Listening to Immortals by Sue Lynn Tan

 

Hey there Bookies,

I'm attempting to get out of my reading slump and what better way than reading a book by the author of my absolute favorite duology. I listen to this book while I am alone in the car to pick up my mom from work or after I drop her off. I am already about the quarter of the way through and this book takes place in the same realm as the Cilestial Duology. We are following a female character who's name i know but can't spell. I don't have the physical copy to look it up either. Anyway our main female character is a weak woman who is slowly dying in the beginning. Her grandfather risks his life to give her a rare relic that the celestial queen sent him to get called the Pearl Lotus. The lotus binds itself to our main female character and cures her of all her illness. But she is to never reveal that her grandfather gave it to her. Shortly afterwards, our female character's grandfather dies of a heart condition in the presence of the celestial queen and the god of war. Making our main female character believe that they had a part in her grandfather's death. Then an interaction happens between the main female character and the god of war after he saves her from being attacked by winged creatures that somehow get past the protective barrier around the city that was placed years ago through a deal. The god of war tells the main female lead that she has a month to get settled in her new position and mourn her grandfather before he comes back to take her to present herself in front of the celestial queen. A few chapters focus on our main female character getting used to being the new ruler of her city. It explains how the ministers are trying to use her weak state to their advantage, but she doesn't tolerate it much. She isn't blind to what they are doing. Then the day where she needs to visit the Celestial Kingdom approaches. She assign rival ministers to handle issues while she is away under the supervision of her childhood friend. Then the god of war takes her to his home because something had happened at the palace of the celestial queen, delaying our female character meeting her. As we read about her stay in the god of war's home, you get hints of a romance brewing. It gives you the whole enemies to lovers trope. I stopped at the point where our female character ends up going into the forbidden southern courtyard and encounters a woman there. That's all I got so far. I am enjoying the book so far. I do plan on getting the physical copy by the time of my next post on this book so I can give names. I just can't wait to see where things play out from where I left off.

So until next time...

-Lys

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

 

Hey there Bookies,

I'm trying to get back into reading or listening to audiobooks. Really I'm trying to get out of my reading slump. I picked this book because it was short. The audiobook is about two hours long and that is it. Anyway as I listened to this book, I was a little confused on what was going on. Our main female character has a perfect like that she never questioned. At least until somethings start happening that aren't normal. She finds a locked drawer, but things are never locked where she is. A brush is found that isn't hers with hair that doesn't match hers. She finds a finger bone in her knife block. She questions it but everyone just brushes it off. Because everything is perfect, there are no reasons for that. Anyway as I listened to this short book, it kind of reminds me of the story with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This book is kind of a retelling of that story, but our female character has to be made to be perfect and happy or things will go wrong. She questions things towards the end when she meets a man who kind of feels like he resembles a snake, the animal. He talks to her and she talks to him. With this book feeling like a retelling, I can already imagine how this book is going to end. But I won't share it. The book is a good quick read but not a whole lot happens in it. I guess that is the point of being such a short book. Sadly, I just couldn't enjoy this book and I give it about two out of five stars. It's okay but it just isn't for me. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Let's Get Personal #33

 Hey there Bookies,

I am in a reading slump. After finding a few duds and boring audiobooks that I just couldn't get into right now, I have pretty much stopped trying. Even graphic novels are hard for me to focus on. I think it has to do with all of my appointments going on. Which brings me to my update on my wrust injury. I am not fully functional, but i can do so much more than I could in the last six months. I just have three more appointments left and I should be good to go. I just need to remember to not fully push myself like I have a habit of doing. I just feel happy to not be stuck in a brace anymore. Anyway if you have ideas on how to get out of my slump, feel free to share. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Listened to All Systems Red By Martha Wells

 

Hello there Bookies,

Well I tried out a science fiction and I can't tell you anything about the book. Why? Because I remember absolutely nothing. This wasn't a very memorable book to me. It's short and I was able to listen to the whole thing in one day. But I can say that this book reminded me why I don't really read science fiction. I just find it boring and if there was action in this book, it wasn't very noticeable. All I remember is that someone hacked into the murder bots' system and turned them into killing machines. Why? Because they were greedy and wanted a whole planet to themselves. That is all I remember. I don't remember names of characters or what they did throughout the book. This book gets a two out of five stars from me. It's safe to say that this isn't the book for me.

So until next time...

-Lys

Let's get personal #32

 Hello Bookies, 

It's been a while since I did one of these. A lot has happened in my personal life. My grandpa passed away shortly after Thanksgiving and my mom's cousin also passed unexpectedly shortly after Easter. So it's been an adjustment. Of course between Easter and Christmas, my mom broke her leg and I took the time to take care of her. Then when it seemed that everything was going back to normal, I fell down my porch steps messing up my right wrist. It's been a slow process of figuring out what happened and then fixing the process. Luckily, I decided to turn to audiobooks to keep me busy while I healed. With everything that was going on in my life, I lost the motivation to actually read. I like to look at this wrist injury as a way to just sit back and enjoy the words of a good book. Sadly, I have only been finding duds among the books I had. I'm even revisiting books I read so I can finally finish the series I started. ACOTAR series is one of them. I am determined to get past the third book finally. Quicksilver's sequel is on its way and I am very excited for that book to listen too. I know once the Fourth Wing series has the announcement for the fourth book, I'll have to revisit that series as well. But at least with audiobooks and this healing injury, I will get a lot of reading done.

So until next time...

-Lys

Finished reading Nothing More to Tell

 

Hey there Bookies, 

I actually finished this book a while back, but due to therapy for my wrist and mental health, this post kind of went on the back burner. Anyway the book was okay. There were plenty of suspects with motives for killing the the teacher. But I will sadly have to say that you won't get the ending you expect. It's a little frustrating to say the least. Even though I enjoyed the book, I can't say I loved it. To me it was okay. It was interesting with the split point of view between Brea and Tripp, especially when Tripp was barring the weight of having found the body and what he thought. The book gets three out of five stars from me. It was okay but not for me. But it is still nice to read something other than adult. It provides a good break from all the smut the wheel suggests.

So until next time...

-Lys

Listening to Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

 

Hey Bookies,

Well the wheel has finally picked something that isn't romance or smut. Instead we got a YA mystery thriller. Well I think it's a mystery thriller. Anyway this book has different views, which is good because you get different points of view through the mystery. The mystery being who killed the teacher last school year. At least I think that was the time line. It's hard to keep track when you keep getting interrupted. The ones we follow most is Bryn, who is interning at a true crime show and they are covering the case of the teacher at Bryn's suggestion. Bryn really liked the teacher and couldn't imagine what they could have done that resulted in murder. The other point of view is Tripp. He used to be Bryn's best friend until he found the teacher with two fellow students. They were out in the woods doing a science project when they found the body. Tripp then pushed Bryn away and started hanging out with the two students who were with them. Which raises suspicion to us readers, especially when they never want to talk about it. Anyway as we get into the book, we slowly learn that the teacher might not have been as great as the students have thought. Some people believe the teacher got what he deserved. But I am only halfway through the book and Bryn's secret is out about her internship with the crime show.

So until next time...

-Lys