Title: Hang the Moon
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 349
Length: 12h 29m
Narrator: Jeannette Walls
Source: Owned
Reason: BotM Backlist
Rating:
My Thoughts
I love prohibition era stories so when I read the synopsis for HANG THE MOON, I was super excited to read it. I didn’t realize until about a third of the way through the story, that Walls was using Queen Elizabeth I’s life as inspiration for the main character. At first, I liked the allusion but then it just got too much. I wished it had so closely followed that history because I kept wondering who each character represented in Tudor era England. The story was also a little slow and at times, really grim and sad. (I get it. Both of the these times in history were grim and sad. I had just hoped for a little more.) I’m glad I did read it, even if it was a little disappointing.
Hang the Moon
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 349
Length: 12h 29m
Narrator: Jeannette Walls
Source: Owned
Reason: BotM Backlist
Rating:
My Thoughts
I love prohibition era stories so when I read the synopsis for HANG THE MOON, I was super excited to read it. I didn’t realize until about a third of the way through the story, that Walls was using Queen Elizabeth I’s life as inspiration for the main character. At first, I liked the allusion but then it just got too much. I wished it had so closely followed that history because I kept wondering who each character represented in Tudor era England. The story was also a little slow and at times, really grim and sad. (I get it. Both of the these times in history were grim and sad. I had just hoped for a little more.) I’m glad I did read it, even if it was a little disappointing.
The Thursday Murder Club
Author: Richard Osman
Series: Thursday Murder Club #1
Genre: Mystery
Format: Audio
Pages: 388
Length: 12h 26m
Narrator: Lesley Manville
Source: Owned
Reason: Book Club
Rating:
My Thoughts
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB was a delightful read. It took me a bit to get into it because of the writing style and quirky characters. By the end, though, I loved the characters, quirks and all. I thought the mystery aspect was compelling and it kept me reading. I’m curious what the rest of the series is like and if Bogdan gets caught.
XOXO
Author: Axie Oh
Series: XOXO #1
Genre: Romance
Format: Audio
Pages: 337
Length: 9h 13m
Narrator: Greta Jung
Source: Library
Reason: Just Because
Rating:
My Thoughts
XOXO was a really cute YA romance. I’m surprised by how much I liked it because 1) I don’t read a lot of YA anymore unless it’s an old favorite, and 2) I thought any book about someone dating a K-pop idol would be super cheesy and fanfic-ish. Fortunately, the first one was a non-issue and this story was really well done.
Cross Her Heart
Author: Sarah Pinborough
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 352
Length: 10h 23m
Narrator: Antonia Beamish
Source: Owned
Reason: BotM Backlist
Rating:
My Thoughts
CROSS HER HEART was different than I was expecting. The story and mystery kept me reading even though I didn’t really like most of the characters. There were difficult chapters to read due to the content, but I think it’s necessary to portray these types of things in media so we remember that some people have really shitty childhoods.
Roots of Darkness
Author: Demi Winters
Series: The Ashen #2.5
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Audio
Pages: 185
Length: 5h 43m
Narrator: Islay Jacobs
Source: Owned
Reason: Just Because
Rating:
My Thoughts
I really enjoyed ROOTS OF DARKNESS. I’m glad we got to see what happened to the rest of the Blood Axe Crew after Rey left to save Silla from Jonas. I enjoyed being in Hekla’s head, witnessing her badassery and even her doubt. I liked her connection with Eyvind and look forward, hopefully, to seeing them resolve their conflict in future Ashen series books or another novella. I hope we find out what’s causing the mist since the novella just kind of left us there hanging after the immediate threat was neutralized.