5/23/2023 0 Comments A story about my uncle plot![]() I read The Dry and possibly one other by the author, but may not read The Exiles. I am guilty of getting on library wait lists & then when I get the books, they sometimes just sit. The Cloisters was definitely a no go for me. ![]() Maybe bc I do not know my Greek mythology?! Like you, it was good, but I wasn’t wild about it. Then when Jenna recommended it/actually she had always said it was a favorite/but, when she actually chose it as a ReadwithJenna pick & created a schedule, I finally tackled it. I picked it up several times, but did not get very far. Now I do not feel as bad not reading some of these. However, once I was into the mystery, I thought it was perfectly executed, slowly peeling away clues layer by layer. I had a hard time getting into the setup and was often confused by the initial flashbacks. I will say, the beginning of Exiles was a struggle. However, the third book, Exiles, felt like a better parallel to The Last Party, as both detectives are intimately connected to the cases being investigated. I almost picked the first book in the Aaron Falk series, The Dry, which I would recommend reading first if you can. ![]() Now Falk has returned for the rescheduled christening, noticing cracks in this once well-knit group prompting the disclosure of long-kept secrets. But the event was canceled when Raco’s sister-in-law vanished that weekend, leaving her baby asleep in the stroller. But in my opinion, these are the overrated bestsellers you should not waste your time on.Ī year ago, Aaron Falk traveled to the South Australian wine country to celebrate the christening of his godson, his friend sheriff Raco’s son. The funny thing is, plenty of readers go and read the “Not That” books specifically to see if they agree or not. I still try to, but I figure it’s better to pick a perfect pair, even if I read it a few years ago. I used to only pick the “Read This” books from my last year’s reading. Then I try to find seven books to recommend instead. So every March, I look through my previous year’s reading and pick 7 bestsellers that I don’t think are worth the hype. (Also, it became very apparent very fast that readers did not care about my boring life but craved my book lists.) My very first post after our launch was entitled “Read This Not That.” I went through my prior year’s reading and picked 7 overrated bestsellers and paired them with books I recommended you read instead. On a whim, I also wanted to write about books because I’m a big reader. We wrote about motherhood, work, and travel. If you don’t know my story, I started as a lifestyle blogger with my sister. Wow! It’s been five years since I launched what would eventually become Booklist Queen.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |