NetGalley Buddy Readers discussion

Elyse wrote: "I'm listening to Dreams Lie Beneath (pubs today) and reading Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession (pubs 11/9). I read a handful of graphic novels ..."

Really enjoyed Dreams Lie Beneath, Murder Book was okay.

Listening to and enjoying . About halfway through.

Finished The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World. I really enjoyed it - so interesting. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just thought you guys might be interested in knowing that I started Nine Elms, book one of that NG book you guys read, Darkness Falls. Very early in but so far so good. :)

I just want to add that I'm just in ch 5 and wow, it's already a nail biter! lol

I hope you love it, Tasha! I thought it was really good. I ended up putting Darkness Falls aside for a bit, but hope to get back to it soon.

I'm reading Gilded by Marissa Meyer now. It published a few days ago. It was a late add and I had a slow start with it. I'm moving through it more quickly and enjoying it now.

I have just finished which I really enjoyed. It was the first wish I had been granted on Netgalley.

Not sure what to read next, I want to read however I have others on my shelf which publish sooner than this one so I really should read some of them first....whether I do or not is another matter

I’m reading The Island of Missing Trees - I’m really liking it. How often do you read a book with a Fig Tree literally being one of the characters? Learning about trees too.

I really enjoyed 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World so will be interested to hear your final rating/review

Lilisa wrote: "I’m reading The Island of Missing Trees - I’m really liking it. How often do you read a book with a Fig Tree literally being one of the characters? Learning about trees too."

I got approved for that one as well and will be reading it later this month. I'm glad to hear you are liking it!

Kevin - I say go for We Are the Brennans if that's what you're in the mood for. You're a fast reader, so it probably won't make you miss any pub dates. Unless something publishes very, very soon.

Lilisa - That sounds interesting, definitely different. I've never read anything with a fig tree as a character before.

Kevin - edited to I (!) will have to check out 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. I’ve read three of Elif Shafak’s books and enjoyed The Architect's Apprentice the best. Tasha - great you got it too! Hope you like it when you get to it. Kristie - yes, I’m really liking Fig Tree (yeah, I’m using fig tree as a proper name :-)) - she’s telling part of the story and has thoughts and feelings. I won’t say more or else will spoil it for others, just that I like how she’s a huge part of the book.

Great, sounds like her backlist is something to look into as well. I'll let you know what I think once I get to it.

Tasha wrote: "Great, sounds like her backlist is something to look into as well. I'll let you know what I think once I get to it."

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This is what my next month+ of NG looks like!
CURRENTLY READING
Noor (audio) 09 Nov 2021
TBR
The Perishing (audio) 09 Nov 2021
The Maid 04 Jan 2022 BUDDY READ NOV 11
Why She Left (audio) 13 Dec 2021 BUDDY READ NOV 17
The New Wife (audio) 19 Nov 2021
The Girl I Was (audio) 30 Nov 2021
Reckless Girls 04 Jan 2022 BUDDY READ DEC 1
The Hawthorne School (audio) 07 Dec 2021
The Last House on the Street 11 Jan 2022 BUDDY READ DEC 10
The Cheat Sheet (audio) 14 Dec 2021

Mine:
Gilded Nov 2nd - Currently reading
Wish You Were Here Nov 30th
Darkness Falls Dec 7th
The Maid Jan 4th - buddy read Nov 11th
Why She Left Dec 13th - buddy read Nov 17th
Reckless Girls Jan 4th - buddy read Dec 1st
The Last House on the Street Jan 11th - buddy read Dec 10th

I'd also like to read at least one of the two that I have that are way past their pub dates.

I finished The Island of Missing Trees. I kept loving it until the end. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Excellent, Lilisa! Nice review. :)

Yes, a wonderful review. I'm even more excited to get to it later this month.

Thanks Tasha and Kristie! Tasha - keeping my fingers crossed that you’ll like it.

I'll let you know!

I started The Island of Missing Trees today. Just a few pages in and I'm loving the writing already.

Tasha wrote: "I started The Island of Missing Trees today. Just a few pages in and I'm loving the writing already."

Hope you continue to love it, Tasha!

Me too! lol. I expect too. :)

Tasha wrote: "Me too! lol. I expect too. :)"

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I am still reading both The Maid and Why She Left.

Finished Where You Come From. I wish I had enjoyed it more. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Nice review, Lilisa. Always disappointing when a story is good, but the writing is not.

Kristie wrote: "Nice review, Lilisa. Always disappointing when a story is good, but the writing is not."

Thanks Kristie. Yes, I didn’t enjoy the way it was written. Hopefully others will like it more than I did.

Finished Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American. I enjoyed it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

That one sounds good from your review, Lilisa. I'll keep it on my radar.

Just been approved for the new Linwood Barclay novel, Take Your Breath Away

I almost requested that one, Kevin, but I seem to be falling behind on my reads and need to do some catching up before requesting anything else. I'll be interested to see what you think of it.

lol, just chop away at it bit by bit. It's SO easy to get overwhelmed with all the tempting books on NG!

I'm finally taking a little reading time today. I just finished Wish You Were Here. It was really good, but took a turn that I wasn't expecting and I still don't know exactly how I feel about it. 3.5★ rounded up.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm now trying to finish both The Maid and Darkness Falls before starting our buddy read of Reckless Girls. I hate when I fall behind, but I think I was in a bit of a slump. Hopefully, that is past now.

Kristie, I'm really curious what that turn was in Wish You Were Here. I have no plans on reading it so would you mind putting what happened in spoilers for me? Or you can PM me.

Sure, Tasha. Just sent you a very spoilery pm.

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I just finished The Maid. It was an interesting story about a maid who struggles with social cues and gets caught up in a murder at the hotel she works at. It was another 3.5★ read for me rounded up.

The Maid review

I am reading and hoping to finish The Thursday Murder Club today. It is not through NetGalley, but the publisher sent me a physical copy along with The Man Who Died Twice for review. I'm finding it pretty entertaining so far and I'm about 65% through.

I am also reading Darkness Falls and hoping to finish soon (maybe tomorrow?), as I'm starting a buddy read of Reckless Girls tomorrow and don't want too much overlap of the two.

I have read both Richard Osman novels and loved them both so much. Will be interested to see what you think of them. I don't know how well known he is over in America but in the UK he is the darling of the nation and much loved TV presenter/producer who has now turned his hand to writing.

Yes, I heard that he was a TV person and had to look him up. I hadn't heard of him before.

I just finished Darkness Falls . I thought it was a great addition to the series. 4★ Darkness Falls review

I also finished The Thursday Murder Club and gave it 3.5 stars rounded up. Thursday Murder Club review

I plan to get back to Reckless Girls tomorrow and not an ARC, but I'm doing a quick re-read of A Christmas Carol.

I'm not reading any NG at the moment, reading The Janus Stone and The Rise of Light.

I plan on getting to at least one NG book this month and it's probably going to be Violeta as it's to be published next month.

Tasha wrote: " The Rise of Light. ..."

What do you think about this one?

Very slow and the writing seems a bit choppy to me, at least from what I was expecting going in. I feel like the characters aren't as fleshed out as I would like either. I loved Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony and was expecting to love this one but I'm not. There is still something about it though that is keeping me going (aside from the fact that I bought the book, lol) but it's not wowing me at all. I'm looking at 3 stars at the moment, at about 75% thru. I think I saw that you gave it 3 stars.

Yeah, barely. 2,75☆

I can see that.