Gaston Library discussion

It’s time for another reading wrap up! This Month I Read…

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin- I listened to this one on audiobook for book club. This is not my typical genre. I don’t do a lot of non-fiction and when I do it tends to be memoirs. While it does sound a bit like a memoir or love story between Doris and her Husband Dick, it does not read like that at all. It is a personal reflection of the time but since they were so intertwined in the politics of the time with, Dick working directly with the JFK campaign and for him in the White House and Doris working with LBJ, it read more like a political history. It was interesting to see the inside stories from the politics of the time. I also personally did not know much about LBJ at all, and this book gave me an interesting insight and appreciation for him. Overall though it was pretty boring, but that is likely because as I said this is not a genre I would go for myself at all.

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Mass- Ok, I need SJM to fix her pacing. Every book starts as a slog with some interesting bits and then gets really good and exciting at the end. It takes me three weeks to read the first 400 pages, then three days to read the last 200. I think once I finish this series I’m not picking up anymore of hers. I love her worlds and stories but I just keep finding her books hard to get through at first. It was fun to have the world expanded in this one though and learn more of the Southern area of this world. I also liked Choal’s storyline and thought he had some good character development in this book. I complain, but I did like it and do really need to see what happens next.

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks- I’ve never read a Nicholas Sparks book before so I thought it was about time I grabbed one. I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it. I think the third person POV got to me a bit and made the romance fall a little flat. This definitely made the book overall less impactful for me. I was also way more interested in Paul’s backstory and the whole aside with the Torrelson’s than I was with any of the romance. Then that didn’t even get any resolution. The end of the book was sweet and heartwarming with Adrienne’s daughter but I didn’t think Paul and Adrienne’s situation related that much to her daughter's marriage other than that both men died. Sorry for spoilers, haha. Overall just okay, not sure if I’ll read more Nicholas Sparks or not.

What did you read this month? Be sure to share down below!

Happy Reading!