Kiwiria's June Reads
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christianreaderThe True Love Experiment - Christina Lauren, 4.5/5, Audiobook ~11hrs
Sort of a sequel to "The Soulmate Equation", but focusing on Fizzy rather than Jess. So it's not absolutely necessary to have read TSE first, but it definitely helps.
I really enjoyed it. I liked Fizzy, and thought her growing friendship with Connor was very well written - definitely show rather than tell! Her plans for the reality show had me laughing out loud, as did the stereotypes she asked Connor to cast. It worked really well. I'm glad to we got to "see" so many of the episodes being filmed - I'd been worried that they'd do the first few and last few and skip the rest, but that wasn't the case at all, fortunately. For once the "third act conflict" was really well handled too, and was actually a believable conflict, rather than one that could have been prevented by simple communication - which meant that it rang true, and didn't leave me wanting to shake the two people involved.
Very sweet book. Perhaps a tad heavy on the spice in places, but very cute.
How to Be a Movie Star - T.J. Klune*, 5/5, Audiobook ~12hrs
Okay, so this is not going to be a coherent review - instead I'm just going to squee here. Because this book? EVERY BIT as good as "How to Be a Normal Person". And so CUTE! So, so cute! I just about died of the cute! I laughed out loud more times than I can remember, and closed the book with a sigh and a hitch in my voice. I didn't want it to end... EVER!
Well done, T.J. Klune! I didn't think you could write characters I'd love as much as Sam, Gary, Tiggy and Ryan, but you managed.
Loved it!
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas*, 4/5, Audiobook 13 hrs
I loved reading about the training and the tests (although I do wish we'd gotten to see more of the tests "on page" rather than just being told about them afterwards), and though I do understand some readers' complaints that it is rather superficial, that wasn't something I noticed myself until afterwards, so obviously it didn't bother me.
I thought it nicely self-contained, but still liked it enough, that I'll probably continue with the sequels as well.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams*, 4.5/5, Audiobook ~14hrs
The original BBC radio broadcast version of all 5 books. I'm going to count it even if it's not technically a book, because as great as the books are, these versions are loads better.
... and then 2 novel-length fanfics by the always amazing Mad_Lori 😄
Books Read: 57
Book of the Month: The True Love Experiment
Sort of a sequel to "The Soulmate Equation", but focusing on Fizzy rather than Jess. So it's not absolutely necessary to have read TSE first, but it definitely helps.
I really enjoyed it. I liked Fizzy, and thought her growing friendship with Connor was very well written - definitely show rather than tell! Her plans for the reality show had me laughing out loud, as did the stereotypes she asked Connor to cast. It worked really well. I'm glad to we got to "see" so many of the episodes being filmed - I'd been worried that they'd do the first few and last few and skip the rest, but that wasn't the case at all, fortunately. For once the "third act conflict" was really well handled too, and was actually a believable conflict, rather than one that could have been prevented by simple communication - which meant that it rang true, and didn't leave me wanting to shake the two people involved.
Very sweet book. Perhaps a tad heavy on the spice in places, but very cute.
How to Be a Movie Star - T.J. Klune*, 5/5, Audiobook ~12hrs
Okay, so this is not going to be a coherent review - instead I'm just going to squee here. Because this book? EVERY BIT as good as "How to Be a Normal Person". And so CUTE! So, so cute! I just about died of the cute! I laughed out loud more times than I can remember, and closed the book with a sigh and a hitch in my voice. I didn't want it to end... EVER!
Well done, T.J. Klune! I didn't think you could write characters I'd love as much as Sam, Gary, Tiggy and Ryan, but you managed.
Loved it!
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas*, 4/5, Audiobook 13 hrs
I loved reading about the training and the tests (although I do wish we'd gotten to see more of the tests "on page" rather than just being told about them afterwards), and though I do understand some readers' complaints that it is rather superficial, that wasn't something I noticed myself until afterwards, so obviously it didn't bother me.
I thought it nicely self-contained, but still liked it enough, that I'll probably continue with the sequels as well.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams*, 4.5/5, Audiobook ~14hrs
The original BBC radio broadcast version of all 5 books. I'm going to count it even if it's not technically a book, because as great as the books are, these versions are loads better.
... and then 2 novel-length fanfics by the always amazing Mad_Lori 😄
Books Read: 57
Book of the Month: The True Love Experiment
