I swear I thought I read more last month, but I actually started on books toward the end of the month but didn't finish them yet. Oh, well. Cheers to new reads in 2018!
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
Description from Amazon:
"Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in
“The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously
testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer.
Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with
notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to
discover proof that may free Ben.
Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer."
I enjoyed reading Gone Girl and had heard this was supposed to be more thrilling and dark but it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Sure, there were creepy satanic references and plot twists, but it wasn't as thrilling as I had hoped. It was a long read and the going back and forth between characters and time periods was cool, but it kinda dragged for me.
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
Description from Amazon:
"Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont."
I listened to the Audible version of this and really enjoyed it. It was REALLY long, but interesting. This story was a lot different than what I usually read and it had a lot of sci-fi, magic, and mythical creatures in it along with a romance, but it was written in a way that wasn't too unbelievable or over-the-top. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get through a romance book without rolling my eyes and this one was no exception.
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
Description from Amazon:
"Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in
“The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously
testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer.
Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with
notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to
discover proof that may free Ben.Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer."
I enjoyed reading Gone Girl and had heard this was supposed to be more thrilling and dark but it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Sure, there were creepy satanic references and plot twists, but it wasn't as thrilling as I had hoped. It was a long read and the going back and forth between characters and time periods was cool, but it kinda dragged for me.
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah HarknessDescription from Amazon:
"Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont."
I listened to the Audible version of this and really enjoyed it. It was REALLY long, but interesting. This story was a lot different than what I usually read and it had a lot of sci-fi, magic, and mythical creatures in it along with a romance, but it was written in a way that wasn't too unbelievable or over-the-top. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get through a romance book without rolling my eyes and this one was no exception.
Awww man I really liked Dark Places! Ill have to add A discovery of witches to my list!
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