Summer Reading Celebration

Woman gets a chance to visit other possible lives when she reaches a crossroads in her own. It was pretty good, although there were a few places that seemed to drag. Overall, not bad

Yeah.....not for me. Especially because I really am interested in the history of the place.

Excellent!

I liked this book. It’s wasn’t my favorite. Can’t wait to read Jasper and Sloane’s story.

This was a very insightful book focused on the QAnon cult and how/why people are susceptible to believing conspiracy theories. The author follows a number of individuals and their loved ones, documenting the destruction of the American family by those who've bought into QAnon and it's insane conspiracy theories.

I read where someone compared this to an updated Huck Finn story, and that's pretty close. More of a fantasy-style fiction, but the setting is quite historically accurate, which made for a great read. Recommended!

Harry Potter At Home is a Pandemic initiative and I highly recommend that you enjoy it while you can! Harry Potter is read “by familiar voices” with a wide range of HP movie and stage actors reading chapters, and other familiar famous actors as well. It is so well done! And the readings with new voices make the words fresh again. This is available on a website as a video but I prefer accessing it using Spotify and just listening while I go about my day. It is free, and such a pleasure to listen to. Add this to your audiobook listening plans!

Everything about Henrietta Lacks and her family was heartbreaking. Henrietta was lost to history and not even a footnote in her own story. Her genes were used over, and over again. Her DNA was used in so many breakthroughs in science and not even a mention. What a harrowing life. Henrietta's story was tragic, dying young of cancer and so riddled with tumors that pain was her only companion. What was more tragic was her children's mistreatment, malnuroshment and torture at the hands of the people that should have protected and sheltered them in their time of grief. Circumstances were just not on the Lacks family side. Most of the children were dead or imcarcerated before the book was even published. The author, Rebecca Skloot did so much research and talked to the family extensively even when said family was very against even that for a long time. This book was good and very interesting but oh so devastating. Please read this story, if not to hear this family's story but to get the true behind the immortal genes and where they really came from.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is definitely one of those books that I’ve seen a lot of praise for, as well as a lot of people who DNF’d it. I read it in one sitting. The language and storyline flowed fine, going from therapist Theo’s pov to Alicia’s journal entries. I didn’t find the “twist” at the end to be all that surprising.

Solid 4 stars. That was quite good. Very French(?) So it was a little hard to get through. I liked the fantasy element and the forbidden romance plot. I also liked the competition aspect of it. Very Hunger Games x Top Chef (or...some other cooking competition show). Lol liked it