tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17550945969575467242024-03-27T09:37:00.101-07:00Spurious RelationshipsBooks and books and more booksKim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-82014290355814955502024-03-27T09:36:00.000-07:002024-03-27T09:36:25.621-07:00Book 39: Class by Stephanie Land<p> I just finished Class by Stephanie Land and I give it π§Ήπ§Ήπ§Ή.</p><p>Class is a sequel to her first book, Maid, and the subtitle is "A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education". Class follows Land as she moves to Missoula to attend the University of Montana and, hopefully, gain admittance to their MFA in writing program. She continues her housecleaning work to try to make ends meet, all the while raising her daughter basically on her own. </p><p>There's little new territory covered in this book. The challenges of being poor in America are devastating, and she continues to highlight this devastation, but doesn't really bring anything new to it. She continues to have horrible taste in men, and the book also highlights many of the (to me) bad decisions she makes. I thought I'd get some new insights into the challenges of being poor while going to college, but instead she shares how she really kind of blows off her classes (as well as her application to the MFA program). At the end, she is faced with a decision about an unplanned pregnancy that had me very, very judgey (I'm kind of embarrased to write that) and that kind of ruined the whole book for me. Anyway, not a favorite. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-49019231019255594862024-03-26T10:40:00.000-07:002024-03-26T10:40:27.323-07:00Book 38: Green Dot by Madeleine Gray<p> I've just finished Green Dot and I give it πππππ.</p><p>Wow. This book. This astonishing book. It's the story of a woman growing up, of love, of desire, and of what we will or won't do for the people we love. Hera is a recent college graduate in Sydney, living with her Dad. She has good friends, a recent breakup, and an unclear vision of her future. At her 'content moderation' job, she meets and falls in love with an older journalist, who is married. The novel centers on the development of their relationship, and her perceptions of what she will and won't accept, and how that changes during the course of the relationship. I steeled myself for a heartbreaking conclusion at about the 75% mark, and I was so invested in Hera and her happiness. Just a great book.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-28925756812183492512024-03-23T16:21:00.000-07:002024-03-23T16:21:16.146-07:00Book 37: The Midnight Feast<p>I just finished an ARC of The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley and I give it β€β€β€β€β€. Read my review at <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6368719714">Goodreads!</a></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-45336199307975057632024-03-20T11:41:00.000-07:002024-03-20T11:41:54.006-07:00Book 36: Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown<p> I just finished Society of Lies and I give it βΈβΈβΈβΈ. If you like dark academia, read by review on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6360351161">Goodreads!</a></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-20143580258013104632024-03-20T11:39:00.000-07:002024-03-20T11:39:10.911-07:00Book 35: The Longest Race by Kara Goucher<p> I just finished " Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team" by Kara Goucher and I give it πππ 1/2 stars.</p><p>Goucher was a world class long distance runner who graduated from Colorado and then went to 'work' as a member of The Oregon Project, a track team coached by Alberto Salazar. This memoir details her time at the Oregon Project (funded by Nike) and the various abuses she dealt with: sexual abuse from Salazar, mental abuse from Nike, physical abuse she sustained with the training, doping abuse (probably) from her blind acceptance to do anything Salazar told her. I think this was kind of my problem with the book--she knew a lot of bad stuff was happening but because she wanted to be the best long distance runner, she just ignored them. She eventually blew a bunch of whistles, but probably to no real avail. I appreciate that she finally told this story, but at the same time feel she missed some opportunities to really change the world.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-62071988748266414592024-03-18T13:18:00.000-07:002024-03-18T13:18:48.572-07:00Book 34 The Search Party by Hannah Richell<p> I just finished The Search Party by Hannah Richell and I give it ππππ.