tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post2257465370738062997..comments2024-03-27T21:15:22.992-07:00Comments on Heart of Light: Reading, latelyRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06819528155575569595noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-50359851267608852602016-12-03T12:11:25.871-08:002016-12-03T12:11:25.871-08:00That's totally fair, you definitely have to ge...That's totally fair, you definitely have to get in the mindset of a child to read the book. Helter Skelter is amazing, I am a baby when it comes to scary books and movies and I still liked it. I tend to dream about whatever I was reading before I went to sleep so I always kept a lighter book or magazine on hand to "detox" before bed!! It's so well written though, highly recommend. <br /><br />Curious if you've tried "Book of the Month Club" or any other novel subscription services? I tend to get my books via library on my kindle but I'm toying with this idea because I'm itching for hard copies and books I wouldn't find otherwise. emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588962763257611246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-25400702489490341392016-12-02T15:31:55.184-08:002016-12-02T15:31:55.184-08:00Rachel, I get so many great recs from you that I w...Rachel, I get so many great recs from you that I wanted to pass a couple along likewise: two quick and engrossing books I've recently read were Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris and Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens. Both kind of disturbing but make for fun reads. :) Speaking of disturbing, You by Caroline Kepnes is SO great too (a suggestion I got from one of your commenters on a previous book post, I think!). <br /><br />Also, I think I've recommended it to you before but The Bone Clocks is the best book I've read in the last five years, hands down. Super strange and defies genre classification but so, so, so good. bigJCfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981363173549256132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-8529608089202858682016-11-30T06:03:36.606-08:002016-11-30T06:03:36.606-08:00I just finished up The Wild Girl, a historically-b...I just finished up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17283570-the-wild-girl" rel="nofollow">The Wild Girl</a>, a historically-based imagining about one of the girls who told Wilhelm Grimm his stories. It's so easy to forget that the Grimms were collecting these stories in the early 1800s, and this book grounds the story in history--Napolean isn't a character that ever speaks, but his wars certainly are.bridgetwhoplaysfrenchhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944714770867649886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-28092191202500129692016-11-29T15:47:49.856-08:002016-11-29T15:47:49.856-08:00♥
As I stated earlier on insta, I really liked bo...♥<br /><br />As I stated earlier on insta, I really liked both I'm Thinking of Ending Things and All the Missing Girls so glad you read those! I loved some of the atmosphere and language of The Girls, too. And did you know she is of the Cline (wine) family? I didn't until we were in Napa/Sonoma this summer and they had her book for sell at some vineyards! Now You See Me sounds good, definitely will look into that! <br /><br />I (sadly) have no new recs for you right now because I have just been re-reading and re-reading for comfortEva @ All Books Consideredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463453822150052462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-23237951537680684882016-11-29T13:54:14.057-08:002016-11-29T13:54:14.057-08:00I couldn't get into the Girls - the prose felt...I couldn't get into the Girls - the prose felt so... precious, and totally a first novel. <br /><br />I *LOVED* Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, and highly recommend it. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05154093538268627588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-65846600945587525542016-11-29T09:30:39.318-08:002016-11-29T09:30:39.318-08:00Thanks for the reviews. More titles to add to the ...Thanks for the reviews. More titles to add to the TBR list! I've read all three of Sharon Bolton's Lacey Flint books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Just finished my first Peter James, The House On Cold Hill, which was creepy-ish if a tad predictable. Might give his Roy Grace detective series a try, though. lovethosecupcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083162147277460536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-32749550576567224552016-11-29T08:24:23.725-08:002016-11-29T08:24:23.725-08:00Totally agree that it felt childish, but I was wil...Totally agree that it felt childish, but I was willing to give her a pass on that because it was from the POV of a pretty young girl, so I thought maybe the tone was intentional? Am I giving too much credit? <br /><br />Maybe I'll finally read Helter Skelter. I've never been curious enough about the Manson family to get into it (creeped out, but not super curious), but you make it sound interesting!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819528155575569595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452621549434169941.post-87298245457640909482016-11-29T07:01:36.169-08:002016-11-29T07:01:36.169-08:00I read Girls recently and was a little disappointe...I read Girls recently and was a little disappointed...it felt...childish? Not sure how to describe it, but it's a little hard to believe. I think my opinion is colored by the fact that I read Helter Skelter in the past, and that book is so well done (and accurate to the Manson story) that a loosely based fiction book was never going to top it. Helter Skelter really gets into the political and social climate at the time, as well as the legal process, which makes the Manson murders "accessible" to those who didn't live through that era as adults. Highly recommend! The Girls, not so much...emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588962763257611246noreply@blogger.com