As always, here they are from worst to best:
Not for Me
The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan: Meh. **2024
It Was Always You by Sarah K. Stephens: Oooooh this was fun to listen to, but do not expect art. **Audio
FREIDA!
Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden: Liked it **Audio
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden: This is a creepy one. **Audio
The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden: LOVED this and it made me like McFadden’s oeuvre as a whole much better. SHE’S A NEUROLOGIST. SO cool. **Audio
Solid Mehs
The Second Chance Hotel by Sierra Godfrey: Meh. **Audio **
Lucky by Jane Smiley: A less fun Daisy Jones and the Six. **2024
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley: I always want to like this author so much more than I end up liking her stuff. **2024
Good Backlist Titles I Stumbled Across
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney: Heartbreaker of a memoir about his 2 year-old who died of brain cancer.
Within Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano: Liked this one a lot-- it is a re-release of her older out-of-print novel, which is why is sort of seems to be set in the present but not quite... **Audio
Instamom by Chantel Guertin: Loved this breezy little romance.
BOTY Contenders
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano: This one might be the best one since the original. This series is so cute, and it really should be a TV show. **2024
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose: I had some issues with The Maid because I felt like Molly was just every autism stereotype ever rolled into one character, but this iteration of her is much more nuanced, and I liked this book a lot. **2024 **Audio
Leaving by Roxana Robinson: OH MY GOSH. This is so sad and wonderful. **2024
Funny Story by Emily Henry: Hello, it’s me, letting my basic bitch roots show. THIS IS SO GREAT. **2024 **Audio
This month: 15 books
Audio: 8
Print or digital: 7
This year: 71
Audio: 35
With my eyes: 36
Books published in 2024: 32
This is Lisa. Of these books I have only read ‘A Heart That Works’ which was so good and made me cry hard which is saying something because I rarely cry when reading books. Taco was 2 when I read it so it really hit home.
ReplyDeleteI have Leaving and Funny Story on my holds list. Right now I am reading ‘Real Americans’ which I am loving!
I am reading Grief is for People right now, and I expected to love it, and am feeling kind of meh about it as well.
ReplyDeleteSo many books. Amazing. As always. I need to have a look at leaving. And Funny story is on my TBR.
ReplyDeleteAm #224 on the hold list at the library for that Emily Henry book. Someday I will be a basic bitch raving about it, too!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes love Jane Smiley, sometimes not so much. My favorites of hers were Horse Heaven and Perestroika in Paris, both written from the horse's point of view. Do you have to be a horse lover to adore them? I don't know, but I am a horse lover, and I adored them both.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with your assessment of the latest Finlay Donovan. SO GOOD. And I would love for a Finlay TV series.
ReplyDeleteI have read NONE of the rest on your list, but adding so many (or reinforcing the ones I already wanted to read but now REALLY want to read).
I haven't read any of these, but I agree about The Maid. I wasn't planning on reading the second one, but will reconsider.
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