Toss Me That Book

Format: Kindle Date Started: January 26, 2019 Date Finished: January 30, 2019 I identified so much with Julia, the narrator, of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez.   At first glance, you wouldn’t think so.   I live in the suburbs, not a city.   I am not Mexican.   And most importantly, I am definitely not a teenage girl.   Even if it were actually possible, you couldn’t pay me enough money to go back and repeat my teenage years.   They were horrible.   The only thing I hated more than middle school was high school. Like Julia, I just wanted out.   I wanted to be somewhere new and away from everyone.   Julia wanted to get away from her parents and the pressure she felt from her family.   I wanted to get away from everyone that I had gone to school with my whole life.   And, I had a chip on my shoulder that I was invisible.   I knew I was great, but no one else see...

Format:  Kindle Date Started:  January 23, 2019 Date Finished: January 26, 2019 I discovered Kristin Hannah by accident in 2016.   I needed a new audio book for my commute, and her book, The Nightingale, popped up in the “You Might Like” section of my library’s app and was helpfully also available.   I had to wait about 2 months for The Great Alone to be available, but, boy, it was worth it!  What I loved about The Nightingale is also what I loved about The Great Alone – Hannah’s prose.   Without a lot of flowery detail, she describes both people and places so that you can picture them perfectly as well as understand their inner workings.   She also write about the lives of women maybe as only a woman can – about the nuances of relationships and the thousands of choices that shape our lives.    I also liked learning about all of the skills and work that are necessary to live in a climate like Alaska, and the discussion q...

Format:  Kindle Date Started:  January 16, 2019 Date Abandoned: January 23, 2019 Well, it finally happened -- the first Did Not Finish (DNF) of the year was Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game .  A quick internet search reveals that I’m in the minority onthis one.  The story’s rating on Goodreads is 4.5 stars. It had potential for sure.  Lucy and Joshua work together and hate each other with a passion.  Okay, great.   I can work with this as a set-up for a romance.   However, I only made it halfway through the story when I gave up because the only things that had happen were a ridiculous amount of clever banter and food poisoning.  And while I’ll admit that I’ve read and enjoyed stories with less action in them, this was so boring that I couldn’t keep going because I didn’t care about either of the characters, I wasn’t invested in the outcome of the plot, and I value my time -- if you’re writing a romance story, I’m going t...