Man this was hard to read!  It was heartbreaking and enlightening. The ending totally threw me and I went on a deep dive into Reddit and other Goodreads reviews to see if I was the only one caught off guard - I was not. 

I enjoyed the audiobook, the narrators were great and they all had different accents. 

Yup, I’m that girl that gave The Book Thief a one star review. Sorry!! 

I’ll start by saying I typically do not enjoy reading stories about the holocaust, nazis, Germany, etc. I don’t know why, it just doesn’t interest me. I’ve tried, I promise! I am so down for reading about other historical themes and countries, but this genre just doesn’t hold my attention or interest me. 

That being said, I decided to give this book a try because of all the five star reviews. My friend even said she gave copies of this book to her friends and family as Christmas gifts. It must be good, right?!? I wanted to like it, I really did! But alas, different strokes for different folks. 

I read all 500+ pages and it felt like a bunch of short stories that came and went and then death would speak up and then we’d go back to more short stories. Sorry guys, I gave it a solid try. Maybe it’s me and not the book??

This is a great book about adults and how they react to changes in life. My favorite part was the plate smashing. Gosh I’ve always wanted to do that!

This book fell flat and was quite sad IMO. I chose to read this book because I, too, love to stay home and read and work puzzles and not leave my house ever!  For some reason I thought there would be a comical side to this story, but there was not. I appreciate the themes of rape and mental health, but wasn’t expecting them, so it kinda caught me off guard. 

Wow. What an insightful book! It started off a little slow but as the story progressed, I felt like I couldn’t get enough of it! It’s all about how you measure your life with hot topics weaved in throughout. If you like pensive thinking and books that stick with you for a while, then I’d recommend you read The Measure. 

I love an Abby Jimenez book!  This was a sweet one, as usual, but unfortunately it didn’t grip me quite the way her others did. I did appreciate the ALS parts and how she wrote about true issues in todays world.  For example, there are many building/businesses that are not built with the required ADA standards and it is a huge disservice to parts of our community. 

I agreed with so much in this book, but that made me sad. This memoir talks about the challenges of mental health in our society, past and present. There is still much to be done, but this book is a great conversation starter. 

I think this was one of Emily Henry’s better books. I saw it all happening in the first couple of pages and then got to watch it all play out.  Typical friends to lovers trope, will it work or won’t it? This isn’t book club material or anything like that, but it entertains the heart. 

I don’t want to give anything away, so I will just say I enjoyed all of the perspectives this book gives. I’m a huge fan of looking at things from all the different points of view and CoHo does that so well in Reminders Of Him.  

I love a medical read. As a pediatric nurse at a teaching hospital, it was interesting to read about the surgery residency from the resident’s point of view. Of course I have my own opinions of residents, but understand their need to learn skills and compassion.  This book had stories of good saves and surgical complications.  I enjoyed it but would probably only recommend it to other nerds like me.