Santa Cruise

 Santa Cruise is the first book I have read by Fern Michaels.  I was drawn to the book based upon the cover and the title.  For some reason I felt like reading a Christmas type book and decided this would be a perfect Christmas in July theme read.   I don't generally read the more romance chick flick type books a lot but I did find myself thoroughly enjoying this book.  It was fun reading about the cruise and all the exciting activities and ports of call particularly since it has been several years since we have been on one and I do miss this vacation style.  

The character relationships fit well with the concept of good friends reuniting at a high school reunion and reigniting old bonds.  The redevelopment of their friendships felt organic and realistic.  Their personal development and growth when facing life changing career decisions seemed real and the level of uncertainty and angst was conveyed at a believable level.  

I would not hesitate to select another book by Fern Michaels if I was looking for a feel good escape.  

Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

fun book combining Christmas and vacation

What a fun book about a cruise reuniting a group of HS friends add in Christmas season and a bit of romance. All in all a fun enjoyable read

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #61
2. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2022   Book #73
3. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub  # 17 A book picked based on its spine
4. Bookworm #43 Read a book by an author with the same name as one of your parents 
5. Nerd Daily  #NERDREADING2022 #8 bought based on cover 
6. PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge #2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
7. Pick your Poison #103  a beach read 
8. Monthly Motif #MonthlyMotifGXO  JULY- Summer Lovin’ 
9. Diversify your reading #DYRC22  Jul Contemporary Fiction

Not All Diamonds and Rose

 This book by Dave Quinn is a biography of sorts of the different Real Housewives franchises.   Not all Diamond and Rose begins with the start of the franchise and the creation of the Orange Country edition.  This book is an enjoyable book doing memory lane for fans of the shows.  It does relive many of the premier moments with thoughts and opinions from Housewives and producers.   There isn't a whole lot of juicy behind the scenes info and I am sure the stories and info have been scrubbed to meet with Bravo and Andy Cohen's approval.  All it all it was a fun read but don't expect to get a whole lot of new information.  

Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Real Housewives Spilling Tea, Throwing Shade, and Sharing Secrets by Dave Quinn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

fun read for franchise fans

While I enjoyed reading the stories and remembering scenes I couldn’t help but feel like this was more timeline rehash rather than revealing anything new per se. Felt like it had been whitewashed to make acceptable to bravo


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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #60
2. Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  Q
3. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2022   Book #72
4. Non Fiction Reader  #ReadNonFicChal   # 6. Celebrity
5. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub  #7 A non-fiction bestseller  
6. Bookworm #26 Read a book published by Macmillan (or subsidiary)
7. Beat the Backlist #BTB2022  #24  author has an active podcast or youtube channel
8. BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenreadingchallenge2022  #39. Recommended by a Librarian
9. Nerdy Bookworm  #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #24 New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller
10. OWLS 22  #60 Vanishment Spell: A bestseller (that vanishes off the shelf!)  
11. Pick your Poison #18 a biography
12. Lifetime of Reading  July – Life in Your 50s
13. Unruly Reader Bingo  #22 immersion

High Stakes

 After reading Dead Cert earlier this month I decided to pick another Dick Francis book to meet the prompt written when you were 5.  I remembered how much I enjoyed his storytelling and figured it was easy enough to select a stand alone that was published in 1975.   I had never actually read this one so that was a nice added bonus.  

As always he crafted a well written book set around horse lifestyles.  In this case the steeplechase is the focus of the horse racing.  There is quite a large amount of deception and plotting that occurs in this story.  I also enjoyed the side information about Mr. Scott's toy inventions.  Be sure to read the author notes on how he formed this character and who he based it upon.

This book is a great pick for those who like well crafted mysteries and horse lovers.

