Jayne’s Comments (group member since May 24, 2024)

Jayne’s comments from the Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2024 group.

I finished On Second Thought by Kristin Higgins. I listened to the audio, but Goodreads tells me that the hardcover is 438 pages. 3.5 stars for this one!

I finished a new release that clocks in at a bit over 400 pages - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. It's set in the 50s in Washington DC with a background of the Red Scare/McCarthyism.

I finished The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery (432 pages in hardcover). I gave it 3 stars - good female friendship, kind of cringey male characters

I finished a book that I started last month that was 448 pages. The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Goddaughter by Denny S. Bryce. I'd recommend it if you like historical fiction closely based on real people/events.

I read Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez this week and, since I was doing audio, didn't realize that it qualified for this challenge at 432 pages. If you like her other books, you'll probably like this one too - romance with a nice balance of humor and difficult topics.

Two that I'll definitely get to because they're for book clubs are The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (my copy is 402 pages).

This should be a rewarding challenge!