February Books 2024
Audible source material and another rom-com
BOOKS
Blaize Exeter
4/9/20242 min read
Erasure by Percival Everett - 4/5 🪩
This book was ahead of its time for REAL. Honestly, I don't know if there will ever be a time when it won't apply. My mom and I chose Erasure as our Black History Month read after watching (and loving) the film in January. Now that I've experienced both, I can say that the film is an excellent adaptation. It kept the integrity of the book while making it more digestible for a general audience. I loved the rawness of the book, but there were several times I had to stop listening for the day to keep my peace. I don't love endings left up for interpretation.
Out-of-context Goodreads updates:
98% - woah.
98% - "there's no alternative to madness. if you take all the blue out of purple, you aren't really left with red, it just looks that way."
98% - real
98% - real
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks - 3.5/5 🪩
This book had SERIOUS potential. I don't usually like friends-to-lovers, but this take was an interesting one. I thought the concept of the 'almost kiss' was cute! Also, having the love interest date someone else for the majority is a new one for me. The first half was BRILLIANT. The characters, the dialogue, the setting -- perfection. It's unfortunate that the second half was a disaster because Quantum Weirdness was really on its way to becoming one of my faves.
Out-of-context GoodReads updates:
2% - OMG
3% - LOL
4% - real
9% - oh caleb is a little sassy LOL
13% - wait but i kinda like leo for her
20% - bars
26% - i barely understand what either of them are saying but it seems cool!
33% - ouuuu i redact my previous statements
46% - bars
48% - hmm idk if i like this...
55% - lol
60% - omg??
66% - hmm a little underwhelming...
74% - oh she ate that
76% - okay wait that was cute
78% - i feel like that's a weird way to say that
79% - IS SHE DRUGGING HER OMG
85% - oh i thought that was over...
92% - it's literally one week...
The Rest
Other books I read this month
Still Reading:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Finished:
Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renée Russell
Dork Diaries 7: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star by Rachel Renée Russell
Dork Diaries 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After by Rachel Renée Russell