High Stakes by Dick Francis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A gritty book about revenge and the depth people will go when they feel wronged. As with all Dick Francis books the story centers around the horse racing community. Each of the mysteries sheds a little bit of background information about horses and the racing world. I am enjoying going back and reading books written in the 1970s. It is enjoyable to read modern books without modern technology and the detective work is much more about footwork and observations

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #60
2. What an Animal Book #40
3. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2022   Book #71
4. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #56
5. Cruisin thru Cozies  Free choice #48
6. Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal  Book #70
7. Craving for Cozies  Book #65
8. Medical Examiner Challenge  1 Toe Tags
9. Beachcomber Challenge  
• Crime Scene- toy workshop
• Weapon- machine
• Detectives- Steven Scott
• Victims- Ganser Mays
10. Six Shooter Challenge  Target #86  Shot #2
11. Bookworm #17 A book that was published when you were 5 years old
12. Pick your Poison #84 a book by an author you consider amazing
13. Century challenge  1970s

Linz the Book worm challenge 22

 

Level 1: Book of the Month Club   Level Complete 5/18/22

1 Read a book under $5

• Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets by Mary McHugh
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/29/22

2 Read a book that is under 350 pages

• Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/13/22

3 Read a book that was recommended to you

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review  2/3/22

4 Read a newly published book (within a year)

• Dachshund Through the Snow (A Very Murder Christmas #1) by Rosie A Point
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/6/22

5 Read a book that has a type of plant or flower in the title

• Delphiniums and Deception by Ruby Loren
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/11/22

6 Read a book because of the cover

• Mango, Mambo, and Murder (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, #1) by Raquel Reyes
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/2/22

7 Read a book about a mythical creature.

• Death of an Irish Mummy by Catie Murphy
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review  5/16/22

8 Read a book that takes place in the future

• Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review  5/18/22

9 Read a book by an author that's new to you

• Candy Canes and Culprits: A Cozy Christmas Novella by Tricia L. Sanders
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/25/22

10 Read a book from NPR's top 50 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the past decade: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/1027159166/best-books-science-fiction-fantasy-past-decade

• Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/14/22

11 A book by an author whose first or last name has 5 letters

• Fudging the Books (Cookbook Nook Mystery, #4) by Daryl Wood Gerber
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/24/22

12 Free Space! (Pick any book)  

• Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes by C.A. Phipps   
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/2/22

Level 2: Casual Reader Club

13 Read a book published 5 years ago

• Apple Pie with a Side of Murder by Meredith Potts
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/9/22

14 Read a Speculative Fiction

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/23/22

15 Read the first book in a duology

16 Read the second book in a duology

17 A book that was published when you were 5 years old

• High Stakes by Dick Francis
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/7/22

18 Read a book by an author named Alex, Alexander, Alexandra (or variant)

• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall   In Progress
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/11/22

19 Read a book about Zombie

• Scooby Doo! A Science of Sound
• Blog Post 12/16/22

20 Read a book with a black cover

• One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch #1)  by Lynn Cahoon
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/11/22

21 Read a book from AbeBooks.com's list of 100 (fiction) books to read in a lifetime: https://www.abebooks.com/books/100-book-to-read-in-lifetime/

22 Read a book with the word City in the title

23 Read a book about a musician (non-fiction or fiction)

• Death by Chocolate Lab (Lucky Paws Pet Sitting #1) by Bethany Blake
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/12/22

24 Free Space! (Pick any book)

• A Tennis Pro To Die For (Cozy Mysteries to Die For, #3) by Judy Moore
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/11/22

Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

25 A book with a title that has 5 letters

• Reflex by Dick Francis
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/9/22

26 Read a book published by Macmillan (or subsidiary)

•     Not All Diamonds and Rose by Dave Quinn
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/7/22
• Hot and Sour Suspects (Noodle Shop #8) by Vivien Chien
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/9/22 

27 Read a book with a title that doesn't start with an article (A, An, The)

• Killer Research (Library Lover's Mystery, #12) by Jenn McKinlay
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/3/22

28 Read a book you recently acquired

• Body in the Books by Heather Huffman
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/26/22

29 Read a book that's been on your TBR for over a year

• Matchmaking Can Be Murder ( Amish Matchmaker #1) by Amanda Flower
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/11/22

30 Read a Revenge Story

• A Safe House (Stone Barrington #61) by Stuart Woods
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/8/22

31 Read a book by Philippa Gregory

32 Read a book that takes place on an island

• The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/22/22

33 Read a book that does not have a person (or people) on the cover

• Death by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/17/22

34 A book that you intended to read on last year's challenge

• Killing in a Koi Pond by Jessica Fletcher and Terry Farley Moran
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/10/22

