Books I Read This Week 2018 – 08

I read some of these books while I was traveling back from Sydney. The 14 hour flight lends itself to some wonderful reading, especially since I can’t sleep on airplanes. I only watched one movie in the roundtrip flight so that was almost 25 hours of reading time.

I’d intended to tackle You last year but never got to it and then I heard they’re making a movie of it this year soI wanted to read it first. But alas, it wasn’t the best use of my time. It was creepy and sad and didn’t redeem itself at any point. At least now I know that I won’t be watching the movie.

How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t was a quick read that I skipped around in since not all the chapters were relevant to me. It’s one of those books I will likely refer back to but isn’t at the top of my list.

Faster Than Normal was interesting especially because I am married to a person with ADD and there was a section on how to work with that better. Having said that we’ve been together for 23 years so I think we’ve already done much of what he recommends. There were some valuable bits in here if you do have ADD, however.

The Wife was the next mystery of the year. I’ve read so many mysteries this year, far more than my usual share and I am definitely growing tired of them but this particular one was okay. It was considerably less irksome than some of the others I read and the twist didn’t bother me nearly as much as they usually do.

How to Stop Time was lovely. I am not sure I can even explain this book but it’s science fiction and literary fiction and maybe a tiny bit of mystery. I enjoyed how different it was.

Do Over had some valuable bits, especially as I am starting a new role (though not in a new company etc.) It was a quick read and I liked it.

Force of Nature was the best read of the week. I’ve read this author’s previous book last year and it was also very good. This is the kind of thriller/mystery I can get behind. With strong character development, wonderful atmosphere and solid writing.

 Force of Nature is the 41st book I read this year. Here are some stats so far:

Thoughts:

  • Liked: 23
  • Loved: 8
  • Meh:9
  • Disliked: 1

Genre:

  • Nonfiction: 17
  • Fiction: 12 
  • YA: 3
  • Mystery: 9
  • Middle: 2
  • Scifi: 1

Here’s to reading more!


Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.

1 comment to Books I Read This Week 2018 – 08

  • I don’t know if I should curse you or thank you… 5 more books to add to me want to read list on Good Reads!! Also thank-you for the On My Mind – 08 – Look Forward to, Like Doing, vs Like Having Done… It seems to have disappeared from the blog… I found it very helpful and kind of personally reassuring.

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