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That’s right, bitches! I managed to read an entire romance novel triad in the space of a YEAR. BOOM!
Alaina finished reading the last book in the Bevelstoke trilogy by Julia Quinn, “Ten Things I Love About You,” last year and rates it 3 stars. For the full review - including the culmination of a joke from the previous book in the series - follow the link to That’s What She Read.
As I was reading it, I was intrigued with the story, but I never laughed out loud at the antics any of the characters got into.
The first book Alaina finished reading after adopting Cat Donaghy (hence the picture in the link), "The Pursuit of Alice Thrift" by Elinor Lipman is rated 2 stars. For the full review - including who is pursuing Alice, why people think it's funny, but mostly why I didn't - follow the link to That's What She Read.
I guess my problem is that I liked their courtship and want to see more of them together, gee, why does that grouse sound familiar, LAUREN
Alaina read "The English Wife" by Lauren Willig last summer and now rates it 3 stars. For the full review - including how this book is very similar to Ms. Willig's historical romance Pink Carnation series, including flashbacks, nonlinear storytelling and also, short courtships - follow the link to That's What She Read.
OH GOOD, ALAINA. JUST ADD “IDENTITY CRISIS” TO ~EVERYTHING ELSE~ THAT’S GOING ON. WAY TO DE-ESCALATE.
Alaina read "The Making of a Duchess" by Shana Galen last year on an overnight trip to Philly and is rating it 2 stars. It was fine. For the full review - including Alaina's latest capslocky rant - follow the link to That's What She Read.
If I had decided to live in that community, I would have been kicked out, because I WOULD have set up a basketball hoop JUST to play Horse at 3 in the morning, and I don’t even LIKE basketbal…
Alaina read "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng last summer, and rated it 3.5 stars. There's a lot of different things to talk about in this book - even more so if you watched the series on Hulu - but Alaina focused more on the overall atmosphere of Shaker Heights, where the book takes place. For the full review - including a correlation between this book and the second-greatest episode of The X-Files - follow the link to That's What She Read.
This book is the most Breaking Bad book I’ve ever read, in that I binged it very quickly but I’m pretty sure I didn’t actually like it.
Alaina read "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" by Gail Honeyman last summer and she has no idea how to rate it. She read it in 36 hours - probably good, right? - but almost out of spite, because no where in the dust jacket or other material about the book did it mention that the title character underwent SEVERE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA and her cute, quirky ways are a DIRECT RESULT of the AFOREMENTIONED TRAUMA.
For the full review - including a long-winded description on how this book is the most Breaking Bad book Alaina's ever read - follow the link to That's What She Read.
Veronica is extremely fond of reminding Stoker that they are scientists – so much so, I started rolling my eyes every time she did.
Alaina read the first book in a new mystery series by Deanna Raybourn, "A Curious Beginning," last summer and rated it 4 stars. For the full review - including a great name for a rock band - follow the link to That's What She Read.
I did not realize I would be reading about the End Times about a year before what feels like the Actual End Times, but – what are you gonna do.
Alaina read "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and thoroughly enjoyed it, rating it 4 stars. For the full review - including a mini-review of the Prime series as well - follow the link to That's What She Read.
I’ll give it an extra half star because it made me think of Addison DeWitt and that always makes me happy.
Back to the Book Blog Backlog with "City of Ash" by Megan Chance. I finished reading it probably more than a year ago, at this point, so - great. It was okay - started off slow, but got better once the Great Seattle Fire hit. I rated it 2.5 stars. For the full review - including the reason I get to gush over Addison DeWitt - follow the link to That's What She Read.
This book is probably one of the best “silly little romance novels” I’ve ever read.
Alaina read "What Happens in London" by Julia Quinn last year and rated it 5 stars (and yes, this directly follows the last book I reviewed, so that's even more of an achievement!). For the full review - including a brief excerpt from a farce - follow the link to That's What She Read.
Last May, I went to London for 30 hours. No, for real, I did. But this blog post is not about that.
Hahahaha Quarantine does NOT make me post reviews more often!
Alaina read "The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever" in about 18 of the 30 hours she spent in London last May. For the full review - including a discussion of a trope she really hates, which she calls Schrodinger's Pregnancy - follow the link to That's What She Read.
Here’s the problem with Theranos: the technology didn’t work. It didn’t exist. And Theranos covered that up with lies.
Would you like to read a review about a book that talks about a medical crisis that ISN'T covid-19?? Alaina read "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" by John Carreyrou last year and rated it 5 stars - and not just because it shares its title with The Best Episode In All Of Television History. "Bad Blood" is the story of Theranos, run by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout who envisioned revolutionizing the blood test markets. But when she couldn't get her product to work, instead of starting over and trying something else - she just lied instead.
For the full review - including a podcast to listen to instead, if you a) like podcasts and b) are self-distancing from the library - follow the links to That's What She Read.
And also, Wonder Woman is there.
Alaina read the six major volumes of the New 52 series of Wonder Woman last spring and was a little underwhelmed, to be honest. For the full review - such as it is, there's a lot about Greek gods and shit in this one - follow the link to That's What She Read.
He was only there to create a love triangle, and YA authors, no, you don’t need to do that anymore, let the struggle be something else besides another person.
Alaina read "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas and rated it 1 star for potential copyright violations and also for trying too hard. For the full review - including the cockamamiest Beauty and the Beast retelling I've seen yet - follow the link to That's What She Read.
If I have to pick a favorite Avenger, it’s Chris Evans. No, not Captain America – if I meant Captain America I would have said Captain America.
Alaina took advantage of the Auburn Public Library and finished reading a couple of comic book series she started years ago (also, Goodreads counts each volume as a book, so it helped with her yearly average too). For the full review of the final three volumes of Hawkeye - including some cameos from other MCU people - follow the link to That's What She Read.
I managed to find another book that deals with the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum heist.
Alaina read another book involving the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist, and yes, she is going to attempt to read any and all stories about it, because it fascinates her. "Charlesgate Confidential," by Scott Von Doviak, is a bit more ... salacious and fanciful version of events. For the full review - including a mysterious Post It note found in the book! - follow the link to That's What She Read.
I mean, I knew it involved a circus at night – but anyone can assume that based on the title.
Alaina read "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern last March. She then couldn't remember any of the plot, and ended up re-reading it for this review, at which point she rated it 4 stars. For the full review - including a short dreamlike interlude - follow the link to That's What She Read.