What's YOUR Origin Story?
It’s Monday, What are you Reading?
It’s that time of the week again, where we talk about what we’re reading (This is a ‘meme’ hosted by the Book Date. And I’m partaking in it yet again. Yay!
I’m reading a few library books (isn’t the library amazing through all of this craziness) like:
And then some stuff from my own library like:
The awesome people at Wunderkind PR sent me a copy of this in exchange for my honest review.
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jules is practically destitute when she agrees to move into the Bartholomew. One of the most prestigious buildings in the city, it’s also one of the most secret and elite. However, she needs the money and so she follows the rules–No Guests, No leaving Overnight, No contact with the guests.
However,
The Silent Patient was a book I had heard about, and decided I needed to read because of all of the buzz.
Author Alex Michaelides takes readers on a psychologically compelling tale of a woman who is silent, and presently serving time in a hospital for killing her husband.
The writing drew me in, and it was hard for me to put down. I ended up finishing this the same day I started it because I just couldn’t put it down once I got into it.
It’s Monday, which is the day for a great meme.
The Book Date has been asking us this question for a while, and it tends to get a lot of answers. Last week I read eleven books. I was intending to read more, but lots of work has been happening. Let’s push for ten books this week.
I’m in the middle of the Marvel Wizard of Oz series,
I adore L. Frank Baum’s Oz. I remember reading the books and seeing the movies. I loved The Dreamer Of Oz (the biography with John Ritter) and Return to Oz. So when I heard about Marvel doing these treatments, I loved the idea of it.
And reading this, I feel like it is totally worth the read. For comic fans, and those who haven’t read comics before.
And, most importantly,
Sophie lives with her two sisters and her stepmother. When the girls are sent to live with other people, to make their apprenticeships, Sophie is lucky to stay with her stepmother. She makes the beautiful hats that keep a roof over their head. But one day she listens to one of her sisters, and realizes maybe she’s being used.
Soon Sophie has crossed paths with the wizard Howl (rumored to eat the hearts of young women),
