Wow what a surprising wrap up. I hope February goes well for you. I tried reading The Love of My After Life but decided to do a soft dnf because I just wasn't ready for it at the time.
I've been finding myself growing less and less enchanted with modern day books, they just all seem like they follow a formula without interesting characters and interesting stories. So I've been reading older books where a compelling story and characters have been written along with commentary. I recently re-read Anne of Green Gables, The Thorn Birds, Gone with the Wind, North & South, and now focusing on some thrillers from the 80s that were written by Sidney Sheldon. Modern writers just lack the skill of mixing commentary with interesting stories and characters.
I have Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop and will be reading it once I finish Water Moon... omg I'm only 45 pgs in and already so good! I've highlighted a lot so far. Have a feeling I'll be annotating a lot in Hyunam-Dong Bookshop too. 😊
Here's what I read My name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand memoir ⭐⭐⭐ A winter in new York by josie silver ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You like it darker by Stephen king ⭐⭐⭐ Under your spell by Laura wood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The teacher by frida McFadden ⭐ A fire Endless by rebecca ross ⭐⭐⭐ Things we left behind by Lucy score ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bride by ali hazlewood ⭐⭐⭐
Yeah, I read Dark Places too. I think maybe that the author believed the audience would read between the lines of the non-persuasive narratives. Also she has this weird habit of leading the reader to a conclusion and subsequently destroying that theory with a new twist in the narrative. Instead of being intrigued I was a little annoyed, as if I had wasted some energy following her point to its logical conclusion.
I think that many readers these days are not on the level that you and I are on. Very young, new readers, especially those who have children and jobs, seem to really like these books as they don't require as much concentration. I gave The Boyfriend 2 stars, so I'm more generous than you are but I'm 62, I'm a nice old lady 😆 I read 18 books last month and not one 5 star in the bunch.
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glad you had a great start to the year! also feeling very burnt out on thrillers recently 💜
January was a rough reading month. Hopefully all the new romance will save me in February!!
I had 21 fantastic reads in January!
Wow what a surprising wrap up. I hope February goes well for you. I tried reading The Love of My After Life but decided to do a soft dnf because I just wasn't ready for it at the time.
Your videos make me smile. Keep up the good work
I've been finding myself growing less and less enchanted with modern day books, they just all seem like they follow a formula without interesting characters and interesting stories. So I've been reading older books where a compelling story and characters have been written along with commentary.
I recently re-read Anne of Green Gables, The Thorn Birds, Gone with the Wind, North & South, and now focusing on some thrillers from the 80s that were written by Sidney Sheldon. Modern writers just lack the skill of mixing commentary with interesting stories and characters.
I have Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop and will be reading it once I finish Water Moon... omg I'm only 45 pgs in and already so good! I've highlighted a lot so far. Have a feeling I'll be annotating a lot in Hyunam-Dong Bookshop too. 😊
It feels like you read the boyfriend and ministry of time like 3 months ago how is it still January 😂😂
literally same lol
😂😂😂
Where did you talk about Pictures of You? Can’t find it on your channel!
I just looked and she posted it a month ago! It's the video where she read for 24 hours straight 😊
@ oh thank you!!
I read 5 books. My favorite was The Wild Robot ❤
Read 10 books. The best were beautiful ugly, cross my heart (got it from you) and bloom.
I read Linghun and didn’t like it - I felt like Haunting of Velkwood covered some similar themes but did it a lot better.
Here's what I read
My name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand memoir ⭐⭐⭐
A winter in new York by josie silver ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
You like it darker by Stephen king ⭐⭐⭐
Under your spell by Laura wood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The teacher by frida McFadden ⭐
A fire Endless by rebecca ross
⭐⭐⭐
Things we left behind by Lucy score ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bride by ali hazlewood ⭐⭐⭐
Yeah, I read Dark Places too. I think maybe that the author believed the audience would read between the lines of the non-persuasive narratives. Also she has this weird habit of leading the reader to a conclusion and subsequently destroying that theory with a new twist in the narrative. Instead of being intrigued I was a little annoyed, as if I had wasted some energy following her point to its logical conclusion.
I love BOTM! 😍
I'm with you about The Favorites! I gave it 2/5⭐ I did not connect with the characters and did not care for the romance
Sydney Prescott in Scream is SO much smarter than Sydney in The Boyfriend. I am kind of done with Frieda McFadden’s books.
I'm 177 pages into Intermezzo and not loving it either. I may DNF it. I got it from the library as I'm not a big fan of Sally Rooney either.
I think that many readers these days are not on the level that you and I are on. Very young, new readers, especially those who have children and jobs, seem to really like these books as they don't require as much concentration. I gave The Boyfriend 2 stars, so I'm more generous than you are but I'm 62, I'm a nice old lady 😆 I read 18 books last month and not one 5 star in the bunch.
Sorry you didn't had any 5 star reads surprisingly I had 3
I really wish booktubers would stop getting political.
I’m the opposite! I like knowing that way I know to support.