovely, there were a lot of gaps and vagueness to the plots. And I have come to understand that I cannot handle reading books without quotation marks. Ultimately I'm glad I read it but if I hadn't pre-ordered it I might have given up. 3 stars


Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner - I've read most of Jennifer Weiner's books; some I like better than others. This one ranks fairly high. It's the third book I've read this year that dealt with estranged sisters and with how one traumatic childhood event can shape your entire life. It was also very timely in that it dealt with protests and feminism and racial issues and homosexuality and, and, and... 4 stars




This month in Romance

It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - This was a bit problematic for me. It’s over 25 years old and it shows. The “hero” is misogynistic and just wrong on many levels. About halfway through I found myself skimming. But I liked Phoebe and her sister Molly and the growth of their relationship. 2 stars


Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie - I know I've read Jennifer Crusie before but I can't remember which title(s). I got this as a bundle with Welcome to Temptation (haven't read yet) and I really enjoyed this book! I loved that it was set in Ohio, I loved Min and her framily - really almost all the secondary characters were fantastic. 4 stars


Currently reading: The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley