June Discussion Post

[monkiainen]

It's time for our monthly discussion post! This post will remain open for you to contribute at any time, so no pressure. Even if you didn't get around to reading any of your selected books or opted out of participating for the month, you're still more than welcome to take part in the discussion.

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<b>Who was your buddy this month?</b><br /><b>What books were chosen for you?</b><br /><b>Did you manage to read your books? Which ones?</b><br /><b>If you read more than one, did you enjoy them? What was your favorite?</b><br /><b>Would you recommend your chosen book(s)?</b><br /><b>Did you read anything else this month, outside of your chosen books?</b>

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[siberian_angel]

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.

[yourivy]

I think I started reading "Purple Hibiscus" once and also felt like it was slow-going. I ended up abandoning it at some point because I did not have the attention span at the moment. However, it is on my list of books to give another chance some day since I do remember liking it.

"The River has Roots" has glowing reviews by a lot of my friends so I think I'll put it on my list as well. I also still plan on reading El-Mohtar's "This is how you lose the Time War".

Have a fun time with your friend!

[siberian_angel]

Oh, please do! I loved how whimsical it was and it surprised me a little that I liked it as much as I did...
Thank you, fun was had by all. :)