Q1 2024 Reads
I've always been an avid reader. Now, as an adult, I love to unwind with a cup of tea and my Kindle, delving into murder mysteries. It's my casual way to relax.
My reading preferences lean toward snappy page-turners, covering thrillers, speculative fiction, mysteries, dystopian tales, fantasy, and the occasional nonfiction.
Without further adieu, here are my top reads from Q1:
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You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina
Rating: 4.25
A haunting, provocative novel, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman’s unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.
This book might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's easily one of the most unique, fascinating, and at times deeply disturbing reads I've ever encountered. Take from that what you will.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Rating: 4.25
The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time travel, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.
I can't believe it took me this long to dive into this book. It’s one of those rare reads that sticks with you, popping back into your thoughts long after you've finished the last page.
If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio
Rating: 3.00
Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks describes his past as a Shakespearean actor in college whose rivalry with a castmate escalated in dangerous ways.
If you loved Donna Tartt’s "The Secret History," "If We Were Villains" is an absolute must-read. It delivers a gripping, dark academia vibe with rich characters and a haunting plot.
