I didn't like any of the last 4 books I checked out!
Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos - didn't like the writing style (hope you like both of your copies though, Jane! LOL)
Fireweed by Mildred Walker - LOVED her book Winter Wheat - couldn't get into this one
A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua - Didn't grab me
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin - Too strange for me or something
As you can see now that I'm doing these library visit reviews, I probably start and DON'T finish more books than I DO finish. Is anyone else like that or is it just me? I know some people can't bring themselves to put a book down once they start it - I obviously have no problem with it. :-) I figure I am probably missing out on some really great books by abandoning them so quickly, but on the other hand there are SO many books out there that I do love right from the start, (I'll never run out of great books!) it's a chance I'm willing to take. (One of my favorite books of all time, Some Wildflower in My Heart by Jamie Langston Turner, was a book I *almost* put down after about 50 pages. Good thing I stuck with it!)
So I took those 4 books back and got these:
The Kid Turned Out Fine: Moms fess up about cartoons, candy, and what it really takes to be a good mom by Paula Ford-Martin
Doesn't She Look Natural? by Angela Hunt
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Interloper by Antoine Wilson
The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
And these 3 knitting books:
Two Balls or Less by Jenny Hill
Soft and Simple Knits for Little Ones by Heidi Boyd
Socks, Socks, Socks by Elaine Rowie
I think I will just review 2 or 3 at a time as I finish them so it's not forever before I post about them.
Happy Reading!
Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos - didn't like the writing style (hope you like both of your copies though, Jane! LOL)
Fireweed by Mildred Walker - LOVED her book Winter Wheat - couldn't get into this one
A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua - Didn't grab me
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin - Too strange for me or something
As you can see now that I'm doing these library visit reviews, I probably start and DON'T finish more books than I DO finish. Is anyone else like that or is it just me? I know some people can't bring themselves to put a book down once they start it - I obviously have no problem with it. :-) I figure I am probably missing out on some really great books by abandoning them so quickly, but on the other hand there are SO many books out there that I do love right from the start, (I'll never run out of great books!) it's a chance I'm willing to take. (One of my favorite books of all time, Some Wildflower in My Heart by Jamie Langston Turner, was a book I *almost* put down after about 50 pages. Good thing I stuck with it!)
So I took those 4 books back and got these:
The Kid Turned Out Fine: Moms fess up about cartoons, candy, and what it really takes to be a good mom by Paula Ford-Martin
Doesn't She Look Natural? by Angela Hunt
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Interloper by Antoine Wilson
The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
And these 3 knitting books:
Two Balls or Less by Jenny Hill
Soft and Simple Knits for Little Ones by Heidi Boyd
Socks, Socks, Socks by Elaine Rowie
I think I will just review 2 or 3 at a time as I finish them so it's not forever before I post about them.
Happy Reading!
2 comments:
I've read mixed reviews on "Love Walked In" and the other book by that author. Some people raved about it and then, like you, some people didn't like it. The kicker for me is that my library doesn't have it, so I probably won't get a chance to check it out. I hate to spend money to buy the book if it's not one I'll just love, know what I mean?!
Hope you have much better luck with the new set you just got. Angela Hunt is on my new-to-me author list and I hope to get to one of her books soon.
Happy Reading!
Of the books you gave up on, the only one I read was Matrimony. If the author hadn't sent it to me and waited for the review, I might have given up midway. It wasn't a perfect book but I'm glad I finished it. I've been known to abandon books and I no longer feel bad about that!
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