i interrupt our april recap
with a review of the books i read in april.
enjoy!
i have a ton of books i want to read.
like, if i put all the books i want to read on a scale,
they would most likely literally weigh a ton.
there are no lack of good books out there.
i just can't figure out what to read.
i pick one up thinking i'll start it, then decide i'd rather read something else.
and so on, and so forth.
then i'm stuck with reading nothing even though i want to read everything.
it's a little ridiculous.
it's only going to get worse because i have 2 books
i've pre-ordered that come out this month.
but, that's my problem, not yours.
all of that was to explain why there will be no update on what i'm currently reading.
because i'm not currently reading.
what i read in april:
1)
into the still blue -
this was the final book in the
under the never sky series.
it was a good book.
it finished the story started in the first two books nicely.
however, it had been awhile since i'd read the other two,
so it took me awhile to figure out what was going on several times.
it's a good series if you like ya novels set in the future with the end of the world coming.
now, we're going to switch gears a little
and go from a ya dytopian series to murder mysteries.
i have a wide range of interests.
2)
in the woods -
so, i
loved this book.
it follows a man in ireland (rob)
who was kidnapped as a child with his two best friends.
his friends were never found, but the amount of blood discovered
led everyone to believe they were dead.
he can't remember anything that happened.
now he's a detective in dublin and a child found dead
in his small hometown where he was kidnapped.
he takes the case without telling anyone about his past
(until he eventually tells his partner).
the current murder is a great story as well as the past kidnapping/murder,
and the detective dealing with his past is well told.
my only issue was the end.
but i won't say why, because it'd ruin the book.
3)
the likeness
this is what i guess you'd call the sequel to
in the woods.
it's a completely different story than her first book.
this one focuses on the partner (cassie),
her background, and a case that she gets a little too involved in.
i didn't think i'd like this one as much as the first,
but it surprised me.
she's called to a crime scene of a murder victim who was using one of her aliases
from her former life as an undercover drug cop.
the crazy thing is, the victim looks just like her.
so much so that her boyfriend, who is also a detective,
thinks it's her when he gets to the murder scene.
because the victim was using her undercover alias,
her boss from that time is called in to help with the investigation.
he comes up with a crazy undercover plan to catch the murderer.
it's good stuff.
the author has 3 more books in this "series,"
but from what i could tell, they all follow cassie's former drug cop boss.
i didn't really get attached to him in this book,
so i'm not sure i'd like the next one?
it's on my ever growing "to read" list though.
now, here's where we take another turn.
this one goes into really sad reading territory.
no sad as in crying, but sad as in pitiful.
4)
between you and me: confessions of a comma queen
if you aren't as obsessed with grammar as i am,
this is not the book for you.
in fact, i'm not sure it was even the book for me.
i really enjoyed some of the historical references to language,
spelling, dictionaries, and the explanations of why we do things
the way we do in our crazy language.
and, i liked the stories she shared from her career at
the new yorker.
i even liked hearing about her grammatical pet peeves.
but, the book itself was tedious.
it's like she didn't know where to stop.
if she made the chapters half as short as they were
and left out a lot of the examples and didn't repeat the same thing three
different ways, it would have been great.
not gonna lie, i really just skimmed the last couple of chapters.
5)
yoga for runners
i'm not a fan of yoga.
i think planks are considered a yoga pose, but that's as far as i'll go.
anyway, i want to be more flexible, and want my joints to be less achy,
so i thought if i read this book it would convince me i need to be doing yoga.
all it did was confirm my suspicions that yoga just isn't for me.
i'm sure it's a great book for people who are more open-minded about yoga,
but the whole "breathe and become one with the universe" thing is too weird for me.
6)
the new rules of running:
5 steps to run faster and longer for life
now, this was a good book.
in fact, i can see myself referencing it from time to time.
it is a practical look at running with personal stories from athletes.
a lot of what the author says just makes sense.
there are good tips for training, how to get faster without injury,
and there are training plans in the back of the book.
plus, it was an easy read.
it was technical, but it was also enjoyable.
luke's been reading some fun stuff this month.
ninja red riding hood was our favorite, by far.
hopefully, i'll work out my reading rut soon so there's
something to review for the month of may.
