Beth's Updates en-US Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:12:02 -0700 60 Beth's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7409784174 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:12:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Beth added 'Raising Hare: A Memoir']]> /review/show/7409784174 Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Beth gave 5 stars to Raising Hare: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Chloe Dalton
Just gorgeous. ]]> Review7407430846 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:35:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Beth added 'The Swimmers']]> /review/show/7407430846 The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Beth gave 4 stars to The Swimmers (Hardcover) by Julie Otsuka
]]> Review7303944204 Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:33:03 -0800 <![CDATA[Beth added 'A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy� A Memoir of Sorts']]> /review/show/7303944204 A Thousand Feasts by Nigel Slater Beth gave 4 stars to A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy� A Memoir of Sorts (Kindle Edition) by Nigel Slater
]]> Review7278417923 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 04:05:21 -0800 <![CDATA[Beth added 'The Cliffs']]> /review/show/7278417923 The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan Beth gave 3 stars to The Cliffs (Hardcover) by J. Courtney Sullivan
When you’re a bestselling author, and have been working on a book for eight years, sometimes you just have to call it and put it out for publication…whether it’s actually done or not. This book felt like one of those times. It is ambitious, and head-and-shoulders above Sullivan‘s previous work in both scope and depth. She’s going for something very, very compelling here, and the historical research behind the plot is impressive. But somehow the whole thing doesn’t feel as cohesive as it should. Compelling premise, interesting characters, that house…but it’s all just too much, like Sullivan didn’t want to waste a single bit of that diligent research so included everything, without fully telling the stories attached. I wish the she had chosen one or two of the (fascinating) plot lines and run with them. Or perhaps, North Woods-style, told the different strands as linked stories. Something is off with the structure here—like the book should have been either longer, to fully show off the source material, or shorter and more focused. As it stands, we’re somewhere in the middle and it all doesn’t work as well as it should. ]]> Review7254580920 Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:56:02 -0800 <![CDATA[Beth added 'Ingrained: An Uplifting Memoir about Woodworking and Craftsmanship']]> /review/show/7254580920 Ingrained by Callum Robinson Beth gave 4 stars to Ingrained: An Uplifting Memoir about Woodworking and Craftsmanship (Hardcover) by Callum Robinson
]]> UserChallenge58124369 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:31:06 -0800 <![CDATA[ Beth has challenged herself to read 50 books in 2025. ]]> /user/show/1112068-beth 11627
She has read 5 books toward her goal of 50 books.
 
5 of 50 (10%)
Create your own 2025 Reading Challenge » ]]> Review6991188547 Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:46:38 -0800 <![CDATA[Beth added 'Tell Me Everything']]> /review/show/6991188547 Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Beth gave 4 stars to Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) by Elizabeth Strout
]]> Review6977685114 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 19:49:31 -0800 <![CDATA[Beth added 'The God of the Woods']]> /review/show/6977685114 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Beth gave 5 stars to The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition) by Liz Moore
Unputdownable. ]]> Review3667897438 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:39:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Beth added 'The Secret History']]> /review/show/3667897438 The Secret History by Donna Tartt Beth gave 5 stars to The Secret History (Paperback) by Donna Tartt
]]> Review6939359210 Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:39:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Beth added 'The Paris Novel']]> /review/show/6939359210 The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl Beth gave 4 stars to The Paris Novel (Hardcover) by Ruth Reichl
]]>