This month I had a lot of fun and interesting fiction with a side of library history, oh and of course a little WW2 historical fiction…because I absolutely cannot make it through a month without a book on that! I feel like each book I read this month was uniquely it’s own!
When I heard that a movie was being made about this book and saw the previews for it on TV, I was interested to see what “Mortal Engines” was about. I have to say, this book was interesting, full of concepts that were really nothing I ever would have thought of…cities on wheels that consumed other cities…a whole hierarchy of cities and their survival tactics. And then of course how the people dwelt inside the cities as well and the social hierarchies were interesting to read about. Overall the book was ok, but I did not feel compelled to look for the sequel. It was almost too weird for me at times, but I also think the fact that it was so different from my expectations that it was hard for me to relate to it at times. So, an entertaining read but I was left a little on the fence about it.
I loved the “Royal Runaway!” It is what the title says it is, the story of a princess who runs every time she feels stressed about her position in life. After her fiancé suddenly disappears on the day of their wedding, she sneaks out of her royal palace looking for some space and runs into a man that ends up becoming her personal body guard in efforts to investigate what happened to her fiancé. I felt like this was a princess fairytale turned spy novel hehe! There is some language in this book, so just a note on that.
One of my neighbors, who has an amazing personal library, loaned me “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” when I was at her house one day. We were talking about how much we both loved reading and she said you HAVE to read this. This whole book was a series of letters written between friends and the people of Guernsey Island who formed the Potato Peel Pie Society, which was in essence a book club. One of the main characters was a writer, and became increasingly interested in the people of Guernsey and how they created this book club somewhat on accident in efforts to create an alibi one night during the German occupation of the war. The letters back and forth between everyone was a little confusing at times if you didn’t pay close attention but the humor, wit and quick language was so entertaining, and a little love story along the way never hurts either. Loved this book and can’t wait to see the TV series at some point!
“The Library Book” was a good read! I have never thought about the history of libraries really much at all, and learned SO much about libraries through the centuries and the importance of protecting libraries and their books for ages to come. This book covered the horrendous nature of the Los Angelos library fire, which was one of the worst library fires in history to date. Investigators struggled to find the arsonist, and it was interesting to follow the case while they searched for the person guilty of starting the fire. Lots of library history was recounted along the way too, so many things I didn’t know!
“The Proposal” was my least favorite read this month…the storyline was cute, a girl rejecting a proposal at a baseball game who goes on to meet someone new at the same game hehe…buuuut the language was bad and this was borderline trashy at times. One of those books I almost quit reading about 8 times along the way. So anyway, easy chicklit read but not my fave!
Ok who can relate to this? Haha, I’m telling you, my kid getting into school and having book fair circulars come home seems more exciting for me some days! Happy reading everyone! Check out my previous book reviews from this year below!
“Guernsey…” is one of my very favorite books, but the epistolary format doesn’t work for everyone. And I must move “The Library Book” up on my TBR.
Looks like you had a good reading month!