</p><p>I'm a sucker for twisty domestic thrillers when everyone has SECRETS SECRETS SECRETS and this one totally fits that bill. Four families go 'glamping' at a resort called Wildernest (eye roll) that is owned by one of the couples (it's sort of the shake down cruise for Wildernest). During the course of the long weekend, one of the children goes missing which sets off a search (hence the title) as well as the discovery of lots and lots of secrets (who had an affair, who was the father of a baby, who owes who money, who is a reality star a-hole, etc). There are just a ton of secrets that come to light in this book. It moves in a non-linear fashion between 'Sunday' (when things are slowly resolving) and Friday and Saturday (when all the bad things happen) and of course you think you know who is being 'talked about' in the Sunday chapters but in reality there are TWISTS GALORE! Only four stars though because there are just too many characters to keep track of---four couples (eight adults), eight children, local people, etc. Some of the 'secrets' were not really helping to move the story along and didn't get resolved. But if you like a nice twisty story--this is fine. Richell is no Ruth Ware but as far as these go, it's pretty good.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-47160011937436169752024-03-13T16:35:00.001-07:002024-03-13T16:35:53.580-07:00Book 32: Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo<p>I just finished the ARC of Same As It Ever Was and I loved it! βΉβΉβΉβΉβΉ </p><p>Read my review at <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6336401062">Goodreads!</a></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-78084115267060057902024-03-13T16:35:00.000-07:002024-03-13T16:35:45.880-07:00Book 33: Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman<p> I just finished Help WAnted and I give it β΄β΄β΄β΄β΄.</p><p>Help Wanted is a serio-comic novel about a week or so in the lives of a group of people who work for a chain store (similar to Target) in a depressed town in New York state. The group of employees work in a department called "Movement" which is all about getting merchandise boxes off a truck and onto the selling floor. We learn a bit about the lives of the crew and how they ended up in Movement, and how they bond by the dislike of their boss, Meredith. When the store manager gets a promotion and Meredith is up for his job, several crew members are hopeful they might get a promotion and then join together to plot how to get their disliked boss the top job. Whether there can be 'movement' in their lives, or whether they are stuck in a dead end place, is the question that will be answered by this book. I really liked it. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-85769845200290324262024-03-09T21:10:00.000-08:002024-03-09T21:10:54.194-08:00Book 31: The Hunter by Tana French<p> I just finished The Hunter and I give it ββββ. This had all the hallmarks of a Tana French book--great Irish setting, quirky characters, menacing undertones throughout the whole book. This novel revisits the characters from The Searcher, and has Trey's father returning to the little town where she lives with some type of 'scam' in mind. Retired Chicago cop Cal and his partner Lena want to make sure Trey doesn't get into trouble given her father's proclivities, but Trey is out to revenge her brother's death (which was the focus of The Searcher). I liked this book but it seemed to move a low more slowly than her other books, and I sped through the last part just to find out 'who did it'. A good book but not my favorite. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-18977592112165292762024-03-06T16:46:00.000-08:002024-03-06T16:46:10.513-08:00Book 30: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston<p> I just finished First Lie Wins and I give it β΅β΅β΅ 3/4 stars. This book is quite the talk of the book world, and is a Reese's book club pick. It's a thriller-type of book, and it is one of those that twists and twists and twists and twists. The main character, Lucca has a job where she basically goes undercover and gets dirt on people so her boss, "Mr. Smith", can blackmail them or steal from them or something. It is sort of John Grisham-like in that it moves as a very fast pace and it was ok--I kept reading to figure out how all the threads came together but it got so twisty at the end I could hardly keep up.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-81682180713038810852024-03-04T16:57:00.000-08:002024-03-04T16:57:20.683-08:00Book 29: Good Material by Dolly Alderton<p> I just finished Good Material and I give it ββββ1/2. This was a really good novel.</p><p>I guess it could be classified as a Rom-Com? But not really? Andy is a stand-up comic who, at the start of the novel, is broken up with by his girlfriend Jen. Most of the novel is the first six (maybe eight) months after the breakup as Andy tries to come to terms with the breakup. At the same time, he is struggling with his career and tries different things to try to move on and change his life (he lives on a houseboat, he starts working out). It's funny but it's sad (because Andy is sad) and it seems to be a very realistic view of what it is like to be single when you're at the age (mid-30s) when all your friends are settling down to a 'real' life. </p><p>I took off a star because I am struggling with whether the book needed the last 10% or not--it certainly changes how I viewed the first 90% but not sure if I needed it or not. If you read this book I'd love to hear your thoughts.