I’m so happy to report that I am officially out of my terrible reading slump that I was in during the month of July and early August. I have been flying through books the past two weeks and I have so many that I can’t wait to get to. As usual I am in the middle of a few different books and I want to share them with you.
The first book that I am obsessed with is:
This book is DARK. I was not expecting how depraved a certain character is. I have been telling my husband all about it because this is the most messed up suspense novel I have ever read. This book really brings the darkness and it can be pretty graphic. If you like books that push the edge and think you can handle it I highly recommend this book. I am 80% done and I started it two nights ago. If I didn’t have three kids and other responsibilities I probably could have finished this book in one sitting.
Another book that I can’t get enough of is Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.
I am on page 647 of 880. I don’t know if I will finish it this weekend but I will definitely have this done by the end of the month. I love this book. I am constantly blown away by Stephenson’s imagination. This is such a complex and rich story that really takes the reader on a saga. It is a very science heavy sci fi but I like that about it. I am so fascinated by the world the author has built and I hope we one day see a movie based on this book. I know Ron Howard was attached to direct this movie at one point but I haven’t looked too much into it because I’m afraid of spoiling myself!
This month is #Classicsathon (check out my post about it here) so I been making it a point to read a least one classic a week. I haven’t yet read my classic for this week so I plan on reading the following book either today or this weekend.
I have read this book a couple of times as a teenager but this will be my first time reading it as an adult. I’m interested in seeing how it relates to the current political climate we have in America. The main reason I picked this book though is because of how short it is. The edition I have is only 140 pages and it is a very tiny book. When I decided I was going to participate in #Classicsathon I knew that I wanted to concentrate on all the smaller classics that have been written. There are a surprising number of them. Here is the link to the Goodreads shelf that has them all. There are 500 (!!!!) of them but I only went through the first page.
Once I finish Verity I will need another ebook to read and I plan on continuing on with It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover.
I borrowed this book from my local library through the Libby app and I thought I would just be able to renew it since it was going to be due while I was reading it. However, there was some kind of glitch and I couldn’t renew it even though no one had it on hold. And I couldn’t put it on hold because I was already using all my holds for other books. So I had to use my other library card from when I used to live in San Jose to put a hold on it through Libby. It just came in today and I plan on finishing this over the weekend. I read the first part when I first had it and I’m very intrigued to see where the story is going. I can’t tell yet if I like the story or not. I really feel like it could go either way.
Those are my reading plans for the rest of today and this weekend. We do have the county fair this weekend along with some house projects and football is back but I still feel confident that I can finish at least three of these and make a serious dent in Seveneves. I hope you have a fun and book filled weekend as well!
~Cassie
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