Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges discussion

This months key words are:

Darling
Funny
Familiar
Somewhere
List
Meet
Never
Word

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Which key word did you pick? What book did you read and what did you think of it

I’ve already read a book called “The Last List of Mabel Beaumont” by Laura Pearson. (For keyword “Last”), I’ll look at my list of books.. for next month…

I just finished the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I absolutely loved the story! It was very captivating and well-written. It is one I would GLADLY read again! Highly recommend, especially because it is a fast read, too!

Challenge Completed: Key Work - "Never"

Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt

What could have been a tense search for a missing father, is instead a somewhat jovial ride through time. At times, Shel and Dave act like a couple of frat boys, using the time time devices to visit their favorite historical events.

There are a few moments of crisis, but the boys find a way through with almost ridiculous ease. I never felt that there was any real danger, especially with the men’s song and dance.

The book is a pleasant read, but not one I’d especially recommend. Something of a disappointment from an author whose work I usually greatly admire. I seem to have fallen into a pattern of finding the least likable of my favorite authors’ works.

Challenge Complete: Key word: Familiar.

Familiar Trouble https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Found another new cozy series that I love!!!! Absolutely loved having Trouble the Cat's perspective added to the story!!!☺️

Good story and a good mystery.

Keyword - Never

I read Never Buried by Edie Claire. I thought it was a pretty good story and a fast read. I don't know that I would see these characters as a continuing series... Maybe?

• Like Never and Always - Ann Aguirre
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Executive dysfunction/mental illness/chronic pain does some funny things sometimes (and by funny, I mean not funny at all, and quite maddening). Because I can’t even express right now how much I loved this book, and yet it took me 7 days to get through it. And when I say I loved this book, I mean that I LOVED it in the most heart-wrenching way, and I’m sad that it’s over. I also really enjoyed the Razorlands series, so probably I just really love Ann Aguirre’s writing in general, and I’m glad that I have more of her books waiting on my shelves.

So far...

Somewhere Along the Way by Jodi Thomas
A Familiar Tail by Delia James (really cute series - new to me)
Never Lie to a Lady by Liz Carlyle

I only had one on my shelves for April so now I need to decide whether to keep getting some off my to-read list from the library or to continue with my real goal of reading off my own shelves!

Hi! I’ve started reading “You’ll never know, dear” by Hallie Ephron. A psychological thriller. Key word for April is Never.

Challenge complete! Keyword: Never
I chose to read Never Far Away by Michael Koryta and while it was a decent read, it didn't pull me in quite as much as for example "Those who wish me dead" did...

my daughter gave me The Sweetheart List by Jill Shalvis (whom I love!) and, after finishing it, I realized that LIST is an April word too. I'm not sure I'll get through the rest in the next few days but I'm okay with that. I hit my monthly goal by reading some other things in between.

Challenge complete: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo. It's fitting that this book was released this month and worked perfectly for the challenge! Loved it also and that ending left me thinking about it days later.

Key Word:
Meet

Book:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Thoughts:
This book has been highly recommended to me by several people, and it’s been on my TBR for a long time. I cried several times while reading it. It was a very sweet, sad, short book; definitely one everyone should read in their lifetime. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend.

Challenge Complete!!
DARLING - My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
It was a very enjoyable book, and the ending plot twist was unexpected.

LIST - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
My expectations for this book were high, and I was a bit disappointed in the unrealistic, predictable characters. The storyline wasn't a bad concept, but the execution could have been a lot better.

Shaneika wrote: "Challenge Complete!!
... LIST - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
My expectations for..."

I read this one recently too - I enjoyed it, but the characters were so 1-dimensional!

The books I chose for April was
Darling - The Darlings by Hannah McKinnon
Funny - Funny Story by Emily Henry
Familiar - Familiar Stranger by Caitlin Moss
Somewhere - Somewhere Out There by Amy Hatvany
List - The Bucket List by Rachel Hana
Meet - Meet MeOn Christmas Eve by Alana Highbury
Never - When Never Comes by BarbaraDavis
Word - Those 3LittleWords by Meghan Quinn
The bucket List and Emily Henry were really good. I’m still reading When Never Comes.

I read Darling Girls by sally Hepworth it was good

I read Funny Story by Emily Henry. It was really good!!

These are the books read in the month of April with the following key words: Darling, Funny, Familiar, Somewhere, List, Meet, Never, Word

Darling- My Darling Girls by Jennifer McMahon -psychological thriller 4 stars; Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth psychological thriller 3 stars


Funny-Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt - love story 4 stars; The Funny Thing is by Ellen DeGeneres - short memoir 3 stars


Familiar- The Familiars by Stacey Halls - witchy witch story 3 stars; The Temple of my Familiar by Alice Walker - African experience in America 3stars;


Somewhere-Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson - WW1 love story 3 stars; Somewhere in Heaven by Christopher Andersen- biography of Christopher Reeve's love story and life 4 stars; Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson- time travel love story; loved the movie based on this book staring Christopher Reeve 4 stars


List- The List by Yomi Adegoke - 3 stars; The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli- arrange marriage romcom 4 stars


Meet- When we Meet Again by Kristin Harmel - WW2 love story 4 stars; People we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry - love story 3 stars; Meet me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson - love story 3 stars; Meet me in Paradise by Libby Hubscher - love story and loss 4 stars; Meet me in London by Georgia Toffolo - rom com by 4 stars; Meet me in Barcelona by Mary Carter - love story 4 stars


Never- Never Lie by Freida McFadden - psychological thriller 3 stars; Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng- 3 stars; Never Never by Colleen Hoover -love story and memory loss 4 stars; Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - 3 stars; Never Never by James Patterson- police detective read 3 stars; Things we Never Got over by Lucy Score- page turner romance 5 stars


Word- One Wrong Word by Hank Phillippi Ryan - psychology mysteries 3 stars; Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen - for young readers with suspense throughout about the history of Lithuania and Russian occupation 5 stars; In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri short memoir about the psychology of multilinguals 4 stars; Word of Mouse by James Patterson- for young readers about a smart mouse that talks 3 stars

I chose the word ‘Funny’ for April. I read the book “What’s So Funny?” by Tim Conway. I thought it was funny, well-written, and overall enjoyable to read. I wasn’t familiar with him so it was good to learn about him and how he grew up.

Challenge complete
The dead List 5 stars
Somewhere in the dark 5 stars

I had heard so much about this book, but I just found it okay for me. There were interesting parts but overall the story never got going.

Challenge complete!
Keyword: never
I read What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall. This books was OK. At one point I had kind of thought I knew who the murder was, but discarded the idea quickly, but ended up being right. Book was a little long winded, but different premise and suspenseful at times. I think I'd try this author again, as long as it isn't 400 plus pages.

I read 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro