alltheradreads's Reviews (1.9k)

This one is a touching and heartbreaking story of a famous pianist who is diagnosed with ALS — it’s a tear-jerker but was so worth a read and gave me a much better understanding of what life with such a horrible disease can be like. If you liked Me Before You, The Fault in Our Stars, or Five Feet Apart, give this one a read!

This was my first Scottoline read and I was HOOKED. Flew through this one today and I’m so glad I didn’t have to take breaks in reading it! A teenage prank goes wrong (TW for gun violence) and years later, the secret is eating one of them alive... and it unfolds from there in ways I DID NOT EXPECT.

Stayed up past my bedtime to finish this one... I started it this afternoon and could NOT put it down. A mom (who happens to be a reporter) receives a flyer with a missing child photo that looks exactly like her adopted son and it sends her into a truth-seeking, heart-wrenching spiral and all kinds of craziness ensues. SO GOOD. I was hooked from the opening line and loved the way it unfolded until the very end.

Thoughts I had while reading #3 in the Three Pines series: Gamache is like a hybrid of Dr. House + Sherlock Holmes with a dash of Dumbledore. (I feel good about this.) I never can guess who did the murder or how (and I haven’t read the end to spoil it for myself either, which says a LOT). I will never go to a séance and am further solidified in my stance of creepy and scary things being THE WORST and we should get rid of them entirely, pleaseandthankyou. The dry humor of Louise Penny is amazing and so subtle but hilarious. I know so little about Canada (therefore all texting my favorite Canadian @hannahreadsmoer constantly with all my questions). I continue to be a BIG FAN of these books.

Supporting indie and new authors and the books they’ve worked so hard on is such an honor and a joy! Reading this one was like sitting down with your BFF and getting the scoop on their life— the boys, the flings, the drama, the identity crises, the life changes, and the ups and downs of all of it. I’ve totally been the girl to say she’s swearing off men for a season (and also the girl to go back on that promise the second I’m bored or watching the Bachelor and feeling lonely...) so I resonated with a lot of this one! Definitely worth a read if you can relate at all — reading about someone’s else experiences (and reading their journal entries!) makes you feel a lot less crazy and alone.

This one felt perfectly appropriate to read today as my own little act of rebellion against this “holiday”... I’m not down for celebrating men who pillage and plunder people and land... but I am ALWAYS down for celebrating the beautiful, creative, world-changing, brilliant immigrants and refugees and humans who make up America and make it better. SO ANYWAY.

I absolutely LOVE @elisejoy and her latest project, #bigdreamsdailyjoys, was the perfect example of why — she’s not just creative and talented and committed to making, but she has a way of inviting others in to the process, the planning, and the producing that feels so doable and possible and just plain FUN. I’ve loved following along in all of her creative endeavors since discovering her during a round of #the100dayproject a few years back — I’m constantly inspired by what she makes, and even more, I’m inspired to make things MYSELF as a result. (The real win!) She is a goal setting guru (I loooove @gettoworkbook and use mine at work!) and she breaks goals down in such an attainable and approachable way that even as someone who regularly sets goals, i found her tips motivating, encouraging, and fresh. She’s so good! Plus, the book is beautifully and boldly designed and it’s worth a buy just for the aesthetics alone. I kept having to put this book down to jot down new goal ideas of my own, new thoughts about projects I want to try, and new ideas for things i want to create — and that’s the whole point. Such a great read, and one I’ll keep coming back to when I need a pep talk and a nudge to get back on track with my goals and my creative endeavors! Highly recommend this one, friends!

Are you all ready to hear about how much I’m loving and enjoying these Three Pines murder mysteries from now until kingdom come? Because there are 15 in the series and I am JUST GETTING STARTED. I really thought i had this one figured out, then it took a totally different turn, but then it ended up close to my prediction... and I loved every minute of it. Big fan of these and don’t see that changing any time soon!