Anytime you guys want recs just ask away. I think I’m the one the actually recommended TFIOS to you, Julie. I remember when I read that forever ago, the entire time I was reading it I thought oh my God she’d freakin LOVE this book lol these are the conversations that excite me. I can talk about books for days.
Yes you did, and you were right!
Dean Koontz is kind of an ‘eh’ writer. I call him Stephen King light. Although I loved his book “Intensity” and his “Odd Thomas” series is pretty funny. I tend to forget about him.
I looked up “We Were Liars” on goodreads once you mentioned it, Julie. It had mixed reviews but overall I think it got 3.82 out of 5 stars.
The only other one I've read by him was called Hideaway. I liked it, but yeah, he's no Stephen King.
That sounds about right for We Were Liars. Like I said, it was kinda slow in the beginning, but it got better. Not the best book I've ever read, but I enjoyed it overall.
I have never read anything by Lurlene McDaniel. I might give her a go one day.
In all honestly, don't bother - you would probably hate her books LOL. They don't have the wit or humor of TFIOS; they're all very sentimental and sappy. They're like Hallmark original movies that are about medical stuff instead of Christmas LOL. I loved them back in the day, but they were definitely written for tween girls. I could reread them now for nostalgia's sake, but I think if I had picked up one for the first time as an adult, I would have found them incredibly cheesy.
Is there anything that everyone seems to have loved but when you read it you hated it? For me besides Twilight, it would have to The Goldfinch. It usually takes me one to two weeks tops to get through a book but that one almost took me a year lol
Hm... I can't think of anything I actually read and hated. I didn't even hate Twilight when I first read those books, although they don't hold up on rereads. There are books, like 50 Shades of Gray, that I just avoided because I knew I would probably hate them.
"Hate" is a strong word, but I struggled to get through Stephen King's "It." I started reading it before the first movie came out a few years ago, and it took me like a year to finish it - not because it's so long, but because I found it kinda boring. I usually enjoy his books and plowed through The Stand much quicker. I didn't hate It and am glad I finally finished it, but it's not one of my favorites from him.