I’m currently on vacation, and so my reading is down to little because I am busy around the house and with yarn stuffs.  In the past couple of months as I study, I have been relying very heavily on audiobooks to get me by with finals coming up. Unfortunately, not every audiobook (or book) is one that I enjoy or manage to get all the way through.

So, my list is smaller than expected.

Onto the post:

What I Read

 The Last House Guest (Audiobook)

I really enjoyed Megan Miranda’s All the Missing Girls back in January, so I picked up this one in hopes it would be as good.

While I enjoyed the story as a whole, it wasn’t my favorite.  It got off to a really, really slow start.  I had guessed most of the mystery before it was revealed, like WAY before it was revealed. Biggest question was that one final boom that hit, and I guessed it in the moments before it happened and was screaming at the protagonist in my car to get out.

Overall it was enjoyable, but I preferred All the Missing Girls which had a bigger impact and wasn’t so slow.

 

 Capturing the Devil (audiobook)

The final installment in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series did not disappoint.

I did have to keep reminding myself that Audrey Rose was merely seventeen, because in many ways she seems much older. I was annoyed at the first part of the book with the surprise in the church, and the fallout from it.  It seemed rather contrived in the whole of things.

However, the story itself was really good and exciting. I may have guessed early on about whom the culprit was…but it didn’t detract from the story in this case, because there was so much going on.  My husband, being a big fan of the Devil in the White City, is rather familiar with America’s first serial killer. By association, so was I.

This was a unique take on the story that was rather intriguing.  Yes, there was plenty of creative license taken with the story of the devil…but it made for a hell of a story so long as you take it for the fiction it is.

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered (Audio)

I’d never heard of the podcast, but the title of the book caught my attention. As a big fan of true crime shows, I had a lot of fun in listening to this one. Karen and Georgia were easy to listen to, and made me laugh quite a bit.

I wouldn’t call it self-help, but it had that element to it.

A definite fun listen, but I don’t think I would have enjoyed it in print as much because the narrators/authors lent their own voices to it so very well.

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What I’m Reading Now

  Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (audio)

I’m already on book 6 in this.  I fear not finishing it because I am on vacation and it’s due back much too soon.

As always I love listening to this series, and it’s often my go-to. Seems I always have one of these books on hold at the library.

Book 6 is action packed and a bit of movement and excitement after the duldroms of Book 5 (which I always call the most depressing book in the series).

Here’s to hoping I finish before it’s due back!

 

  The Event

I was granted a later book in the series through netgalley and since I hate going into the middle of a series, I got this so I could get a feel for the author before I get to the one I need to read through netgalley.

Haven’t really started this one yet, as I was studying for finals…but it’s next on the list.

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  You Have Arrived at Your Destination

I’ve been reading through this series of shorts from several authors called The Forward Collection, all science fiction, all post-apocalypse.

This is the next in the series.

Again, because of finals, I’ve yet to pick it up. I was relying heavily on audiobooks up until finals.

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What are you reading these days?  I’m always looking for suggestions!

Stick around…more updates coming soon!