Tag Archive for: 3.5 Stars

Like Cats And Dogs

Like Cats And DogsTitle: Like Cats and Dogs
Author: Kate McMurray
Series: Whitman Street Cat Café #1
Genre: Romance
Spice: 2 / 5
Format: Audio
Pages: 336
Length: 8h 11m
Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Young
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

When I started reading LIKE CATS AND DOGS, I didn’t realize it was self-published. I’m glad I didn’t know so I could go in without that hanging over my head. I thought this was a cute story. I loved the concept and setting. Lauren irritated me a bit, though. I thought she was a little bit too whiny and not very empathetic to Caleb’s relationship hangups. If he had been divorced longer than a year or two, then I would’ve agreed with her.

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Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil

Bury Our Bones In The Midnight SoilTitle: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Author: V.E. Schwab
Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
Spice: 2.5 / 5
Format: Audio
Pages: 535
Length: 18h 26m
Narrator: Katie Leung, Marisa Calin, Julia Whelan
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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My Thoughts

I didn’t realize BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL was a vampire story going in. That was a fun discovery. I enjoyed the stories of each of the women. Although, Alice was my favorite because I related to her more than the other two. I wasn’t as interested in or drawn to the sapphic relationships as I was the other aspects of the story. However, I think these relationships were the best way to tell the story Schwab wanted to tell.

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Hang The Moon

Hang The MoonTitle: Hang the Moon
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 349
Length: 12h 29m
Narrator: Jeannette Walls
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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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 to be too much. I wished it hadn’t 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 something a little more inspiring.) I’m glad I read the book, even if it was a little disappointing.

99 Percent Mine

99 Percent MineTitle: 99 Percent Mine
Author: Sally Thorne
Genre: Romance
Spice: 2 / 5
Format: Audio
Pages: 368
Length: 11h 23m
Narrator: Jayme Mattler
Reason Read: Just Because
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My Thoughts

I thought 99 PERCENT MINE was a fun spicy romance. I really liked both Darcy and Tom. I disliked Darcy’s twin and I wish her heart murmur would’ve taken the story down a different path. I also felt like the story was lacking in some way, but I still enjoyed reading this despite not quite getting what I wanted. 

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Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow

Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And TomorrowTitle: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Audio
Pages: 401
Length: 13h 52m
Narrator: Jennifer Kim, Julian Cihi
Reason Read: Book of the Month
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My Thoughts

I’m honestly not sure how I feel about TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW. There are aspects I loved and others I didn’t. Even though the story was slow, I felt compelled to keep reading. I loved how well the story shows the evolution of relationships—how they can grow stronger, become weaker, or break under life’s pressures. I also loved that this story showed that life is a matter of perspective and communication. I loved the look at grief and how individual it is. I’m not sure I cared for Sam or Sadie very much. They often seemed selfish, especially when it came to their games, success, and each other.