What I’ve Been Reading

Ready for another edition of What I’ve Been Reading? I love updating you with the latest books I’ve read and love hearing what you’re reading too! 

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling):

So, I mentioned in my last book post that I had just started this one. It was a fun read! I realized that I hadn’t read a mystery in awhile (I love drowning in chick-lit) and it was fun to get reacquainted with the writing style of JK Rowling. I was a HUGE Harry fan and I could definitely tell that it was Rowling writing, despite her publishing under a pen name.

This book follows a down-and-out detective, who happens to be a burly ex-military man. He finds himself tangled in a murder mystery involving a celebrity, who had connections to his childhood. It’s a very interesting and fun mystery that will keep you guessing.

I usually can guess the end and killer in books like these, so it was fun that she threw in so many twists that left me unsure until the “reveal”. I’ll have to go grab the second installment in this series now!

 

#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso:

This book will pump…you up.

I’ll be honest, because I didn’t grow up having a My Space account or shopping for vintage clothing, I had never heard of Nasty Gal until I read this book. But that didn’t stop me from being 100% inspired! Sophia is the CEO and founder of this multi-million dollar company, and she came from the most unexpected background.

This was a very quick read. I got sucked into the quick wit of the author as she quickly details her stumbles through young adulthood, including stealing, dumpster diving, homelessness, and countless jobs. She’s so funny and relatable.

This book isn’t a “how to start your own business” book, but more of a “you can do whatever you dream or didn’t even know you dreamt” book. Just read it. You’ll want to start a business the next day.

 

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline:

Sigh. This book. I don’t know if I loved it.

I read it very quickly, and it was a fun mystery. But I felt like it was SO slow and non-progressive through the first 2/3 of the book, but then it stumbled into a quick mystery to be solved.

The main character is a mom, finding herself being blamed for leaving a child behind while her child’s elementary school bursts into flames. She runs to save her own daughter, unknowingly leaving another child behind because she thought she saw the child get out of the school.

The mystery comes when she has a hunch that the explosion that started the fire wasn’t an accident.

It was sort of a cheesy mystery by the end (in my opinion), but I had to finish it to confirm my own hunches.
It’s definitely a light read and good for a few lazy afternoons. I have another book by this author (my mom gave me a few she found in my grandparents’ house) and I’ll read it, but it’s not the next on my list.

 

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver:

Ok, did you read Poisonwood Bible? Did you like it?

If you answered “yes” then this book is for you.

Barbara Kingsolver writes in a very methodical style. She writes about a piece of life, not about a particularly thrilling happening. Because this book shows a chunk of life in an “everyday” woman, it seems a bit slow and uneventful.

Honestly, it took me 3 weeks to read this book. Yes, weeks.

I don’t do well when nothing particularly thrilling is happening and when there’s no intense love interest. But that doesn’t mean the story isn’t good! It is!

The main character, Dellarobia, is living the life she feels stuck in. You know that she is made for greater things, but she’s married to her high school sweetheart despite no longer loving him, and raising two young children. They live on a very poor sheep farm. When their woods are taken over by Monarch butterflies, they have to make some decisions: to log their land and pocket money they desperately need, or work to save the Monarchs and help scientists research their flight pattern changes and trust in God.

The main character is extremely relatable. You feel for her the entire book. And she’s very cynical because of the life she leads. You’ll love her (at least I know I did) for her flaws.

 

Ok! That’s it!

It’s a bit of a shorter list because of how long Flight Behavior took me and because I moved this last month. Moving took up ALL of our time, and now I’m reading home design books. Such is life.

 

What are you reading right now??

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On a separate but MORE important note: Happy 11-monthiversary to my dear husband. I love you and I love that you love me for all of my cheesiness. I can’t wait to eat some really old cake with you next month!