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-90295595139553133002024-03-02T17:27:00.000-08:002024-03-02T17:27:30.624-08:00Book 28: The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan<p> Lucky lucky lucky me got to read an ARC of this book! See my review <a href="https://www.netgalley.com/book/308331/review/1108849">here!</a> Hint: five stars. Five big stars.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-46361430167269349952024-03-02T07:54:00.000-08:002024-03-02T07:54:16.464-08:00Book 27: Astor by Anderson Cooper and Katharine Howe<p> I just read Astor and I give it I read the first book these β°β°β° 1/2 stars. </p><p>I read the first book these two wrote together, "Vanderbilt" which was the history of Anderson's family. I am a big fan of gilded age stuff so I wanted to read their take on the Astor's. I'm also interested in what happened to these huge gilded age fortunes. </p><p>This book was interesting for the first half or so, as it traveled well-worn gilded age stories but I did learn more about how the Astors got so rich (not just the fur trade, but also they owned a huge amount of real estate in Manhattan). I also thought the sections on the Astor who died on the Titanic was interesting. But once the fortune got disseminated among ancestors, and much of it got squandered (which apparently is the way these Gilded Age fortunes go), it wasn't so interesting. There was an odd chapter about a bar at the Astor Hotel as a meeting place for gays for many years mid-century, but that wasn't much about the Astors as it was as a cultural moment. It was interesting, but not a great fit for the book. The final chapter on Brooke Astor was ok but just a sad way for this family story to end.</p><p>Anyway, I don't completely recommend but if you are interested in rich families loosing it all, this could be a book for you. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-91909799844552031322024-02-27T14:34:00.000-08:002024-02-27T14:34:56.058-08:00Book 26: Secretary of the City by Lee Navlen<p> I just finished Secretary of the City and I give it β
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1/2. It's a novella that is basically a diary of a Secretary to a wealthy man who runs some type of vague foundation. The story covers two weeks when 1. the man's wife walked away from a plane crash and then pretended that she wasn't on the plane and 2. the man's father-in-law decides to run for President. It's a story about the people who support the wealthy family and it's pretty funny but somewhat ridiculous. You can probably read this is an hour.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-66513663603863410622024-02-26T08:08:00.000-08:002024-02-26T08:08:14.161-08:00Book 25: Then we get to the end by Joshua Ferris<p> I just finished Then We Get to the End and I give it β©β©β©.</p><p>This should have been right up my alley--a novel about advertising people in Chicago (which I was once!) getting laid off (which I had been!) and it was billed as being hilarious but I just found it sad. Maybe it hit too close to home?</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-87860911974745229782024-02-26T08:06:00.000-08:002024-02-26T08:08:29.599-08:00Book 24: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker<p> I just finished Cork Dork and I can only give it β©β©β©. I loved Get The Picture so much but Cork Dork--same idea (deep dive into a subculture), same great writing--was a subculture I'm just not that into. Well I'm not into it at all. If you are a wine person--and not even a collector, just someone who enjoys wine and wants to know more about it--you might like this book. </p><p><br /></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-67304828899293137102024-02-25T16:27:00.000-08:002024-02-25T16:27:49.845-08:00Book 23: House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister<p> I just finished House Lessons and I give it β°β°β°β°β°. Five stars people!</p><p><a href="https://thethreadedlane.blogspot.com/search?q=house+lessons">Vera</a> recommended this book on her blog and I discovered I had acquired it about six months ago but hadn't read it yet. It is the story of a Seattle family who renovate an old and decrepit house in Port Townsend, Washington. And of course it isn't just that, it is a meditation on architecture and family and symmetry and it is just wonderful.</p><p>I wanted to know more--about her architect that believes in aliens, about putting a note in the walls for future owners (we didn't do that with our house, darn it!)--but those are small things to comment on when a book is this perfecct. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-40469996420669967402024-02-18T07:33:00.000-08:002024-02-18T07:33:56.515-08:00Book 22: Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See<p> I just finished Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker and I give it β
