Reading Strange Angels by Lili St Crow

 

Hello there Bookies,

I started reading a book I tried to read a long time ago, but I never finished it. Well, I'm listening to the audiobook because no one pays attention to me while I play video games. But the longer I listen the more I understand why I didn't finish the book. It's a little dry right now. The only action is when our lead female character Drew has to fight something paranormal. I'm sure that this book is just to introduce the world that is around Drew and that is why it is a little slow. I'm sure it picks up as you go farther in the series. Or, at least I hope so. I'm about halfway through the book and so far Drew had to fight her zombie dad and a flaming dog hanging out with a werewolf. Her goal is to find out what happened to her dad that turned him into a zombie and why. I can't tell you much because not much has happened. Drew made a friend named Graves though and he has offered to help her out in finding out what happened to her dad. Well, as long as she continues going to school. Also it will be something for Drew to do while she tries to figure out what to do next. She has never been on her own before and now all that her father has taught her mush be her way to survive. I'm hoping the book picks up for the second half. Wish me luck.

So until next time....

-Lys

Almost done reading The Paris Apartment

 

Hello Bookies,

Well, I'm breezing through this book. I feel like not a whole lot happens because we are just trying to figure out what happened to Jess' brother Ben. She slowly learns the secrets of this apartment complex, even if it is at the risk of her life. All she wants to know is what happened to her brother. I did enjoy this book but it wasn't as suspenseful as I was expecting. I do have about forty pages left and maybe that is where the real big suspense happens, but I feel like it would be too late at that point. I feel like the author focused too much on revealing everyone's secrets instead of on the whole mystery of Ben's disappearance. This isn't one of my favorite books but it is still good. I'll probably give it three out of five stars. It's a good book, just not for me. I do plan on finishing this book but I think my rating will stay the same. There just isn't much to talk about that wouldn't ruin the whole plot of the book.

So until next time....

-Lys

Started reading The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

 

Hey there Bookies,

I started a new book. I literally just started it. I've heard good reviews for this book, so I might have high expectations. All I know that the book is about a girl looking for her missing brother. That is all. If I remember correctly, the book has different perspectives from everyone in the apartment building. I'm ready for the suspense that this book is going to hold. I'm still in my mystery and suspense phase for reading so I know I'll most likely enjoy this book. I guess we will just have to find out by reading the book. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Reading It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

 

Hello Bookies,

I know for a fact that this book is advertised as a romance. This book is not a romance. This book is about a real problem that is common and helps us understand what the victim goes through. The romance is just a part of the bigger picture. We follow Lily who is a woman who grew up in an abusive home. She is the type of person who tried her hardest to leave her past behind the moment she had a chance to. Lily promised herself that she would never turn out like her mother. But after meeting a nice guy on the night of her father's funeral, things seem to be going great. He's nice, good looking, and is successful. Lily even unknowingly becomes best friends with his sister. Lily even starts hew own business and life couldn't look even more perfect. Well, until one drunken night where Ryle, Lily's love interest and husband, ends up grabbing a hot dish from the oven with his bare hands and drops the dish, shattering it all over the floor. Under the influence, Lily laughs at the predicament only to upset Ryle. In his anger he ends up pushing her onto the broken glass and she gets flashbacks to her childhood and her parents. She ends up telling Ryle that if it ever happened again, she will leave him. This time it will be an accident, but next time it won't be. Of course it happens again because he found the number of an old friend of Lily's phone. She tries to explain the situation and he ends up pushing her down the stairs, but tells her that she fell. She eventually forgives him. Until it happens again. This time over a newspaper article. Lily ends up sneaking out of her home when Ryle is asleep and hides out at her old friend's house for a few days. She is still going through the reasoning and wondering what she could have done to prevent Ryle from getting angry. This is probably what abused women go through all of the time. They are convinced that it is their fault and if they try to do whatever they can, they won't get hurt. This book is eye opening to a world most of us don't understand. But to have it advertised as a romance is a shame. How are we to learn the lessons this book teaches if we focus on the romance. Ryle is using romance to make Lily question herself in her relationship. I haven't quite finished the book yet, I know that there is a second one after this. I want to see what other lessons will be taught with this book and the one that follows. This book isn't the author romanticizing a serious topic, it's the media. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Finished reading Heart Bones

 

Hello there Bookies,

I realize that I have spelt the name wrong of our main character. Or, maybe I didn't. I can't really remember. Anyway Beyah did a lot of growing up in the book. She learned to trust people and not think they are all bad. It is a habit she is still trying to break but she is getting better at that. Now, I will have to say one thing I didn't like about this book. This book is like every other story I've read with a hint of romance in it. The guy does something where he has to break up with the girl and she acts like she can't live a life without him. The world is over and there is nothing worth doing anything anymore. But thank the lord that Beyah comes to her senses when she finally connects with her father. She learns that he isn't as horrible as he appeared to be. It was all just a misunderstanding. Her father also admits that he could have done better and now they are working on their relationship. I wish I could say more but I can't reveal too much about this book or it would ruin the whole surprise towards the end. But this book got three stars from me because it wasn't as fantastic as I was hoping it would be. It didn't grip me. It just felt like a teenage girl complaining about her problems and falling in love for the first time. That is it. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Let's Get Personal #7

 Hello Bookies,

It's time for an update on my life. Also for those that found this blog through my Youtube, it will explain why I have been MIA for a while. Besides getting the job at the local library. I ended up getting covid. You can thank my uncle for that since he carried it from his work trip back home to share with the rest of us. I pretty much just felt like I had a bad sinus infection for about a week. The only thing that I'm still struggling with after recovering is that I lost my taste. It is slowly coming back but I sure miss chocolate. Hopefully I can start doing videos again soon. I miss making book review videos for y'all. I'm still trying to get my energy back to be honest. I still want to sleep all day but I need to get used to being awake. 

Also today I got a new book from a Goodreads giveaway. The book came is such nice packaging. I wish I unboxed it on camera, but I was too excited to wait to open it. I'll read it as soon as I finish all of the library books I have checked out. Well, that is if I stop checking them out. 

Wish I had more to say. But feel free to ask me any questions you have for me so we have something to talk about in the next "Let's Get Personal" post.

So until next time....

-Lys

Reading Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

 

Hello Bookies,

I've been trying to read this book but it is nearly impossible to do so in my house. Even listening to the audiobook is hard to do. Anyway I can't help but listen or read this book without analyzing it. I know that these are one of the books that is advertised as a romance. I know for a fact that romance is just a sub plot in the book. The main plot so far is about a girl named Beyah, who is a product of a one night stand. She grew up with a mother who was a drug addict and she didn't get much that most kids her age got. But when her mother dies, she is forced to go live with her father who she doesn't know very well. From what I can tell is that the story is Beyah trying to adjust to a new life and to learn to trust people. She grew up in a bad setting and now she has to learn that not all people are as bad as she believes that they are be. She is also learning that not everyone is what they seemed. Most of what she is learning all of this from is from a good looking guy who is closed off to the world named Samson. Maybe these two will learn to grow together while a relationship develops. I'll just have to read more to find out.

So until next time...

-Lys