What I read in July

I can't believe July is over and we are already speeding through August.  This year is flying by!  

I read three books this month.  None of them were really standouts.  Just normal easy beach reads.  

The Beach House by Jane Green: This book was a little confusing to start off with.  It's one of those with multiple characters and stories but they all collide and connect in the end.  The basis is a lady has a beach house and she is running out of money so she rents it out as a b&b.  The multiple characters (and all their issues) come and stay for the summer.  Lots of drama, blooming relationships and a happy ending.  It was a quick, cute summer read.  

The Vow by Dana Wilkerson and the Carpenters: I picked this one up as I had seen the movie and was interested in the story behind it.  I felt like the writing was a little uninteresting and very much just a this is what happened style.  It was interesting to get a behind the scenes real look at this couple but I felt like it could have had more personality and heart.  

Folly Beach by Dorothea Franklin:  This was my second book by Ms. Franklin and again it was a nice, easy beach read.  Very much a southern author she sticks to her roots.  This book was set in South Carolina and it followed a woman whose husband just died and left her with nothing.  She heads down south and rents a house that once belonged to a famous southern author and his wife.  She sets off on a journey of self discovery  through learning about the wife.  It was an interesting read with the past and present ideas mingled together.  

What have you been reading this month?  

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What I read in June

So June was a slow book month (only 3) but I've been crazy busy getting ready to move.  I also read two books that were either really slow or just hard to get into so it took me a while to finish.  I don't knkw about you guys bit it has to be really terrible for me to not finish a book...even if i don't like it.  Anyways here's what I read in June: 

Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn: meh this one was a little strange.  I picked it up at a thrift store and liked the look.  I'm into the titanic (you know those tragic love stories always get me) This one was just slow and strange.  It follows a family of girls and their mother who has an interest in the spiritual world and contacting them.  They eventually make it to the Titanic and you can figure it out from there.  I did like the historical notes mixed in although most of the book is not accurate.  

The Death Cure by James Dashner: I borrowed this from my sister and we both had the same reaction.  It was just meh.  I loved The Maze Runner but all the other ones after we're just meh. The Scorch Trials stated ok and I got tired of it.  Then this one I was just over the story but I wanted to finish the trilogy. It took forever to get into and so took me a while to read but once I got about mid-ways through I actually got into it.  I thought it was an interesting end to the series.  I do have the prequel...maybe ill read that.  

Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews: This one was my favorite.  Such an easy summer beach read (even though I wasn't at the beach).  I really liked the characters and yeah it's not a deep thoughtful book but I liked the easy read. The romance is sweet and I like the friendship between the girls.  

What have you guys been reading this month?