I owe it to you Susie! I never would have read Addie without your recommendation.

What a charming, moving book! It started a little bit slow for me but ended up 5*. I thought with 300 years of story, there might be a slew of characters to keep track of. The author did a fabulous job of focusing on her story and not documenting the timeline. A wonderful and thought provoking story.

Thank you!

I usually agree with you on books, but we have a few differences this year. Yours was one of the reviews that put Blacktop Wasteland on my radar, but it just didn’t do anything for me. I think it’s the curse of mystery/thrillers of 2020. Almost nothing in that genre has worked for me. I always love talking books with you!

I almost put Rodham on the list for deserved the hype. I really loved it, but I know a lot of others didn’t. I also think it sort of fell off the radar pretty fast. Dea Wife was a gem for sur. I loved it. And, yes, try Addie! (Julie Whalen narrates the audiobook, so you might want to listen. I did a combo read/listen.)

Sounds like out tastes are mostly similar. I think I’m the outlier on Hamnet and it may be because I listened to it. That usually makes me like books more, but maybe Hamnet was one that would have just been better in print. Try Addie. It was my most pleasant surprise book of this year.

I completely am with you on Beach Read and Big Summer. I DNF’d both of them. I think BOTM creates a lot of hype for some books that don’t really live up to it. Valentine is going to be on my top ten for sure!

I’m really looking forward to what you think about Addie. It’s definitely not the sort of book I usually go for either, but I loved it. Let me know!

I’d call it fantasy “lite” which is why I think it worked so beautifully for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.