Read Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

 

Hello Bookies,

I've been working on my audiobooks. This one only took me about four days. Not by choice because of work and life, but I still got it done pretty quick. Also we are getting hit with our last snow storm of the year, so I have nothing better to do than listen to books as I do projects around the house. This book I decided to read because it is one of the books on my shelf that was given to me by one of my brothers. He thought I would like it, so don't tell him that I didn't really care for the book. I feel like this book was not for me. The book is about a girl who was cursed at a young age to be poisonous. So if she is to touch someone, they would die instantly. This girl ends up being hidden away in her palace while her twin brother rules the world. But when her brother, who is king, comes to the palace with a new guard. With this new guard, our main female character's life gets flipped upside down. She goes through half of the book looking for answers instead of  just asking her mother straight out for the truth. And then a third of it of her trying to escape from the person who captured her and took over her kingdom. Then the last third is actually the interesting part that feels like it only takes one chapter with the main female character taking back her kingdom. I don't remember much that has happened in the book, so I can't really tell you everything that has happened in the book. But feel free to check out the book and share what you felt like the book. Sadly the book gets two stars out of five from me on Goodreads.

So until next time...

-Lys

Been listening to We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

 

Hello there Bookies,

I've been working on audiobooks again. I just don't have the focus to actually read a book, so listening it is. Now this book gets crazy. I'm not sure what to tell you about it. It becomes a bit of a fever dream or the main character isn't reliable. The book starts out okay but it gets crazy as our main character falls into madness. Is it all really happening? Or, is she really going crazy? I'm about three fourths through the book and I still don't have an answer. This will probably be the only post I will do about this book because I want you to read it as well. I wouldn't say that I love this book. It's a little too slow for me. It will probably get three out of five stars. I liked it, but didn't love it. And, to think that this whole madness in this book started when a family of strangers ended up at our main character's house stating that they used to live there and wanted to look around. Then things just hit the fan and went wild. The book does have breaks in the story that I'm not sure how it relates to the story. They are like documents or interviews. I'm not sure if they are about the house or not. I think that is why I'm confused with this book as well. Maybe I'm being nice with giving this book three out of five stars. I'm sure if I really sit and think about it, this book would probably get a lower score. Who knows? Anyway I do recommend this book. It has a good story line, but I think it would be better and maybe a little bit shorter if we didn't have those breaks in the story.

So until next time....

-Lys

Finished reading Tell Me What Really Happened

 Hello Bookies,

Well I finished my audiobook and I'm kind of glad that I listened to this book over actually reading it. I don't think reading the book would have given the same affect. There are a few twists and turns in the book but that is probably because we are seeing all the different points of view of four different characters. This is like their police interviews. I feel like it is pretty realistic because depending on your personality determines how you handle the interview with the police. Anyway I don't know what I can really share about this book. They do find the missing girl but she is sadly deceased. Then you are listening to the interviews as they try to figure out what happened that led to the death of this girl. I won't say what happened because I want you to read the book and find out yourself. I give this book a three out of five stars. It was a good concept and interesting. But the downside to books like this is that you are pretty much missing a few elements of the story that make it interesting. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Started reading Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti

 

Hello Bookies,

Sorry that I've been away for a while. Something happened in my personal life that involved a lot of readjusting and feeling lost. Now I'm getting back to into reading. I still don't have the motivation to actually read a book, so I've been doing audiobooks lately. Also the book I'm reading right now is probably best as an audiobook anyway. This book I've heard about and it's been on my TBR for a while. A group of friends goes camping and one ends up missing. The format of this book is basically just the friends going though police interviews as the police try to figure out what happened to the missing girl. Each friend also has a different background/personality. We have the best friend who is the daughter of a cop. The boyfriend who is the main suspect and everyone keeps mentioning 'the accident'. We have the best friend's brother who is huge into conspiracy theories. Then we have the quiet girl that grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. That is all we have with this book. Then your job is to listen to each of their interviews which is broken up by the way to 'tie' in their stories together, then figure out what really happened to the missing girl. I'm about a quarter of the way through the book already and I'm now sure if I like it yet. I do like the concept of the story though. It's very different.

So until next time...

-Lys