2Q15 books

Well hello! Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess. I obviously have stopped recapping the NYC Housewives, which actually makes me super sad. (Especially this week, when we finally got to see, “Be cool. Don’t be, like, uncool” happen.) Speaking of recaps, it occurred to me today that I never reviewed the books I read in the second quarter of the year, so I thought I’d better do that now. There are a whopping two books–I really committed to reading the past few months. (Nope.)

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand

I read an Elin Hilderbrand book last year and enjoyed it quite a bit, so I randomly picked this one up at the library (my library always has a lot of her books on the shelves, which is nice when I forget to put a book on hold, which is always.) This is kind of a murder mystery story (that’s actually a stretch, I have to admit, but there is a death and there is confusion around the death, so…murder mystery it is.) It’s set nearish to Nantucket, as most/all Hilderbrand’s books are, which made for a good beach read. (Even though I read it in April, on my couch.)

The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty

(Not to be confused with Liane Moriarty, who I also like quite a bit.) This was a great read. The first little bit started out slow, but when it ramped up, boy did it ramp up, and I could not put it down. The story is fiction-ish, in that one of the characters–Louise Brooks–was a real person, but the rest is made up. Of course, I’d never heard of Louise Brooks until I read this and now she keeps popping up everywhere. It’s like when I finally saw Lord Of The Rings and then realized what everyone had been referencing all those years when they were talking about “elevensies.” (Hashtag filthy hobbitses.) One thing I did know about before reading this book was the orphan train (thank you Stuff You Missed In History Class podcast!), so at least that portion of the book wasn’t new to me.

That’s all I got! Read anything great lately? Maybe I’ll put something on hold at the library.