Hello and welcome to my mid month check in! This month I feel like I have been doing a ton of reading between buddy reads with Jenna @JK I’m Exploring, Reg @Bookish In Bed, and Amy @ Tomes with Tea. The Co-hosting a Count of MOnte Cristo readalong on instagram with Jenna. All of which I have been LOVING. I had no idea I would love Monte so much! Anyway, between reading those I was able to read
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I have to say that the description for this book does not give it justice. There is so much more to this book, but I don’t want to give details and ruin the surprise. It was really magical and I loved the intertwining of fairy tales, history, and a thriller all mixed into one. The authors writing style is very flowery and enjoyable.
If you find the description interesting, I think you will like it even more than you think because there is so much more.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Overall I thought this was a very unique and interesting series. The artwork was fantastic and I felt that it was the perfect match to the story line. For the size of this I felt that I read it fairly quickly, that was mainly because a lot of stuff happened for the first. 60-70% of this book. I felt like the thought process and mental games that were played in here were very well done. The main reason why I did not give this series more stars is because once a particular character died the quality seemed to go down with the mental games and I felt like at times there was something for the sake of events, but it seems kinda random and forced at times. I also felt that the story slowed down all of a sudden at a point and I felt like I had to push myself through because I came so far already.
–The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas-
I am currently page 298 at the time of posting this, but as I have said already in my into I am LOVING this book so much more than I thought I would. Due to its size I thought it would be slow, but I feel like so much happens each chapter. It is mind blowing. I highly recommend this classic.
–War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy-
I am on page 154. Yes, I am making progress in my classic of the year while reading Monte as well. Since I am reading a book every 3 weeks, I have a lot of time to read others books. I have read one peace and one war section and so far I think I am enjoying the peace sections more. I think becasue I am seeing more class distinctions that I learned about when I was in college and I really love how the author made a point of adding those in there to showcase the class system in Russia, but also how they spoke more French than Russian.
What are you reading? Have you read any of the books I have read or am currently reading?
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The count of monte Christo and War and Peace are but on my list for trying to read this month (I try to read a classic a month)! Good to hear you ar enjoying them so far 🙂
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I will be honest, I am enjoying The Count of Monte Cristo more.
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I now have 4 books going. I’m reading Duma Key by Stephen King which I actually need to catch up on by Sunday for the discussion with the read-a-long group. I’ve also started listening to the audiobook He Will Be My Ruin by K.A. Tucker which I am slowly making my way through. I am 60% through Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo which is what I’ve been focusing on for the past couple of days because I am so into it and I want to know what happens but I need to catch up on other books so I’m going to have to try to put this one on hold. I’ve also started beta reading a book for an author that I have to have read and sent back my feedback on within a week.
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That series I devoured because I needed to know what happened right away. It was one of the series I actually read each book one after the other I think. How are you enjoying Duma Key? Also, Beta reading, that sounds exciting!
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Yeah I am reading them back to back as well and I also have the Six of Crows Duology that I’m going to be reading after I finish this trilogy. I’ve only read 268 pages of it but so far I am enjoying it. I need to make it to page 518 by Sunday so hopefully I can catch up. I’ve been so into Siege and Storm I’ve been neglecting everything else kind of lol. I have beta read before all for the same author 😉 I’m not sure if I’m allowed to talk about it yet but you might be able to guess who it is. I am for some reason really good at being able to spot misspelled words or words that have been left out stuff like that so it’s been fun to do.
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It is great for you to be someones second pair of eyes. I know when I write papers or stuff for work I always have someone else read it because I know what I mean and sometimes I neglect to explain something well because I just “get it”. Anyway, best of luck catching up!
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It’s crazy if I’m writing my own stuff I’m all the time messing up but it’s like a hidden talent for me to be able to find the errors in books idk why lol. Thank you!!
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I’m reading Verity by Colleen Hoover. Have you read it?
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I have not, I think I have only read November 9 by her, maybe one more that I can’t remember.
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Well, Verity is a bit different than the rest of her novels.
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I don’t tend to read classics as I don’t tend to get on with the writing style (I’m much more likely to watch them!)
I love the idea for doing mid month check ins. I’m reading so much each month now that my monthly wrap ups are getting very long! Haha
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It does help break the wrap up down a bit. I find that it is a lot easier to keep track of reading and thoughts easier.
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