35 Read a Psychological Thriller

• I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/3/22

36 Free Space! (Pick any book)

• Murder of a Sweet Old Lady by Denise Swanson
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/4/22

Level 4: Speed Reader Club

37 Read a book over 500 pages

• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/16/22

38 Read a book that starts with the letter Z (or has Z in the title)

39 Read a book that takes place around your favorite holiday

• A Crafty Christmas (A Cumberland Creek Mystery #4) by Mollie Cox Bryan
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/13/22

40 A book with 5 objects on the cover

• Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/23/22

41 Read a book with the word Wisdom in the title

42 Read a Dystopian

• Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/2/22

43 Read a book by an author with the same name as one of your parents (Biological, Step, Adopted)

• Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/15/22

44 Read a book that a movie/show you've watched is based on but have yet to read (example: Watched The Hobbit, but never read the Hobbit)

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/23/22

45 Read a book about a Saint (non-Fiction or Fiction)

• The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/18/22

46 Read any book from the Men's Health most popular book list   IDEA:  To Kill a Mockingbird

47 Read a book published in a year that was important to you

• Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2) by Maddie Day
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/9/22

48 Free Space! (Pick any book)

• Guidebook to Murder (Tourist Trap Mystery #1) by Lynn Cahoon
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/1/22

Level 5: Overachiever Club

49 Read the 5th book in a series or an author's 5th novel

• The Corpse in the Gazebo by Debra Sennefelder
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/8/22

50 Read a True Crime book

• The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/19/22

51 Read a book by Georges Simenon (or one of his Pen Names)

52 A book with the number 5 in the title

• The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #5) by Laura Childs
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/1/22

53 Read a book that takes place in Russia

54 Read a book by an author using initials as part of their name

• The Perils of Paris (Julie Cavallo Investigates, #5) by Ana T. Drew
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/4/22

55 Read a book that has a title in the form of a question

• What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo?  by MD Payne
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/25/22

56 Read a banned book from this banned book list https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019

57 A book with at least 5 prominent characters

• Beauty Expos are Murder by Libby Klein
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/23/22

58 Read a book that Linz read previously http://linzthebookworm.blogspot.com/p/reviews-z.html

59 Read a book that Tress read previously https://songstress7.wordpress.com/category/reading/

60 Free Space! (Pick any book)

• Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/21/22

Once Upon A Prince

 I am not generally a romance reader but I thoroughly enjoyed this Christian romance novel by Rachel Hauck.  The main characters Susannah and Nathaniel are very likeable characters who have had their hearts broken in the past.  They are both at points in their lives when they are faces decisions on how to move forward.  It is not at all convenient for them to fall in love with each other.   But the heart knows what it wants.  Their relationship is not without its bumps and interferences, but they way they handle the situations and the support they provide each other is wonderful to read.  So often books are full of flawed characters and relationships,  This is not a book where everything goes right all the time, in fact there are lots of impediments to them being together.  The reader is certainly cheering them on to succeed though.

I appreciated that the outcome was not the fairy tale ending that would have been so easy to write.  Rather, the Cinderella like story has some twists and the evil step mother and sister are well disguised.  All in all if you are looking for a book with a positive message and an underlying faith in God then you will enjoy this book.

Once Upon a Prince by Rachel Hauck
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am not generally a romance reader but I enjoyed this book. I appreciated the depth of the principles of the main characters and their willingness to do what was the best for others rather than what would make them most happy. The growth Susannah experiences is apparent as is her relationship with God. Her conviction helps Nate reawaken his beliefs and trusts in God as well. I thought their spirituality felt authentic and not pushy or preachy as other reviewers have said. I also liked that the ending was not the predictable easy happily ever after that it so easily could have been.

