Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Show Us Your Books May 2019

How is it already mid-May, y'all? But it is, and thus it's time for Show Us Your Books! I read fewer books this month, since I wasn't on vacation/traveling. But I did manage to get through a few titles:

The Broken Girls: This book has two parallel narratives, set in the early 1950s and 2014. It's a mystery, and I didn't find it predictable. There was a supernatural element that I thought was pretty extraneous -- it didn't affect the primary plot much and felt a little cheesy to me.

An Unwanted Guest: Ugh, this was bad. A murder mystery that was pretty freakin' boring. And then unfurled everything in the last five pages. No thank you.

The Great Alone: This book is about Leni, a 13-year-old girl in the '70s who moves to Alaska with her family to live off the land. That premise is not really my cup of tea, but I loved this book. It was a nuanced story of love and relationships and belonging.

The Forgotten Hours: I couldn't put this book down. All I could think about at work the other day was going home to continue reading this book, lol. I liked that this showed a crappy situation from various perspectives, and I liked the ending. I don't need everything to be tied in a neat little bow, but I like books that end with some sort of indication that the characters are going to be OK.


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