A Massive Reading Week | Weekly Reading Wrap Up #3

Like I gave this one four stars too. I really did enjoy it. So I mean this was cute.

She lives in Harlem in 1922, and she sees that all these people who live in her boarding house have a lot of talents, and she doesn't feel like she has a talent, and so she goes in search of her talent. I thought this one was cute.

Hannah did not need to make this book this long y'all. This book did not need to be 400 pages long. This book could be 100 pages less and it be an okay romance but it's losing its steam at 306 pages in.

This one is not as good as the second one but it still was a good solid read and I ended up giving that one four stars as well.

This book is extremely slow. Nothing of significance really truly happens until 150 pages in. For a thriller, that's an ultimate no-no.

But this was good. The writing was beautiful. It was just heartwarming. It was charming. The audiobook for this is really, really good. I highly recommend listening to an audio. Loved it. Loved it.

We're talking like minimum text, a lot of sight words, which is perfect for a kid that's just transitioning into becoming an independent reader. But that one was cute.

But Most Ardently is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice which I am a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice and I've read that book several times. It is not my favorite Jane Austen work but I do enjoy it

And somehow we have some character development in this, which I think only a really gifted writer can create , a beautiful like moment of chemistry, , spicy scenes, and character development in such a like a limited space of pages, but she did so well with this and I , really enjoyed it.

I think that there are some pacing issues in this. Some of this stuff doesn't hold up in terms of like it's it's datedness, if that's even a word. but it is slow in some parts. I found myself like surprised that there was some moments where I felt some lag.

I think what I did enjoy about this novel is that there is this focus on intergenerational relationships and honoring those that have come before you and I love that because there's so much I think that we can learn about people who've come before us and sometimes we forget to ask those questions before it's a little too late. And in this case, Lamar unfortunately starts to recognize that, but doesn't get the opportunity to really , explore what his grandfather did for the community.

It feels a little like dated not in a bad way but like it feels like it is a historical fiction with Celtic mythology woven in and I'm really enjoying it so far.

He was a great hero. Like he was In my review I wrote I was like, "Where is my Feylon?" Like where is he at? Because he was just the ultimate just caring individual. This one was hot. It was sexy. And it had me like rooting for them the entire time.

Just, you know, reiterating the beauty of words and everything that you can do with them. I think I gave all these four stars except for Here Comes Redbird.

I thought it was like it was it was a solid story. I think I was mainly here for the drama, but it does have some holes in it.