Beach Read

I was on vacation while I read Beach Read and I read it in two days. Even while parenting my two children. I found this book irresistible and enchanting.

The premise of two writers challenging each other to right the other’s genre to get out of writer’s block was a compelling enough reason to pick the book up. The nuanced way the characters ultimately fell in love, was the reason I kept reading.

Not your typical romance, Beach Read pulls you along with its emotionally damaged characters as they begin to heal.

This was easily a five star read, and I have to stop myself from picking it right back up for a re-read. My TBR pile is much to large right now for that. (BOTM)

The Sun Down Motel

I borrowed The Sun Down Motel from a friend, and while it is not typically a genre I read a lot of, I found I couldn’t put this book down. The setting of a haunted roadside motel was incredibly terrifying. And the mystery of the woman disappearing from there in the 1980s kept me reading to find out what happened to her.

The only thing that kept me from giving this book five stars was I felt the ending was a little bit of a run down. The author built up the haunting and the ghosts and the disappearance, and it all sort of petered out in the end.

Still, this book was another I read on vacation, and I read it in two days. So even with the lackluster ending, I still really enjoyed the book as a whole, and would recommend it. (BOTM)

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

A very highly anticipated release, I was on vacation when this book got delivered to my doorstep and I couldn’t wait to get home to read it. The sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor finishes off the story of April May and Carl, while also allowing us into the minds of all the side characters we fell in love with in the first book.

Being about 250 pages longer than most books I read, it took me a little while longer to read this book than I would have liked. If only eleven month olds would entertain themselves while reading.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it really gave you a lot to think about, especially around technology use and becoming addicted to new technology.

Where An Absolutely Remarkable Thing ended in an excruciating cliffhanger, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor wrapped up the story in a satisfying ending. That is not to say, I didn’t close the book not wanting more. I could read about Maya, Miranda, April, and Andy for several more books. Green did an amazing job creating characters you could fall in love with, and who you wanted to know absolutely everything about.