I read a lot this month. I was in a drama slump this month, so all that time was put into books. Overall, a pleasant reading month, have found a couple of favorites that would like to revisit and reread.justanotherrey:
This actually sounds a lot like what ended up happening to me! Also, you have fantastic reading taste, wow. I remember adoring People We Meet on Vacation and I also read The Housekeeper and the Professor this month and gave it 4/5!
Poison for Breakfast by Lemoney Snicket. - Short, sweet, makes you really think towards the end, and just an overall great way to start the reading year. ( 3.5/5 )
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa. - A quiet, beautiful story that kind of just sneaks up on you. ( 4/5 )
Beartown by Fredrik Backman. - A new favorite! Gosh Backman just can't disappoint. I read his book Anxious People last year and picked this up on a whim and just ... wow. It is so deceptively quiet, especially at first, and then it packs this punch and leaves you reeling. I cried. Also my book is now full of little post it tabs + underlines + annotations. The writing is just beautiful, I can't believe this is a translation. ( 5/5 )
Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf - I just didn't like this. I think this is partially an "it's not you it's me" sort of situation since everyone I follow on Goodreads loves this book but it left me hating life and feeling really sad and empty, and not in the contemplative deep way I sometimes appreciate/welcome. I literally picked up the cheesiest kdrama I could after this just as a palette cleanser and to get me to stop thinking about this book. This was a book I had on my physical bookshelves and it's already been donated because no thanks I'm good. ( 2/5 )
The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente. - Y'all this was such a brilliant idea and it's so short but perfectly executed! We've heard of characters being "refrigeratored" aka killed off for manpain or to push another character (usually a male) storyline. Yeah, this is the refrigeratored characters's stories. It's the same stories you're probably familiar with, just her side. Even though they have different names, they're all inspired by characters you might already know (The first one being Gwen Stacy, one of them being Harley Quinn, etc.). Absolutely engaging from the first sentence. ( 4.5/5 )
I remember adoring People We Meet on Vacation and I also read The Housekeeper and the Professor this month and gave it 4/5!sarabelles:
These were 2 of my favs out of this month! Glad that you liked it too!
Beartown by Fredrik Backman. - A new favorite! Gosh Backman just can't disappoint.
I've been meaning to read both Anxious People and Beartown for a while! Will be picking it up soon. I have a good feeling about Fredrik Backman.
In January I read the two books I gave to my niece (11) and nephew (14) for the end of the year. As usual it's mainly in French.
 | The Adventure of Prince Atman by Sabrina Bezzah. We follow Atman, son of the king of El Ricaba. He's an arrogant and hateful character in many ways. He's sent in exile for seven years as a result of a spell cast on him. Throughout his journey, he discovers the real world, outside the royal cocoon, and steps back from his former privileges and behaviour. We see him being tested, growing and evolving in a world surrounded by secrets and magic. The language was a bit formel, specially for my niece, but that's also the magic of books, they enrich our vocabulary (thanks to Mr. dictionary). |
| Vive le CM2 ! by Ségolène Valente This is a funny and at the same time moving book which describes quite well the adventures that a 10-11 year old girl can have before becoming a teenager. It evokes the first feelings for boys, friendship. The story focuses on Camille and her friends but as my nephew read it he found similarities with what he experienced before starting middle school. |  |
 4.5/5 |  2/5 |  1/5 |  4/5 |
Happy Lunar Year everyone!! hope y'all stay safe and healthy this year <3
AFTER: i didn't know where the plot was moving the entire time. the cliffhanger ending saved the whole book for me and honestly, the cliffhangers of the series prevents me from dropping it altogether.
THE REVERSAL: i picked it from my school library becuz i couldn't find anything interesting (sucks to have a library smaller than my classroom). idk what i was expecting but it was boring but smh entertained me during boring classes.
AFTER WE COLLIDED: i have no idea what the author was thinking. I'm so frustrated by this book i have no words. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS BOOK?! i have no idea.
ACOTAR: hoping on to the hype train, i read ACOTAR. it took some time to get invested but then WOW. i started loving it from almost the last 200 pages or smth. worth the hype!!
as always, have a good read <3
Hello, I haven't been able to read much due to school but I recently read US THREE by Ruth jones
So the story is about three friends who have been together since they were 8 years old and sworn best friends till they're in college, later some things happened that break apart the trio, regardless of fallen friendship they accustomed to meet the question is will they be able to go back to being friends and that's the storyy in the latter half
It was a fine book, not the greatest but interesting enough to keep me going, Some of the characters and the events in this book are really unlikable and unfavorable but since it was a book I was about to look past it and sympathize with them i feel like if it was a drama with unlikable characters I wouldn't be hesitant to drop it just a thought that crossed my mind when i was rooting for the unlikeable characters.
spoilers about my final thought
i honestly think they shouldn't be friends they should have been kept apart they're not the greatest people for each other
