tommycanyouhearme: (pretty books)
2024-04-02 02:40 pm

6. The Tea

I've had the headings and pictures set up since March 27th, so even with the date fixed it may have not shown up on your reading page for today, sorry!

Alright, folks. Here are my book reviews for the month of March. Apologies for any misspelled character's names, as this was all via audiobook so I haven't seen most of the names in print. Let's dive in.

Books listened to in March 2024:

1. Go As A River by Shelley Read
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2. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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3. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
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4. Gravity Is The Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty
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5. Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo
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6. The Shoemaker's Magician by Cynthia Pelayo
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7. The Cheating Culture by David Callahan
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8. Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
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9. Reboot by Amy Tintera
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Also, I actually forgot to include this book back in January! I listened to this book first, before I started this long string of fictional books. So, my apologies, here is my review for this one!

10. Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
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Still working on Rubicon by not-Spiderman-Tom Holland. Perhaps I shall report back in April. :)
tommycanyouhearme: (pretty books)
2024-03-21 10:39 am

5. The Scoop

I've had the headings and pictures set up since February 29th but haven't gotten around to writing my thoughts, sorry folks!

Alright, folks. Here are my book reviews for the month of February. Just a reminder, I am not an English or Literature major, I don't do literary reviews as a profession, and I am easy to please. I suppose you could say I don't have high standards or expectations. I just like to be entertained, and perhaps to visit other worlds and see another viewpoint. Apologies for any misspelled character's names, this was all via audiobook so I haven't seen names in print. Let's dive in.

Books listened to in February 2024:

1. No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
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2. Don't Back Down by Sharon Sala
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3. Last Rites by Sharon Sala
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4. Heart Beat by Sharon Sala
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5. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
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6. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
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Working on two others, The Cheating Culture by David Callahan, and Rubicon by Tom Holland (no, not Spiderman lol), but I haven't made it as far as I would have liked. I'm close to done with one, and just started the other. Both nonfiction. Perhaps I shall report back on those for March. :)
tommycanyouhearme: (pretty books)
2024-01-31 06:48 pm

4. The Dish

Alright, folks. I'm going to do some book reviews. It will be my honest, unfettered view of these books. Expect, though, that they will be mostly positive. I am not an English or Literature major, I don't do literary reviews as a profession, and I am ridiculously easy to please. That said, if you're looking for something a bit more critical from a technical/linguistic sense, or anything beyond, my reviews are not for you. This is simply me, giving my unrefined view, from the lens of someone wanting to be entertained. All of the books I've "read" in this review were listened to via audiobook, so I didn't really do the "work," but it's the best way I have time for books right now. Late nights after everyone else is in bed, often laying in bed myself. In the car, on the way to or from work or daycare or the high school (I have a toddler and a high-schooler, 12.5 years apart in age). At work via Airpods in my ears so I can hear better over the office noises. Let's dive in.

Books listened to in January 2024:

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
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2. She Started It by Sian Gilbert
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3. Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
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4. The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall
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5. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
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6. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
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A couple of retrospective reviews added, both listened to twice, originally in April-May 2023:

7. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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8. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
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2024-01-30 03:00 pm

3.

Since I've also been consuming audiobooks at an alarming rate (for my bank account, that is- yes, I should really hurry up and get myself a library card, I've been living in Canton long enough that it makes sense, so I can utilize Libby), I might also do monthly book reviews in here. I've seriously listened to 4 or 5 in the last 2 weeks or so. Which means tomorrow you might see a flurry of activity on here for January.