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Bookworms... what are you reading these days?
I just finished Gillian Flynn's "Dark Places" which was excellent. If you liked "Gone Girl," you will like this. I also just read "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks which was good and not overly sappy. Now onto "Miss Peregrene's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs which is dark fantasy/young adult, really good as I started last week and will probably finish tonight. Reminds me of "Maze Runner" for those who read it.
All three are turning into movies at some point. I love reading the books first. What is everyone else reading?
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Re: Bookworms... what are you reading these days?
I just finished "All the Light We Cannot See" and highly recommend it. Before that "Ocean at the End of the Lane" - I'd recommend this if you like Miss Peregrine, as it's a similar genre. I just started "Wolf in White Van" by John Darnielle, which is sort of a thriller.
I just downloaded this! I need to finish The Goldfinch before I can start my next book.
It's a good book. I went to a book reading by Cary Elwes. I got a picture with him and a signed book.
I am reading Reconstructing Amelia. It makes me glad that I went to high school before the internet was widely used.
Edit: title of book. Shouldn't post and talk on the phone at the same time.
I think Werner left the diamond in the ocean behind the locked gate. There is a passage that describes it becoming encrusted with barnacles or something. I think he's the only one who would have had the foresight to do that and then hide the key back in the little house. But why did he do that? I'm not sure. But for it to fit with the storyline he would not have had it when he was killed, as the keeper of the diamond is not supposed to die.
@KatWAG I'm glad I'm not the only one who wasn't infatuated by The Goldfinch. I kinda kept wanting it to be over, but it was soooooo looooong, and I wanted to slap the main character for being an a-hole.
Gillian Flynn's stuff is great. Sharp Objects was also my favorite. Gone Girl was my least favorite, though I still liked it. It just kind of dragged on a bit too long.
Still.
I like the option on a Kindle to try a "sample", which I can usually read in 20 min or so. If I'm not blown away by the sample I don't buy it and move down to the next book on my list. I may be missing some good ones with this strategy (some books take a while to get going but then are amazing), but with such a huge list of great books to read and so little time... that's a risk I'm willing to take.
I also no longer read books just because I'm "supposed" to read them (like 100 Years of Solitude).