July 2020 Reading Wrap-Up

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Come When I Call You by Shayna Krishnasamy
Rating:  ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review:  Yes
Format:  eBook
Reading Dates:  June 28 – July 4
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Hard to put down.
Least Favorite Thing:  Gave me anxiety.

I received an eARC of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

It’s hard to explain how I feel about this book. I don’t know that I’d read it again, but also I can’t stop thinking about it.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rating:  ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  July 8 – 14
Read Count:  1
Favorite Thing:  Short.
Least Favorite Thing:  See image below…

This was a horrible book. I literally hated every single character and moment in this book.

It took me 3 days just to get to chapter 2 because the narrator is so insufferable…

Also I made this dumb meme because this line made me so irrationally angry, and it doubles as my least favorite thing so here it is:

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Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Rating:  ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  July 16 – 22
Read Count:  2
Favorite Thing:  I just love the way Griet lays out her story…
Least Favorite Thing:  So everyone knew how van Ruijven is and yet no one was like “maybe we should keep him from molesting the teenage girl”???

I reread this on a whim and I’m so glad I did. I remembered enjoying it, but I didn’t remember just how engrossing it was.

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Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
Rating:  ★★★★★ – it was amazing
Review:  No
Format:  Print
Reading Dates:  July 22 – July 31
Read Count:  2
Favorite Thing:  The Drama™
Least Favorite Thing:  That whole thing with Lola Montez’s feet??? Big yikes!

This book is bad for my wallet! I keep buying more books based on what I’m reading in this book lol

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First Lines Fridays: November 23, 2018

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

First Lines:

My mother did not tell me they were coming. Afterwards she said she did not want me to appear nervous.

Did the quote pique your interest? View this book on Goodreads!