Books With Lennon 📚

Red Rising by Pierce Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars Okay, let's talk about Red Rising! I ended up reading this book because it was super hyped, at least on my bookstagram feed. It's like you're all reading Red Rising. To be honest, I did not enjoy the first 50% of this book. I had to kind of work through it. I was bitter and upset, and I thought I would be the odd one who hated this book and wanted nothing to do with it. I thought this would be just Hunger Games going to Mars, but the last 50% proved me wrong. As Darrow advanced with his plan and the game fastened its pace, things went wild. There were incredible action scenes. I loved Sevro and the Howlers, and I loved how Darrow fought through it all. I could not stop myself from putting the second book of the series on hold on the library app, and I may consider buying physical copies to have the whole series if it keeps going as the first book went. If you're wondering why I constantly rate 5 stars, it's becau

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu My rating: 2 of 5 stars I started liking this book a lot, but then it went downhill. I recognize it's an excellent book. It just wasn't for me. I may give a second chance to it. I was interested, but as I entered a very busy time at work, the book suddenly felt like a drag, and I remembered that I wanted to read for fun and not to get bored. At a certain point, I found myself skimming some of the pages and not feeling fully connected to the book, which I totally already do at work, so I don't want to do that during my reading time. I was very close to dnf'ing, but then I went and got myself an Audible trial, blasted the audiobook on my headphones as I played The Sims 4 on a lovely apartment in San Mashyuno, and just finished the hell out of it. Then I realized I hadn't paid enough attention, returned all the chapters, and listened to them again while cooking on 2x speed. The voice actors could barely breathe. Maybe