ONTD Reading Challenge: July - Surprised Pikachu Face

[hjalmartazar]

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[eveofrevolution]

[therearewords]

You definitely need to invest a bit before Rebecca starts paying off.

[milfordacademy]

yep. took me a few tries because the book opens with a chapter-long dream lmao. I hate listening to people talk about their dreams, and reading about it is even worse. but after that the book is actually amazing. I loved it.

[therearewords]

People here had been raving about it and I was like "But when does it start though?" until you can barely put it down.

[notoriousreign]

I’m reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova but stopped for a bit since I got to part 2. I tend to do that when I’m reading a really long book. I did the same with Dune.

[hjalmartazar]

I never read The Historian but I liked her novel The Shadow Land.

[archersangel]

I read that. It is not a bad book, but could benefit from being about 300 pages shorter.

[notoriousreign]

It’s definitely compelling but yeah I agree lol

[anolinde]

Well, that was me about to go to bed, whoops.

I'm going to try Saint X for this challenge, about a girl whose sister is murdered on their family vacation to a Caribbean island (Natalee Holloway vibes). I'm guessing there will be a plot twist since it's a mystery, but if not I'll find something else.

Here's what I've done so far for the challenge:

January: Rebecca (HIGHLY recommend, the writing is incredible)
February: My Sister the Serial Killer (fun, fast)
March: The Godfather (I can see how this would be a great movie)
April: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (due to HP triggering Christians lol)
May: Haven't actually finished this one, but I'm reading the second HP book in French, so if I can finish that this year I'll be counting it thanks to Mrs. Norris!
June: Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (hugely entertaining)

Thank you guys for putting this together!!

[frejasface]

My Sister the Serial Killer was sooo good!

[hjalmartazar]

I only read Rebecca and My Sister the Serial Killer from your list, and yesss I loved both!!!

[kobewife1]

Some of things in The Godfather book.....

The movie really did take all the good sections/parts from the book and made it into 2 great movies.

[frejasface]

Yesss, I was hoping for this post today! For the OK, Boomer! challenge I read a book by Henry Rollins. He is such a grump! A very brilliant, expressive grump!

[hjalmartazar]

I've been a HUGE flop with books this year. I've gotten maybe... 13 done? I'm not even sure if they fit the themes for the challenge actually, LOL, I need to go back and look at my list. in recent years I was able to read so many (thanks to my commute) and idk I can't get my brain to focus on books this year. Sigh. Maybe this month I'll catch up...

[yami_no_hoshi]

my commute was where I did a lot of my reading! I'm also having trouble focusing, I try to read before bed but I can't focus for long.

[sparkagrace]

Without my commute I've really struggled to get any focused time for reading too.

[milfordacademy]

girl, same.