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #127
2. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #137
3. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #152
4. Beat the Backlist #BTB2021  #22 lost royalty 
5. PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge #9 A book with a family tree 
6. A Pretty Mess Challenge #9. Favorite book to movie 
7. Pick your Poison #6-1 A book about millennials 
8. Bookworm  #19.) Read a book with a form of royalty in the title
9. Book Voyage  #bookvoyagechallenge  Yes Georgia

Carry On Simon Snow

 I selected this book in order to fulfill the Chosen One prompts in several of my challenges.  I discovered this book when I read Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl last year.   This is a spinoff of sorts from that book.  In Fangirl the characters write fanfiction about a fictional character named Simon Snow and Baz.  This book brings those characters and their world to life as the center of the story.  It is a similar story to Harry Potter with a bit more frenemies and romantic tension than those books have.   I did enjoy this book even if it took me quite a while to read it.  I had to turn it in to the library and then got busy with other books as I read and renewed the kindle book from the library.   If you are looking for a fantasy book with a bit of a twist at the end this book would be a great read.  

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

magical thriller

Generally not the gene I read but I thoroughly enjoyed this boon. The frenemies relationship between Simon and Baz grows through the book. Although there are similarities to Potter this book is very different and intense.


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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #124
2. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #134
3. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #148
4. Around the Year in 52 Books #30 A long book
5. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2021  #45 A Coming Of Age Novel 
6. The Unofficial Magnus Archives Challenge  #TMARC21  #5  The Desolation: about a Chosen One

7. BooklistQueen   #25. Coming of Age Story 
8. NJM Book Challenge  #NJMBookChallenge2021  #10 over 500 pgs  
9. Bookworm  #40. Read a book that uses the "Chosen One" trope  
10. Magic in the Books Book 6 #6 Includes the Chosen One trope
11. Pick your Poison #23-1 A book with the word "snow" in the title
12. Bloggers Bookshelf   #bloggersbookshelf #22.  500+ pages  
13. 52 books in 52 weeks  #6-2 swords and sorcerers 

Sharp Objects

 It feels like I was one of the last people to read Sharp Objects or any book by Gillian Flynn for that matter.   Wow is her book intense.  I listened to the audiobook and it is definitely not for public consumption.  If you are offended by language or sexual content you will want to avoid this book.  

It is a psychological thriller that has a cast of very blunt characters.  Camille is sent home to Missouri to cover a missing person's case involving a 10 year old girl.  The second tragic crime to happen in this very southern Missouri small town in less than a year.   Camille's return home it quite startling and it opens many old memories and insecurities.  Flynn definitely captures the cruelty of teenage girls especially in a small town that is divided by the wealthy and the working class.  She creates characters that are complex and unlikeable.  

Witnessing Camille struggle to fit into her family which consists of a very passive aggressive mother- Adora, a timid step father, Allan, and a half sister, Amma, she doesn't know is intense and heartbreaking at times.  Her personal struggles to deal with the loss of her younger sister, Marian when she was a 13 yr old and the resulting spiral of grief is intense.  

The mystery of the crimes is intense and is wrapped into glimpses of Camille's past, Amma's current duality of life and Adora's terrifying mothering.  The mystery has plenty of twists and turns and pokes fun at the small town stereotypes that come up in the characters.  An attempt to relieve the intensity of the psychological topic I would imagine.  

I am not sure whether I want to watch the show based on this book or not.  It could be very engaging but also disturbing.  I may need to watch though since I have managed to survive watching Riverdale and it has some similarities in topics.  Maybe on a hot summer day when hiding in AC I will try it out.  

I think I am interested in reading Gone Girl at some point but I do need to retreat to cozy mysteries and the lighter presentation for a bit before doing so.  

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an intense psychological thriller. If you are easily offended by sexual lingo/scenes or foul language then do not read this book. It is definitely not for the faint of heart as it deals with the murder of children but it is an amazing ride that takes the reader through dealing with abuse, self injury and the consequences of it all. The ending is a twisty one although I had my suspicions about the guilty party at times while reading. It was still a shocking ending.

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #65
2. Literary Escapes  #LiteraryEscapes MO
3. Beat the Backlist #BTB2021  #46 good book, bad cover
4. 2021TBR  #2021ReadingChallenge # 2 controversial book
5. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #72
6. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #85
7. Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal  Book #69
8. Bookworm  #10.) Read a book that's been turned into a TV series or a Movie
9. Pick your Poison #11-3 A book about something that scares you
10. Medical Examiner Challenge 4 Toe Tags
11. Audiobook  #2021AudiobookChallenge  Book #7

The Four Winds

 This is the second book I have read by Kristin Hannah.   She does a wonderful job of capturing historical settings.  This book is set in the Texas Panhandle during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s.  Her characters, Elsa, Tony, Rosa and Rafe, all represent the strength and frustration of the human spirit during an unbelievably challenging time.  

