Karen's books

I'm always suspicious of the so-called popular books that "everyone is reading and loving". It's really nothing but beach trash, or should I say marsh trash. 

The writing is not good - holes all over the place in the plot of the murder. I think the author even confused herself trying to figure out that bus schedule, ha ha!  What was the point of the cat?  How could our lead character be so articulate describing sea shells one minute and the next minute back to a vocabulary of "why dint you come back?"  

Names of major characters bugged me enough I did a little online baby-name research.  Names like Chase, Tate, and Kya were definitely not names given to babies born in the 1940s.  I know I know - it's justified in the book that Kya called herself that when not able to pronounce Catherine.  What?!  Cat, Cathy, even Kitty would be little girl choices before ever dreaming up the exotic Kya. 

I'm supposed to be impressed with the author's nature knowledge and all the descriptiveness of the landscape - but for me it was overkill every time she got in the boat.  I began hoping for a tide to come in and sweep all of it away.

I had to read this for my book club, or I never would have picked it up to read.  We discuss it this week.  

Boring. My apologies if this is one of your faves. I had to stop reading it. I couldn't stand it anymore. Alexander Hamilton is a much more interesting subject than Eliza. I'll read about him instead.  

Had a little challenge "adding a new book" to the catalog this morning, but finally got 'er done.   Have a great week, fellow Booklikes-ers!  

If you're a fan, do NOT miss the opportunity to listen to this!  As much as I enjoyed reading these tales the first time around, this new Audible version takes it to a whole new level.  A really fun listen, with notes from Professor Dumbledore himself!  

I don't know that I've read a book with a more appropriate title. That thought kept cropping up with every chapter read in this story.  

I LOVED this book - as a broadcaster relating to his beginnings in the business, and as a fan of all he has accomplished while living and learning in his faith in God. Because it's the Tesh-man, I knew that listening to this one would be the best way to go - I was not disappointed.

Just a little frustration vent that for some reason my reading challenge for this year says ZIPPO for books read, when in fact, I think I've read 10 books so far.  I've looked at the challenge page to see if I can fix it somehow, I'm always marking the correct dates read.  Don't know why it's not keeping track this year, but it won't stop me from soldiering on!  There.  Rant over.  Thank you.  Ha ha.

This was a pretty good little story - although what spoiled it for me was the profanity all of a sudden out of nowhere right at the end.  I get it that this character is drawn as the bad guy, but the cursing and women-hating were absolutely unnecessary to what had been a class act story.  Although at the end I was left thinking (and knowing) that if I had been the main character, I would not have stopped looking for someone to help.  It would have been easy enough to get ahold of local law enforcement to get the communication started with Navy, Air Force, other Coast Guard entities...  That was the one thing in the story that didn't make sense - she just gave up after visiting with one person at the Coast Guard offices.  In essence our main character could possibly have saved A.E. but dropped the ball.    

I loved reading this series 9 years ago.  Now I'm listening on Audible, and it is an absolute pleasure to revisit and go on the adventure again.  Jim Dale is the narrator, and he is phenomenal.    

Reeeeeeally good.  

Read this one (actually a mix of reading the book and listening on Audible while in the car or walking) for my Book Club, which meets to discuss it tomorrow night (2-20-20).  Really enjoyed this story, start to finish. You know me, I'm not one to re-write the plot or give anything away in my "reviews" - I just let you know if I like them or not.  I took off half a star for my rating just because it bugged me that Hans Christian Andersen is mentioned as "Hans Andersen".  Not sure why that was... Other than that, just a superb story and characters with some depth.  Loved it. 

This story has not been at all what I was expecting for a "dog story"...  not that that is a bad thing.  But... if it does not have a happy ending I don't quite know how I will deal...  I'm almost afraid to get to the final pages...  

For all hoopla I heard about this book as a kid but never read it because I thought it was about a boy and that did not interest me much as a young girl, ha ha - this story turned out to be a disappointment, and a snooze of a read.

This book should be required reading for middle schoolers every where.  Kindness could spread.  And change lives.  For the better.  Imagine that.   

Truman Capote had a wonderful way with words - love his colorful descriptions of certain places, times, and people.  I very much enjoyed all three of these stories.  Classic.

I see many of my reader friends on BookLikes playing the reading bingo game(s).  I thought about joining the fun back at the beginning of summer, and everyone was very encouraging and inviting - thank you so much. 

I wanted to take this moment to apologize for not getting involved after all.  I think it just boils down to the fact that I never have liked "being told" what to read outside of the old school days, and now in my book club.  There are so many books on my "to read" list, and most of us here know what that is like, ha ha!  For me, the bingo games are just too much pressure and would take the enjoyment out of reading, if that make sense...

I will continue to enjoy the posts of those who do play, and I admire your fortitude!