Multiple
illnesses and a never ending winter have really zapped my motivation, even when
it comes to reading. I did manage to
finish two quickies and have included short reviews below. I have to think spring will come soon but it
is very hard to believe when there is still snow in the forecast.
Currently Reading:
-
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Blood Will Out: The True Story of A Murder, A Mystery, and A Masquerade by Walter Kirn
- Johnstown Girls by Kathleen George (received through NetGalley)
On Deck:
-
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith (received through NetGalley)
- Dear Mr. Knightly by Katherine Reay
- Dazed by Kim Karr (received through NetGalley)
Beautiful
Addictions by Season
Vining (received through Goodreads)
2 stars
Josie and Tristan grew up together and were
ripped apart when Josie moved away and was later reported murdered. Some years later they coincidently reconnect
in San Diego after both have endured tragic and difficult circumstances. I give the author props for using dark
material and making her heroine so completely damaged, however I just couldn’t
get into this book at all. Josie has
endured a very hard life, but I found her extremely unlikable as she used
drugs, had meaningless sex and treated the few people in her life very
badly. Tristan was the more likable
character but he just didn’t seem realistic.
Supposedly a genius with a photographic memory he completely cut himself
of from his loving family to become a criminal and cover himself in tattoos (of
course…the tattoos). I never really
found myself connecting to the plot or the characters. I received this book through a Goodreads Firstreads Giveaway.
Third
Degree by Julie Cross
(received through NetGalley)
4 1/2 stars
Isabel Jenkins, an 18 year old prodigy,
fails her psych exam to continue her medical residency and is forced to
reinvent herself as a college freshman at a Midwestern college. She is smart, confident, and has absolutely no
social skills. Her college experience is
a complete failure until she is taken under the wing by her charismatic and
attractive resident advisor. These are
two complex, flawed and completely believable characters. Isabel is hard to like at first but she is
also hysterical and the dialogue is funny and smart. This book definitely redeems the somewhat
tired “New Adult” genre and I highly recommend it.
I received this book through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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