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Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
5.0
I devoured this book like sweet nectar. I can’t believe it ended I need an epilogue to Ruby’s life.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
3.5
There are some books I read to get me back in the motion of reading on my kobo. The Unhoneymooners was one of those. Great plane and airport read. Also, a great I-am-doing-a-five-day-quarantine-in-a-hotel-and-cannot-leave-the-room-so-a-book-about-enemies-to-lovers-on-a-fake-honeymoon-shall-suffice read. :) Overall, happy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Vomit
Moderate: Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection by Mimi Zhu
“Love is the honouring of our interconnected aliveness. And I am so grateful that I have survived.”
Also, doing breathing exercise between and after chapters would totally be incorporated into my reading habit now.
Also, doing breathing exercise between and after chapters would totally be incorporated into my reading habit now.
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.
I desperately wanted to enjoy and finish this book but the writing isn’t for me. I trudged through 35% of it thinking I might get used to it but alas, no.
One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose
3.0
Run-off-the-mill mystery. Not particularly enjoyable and wasn’t nuanced enough for me to empathise with the characters without taking a liking to them.
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
2.0
I think I gave this book 4 stars the first time I read it in 2020.
Now it’s a solid 2 for me.
I thought the writing style wasn’t for me and became unbearable after 50% of the book. It’s the casual racism and weird and irrelevant comments that annoyed me most. Lots of unnecessary details that dragged on and on and on and on that really bore me. Not an enjoyable thriller at all.
I understand the underlying commentary of the book, but feel like we didn’t need all the graphic violence to make a point.
Partly my fault for being stubborn about finishing the book just because.. argh. I’m annoyed.
Now it’s a solid 2 for me.
I thought the writing style wasn’t for me and became unbearable after 50% of the book. It’s the casual racism and weird and irrelevant comments that annoyed me most. Lots of unnecessary details that dragged on and on and on and on that really bore me. Not an enjoyable thriller at all.
I understand the underlying commentary of the book, but feel like we didn’t need all the graphic violence to make a point.
Partly my fault for being stubborn about finishing the book just because.. argh. I’m annoyed.
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Preliminary thoughts: I don’t think I’ve drafted more content warnings for any book than this one. A tense and very difficult read, which I felt like came into fruition and meaning in one way or another - unlike a lot of the other intense thrillers I’ve read where I ask myself all this pain and gory details for what. For whom?
There’s meaning and purpose to The Last Housewife. And I hope more people read it and talk about it because the commentary on the patriarchy, the male gaze, issues of power reclaiming and consent around gender roles and sex… covered in this book isn’t fiction. It’s reality. Ah. I’m mindfucked.
This is my second cult book, thank god it was because I’d have otherwise never noticed that Don is a cult leader and that Shay and her friends were manipulated by him to stay until wayyyy later into the book. I- argh. It’s so easy to linger in the dark and crouch in fear. It’s breaking into the light that’s easier said than done.
There’s meaning and purpose to The Last Housewife. And I hope more people read it and talk about it because the commentary on the patriarchy, the male gaze, issues of power reclaiming and consent around gender roles and sex… covered in this book isn’t fiction. It’s reality. Ah. I’m mindfucked.
This is my second cult book, thank god it was because I’d have otherwise never noticed that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Suicide
Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
funny
lighthearted
4.75
I don’t think I’ve laughed this much in a romance!!!! Literally LOL (or Lots of Love). This book has the best banter (the text exchanges, oh ma lawd) I’ve read, granted I’m not the most prolific romance reader. Like, I want to flirt like this too?? I laughed with Sewanee, cried with her, pained with her, and loved Blah. It wasn't difficult at all to believe in the romance in this book; I bought the attraction and desire entirely, allowing me to sink into the world that the author built.
Only marginally away from a full 5-star book because there were points that I thought dragged on for a bit too long (though I understand was for more tension to be built between the two characters), but I secretly wish they just GOT ON WITH IT.
Accompany your reading experience with the audiobook, PLEASE !! And it was also such a fun and easy way to learn insights into the audiobook industry - I listen to A LOT of audiobooks, so I appreciated how the book went into detailing aspects of the industry I’d never have learned.
Only marginally away from a full 5-star book because there were points that I thought dragged on for a bit too long (though I understand was for more tension to be built between the two characters), but I secretly wish they just GOT ON WITH IT.
Accompany your reading experience with the audiobook, PLEASE !! And it was also such a fun and easy way to learn insights into the audiobook industry - I listen to A LOT of audiobooks, so I appreciated how the book went into detailing aspects of the industry I’d never have learned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity