I DNF'd The Familiar Stranger because while the first half was great, the second half was the author failing to define various words and spiritual practices, while telling you to follow said practices. Methinks there's background knowledge I'm missing, but not a good look for a book targeting people who don't have that background knowledge in the first place. I also DNF'd Clown in a Cornfield, a YA horror novel with class commentary that might have been interesting if any of the characters at all were likeable. Alas.
I finished Death by Dumpling and the 2nd book in the series, The Dim Sum of All Fears (that title! I love it so.) - it's fast paced and a lot of fun, and the budding romance between Adam and Lana is adorable. Also finished Animal Farm which I had never read before. What a book, easily in my top 5 of the year!
While I wait for the next book in the mystery series to be available from my library, I'll probably start Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, a nonfiction book about the 1914 expedition to the South Pole, or The Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, a Japanese light novel about a cute witch and her adventures.
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I finished Death by Dumpling and the 2nd book in the series, The Dim Sum of All Fears (that title! I love it so.) - it's fast paced and a lot of fun, and the budding romance between Adam and Lana is adorable. Also finished Animal Farm which I had never read before. What a book, easily in my top 5 of the year!
While I wait for the next book in the mystery series to be available from my library, I'll probably start Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, a nonfiction book about the 1914 expedition to the South Pole, or The Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, a Japanese light novel about a cute witch and her adventures.
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