Who was your buddy this month?colls What books were chosen for you?"Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "The Winter People" by Jennifer McMahon and "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. Did you manage to read your books? Which ones? Two out of three. =) If you read more than one, did you enjoy them? What was your favorite?"Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Would you recommend your chosen book(s)? Adichie's book was real good, though pretty slow to read – my average usually is 4 days, but this took me almost two weeks! I'm not even sure why that is, whether it was the topic itself or the language… I am two thirds through McMahon's book and it's an okay read so far, even if not exactly horror... Both books were complete opposites, in the setting as well as the genre, and I think I'd rec Adichie more, even though it took me so long. Did you read anything else this month, outside of your chosen books? Plenty, even though it's not even going to make a dent in my sky-high TBR... ☛ "Meet me when my Heart stops" by Becky Hunter (was exited for this one, but it fell flat) ☛ "The Love Haters" by Katherine Center (I pretty much love anything by this author) ☛ "The River has Roots" by Amal El-Mohtar (novella, but so achingly beautiful that I still keep thinking about it two weeks later) ☛ "Powerless" by Elsie Silver (small town romance seems to be my trope, as I've discovered this year) ☛ "Little Child Gone" by Stacy Green ☛ "The Last Slave Ship" by Ben Raines ☛ "Battle of the Bookstores" by Ali Brady I might start another one after McMahon, but I'm not sure I'll finish it this month. Tomorrow I'll pick up a friend from the train station - she's coming up here from the south of Germany and we have a busy itinerary for the few days she'll stay with me.
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Date: 2025-06-25 07:08 am (UTC)What books were chosen for you? "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "The Winter People" by Jennifer McMahon and "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.
Did you manage to read your books? Which ones? Two out of three. =)
If you read more than one, did you enjoy them? What was your favorite? "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Would you recommend your chosen book(s)? Adichie's book was real good, though pretty slow to read – my average usually is 4 days, but this took me almost two weeks! I'm not even sure why that is, whether it was the topic itself or the language… I am two thirds through McMahon's book and it's an okay read so far, even if not exactly horror... Both books were complete opposites, in the setting as well as the genre, and I think I'd rec Adichie more, even though it took me so long.
Did you read anything else this month, outside of your chosen books? Plenty, even though it's not even going to make a dent in my sky-high TBR...
☛ "Meet me when my Heart stops" by Becky Hunter (was exited for this one, but it fell flat)
☛ "The Love Haters" by Katherine Center (I pretty much love anything by this author)
☛ "The River has Roots" by Amal El-Mohtar (novella, but so achingly beautiful that I still keep thinking about it two weeks later)
☛ "Powerless" by Elsie Silver (small town romance seems to be my trope, as I've discovered this year)
☛ "Little Child Gone" by Stacy Green
☛ "The Last Slave Ship" by Ben Raines
☛ "Battle of the Bookstores" by Ali Brady
I might start another one after McMahon, but I'm not sure I'll finish it this month. Tomorrow I'll pick up a friend from the train station - she's coming up here from the south of Germany and we have a busy itinerary for the few days she'll stay with me.