What Are You Reading

It's Monday. What are you reading this week? Hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through A World of Books. This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week.

Books I finished in the last week:

The Sweetness of Forgetting - Kristen Harmel (upcoming blog tour)
The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker

Books I am reading this week:

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Day By Day Armageddon Beyond Exile - J.L. Bourne Audiobook

Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson Audiobook (another book that is totally Sheila's fault. I bought and read this when it first came out but thanks to Sheila's review of the audiobook, my husband and I are listening to it. Very slowly however. It has become what we listen to when we head to camp and head home.

Books to Finish This week:

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

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What Are You Reading Monday

It's Monday. What are you reading this week? Hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through A World of Books. This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week.

Books I finished in the last week:

Dark Souls - Paula Morris ( Didn't do a review. Was really good however. I think I liked Ruined better but both great books)

Books I am reading this week:

The Sweetness of Forgetting
Day By Day Armageddon Beyond Exile - J.L. Bourne Audiobook

Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson Audiobook (another book that is totally Sheila's fault. I bought and read this when it first came out but thanks to Sheila's review of the audiobook, my husband and I are listening to it. Very slowly however. It has become what we listen to when we head to camp and head home.

Books to Finish This week:

The Sweetness of Forgetting - Kristen Harmel

Ruined - A Review

Ruined - Paula Morris (own)

Overview:

A gripping YA supernatural novel set in New Orleans: TWILIGHT with a ghostly twist.

Rebecca couldn't feel more out of place in New Orleans, where she comes to spend the year while her dad is traveling. She's staying in a creepy old house with her Aunt Claudia, who reads Tarot cards for a living. And at the snooty prep school, a pack of filthy-rich girls treat Rebecca like she's invisible. Only gorgeous, unavailable Anton Grey seems to give Rebecca the time of day, but she wonders if he's got a hidden agenda. Then one night, in Lafayette Cemetery, Rebecca makes a friend. Sweet, mysterious Lisette is eager to talk to Rebecca, and to show her the nooks and crannies of the city.

My Thoughts:

Ruined is a fast paced Gothic ghost story set in New Orleans. All it took was for me to hear Gothic and ghost story put together and I knew I would have to read this. I love those stories and this was a pretty good one. 

The characters where interesting if not an eccentric bunch. I completely loved the plot of the curse and how it tied the families involved together. I think the only character that didn't fit well for me was Rebecca's father. I know he has his part in the story but it seemed almost irrelevant to even have him in the book. 

My absolute favorite aspect was hearing about the city. I loved this! Maybe it's because I will be making a very short trip there in a couple months but I couldn't get enough of the sites discussed.

Bottom line if you loved Gothic and ghost stories I think you will enjoy this. 

Author's Website: Paula Morris