The end of January has F I N A L L Y come! (Did anyone else feel like January was dragging on?!) Here is a quick wrap up of what I conquered regarding my reading challenge during the month of January.
T H O U G H T S I don’t know guys; I’m thinking this month was a really good reading month for me! I accomplished more than I thought I would which puts me on a good track towards my GR goal AND I didn’t find any of these books really disappointing at all. I can’t even say that I had a favorite because each one was so different and so captivating in their own way. In fact, they were all so great I found myself finishing each between 3-5 days, which is pretty decent with a 9-5 schedule AND 11 month old begging for attention! I recommend all of these books! No seriously, I liked all of my picks this month A L O T. One of Us Is Lying and The Darkest Corners kind of follow similar plots involved so I’d definitely read those back-to-back if you can (I burrowed my copies from my local library.) F E B R U A R Y G O A L S I’m actually going to dial it back and set my goal to 3 books for February. I’ve got so many things coming up and planning for Ryleigh’s first birthday is going to be at the top of my priority list. Plus I need to take into consideration that February is short by 2 days! (is that cheating?) I’m currently in the middle of reading Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver so I’m a little ahead of the game. P . S I also wanted to take the time to share a few new blogs I came across this month that I've been digging. I've interacted with some of these amazing bloggers and they are so sweet! I absolutely love the blogging community and the support that everyone has for each other! Will Hill Thriftybibliophile SaturdayNiteReader CarolinaBookBelle Dominika
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We’ve all been there. You may have a great reading streak and feel on top of the world one minute, then the next you’re dragging your feet scanning your shelves trying to bring yourself to pick up a book. Reading slumps really bring me down. I started out strong for the first two weeks of 2018, so I was so optimistic that I’d be on a roll for a while. But then…yeeeeah. So after sitting down and doing some reevaluating for a few days, I figured out some of the things that help me get out of these depressing slumps! Hopefully some of these will work for you, and if you have other tips that get you out of your reading slump PLEASE share them with me! (I'm actually begging you..)
5. Take a trip to your local library. Okay, this one sounds weird, but sometimes when I’ve been down about my reading I head over to my local library and get super inspired. My local library has an A M A Z I N G YA and Graphic Novel selection! So when I walk through the aisles I see a lot of titles I have on my TBR list and get super motivated to pick them up. Plus the deadlines of returning books to the library gets me moving on reading them because I like to beat the dates! (I promise you it's a fun game to play. LOL)
Author: A.J Finn
Rating: 4/5
Right off the bat, The Woman in the Window (TWITW for future reference) is very much similar to The Girl on the Train (TGOTT) and The Woman in Cabin 10 (TWIC10), so if you’ve read those titles and enjoyed them you’ll absolutely enjoy TWITW. If you didn’t read either of those titles, but you liked this book then ya know, go check them out too!
We’ve got the woman, Anna Fox, who suffers from agoraphobia and enjoys watching her neighbors through the lens of her DSLR. She knows everything from one neighbor’s extra marital affairs, to what book another neighbor has chosen for their next book club discussion. To pass the time she plays chess online and also offers counseling to others who suffer from agoraphobia via instant messaging. So naturally when new neighbors move in next door, Anna is all over watching them through the windows. With that being said, I did not find this book to be super suspenseful or shocking. The beginning was painstakingly slow to get through, but by the middle (about 150 pages deep) it became quite the page-turner. Were there parts of the story that were so unbelievably obvious that my 10 month old could have guessed it? Absolutely. So as I said before, the shock factor was definitely not there. Finn still had a way with words that made me trudge on and finish within 4 days. Some of my favorite parts of TWITW that kept me interested were the plethora of classic movie references. Kind of makes me want to put on an old black and white movie, pop some popcorn, and pour myself a glass of wine (something Anna also enjoyed, maybe a little too much). I also really liked the whole agoraphobia aspect. I went to school for psychology and specialized in the mental health field so I reeeeeally love when I pick up a good book that incorporates mental illness (correctly) into the plot. I’ve read some books that portray mental illness very poorly, but Finn did not displease. KUDOS TO HIM. I think for those reasons I will definitely be looking forward to more from A.J Finn.
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February 2018
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