JUNE

 

A Thousand Splendid Suns ~ Khaled Hosseini

 

The Names ~ Florence Knapp

****

A sliding doors story.

A baby, named after his father, Gordon.

A baby, named by his sister, Bear

A baby, named by his mother, Julian

 

Disgrace (Dept Q #2) ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

 

Fell down so badly in the last 10%! So rushed, so stupid, 

MAY

 

Fever Beach ~ Carl Hiaasen

 It wasn't as satirically funny as Squeeze Me.  This one was a parody centred around Proud Boys wannabes. It was overlong with too many subplots and jokes worn thin.

The Children of Eve ~ John Connolly

 Usually a new Connolly is like slipping into a comfortable pair of slippers.  This was not.

It was way too wordy with useless trivia that did not enhance the plot, did not add to the sense of place, did not bring characters to life.

This was like one of those "filler" episodes in a TV series ... just setting groundwork for what is to come.

Death of the Author ~ Nnedi Okorafor

 A great twist on a sci-fi novel

Malibu Rising ~ Taylor Jenkins Reid

 NO (make that NoNoNo)

What a load of shite writing.  Totally "tell not show". Just bland exposition storytelling, probably aiming for a tv takeup.  Shallow has too many letters in it to describe it.

Mercy (Dept Q #1) ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

 ****

OK, so I picked the perp very close to the beginning (and felt it was a clumsy insertion) but that was easily overlooked because of the excellent writing, great fleshing out of characters, fast pace of the plot.