Happy Monday! I had a really busy week and equally busy weekend, and I was worried I wouldn’t finish any books to write this post. Thank God for audiobooks. 🙂 I finished Dorothy Must Die, my book club’s June selection, earlier in the week but that’s it! Then again, I finished four books last week so it makes sense that this week would be quieter on the reading front.
Here’s my one review, as well as details about what I’m reading now:
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (★★★★☆)
Fantasy isn’t a genre I typically find myself reading, so I was excited to pick up this novel when my book club picked it for our June read. It’s about a girl named Amy who finds herself in Oz (yes, that Oz), but this city is not the Oz she’s read about in books. Instead, it’s ruled by an evil Dorothy, the yellow brick road is crumbling, and there are angry witches and wizards intent on killing Dorothy. It’s a fascinating premise, and I thoroughly enjoyed this world the author created. I listened to the audiobook version (which has a fantastic narrator) and was gripped from beginning to end. I immediately downloaded the second book in the series to listen to when I finished it. It ended on such a cliffhanger – how could I not?!
What I’m reading this week…
> Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I have about 100 pages left in this novel and I am loving it. I can’t get over how vivid and descriptive this book is when it’s written as an oral history! Just fantastic.
> Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. I’m nearly finished with this book, too, and I’m also loving it so much. My only gripe right now is how long the chapters are, which is probably more of a personal quirk.
> The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige, on audio. This is the second book in the Dorothy Must Die series that I mentioned above. I’m really excited to dive back into Oz and find out what happens next!
> As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney. I heard about this novel on the All the Books! podcast and the premise sounds really intriguing. Hopefully, it lives up to the hype!
What are you reading?
I stopped listening to All the Books during my maternity leave. I need to add that back into my feed again as I miss hearing about new books! I finished “What No One Tells You” over the weekend which is a book written by reproductive psychologists about the emotional aspect of getting pregnant/becoming a mother. It was really interesting. I ended up skimming a good portion of it since I’m been there, done that, but it was still an interesting read and something I wish I had read before I had Paul. Now I am reading “Field Notes on Love” which is a YA novel from MMD’s summer reading list. It’s pretty delightful! I should finish it tonight! I managed to get through the 5 books that all became available at the library at the same time! Woot woot! So now I need to figure out what I will read next.
Last week I learned that my favorite bartender/co-owner of a brewery I love went to college with Taylor Jenkins Reid and was delighted and impressed and totally fan-girled about it.