Reading The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

 Hey There Bookies,

I had a little break after the reading challenge that I didn't complete. I was seven books off of the full twenty-four. I was close but with my lifestyle, it was hard. I'm happy with what I got done though. The last book I put into the challenge was The Fine Print. Only because I started reading it, but I didn't finish it. I'm slowly working on it. But I do have a small complaint about the trope that these romance novels fall into. The trope where you have the rich millionaire who trusts no one and is very cold that meets a woman who is naive and too good to be true. They have this whole round about of being attracted to each other but they don't give in to those feelings because they are complete opposites. The same old same old. Anyways, I don't have much to say about the book so far. I'm almost halfway and I pretty much summed it up with my complaint of the trope. I can probably think how this book is going to end because this is just a overdone trope. I'm to the point that people really need to mix up the rich man and struggling woman trope. I need something different.

So until next time....

-Lys

I read Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

 Hello Bookies,

It has been a while, but I've been busy with work. Having an audiobook is a good thing to have when I'm just staring at a computer all day. I'm on the fence with this book. Some of it is pretty boring, but the conversations between the two main characters is cute. For some reason, it feels like two different people wrote the book. I think it has to do with the conversations and banter is the thing I enjoyed the most in the book while everything else was boring and felt a little forced. This book is probably going to get three out of five stars from me. I am rounding up. If I could, the book would get two and a half stars. But the rounding up is due that I love LGBTQIA+ books. The only thing I have against this enemy to lovers trope is that it is the typical one that everyone goes for when writing a story about a male relationship. The trope where the two main characters think that their feelings is mutual hate for each other but then it turns out that it is just sexual tension. I feel like this is over used a little bit. I need something a little different when it comes to the male in love with male enemies to lover trope. I don't know how it could be done, but I am willing to read it. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Almost done reading The Atlas Six

 

Hello Bookies,

There is only one thing about this book, there is a lot of world building. A lot of getting to know the characters and their stories. Also a lot of talking between characters about what they were going to do about initiation. That is it. I can see why some people never finished the book. If I was reading it instead of listening to an audiobook, I probably would never finish it as well. Nothing really happens in the whole book. There has only been a few parts where it is interesting, but they are so far apart, you forget about it by the time a new scene shows up. But I gave the book a chance. I'm thinking that this is one of the series where the first book drags on because you are just learning the different characters. Then by the next book, things pick up. Hopefully I am correct. But it will be a while before I pick up the second book. I will need a small break from this world. Sadly, this book will get only two out of five stars from me. The slowness kind of gets to me and I didn't really learn anything about the world other than the characters. Figures crossed that the next book is better.

So until next time....

-Lys

Finished reading The Teacher

 Hello there Bookies,

I'm trying to cope with how this book ended. I literally have no words because all of the twists and turns this book took me through. So much happens that I don't know what to say other than, this was a really good book. I highly recommend it if you are into thrillers that are full of twists and turns. There is one part that was pretty predictable, but it didn't ruin the book at all. Only because the plot twist that follows just makes you forget that there is some predictability in the book. You also assume that most of the characters are around the same age, but they aren't. That is the only hint I am going to give you. If you want to learn about what happens in this book, I suggest you go to your nearest library or bookstore and get it. This is my first Freida McFadden book and I was not disappointed. This is the first book that gets five stars only because I just couldn't stop thinking about it when I was reading it. It didn't make me cry or feel any emotion other than wondering what is going to happen next. Loved the book. Now I'm going to try to recover from the book hangover this book has caused.

So until next time...

-Lys

I took a small break

 Hello Bookies,

There is nothing like burning yourself out trying to read 24 books before April 15th. I had to take a small break, so I haven't really done any reading. I have also accepted that it is okay to not read 24 books. I have completed 13 books so far and that is good. I've got like three bingos already but I won't get the grand prize and that is okay. All I can say is that tried and 13 books are taken off of my TBR list. So what I'm going to do is return some of the audiobooks I got and cut down my stack of library books. I think seeing the big stack intimidates me and it makes me not want to read. I'll be happy to officially finish books 12 and 13 on the bingo sheet. When it comes to Children of Blood and Bone, I was told by a co-worker that the book is so much better actually reading the book than listening to the audiobook. So I bought the book and we will see how it goes. Now I just need some peace and quiet to actually be able to read. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Reading update

 Hello Bookies,

I figured that this would be easier than making a separate post for each book I am reading. I'm determined to finish this reading challenge, but it doesn't look likely when I took breaks from reading. My mind can only absorb so much. Also I was reading a book that was taking so long to read. And I thought Stephen King's Fairytale was a monster of a book. 

Children of Blood and Bone is an interesting book, but it takes so long. I've read only a third of the book and it took me almost five hours to get that far. I've been listening to the audiobook in hopes that it will go faster but that didn't work. I ended up returning it because I was starting to get bored with the book. The book had an interesting concept, but it felt like it was just repeating some things. You can say that this book was DNF. I do plan on going back to it, but I needed a break from it. So I will not be rating this book or saying that I finished it until I get a little further in the book. But right now I need a break from all the information in this book to the point it doesn't feel like everything is just being repeated.

The Teacher is a book that I've been trying to read because I'm so hooked, but I have a family that won't leave me alone when I have a book in my hand. This book has so many twists and turns going on. Also there is a student-teacher affair that does take place. Now I'm just curious if this is all in the head of the student, wouldn't that be a huge plot twists? That all that is happening in the book between the student and the teacher wasn't real. That she made it up because she has some undiagnosed mental disability. But it won't explain the prologue of the book. Well, maybe it does in a way. I can't wait to read more in the book and find out what is going on. 

The Atlas Six is a book I grabbed for the reading challenge but I didn't make note on where the book actually lies on the bingo sheet. Now that I started it, I will now have to finish it. This book is pretty quick when you have the audiobook. I'm already a quarter of the way and our students have already experienced an attack on their first night of their studies. This also shows that they have to work together in order to accomplish certain things. This book focuses around the Library of Alexandria that was secretly moved before the fire. It has this secret society the protects it that is made of people that can wield magic. Obviously this book is a fantasy, but it is nice to live in a world where everything in the Library of Alexandria wasn't completely lost to a fire. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Been reading The Teacher by Frida McFadden

 

Hello Bookies,

I took a break from other books because I got my hands on a book published in 2024 for the reading challenge. Downside to that is that I only have two weeks to finish the book. So far I find the book very interesting. The prologue even pulled me in right away. Nothing like a book starting with someone digging a grave to hide a body. We don't know who is digging the grave and who died. Now I have to read the book to see what caused the scene at the very beginning. I can't wait to see what else I learn in this book. We so far have a teacher who seems strict and also jealous of the attention her husband gets from other people. Also here husband probably gives more attention to people than his own wife. Then we have a student that was part of a student-teacher affair. Of course, the student says nothing happened between them but no one believes her. So now she is outcasted because of the rumors going around even though she is still sticking to her story that nothing happened. Proof that people will believe what they want to believe, even when the truth is placed right in front of their nose. But I guess I will have to read the book and hopefully find out what really happened between the teacher and the student. 

So until next time...

-Lys