NetGalley Buddy Readers discussion

I listened to (3 stars), (3 stars), and (4 stars) this week. The latter two were audiobooks of picture books so that was a little weird. Now I'm listening to . It's the second book in a series but it's a companion novel series spanning different timeframes so I took the risk of reading it before book 1.

I finished Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere.

Very interesting read. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It definitely sounds interesting, and scary!

Tasha wrote: "It definitely sounds interesting, and scary!"

Yes, I fear that HK will be subsumed, but why am I not surprised. I never did think - and so did many HKers - that HK would be allowed to live with the two-system approach for long…

The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney

Good read. 4☆

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

That sounds really good, Karen. I'm going to see if it's still up on NG.

It's a Read Now on NG.

Tasha wrote: "It's a Read Now on NG."

Cool beans!! lol

I finished A Flicker in the Dark . I thought it was a great debut. my A Flicker in the Dark review

I'm finally getting to The Last House on the Street now.

I have big plans to get through a bunch of reviews before the end of the month. Can't wait to see how this goes. lol

I'm halfway through listening to . It's good so far!

Good luck, Kristie!!

Have fun with those reviews, Kristie!

Elyse - I chuckled at the title!

Thanks, Tasha & Vicki! :)

I almost requested that one because of the title, Elyse. I love that. lol I skipped it because cozies tend to be hit or miss for me. I recently saw someone else had read it and loved it though.

Lilisa wrote: "Have fun with those reviews, Kristie!

Elyse - I chuckled at the title!"

I know! And there are CHEESY jokes inside! I love it! lol

Elyse wrote: "Lilisa wrote: "Have fun with those reviews, Kristie!

Elyse - I chuckled at the title!"

I know! And there are CHEESY jokes inside! I love it! lol"

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lol

Hahaha... Elyse with the punny jokes!

Kristie wrote: "Hahaha... Elyse with the punny jokes!"

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I started listening to this morning. I've had the e-book for awhile but just got approved for the audio. I much prefer listening to these kinds of novels (romance) than reading. It's good so far.

I'm glad it's good so far. I haven't had an audio yet from NG. I've only requested a couple of times though. One of these days I'll give it another try.

I love the audios. I'm listening to The Christie Affair right now. Hubby and I are working about 2½ hours from our house this weekend and next, so we will listen to have this weekend and half next weekend.

I just love the cover of this book:

I like it too. I just entered GRs giveaway for this one. Let me know how it goes, it sounds good.

I will. So far, it is good. It is told from the POV of the mistress, which I wasn't expecting. So, I'm not fond of our MC or Agatha's husband. I'm very curious to see where it goes.

good, hope it stays good!

Super excited to be starting Sundial .

Me too!

Tasha - I finished The Christie Affair while driving home yesterday. I thought it was good and I was really torn between 3 and 4 stars. My husband loved it and is giving it 5 stars.

my Christie Affair review

Back to Sundial today! :)

I am also halfway through the audio of Josh and Gemma Make a Baby .

I wonder if I'll be able to finish both before the end of the month? That would be a record month for me.

I just finished listening to and will start listening to tomorrow. I also read on Friday.

Kristie wrote: "Back to Sundial today! :)"

I was away for the weekend and had very little time to read so did not get to this one either. I did get some reading done last night but I'm hoping to get through a majority of this one today and tonight. I think at the moment I'm about 48% thru.

Elyse, I'm still working on that Icelandic book. It's hard for me to get to it bc I can only read it on my phone and it's annoying having to enlarge and move through the book with all the pictures and stuff. I't a gorgeous book, I just wish I could read it more easily.

What did you think of How To Live Icelandic, Elyse? And Tasha - what are your thoughts? I liked it and learned a lot - it was a quick read. Yes, it was challenging to read it in that format - I had to perform a few acrobatics on my iPad.🤣 On your phone would be super irritating, Tasha!

I have enjoyed it so far. I read about the landscape and then I coincidentally read a thriller set in Iceland so it gave me more of an experience reading the book than I would have without having even read just that little bit. I'm finding it interesting for sure!

Great - the book does give you a great sense of place and people - I can visualize the the setting for the thrillers! Ack, I just saw my comment above - need to fix the acrobat reference!🤪

Tasha wrote: "Elyse, I'm still working on that Icelandic book. It's hard for me to get to it bc I can only read it on my phone and it's annoying having to enlarge and move through the book with all the pictures ..."

Oh I have a laptop and a desktop so I downloaded Abode Digital Editions and read it on that. It's where I read all of the non-Kindle NG books. Their app sucks for reading. lol

Lilisa wrote: "What did you think of How To Live Icelandic, Elyse? And Tasha - what are your thoughts? I liked it and learned a lot - it was a quick read. Yes, it was challenging to read it in tha..."

I really enjoyed it! The photos were breathtaking!! I've only been to the airport for a layover. It's definitely a beautifully stark country.

Great that you enjoyed it, Elyse - yes, the photos are lovely and probably looked a whole lot better on a larger screen. I can imagine photos gracing a wall!

Tasha wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Back to Sundial today! :)"

I was away for the weekend and had very little time to read so did not get to this one either. I did get som..."

Excellent. I have a get together in a few minutes, but plan to dig in a lot more after dinner.

I'm currently reading for NG, publishing early this month. Although I am confused bc I've seen it published already? Anyway, not bad and I'm interested in seeing how it all plays out. I'm almost halfway through.

ETA: In looking through all the editions, I think there is a misprint as all but one edition is publishing March 8.

I think publishing dates change sometimes and Goodreads doesn't make the corrections. Also, NetGalley will sometimes post a new edition pub date as well. So, the dates don't always align. I always go with the NG pub date for my reading plans.

I currently have a book that GR says publishes on April 26th, but NetGalley says July 6th. I always assume that they want the reviews closer to the date they list for whatever reason.

Makes sense. :)

I finished The Golden Couple and thought it was excellent.

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

I finished One Last Chance. This is a mystery/thriller series with cop Andreas Kaldis as the MC set in Greece. This is the 12th book but can be read as a standalone. I’ve read eight of them and this is my ninth - I enjoyed it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sounds like a great setting! I will add the first in the series to my tbr.

I'm finishing Wingwalkers/Taylor Brown.

I've like other books of his but this one is kinda meh.

That's disappointing, Karen. I had some interest in that one, but was on the fence. I've seen very varied reviews for it. I'll probably give it a pass.

That is disappointing. I have it and plan on reading it closer to pub date. I've enjoyed his other books too.

I started today, it's publishing at the end of the month. I'm excited to read this author, he's been on my radar for years.

I've also decided to listen to an old NG book on my shelf: . I may end up reading some of it as well but I think this will work well on audio. I will finally be able to get it moved off and read, pub date was 8/2021!