#19

I was glad to be done with this one. A brutal book from the first page until the very end. No real redeeming quality of the characters in the book. Everyone seems to lose, be confused, struggle mightily and then die. Or, if you were a lucky one, die first and skip all the other unpleasant stuff. Two stars on the Goodreads ranking. 

#18

This was a light a breezy read I received in Book Riots Quarterly Box #2.   I felt the author was pretty snarky throughout. She seemed to repeat the same jabs at the same authors over and over. What could have been a fun collection of short essays on the love of books and reading, soon grew rather tiresome. Maybe 2 stars on Goodreads. 

#17

This was the selection for the April Book Club. Not a real big fan of it. Maybe I just didn't get it? Too many people and too many points of view written over the course of several decades. Had to keep rereading previous chapters to keep things straight. Maybe I will appreciate it more after we discuss it on Saturday night. 

#16

Falling a little behind on my reviews. Here is book 16 for the year. This was suggested on my book lovers page a day calendar I recieved in Book Riots book box #1. It was an interesting read, written from many different peoples point of view in the family. Took a hundred pages or so to figure it all out and keep everyone straight. It seemed by the end it was just one long coming out story of the 16 year old girl. Would like to read a sequel to see what happens to the family.