July Reading Round Up!

What I've Been Reading 

All of us readers know that books are one escape that no one can take away from us, right? And it's been proven true for me during this pandemic too. The only things that have been helping me stay sane are reading, eating whatever sweet treats 12 yo decides to make and watching a lot of movies with the girls and hubster as a family. LOL, until hubster reminds us it's time for the family walk. :) 

Have your reading tastes changed during this pandemic? Have you switched genres or sub genres? Curious minds want to know.

With me, even before this pandemic started, I've been listening to a lot of thrillers and mysteries on audiobooks. LOL, I've even cured my relentless looping thoughts at night time with this - I go to bed listening to an audiobook and sleep sets in after a while and I pull off my headphones. 

LOL I even missed a murderer reveal in one of the books like this. :)  For some reason, romance is the one thing I can't listen to on Audio Books. So it's iPad to the rescue then. 

Some of my recent favorites have been: 

THIS ONE!! OMG!!! I LOVED this book and finished in one sitting - with lots of snack breaks! The HOUSE - ahhh....without being spoilery, of all the haunted/twisted/gothic/messed up houses in all the gothic novels ever, this was something! The thought of being stuck inside the house like the heroine made my skin crawl and run screaming...it was that GOOD!

I borrowed this from the library because the blurb struck my fancy. It ended up a fairly good read/listen. There were moments where I was like UGHH where are all the sensible people but it was also because the author made it pretty believable too, I think. The ending felt a little too neatly tied up but I did end up liking it. 

Talia's one of my favorite romance writers. This was one slow and maddening sometimes (because I just wanted Olu and Griffin to just admit how much they love the other already) but also soft and achingly lovely.

LOL, I've been on a ghost/haunting paranormal thriller kick for a while now and loved more than one title by this author. I liked this one and was terrified at one particular scene. The ending was a bit of a let down but since that was like the last few pages, I came away liking the book. :) Apparently, if I'm scared out of my wits during the book, I'll end up liking the book even if the ending is blah.