Character development is a strength of Hannah's talent.   It is easy for the reader to put themselves in the story and to feel attachment to the characters.  As you read, it would be difficult not to feel sorrow and frustration just as Elsa does during the saga.  Hannah develops her as a strong female character who truly does not believe in her own strength and resilience.  Her's is a hard life, but she soldiers on and does what is necessary for her family.

It is easy to envision the scenery and the strife that the farmers and other residents of the Great Plains experienced in this unbelievable period of time.  Hannah's descriptions are vivid representations of the hardships and the terrain the people of the time and region suffered.  Her ability to draw a reader into her story is amazing.

This novel is a very engrossing read and I look forward to reading more of Hannah's works;  I have The Great Alone on my shelf and may prioritize it now that I have read this work. I had previously read The Nightingale and it is also a great demonstration of female strength and resilience.  

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kristin Hannah's ability to draw you into the lives of her characters is an amazing talent. As I read it was easy to visualize myself in the place of the characters. The angst and the heartbreak come through in her writing. Her descriptions of the terrain in Texas and CA is vivid and moving. I truly cannot imagine what it was like to live during the Dust Bowl or to have experienced this level of uncertainty for your own survival. Hannah's ability to tell a story that draws you in continues in this latest work

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Literary Escapes  #LiteraryEscapes  TX
2. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #61
3. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #73
4. Historic Fiction  #histficreadingchallenge   Book #8
5. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2021  #21 Book By Kristen Hannah
6. BooklistQueen   # 51. Borrowed from a Friend
7. A Pretty Mess Challenge # 4. Borrowed from a friend
8. Nerd Daily  #NERDREADING2021 #24. BETWEEN 460 - 495 PAGES
9. Bookworm  #51.) Read a book with the word "wind" in the title
10. Pick your Poison #17- 1 A book with a primarily black cover
11. Diversify your reading #DYRC21  May: History & Biography

Daisy Jones and the Six

 This mockumentary interview style book was an unexpected gem.  I really wasn't sure what to expect especially given all the hype the book has received.  

Taylor Jenkins Reid did a wonderful job of creating a realistic story of a band from the 70s.  It is so realistic if you google you will find just how many people thought they were a real band.  The format of interviewing the different band members and telling a retrospective of the bands formation and subsequent dissolution is quite a unique approach and very entertaining.  

I listened to the audiobook and can highly recommend that format.  Each character is voiced by a different person.  This really made it feel like a documentary that you would find on MTV.   There are even a few surprise twists at the end.  All is all it is a great look at the personalities and dynamics of rock and roll in the 1970s- including all the sex and drugs.  Definitely has mature topics that are not camouflaged.   I found this to be one of my best reads of the year so far.  

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was an unexpected find and I highly recommend the audiobook for it. The book is written like a biographical interview of band members years after their career. The book is so well developed that it seems like a real band and there are plenty of google searches to show that many feel it is a real band. The style is unique and worked perfectly. It was a book that made me think of the MTV where are they now or rockumentaries. There are times you cannot stand some of the characters and you wish they could get their lives sorted out. It was easy to get invested in the characters and to feel as though they were real people. There are even some twists at the ending that surprise the reader. Highly recommend this book

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

1. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book #40
2. Beat the Backlist #BTB2021  #18 all about the music
3. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021   Book #48
4. Back List Reader  #Backlistreader  Book #54
5. Historic Fiction  #histficreadingchallenge   Book #7
6. Around the Year in 52 Books #38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator- Dad
7. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2021  #42 An Epistolary
8. The Unofficial Magnus Archives Challenge  #TMARC21  #21. Piper: music is a plot element
9. Bookworm  #54.) Read a book that takes place in the 1960s
10. Pick your Poison #26-2 A book about self care or recovery
11. Diversify your reading #DYRC21 hist fiction
12. Audiobook  #2021AudiobookChallenge #2