I do realize that it is the end of the year and I am just now posting a wrap up for August and September. I was debating about whether I should even bother and not sure if anyone really cares or not but I figure might as well since I already took the photos.
August Wrap Up
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- 5 Stars
- I love reading celebrity gossip and this book filled that love
- It was nice to see what goes on behind the scenes like contract relationships and how cut-throat the business is
- Great writing and interesting characters
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han
- 2 Stars
- I think maybe if I was younger I would have enjoyed it more
- I thought Belly was very immature and I found her annoying
- Overall, it was meh
- 5 Stars
- Listened to the audiobook
- Mary Kubica is an expert at slowly unraveling a story to reveal a shocking twist that I never see coming
Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie
- 1 star
- Predictable
- Was bored and ended up skimming the last part of the book just to be done with it
The Lost Girls by Heather Young
- 4 Stars
- Check out my Review for The Lost Girls
- Atmospheric, haunting and mysterious
- Great writing
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
- 3 stars
- Couldn’t help but being disappointed by this
- Parts of the book were boring
- Enjoyed the perspective of Stoyan Lazarov and wished there was more of them
- Overall, I was hoping for something similar to The Historian by Kostova and this was not it.
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- 3.5 Stars
- Expecting to love this book and am a little disappointed that I didn’t
- Liked the dual timeline
- The different POV’s were done well
- Preferred Eve’s time line best from her time as a spy in WWI
September Wrap Up
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
- 2.5 Stars
- Another case of I think I am just to old to enjoy this book
- Didn’t connect with main character
- Felt like the conflict with her ex-boyfriend and ex-bestfriend were resolved to easily
- I did cry in the end, even though I didn’t connect with the characters , it is just so sad and I am a cry-baby
- 5 Stars
- Listened to audiobook
- Couldn’t stop listening, had to find out what happened that night
- Makes you think about the justice system
- A great suspense thriller
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
- 4 Stars
- Loved this premise of the two realities, where in one world main character is Katharyn and has a loving husband and is a stay at home mom with three kids and the other she is Kitty a bookstore owner with bestfriend, is single and has a cat
- Listened to audiobook
- Loved trying to figure out which reality is real and how it gets revealed in the end.
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- 5 Stars
- Loved the beautiful writing
- Enjoyed reading about a historical figure I never heard about
- Powerful and moving story
- 4.5 Stars
- Huge fan of Lisa See novels and really enjoyed this one
- Love the dynamics between the three girls and their complicated friendship
- Was surprised by the betrayal
The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio
- 4 Stars
- Atmospheric and mysterious
- Didn’t really care for Addison timeline and what happened in her past
- Couldn’t get enough of Flora’s perspective
- Felt like there was no consequences to what Addison did in her past
Hope you enjoyed this late August and September reading wrap up. I will be doing a reading wrap for October and November, so look for that post coming soon. My New Years resolution is to be better at this blogging thing. I think I might just do a weekly wrap rather than a monthly wrap up.
I’m glad you posted this, the photos are lovely and I like the simplicity of the bullet points for each read☺
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Thank you! I am glad that you like the simplicity of the bullet points. I wanted to make it easy to read and not just blocks of text.
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