OH! It’s gonna be a quick one today! I didn’t realize, until I checked my The Story Graph account, that I only finished two books this month! In my defense… I DNF’d two books also. That reading counts, too! I’ll talk about those books at the end of this post.

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The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
Buy the hardcover copy here (or there are a few at Twice Told Tales if you’re local)
Download the audiobook here.

I’ll be honest, I felt like this was a perfectly fine and clever suburban thriller. Throughout the book you’re trying to figure out a mystery–a child is in the hospital due to a fall from a second story window. But the mystery is why? And is he going to survive? And if he does… then what? But if he doesn’t… then what? A lot of unanswered questions get answered as we learn about each of the neighbors in a cul de sac.
So while I thought it was pretty fine and run of the mill throughout the course of the story I will tell you that there’s a major plot twist in the last sentence of the epilogue that blew me away!

I will include a content warning for infertility which is a plot point that runs throughout the entirety of the book and can be quite graphic at times.

My Murder by Katie Williams
Order your hardcover copy here (or pick one up at Twice Told Tales)
Download your audiobook here.

Okay so my feelings about this book are the inverse of the last one. This one I was so excited the whole way through and then wasn’t wild about the ending (though I’m sure some people will be). That’s the kind of thing that makes for awesome book club banter in my opinion.

What I loved about this book: The premise! The main character was the victim of a serial killer and the government brought her back to life. But while they’re sure they caught her murderer, something happens that makes her wonder if they got the right guy. And she sets out to figure out who caused her murder. Very intriguing.
I also loved the way they dealt with “the future”. The author never made a big deal about new technologies or anything. She didn’t go out of her way to say what year it was or how things were different. But things were familiar enough that nothing much really needed explanation.

Here are the two books I DNF’D

These books were actually both great! I enjoyed them while I was reading them but I just wasn’t in the mood for Real Men Knit.

Alchemy of a Blackbird was great, I got the gist of what it was about. Sometimes when I’m reading ARCs, I’m just trying to see if it’s something my customers will want and I do believe that they’ll definitely like this one. The structure, time period, and subject matter are all things that they love.