Okay so I tried my hardest to read Big Little Lies and I just couldn't do it. I think that my expectations were way to high for it after having read all the glowing reviews. It just didn't pull me in like the other books. I asked on Facebook if it was just me and maybe I should try it again and it was 60-40 with them telling me to try again. Some told me that the series was better and they didn't like the book, or loved the book but couldn't read any of her other ones. So I just decided that maybe it wasn't for me. I guess that just goes to shoe you that no two people can read and love the same book.
I finished up 13 Reasons Why and it was just as good if not better than the series. The only thing I found different between the two was Tony's role. In the book he doesn't show up until its Clay's turn to listen to HIS tape, he said he was been following people around to see when it would get to him waiting to be there for him while he listened. In the series Tony is there in almost every scene. I really liked this book and would recommend that every teenager read it, and then watch the series. With their parents or not, with their teachers in school or not. This shed light on things that are happening every where in every school. Yes some parents are very pissed that they "GLAMORIZED" suicide. That is not what they did. I think the only reason they are saying this is because it brought it out in the open; I mean if we don't talk about it, it doesn't exist right? WRONG very wrong, it exist even if they don't want to believe it. They don't want to think that their child could be suicidal or a bully to some one that could potentially kill themselves because of the things that they are going through. But again that is just my opinion, and everyone is entitled to their own.
I also went back to the library after paying to renew my library card $10 later because I live outside city limits! I just finished The River at Night by Erica Ferencik. Winifred Allen needs a vacation.
Stifled by a soul-crushing job, devastated by the death of her beloved brother, and lonely after the end of a fifteen-year marriage, Wini is feeling vulnerable. So when her three best friends insist on a high-octane getaway for their annual girls’ trip, she signs on, despite her misgivings.
What starts out as an invigorating hiking and rafting excursion in the remote Allagash Wilderness soon becomes an all-too-real nightmare: A freak accident leaves the women stranded, separating them from their raft and everything they need to survive. When night descends, a fire on the mountainside lures them to a ramshackle camp that appears to be their lifeline. But as Wini and her friends grasp the true intent of their supposed saviors, long buried secrets emerge and lifelong allegiances are put to the test. To survive, Wini must reach beyond the world she knows to harness an inner strength she never knew she possessed. Going into this book I had expectations and when I finished this book, it had totally smashed all of them. It wasn't anything like I had thought it was going to be. I really liked Wini from the beginning and was hoping for the best outcome. I mean going in to the wilderness with some young guide and hoping that you don't die. I liked how the author incorporated the use of ASL in the book. I think that is why I liked Wini so much, she was able to communicate to some one that was being mistreated in and lied to about his life. I liked the ending it made me happy to see her be able to help. If I told you any more I would give away the ending. I liked this book because it made me think about my best friends, I have had the same to girlfriends for almost 27 years. I would be lost without them and know that they feel the same. We have been through so much and continue to have each others back.
I am starting The Couple Next Door By Shari Lapena, I am about 8 chapters in so I am hooked.
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years. What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family—a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist. It all starts at the dinner party. This was a really good book and I really enjoyed it. I read it in one day. I really liked the main character Anne but didn't really care for Marco. I had my suspicions on what was going on in the beginning. I didn't see the twist coming until the end. I still not sure how you could leave your child at home while you go to a dinner party even if it is next door, I would tell the hostess if she didn't want my baby then I wasn't coming. I didn't care for the neighbors either. I liked the style that the author had going on in the book, I liked that she told it from everyone's point of view but didn't confuse the story with the characters. I will be reading more from her, this was my first book by her.
Getting ready to start The Girl Befiore by JP Delaney. Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.The request seems odd, even intrusive—and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating
EMMA Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant—and it does.
JANE After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before.
This book drew me in from the beginning, I could not put it down. When I first started it I didn't really care for Emma, I didn't know why I didn't like her but towards the end I realized why. I also didn't care for The architect that built the house he came across as kinda pervy and domineering. I really liked how the author went back and forth telling the story about what had happened. I read it in about two sittings. Its a pretty straight forward plot until you get to the last fifty or so pages then its like WHAM this is what is really going on. I will definitely be reading more books by them. I am excited to hear that Ron Howard is adapting this book into a movie!
I also finished up That Night by Chevy Stevens
As a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister she couldn't relate to, a strained relationship with her parents, and classmates who seemed hell-bent on making her life miserable. Things weren't easy, but Toni could never have predicted how horrific they would become until her younger sister was brutally murdered one summer night.
Toni and her boyfriend, Ryan, were convicted of the murder and sent to prison.
Now thirty-four, Toni, is out on parole and back in her hometown, struggling to adjust to a new life on the outside. Prison changed her, hardened her, and she's doing everything in her power to avoid violating her parole and going back. This means having absolutely no contact with Ryan, avoiding fellow parolees looking to pick fights, and steering clear of trouble in all its forms. But nothing is making that easy—not Ryan, who is convinced he can figure out the truth; not her mother, who doubts Toni's innocence; and certainly not the group of women who made Toni's life hell in high school and may have darker secrets than anyone realizes. No matter how hard she tries, ignoring her old life to start a new one is impossible. Before Toni can truly move on, she must risk everything to find out what really happened that night.But in That Night by Chevy Stevens, the truth might be the most terrifying thing of all.
This book also was amazing, it was the second book by Stevens that I have read, I will continue to read more of her books too! I liked Toni in the book. I liked how the author told her side of the story by taking us back in time to when everything started and then up to present day about what she is doing. I really hated her mother in the beginning and then I hated her even more in the end. I can see where she was upset but come on that's ridiculous to hold it against her even after she was let out and then when she goes on to prove her innocence. I didn't really see the killer as who they pinned it on, I had my guess but after realizing what was going on it all made sense. I would definitely recommend this book!
And lastly I just finished The Perfect Girl by GIlly Macmillan.
Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago, she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding Zoe do the same.
Tonight Zoe is giving a recital that Maria has been planning for months. It needs to be the performance of her life. But instead, by the end of the evening, Maria is dead.
In the aftermath, everyone—police, family, Zoe’s former solicitor, and Zoe herself—tries to piece together what happened. But as Zoe knows all too well, the truth is rarely straightforward, and the closer we are to someone, the less we may see.
I was kinda hesitant to start this one, I wasn't sure if I was going to like it but I am glad that I read it. I really liked it. I liked Zoe from the start. I can see why she was the way she was. I mean at the beginning she started out as the defendant and towards the end she becomes the judge. All this takes place in a little over 48 hours. Zoe comes to learn that the past is never really forgotten and cant be erased when people know what happened. I really liked her aunt but I didn't like that she was cheating on her husband. I know that's is not a regal part of the story but it bothered me. After reading some of the reviews I can see where some of the people that read it wouldn't like it, but I actually did. So I would say go ahead a take a chance on a book even if no one else liked it, it may become your favorite.
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