October Wrap Up

Current TBR List: 15
Currently Reading: 7
Books Finished in October: 18

Another great reading month! I will say that I heavily relied on audiobooks though.

As a wrap up of the last week and few days…

I listened to The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne. The atmosphere of this book was spellbinding! One identical twin dies, the other is alive but her identity is being blurred. She is the exact replica of her twin, not a mirror image, not slightly different, not a mole to tell them apart. A year after the accident truths of that night start coming out. Who is the real victim, the real person at fault. What mistakes do we make when we see things from our perspective alone? This was a great read for October!

I then finished a First to Read free e-book in exchange for an honest review. Mental but Jaime Lowe made me feel, well, mental. This book was written in a fashion that made you feel as though you were experiencing a manic episode right along with Jaime. Raw and jumbled full of idea of grandeur and unmovable depression. The memoir starts with her diagnosis as a teenager. The only benefit of her time of diagnosis being that mental health was becoming a little less stigmatized and she was able to get the treatment she needed and quickly.

I enjoyed the interspersed personal pictures and drawings. It added an emotional touch that Jaime was and is just another normal person on the street. It is heartbreaking to know that people suffer so much. That while the human body can be so amazing it can also be a horrific place to be for some people. It is horrible knowing you can't trust your own mind

A cute fun read was next, Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella. I absolutely love her writing voice in this series. Becky’s is a strong whirlwind of a character and I love to watch her go bumbling through life. In this story Becky gets back from her honeymoon to find that the world carried on without her. None of her reunions are going to plan and as even further shock, she has a sister. Becky’s dad was in a relationship prior to her mother and a little girl, Jessica, was the result. Jessica reached out in a sense of duty and is not expecting or wanting much out of any of the relationships. Becky, in her usual style, goes crazy with the idea of having a sister and is in for the shock of her life time when she finds out Jessica doesn’t like to shop. Not only does she not like it, she abhors it.

Then a bit of a bummer, I finished The Ninth Circle by C.A Harland. This was a free e-book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I wanted to like this book so much. The synopsis was interesting and the cover was really pretty. Unfortunately though the characters failed to capture my interest and the story was a whirlwind of meeting to many characters, to many sub plots while also not having the best pacing. Action scenes were great but the plot from one scene to the next was just not what I needed or wanted it to be. I don’t think I will continue with the series. I can see where some people would really enjoy it and maybe the next book would overcome some of the things book one lacked but I think I am good for now.

The month ended on a happy note then gruesome note as I listened to Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella and finished Gerald’s Game by Stephen King.

Shopaholic and Baby was another fun quirky read. Ugh though, sometimes you really want to smack Becky. If only she stopped lying and started asking before assuming things... then again you wouldn’t have Becky (Bloomwood) Brandon. In this installment Becky is going through her pregnancy and on her way to being a yummy mommy in vogue with the perfect new house with rooms such as the pram room, shoe room, visa bill room… On her way to having the perfect pregnancy though she runs into a snafu when the must have OBGYN is Luke’s ex-girlfriend from his college days. Now let the drama begin!

Then there was Gerald’s Game. You would think a book about a women handcuffed to a bed for almost the entirety would be boring, it’s not. Stephen King is a master of horror and bringing about your worst fears and this story is no different. Like most novels by Stephen King though I feel like the ending failed miserably. It dragged out and killed the atmosphere.

Month Overview:

Source:
A = Amazon Top 100 Free
B = Borrowed/Library
BT = Book Tour – Honest Review
F2R = First to Read (Penguin) – Honest Review
G = GoodReads – Honest Review
NG = NetGalley – Honest Review
P = Purchased

Format:
A = Audio
E = E-book
P = Physical

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