BOOK REVIEW COMPILATION & WWW #11

I haven't done a WWW for awhile and decided, hmm why not join in the fun again. WWW is hosted by  Should Be Reading!

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1) What are you currently reading?
2) What did you recently finish reading?
3)What do you think you’ll read next?

1) I am currently reading From A Dead Sleep by John Daly and The Detox Prescription by Woodson Merrell

2) I just finished reading Berlin Wolf by Mark Florida-James. And WOW. 5 stars. It is about a young Jewish boy and his dog trying to escape the Nazi's. So many twists and turns, I recommend it to everyone and my review will be up next week.


3) I think I will read The Deconstruction of Professor Thrub by D.D Johnston. I picked up this book based on the cover alone.




There have been three books that I've read lately that I didn't really want to give a full out review, but feel that I should as I requested them on netgalley...

 #1) A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson. Well the title pretty much summed this book up for me. I just didn't get into it. I felt that there was too much unnecessary information given. I did enjoy the romance that was blossoming between Aubree and Booker, but sometimes the dialogue between them was hard to follow who was saying what, and Booker is supposed to be this tough sweet Southern guy. 

#2) Lady by Thomas Tyon. I DNF this book. I gave it an honest effort,50% through, but it just didn't draw my attention. I kept putting it off until I finally gave in and quit. I am curious as to what this big secret was that Lady Harleigh kept, but not enough to keep reading. Maybe at a later date when my To Read pile isn't huge I will give in another go. 

#3) What The Dog Knows by Cat Warren. Again, another time I may have enjoyed this more. I usually love dog stories and this is about  an owner who happens to pick a German Shepard who came from a 1-birth litter. Which I didn't know happened all that much, and when it does that dog is usually a problem child. Anyways, this dog aptly named Solo is a little off when it comes to socializing and she realizes that maybe the dog just needs a job. Enter a cadaver dog...... I think I didn't really like this book because it reminded me that my dogs are kinda stupid. Things I learnt: That when a dog looses their scent, they howl because they are frustrated.. That means Tobi is retarded, as he howls all the time.

 Finally a semi-decent read came next. I was beginning to get discouraged. 

 #4) The Diary of Brad De Luca by Allesandra Torre. This was a novella companion to The Blindfold Innocence series. And for what it was, it wasn't bad. A very quick read and it shows the beginnings of the relationship between Julia and Brad. From this I will most likely read the first of the series at least. Brad is the typical asshole who cannot commit and loves sex. Julia is more of an innocent type. Except she told him on their first 'date' that she never actually had an orgasm. I mean... WHO DOES THIS? Not on the first date! Then they go to Vegas for a weekend together, and she gets all upset that he assumes they are going to have sex. Why else would you go on a weekend getaway with someone you just met? See innocence.

REVIEW: Waking Sleep Beauty Freak by Nina Lora

The goodreads synopsis is as follows:

Waking Sleep Beauty Freak is about waking up and realizing you are on the wrong life path and married to the wrong person. Now what? It is a non-fiction inspirational tale about disillusionment, self-discovery and the universal web of pain and growth. Its “Girls-grown-up” style narrative addresses what happens when an ambitious, hard-working, world traveling girl-verging-on-woman wakes up from a seven-year relationship to realize she is on the wrong life path and married to the wrong person. The subsequent unraveling and reweaving is crafted and delivered in a clever conversational tone, sharing ‘just enough’ – in a fun, poetic, modern philosophical way – to hold attention while simultaneously allowing the reader’s mind to wander down its own self-reflective path. While hilarious and bawdy at times, it digs deep and across multiple continents to provide a unique inspirational window into a journey through divorce – parental and her own – and disease (diabetes). This is an ideal summer beach read, especially for women between the ages of 25 and 45 who have lived in New York and/or experienced any of the above. If candid, witty, seemingly gorgeous, ambitious and fun on the surface – she’s imperfect. She’s real. Raw. Rough. A little dirty. Growing. And wanting the reader to grow alongside her...

Another DNF.  This was another netgalley read, which comes with the fact that you might get a pre-edited version. I hope this is what it was.  Or I hope (well not really because it means I have to get it fixed) that my ipad formatting was off on the kindle.  I had hopes for this book. The cover art drew me in to begin with, the title of the book is intriging and then I am always fond of the write-as-you-speak books.

I guess it does say that the writing style is intended to let the readers mind wander, mine wandered way to much.  I can see where Nina Lora was going with it, I really do. I just felt that it jumped around way too much. There were way too many nicknames that I couldn’t follow who was who and why they warranted a past memory.

I didn’t finish this book because I found myself skimming it rather than actually ingesting the words and I figured there are many other books that might grab my attention more.

Unfortunately I cannot recommend this to people. Maybe I just wasn’t at the right point in my life, as while I am in the right age bracket, I am happily married and not living in New York.