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. Five stars! This is the best book I've read in a while.</p><p>This book is for anyone who has ever looked at a piece of contemporary artwork and has 1. been confused or 2. been disgusted or 3. said outloud 'if that's art, I could have done it' or 4. said 'my 4 year old does better art than that.' The book chronicle's Bosker's journal to develop an 'eye' (as they say in the art world) for contemporary art, and to do so she works (for free) in art galleries, assists an artist in her studio, and works as a guard for the Guggenheim museum in New York (known by guards as the 'Goog'). She talks to many people in the art world to learn what they do, how they view work, what makes art art, and how the art world works. It's fascinating, and it will change the way you look at and think about art. She focuses mainly on contemporary art (that is, art that is being made right now) although she does a ton of research into how the modern art world evolved. </p><p>I hurried up and got her first book, "Cork Dork", about the wine industry because I think it will be great as well. </p><p>Highly recommend.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-57815452915804954832024-02-16T14:54:00.000-08:002024-02-16T14:54:06.730-08:00Book 21: The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson<p> I just finished The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers by Sarah Tomlinson and I give it β
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1/2 stars. </p><p>I was looking forward to this book but it was kind of--boggy. If that makes any sense. Here's the plot: Mari, a ghostwriter, is hired to write a memoir of a famous groupie-like woman who was involved with three members of the Midnight Ramblers, a big big 70s band. After spending several days listening to the groupie's (criticism alert) dramatic and overthought memories, Mari gets fired. Quickly, though, she is hired by a member of the band, Dante, whose own ghostwriter disappeared. Through this all, Mari is trying to figure out if the death of a band member fifty years prior was an accident, a suicide, or a murder. </p><p>The first 1/3 of the book is so draggy I almost didn't finish it. It picks up when Mari goes to work for Dante, but then gets all kinds of nuts in the last 20%. Not necessarily in a bad way. Mari seems a bit naive to write a rock n roll memoir, mch less two of them. It was all---a bit much.</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-42521865919099007252024-02-11T10:24:00.000-08:002024-02-11T10:24:37.357-08:00Book 20: The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy by Anne DeCourcey<p> I just finished "The Husband Hunters" by Anne DeCoursey and I give it β΄β΄β΄.</p><p>I love learning about the Gilded Age (and I love watching the Gilded Age on HBO) so I thought I would enjoy this book. It's very well researched and pretty hefty. It is about, as the subtitle suggests, rich American women who went over to the UK and married an artistocratic (yet poor) man. Each chapter talks about one of these Heiresses. </p><p>But, the chapters talk about more than the Heiresses. They talk about the parents, the grandparents, the great grandparents, and on and on. Yes, it is interesting to know how the wealth was built but there seems to be a lot of 'gossipy bits' about, oh I don't know, the Great Aunt Once Removed and it just gets Bogged Down. I wanted to read about their lives once they married and there was some of that, but it was very heavy into history of different families and I didn't find it that interesting. </p><p>It was a good book for reading before bed, since I basically would fall asleep in the middle of a chapter. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-28791545006389502942024-02-10T15:40:00.000-08:002024-02-10T15:40:59.597-08:00Book 19: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer<p> I just finished "The Lost Story" and I give it β
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. Read my review at <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6252532635">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6252532635</a>. Thanks to the publishers for the ARC!</p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-58247226422402447412024-02-07T16:17:00.000-08:002024-02-07T16:17:37.394-08:00Book 18: Come and Get It by Kiley Reid<p> I just finished Come and Get It and I give it β΅β΅β΅ 1/2. </p><p>I really liked Reid's book "Such a Fun Age" and in "Come and Get It" she tackles some of the similar themes--race and privilege and sexuality--but it seems a bit clunkier. </p><p>Three women are the focus of the book. Millie is a resident assistant at the University of Arkansas--she's an older student with plans and she is focused enough to get them. Agatha is a visiting professor who meets Millie when she is setting up interviews for her research into female behaviors. Kennedy is a student who lives in Millie's dorm. When Millie discovers she can hear what's