Reading Recap

Summer is in full swing and I'm finally settling into a good routine with downtime and reading.  The first few weeks I always feel like I have to tackle my to-do-list and get my whole house ready to actually relax in (weird, I know) so I don't have a ton of reading updates to share but the ones I have are GOOD!

  The Housekeeper by Natalie Barelli was a psychological thriller that kept me guessing until the end. "When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it's like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been 10 years since Claire last saw Hannah, but she has thought of her every day, and not in a good way. So Claire does what anyone would do in her position - she stalks her."  It was dark and twisty and I loved getting to feel like I was in Claire's head by the narration.  She was also snarky which added a fun humorous aspect to the book as well which I enjoyed.

I FINALLY had a chance to finish listening to Code Girls and I really enjoyed it.  "In the tradition of Hidden Figures and The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girls is the astonishing, untold story of the young American women who cracked key Axis codes, helping to secure Allied victory and revolutionizing the field of cryptanalysis."  It took me a LONG time to listen to Code Girls because I felt like it was a LOT of information and names and dates to process without a book in my hands.  While I loved the information and learning about the women and how they were recruited to help break codes it wasn't really a "story line" to follow along with.  If you love history, stories of incredible women and aren't put off my a LOT of detail I highly highly recommend.  

His and Hers was my FAVORITE read of the month.  I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!!  I found myself sneaking in pages here and there constantly because it was so good.  I'm afraid to go into too much detail about the plot because I don't want to give anything away - it's one of those books that's like doing a puzzle and I felt like the pieces in this one fit PERFECTLY.  

An alternate narrative from the killer reveals the details as they unfold, and we finally know the identity of that individual at the very end.  Maybe I'm not super intuitive but I REALLY didn't see the ending coming and it was one of those books that when it was over I had to give Dave the entire rundown because I enjoyed it so much. 

WARNING!  The book was a bit more on the graphic side - both in terms of "gore" (the way people were murdered and describing that) as well as a pretty awful rape and sexual assault scene.  The main characters also had a child who passed away (not murder!) so keep those things in mind. 

I'd heard a lot of great things about  The Last Thing He Told Me and maybe I was just coming off of reading His and Hers which I felt like dotted all the I's and crossed all the t's - but I found it to be a little bit underwhelming.  Don't get me wrong... I enjoyed it but there were parts of it that I found to be a little bit far fetched.  I also didn't find the step-daughter endearing AT ALL which I think colored my view a bit as well.  

I'm currently listening to  The Henna Artist audiobook and am reading  The Night Swim (SO SO SO GOOD!) and will keep y'all posted when I'm done.  I'd love to know what you're reading now and what you're recommending!  HAPPY Thursday, friends!!!

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