2016 Books Update - March in Book Book
- March 31, 2016, 7:52 a.m.
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January:
You - Caroline Kepnes
Her - Harriet Lane
We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
A Dark and Twisted Tide - Sharon Bolton
The Memory Box - Eva Lesko Natiello
Night Film - Marisha Pessl
In The Woods - Tan French
February:
The Likeness - Tana French
The Longest Night - Andria Williams
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes
March:
After You - Jojo Moyes
Just got through it primarily because I had read the first one.
The Widow - Fiona Barton
I got this book from one of those lists of books to read. I thought it was worth reading. I enjoyed the way that that the story was told. It jumped around in narration and time.
Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
61 Hours - Lee Child
Worth Dying For - Lee Child
I’ve been reading the Lee Child books in order and I read #13, #14 and #15 in fairly quick succession. Because I have read so many and in such a short time span, I really think that Lee Child stopped writing the books awhile ago. There was a definite change in style and even book structure but I can’t remember when I noticed the change. However, there has been a change again. #14 and #15 seem to be written by someone different again. They were both SO GOOD. 61 hours was super tense. The entire book takes place over....you guessed it....61 hours and there is a time check at the end of each chapter. Worth Dying For was also very good but VERY VERY DARK. I read both books in 9 days which is actually a bit long for 2 (roughly) 600 page trade paperbacks but I traveled for 2 full days during the middle of those 9 days and I spent a lot of time getting ready for my trip as well.
I’m taking a break from Jack Reacher for April and switching to another series. Stay tuned!
2016 total: 18 books
pandora ⋅ March 31, 2016
Do you have to have read the earlier books to 'get' the later ones? I should get my dad to load up my Nook with those--he likes Lee Child.
I'm still halfway through Night Film but reading daily! I think I've pinpointed two things that are making me less into it than I thought I would be:
I have no attachment to Ashley. She's an unknown, so I don't really care quite so much what happened to her, and the mystery unravels SO SLOWLY, it seems.
The author's use of italics. OMG. Did that ever get to you?? Every second work is italicized but sometimes I want to decide how I want to read the sentence for myself.
MaggieTheCat pandora ⋅ March 31, 2016
You don't have to read Lee Child in order but I couldn't BEAR to read them out of order. Also, there's a bit of a relationship arc going on with the last two books I read and I'm not sure if it will be resolved in the next book.
I don't know if I noticed the italics and I definitely don't remember them! HA! Two things: I let books go very quickly and I can't remember anything anymore (THANKS BRAIN LESION!).
plushcreep ⋅ March 31, 2016
Tara's a big Lee Child fan. I have yet to read anything of his but he's on my list for sure!
Deleted user ⋅ July 07, 2016
:-)