happening in Kennedy's suite, life in the dorm kind of spirals out of control when Millie allows Agatha to listen in and use what she hears for columns in Teen Vogue. As the story progresses, we learn about Kennedy's secret and how that affects her interactions with students and with school. </p><p>The book is well written, and some of the secondary characters are fun to read about, but the idea that both Agatha and Millie are both completely unethical makes it hard to read some of the book or to root for them as primary characters (I think we're supposed to). Anyway, I'm glad I read it, I guess, but that's about it. </p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-61158207949637584582024-02-03T15:56:00.000-08:002024-02-03T15:56:08.401-08:00Book 17: The Mean$ by Amy Fusselman<p> I just finished The Mean$ and I give this book--oh I have no idea. Let's say ββββ.</p><p>I don't even know where to start with this book. The publishers describe it thusly: "T<span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">he Means </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">is a comedy about the suffering inherent in desire, capitalist delusion, and the value of unpaid labor." It's the story of the Means family, who want to have a beach house in the Hamptons, but all they can afford is a home made of old shipping containers. How Shelly Means negotiates the work in creating this house, all while her husband George is having a career setback and her new neighbors hate the home design, is the focus of the book. There's a cast of quirky secondary characters, which makes the book seem sort of 'otherwordly' feeling. Anyway, I liked it and zipped through it but it isn't for everyone.</span></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-83698764358389953342024-02-03T12:01:00.000-08:002024-02-03T12:01:24.925-08:00Book 16: The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly<p> I just finished The Other Side of the Coin and I give it β©β©β©β©β© !</p><p>This score reflects: 1. I love the Queen 2. I love behind-the-scenes-at-royal-palaces stuff 3. I love hats and 4. I love stodgy British clothes. If you love none of these, this is not a book for you (plus, I got it for free with Kindle Unlimited and I can't see any version of my life where I would pay more than $2.99 for this). </p><p>Angela Kelly was the Queen' head dresser for the last twenty or so years of the Queen's life, and she also designed quite a few of the Queen's (stodgy, British) clothes. This book is her own account of an average 'royal year' and how she, as a dresser, took care of the Queen's clothes during all the public events. She travelled whenever the Queen travelled, and was responsible for making sure the Queen looked great. She and the Queen were reportedly very close friends, and the book is filled with her love, admiration and respect for the Queen. She talks about how she picks out several choices for the Queen to wear, and how she packs everything up for travel, and how she gets regalia on and off the Queen (there's a lot of detail). She also talked about how she kept track of everything the Queen wore so that she didn't repeat colors and outfits too quickly. </p><p>Given the amount of detail, it's not a long book and it doesn't have a whole lot of 'anecdotes' (read: juicy gossip) and I got the feeling that just isn't Angela Kelly's style. She writes a bit about her inspiration (apparently there's a huge fabric stash at Windsor or Buckingham Palace, I don't recall which) that I would love to see but that will probably never happen. </p><p>There are lovely photos of the Queen, most of which I have seen before (although the publisher said that many of these are 'never before seen', but the book came out in 2019 so maybe they've been made public more recently?). </p><p>Anyway, if you love lots of detail on the Queen's ceremonial outfits (opening of Parliament, Order of the Garter, etc.), this is a book you should track down. </p><p><br /></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755094596957546724.post-57427595592624444852024-02-01T16:07:00.000-08:002024-02-01T16:07:55.548-08:00Book 15: The Girl in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware<p> I just finished re-reading The Girl in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and I give it ββββ 1/2. </p><p>I first read this book in July of 2016, thank you blog search, and my comment was "<span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">read "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware and it was great--I think I lapped it up in about 2.5 hours." I enjoyed it this time around as well, although maybe I was a bit more cynical in my reading since I knew (sort of) how it ended and I wanted to see how it all hung together. I think the ending is very rushed and some key things aren't really explained well but it is a fast paced fun read.</span></p><p><br /></p>Kim in Oregonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023886873129498637noreply@blogger.com0