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text 2019-07-05 16:19
My June 2019
Verbrechen - Ferdinand von Schirach
American Panda - Gloria Chao
Verbrechen - 4.5 stars
American Panda - 5 stars

 

Favorite book(s) of the month:

EVERYTHING

 

Books started this month but haven't finished yet:

Still, Tote Asche, Percy Jackson - Die Schlacht um das Labyrinth, Gläsernes Schwert, On The Come Up

 

Random ramblings:

I didn't even wanted to post this but here we go. I was in the worst reading slump last month and reading just felt like the worst chore and I just didn't wanna do it but made myself do it, which ended with me reading and not going anywere. That's why this month I decided to take the first week off, it's nearly over and I find myself being excited about reading again. Thank god.

 
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review SPOILER ALERT! 2019-06-18 17:32
American Panda!!!
American Panda - Gloria Chao

english review (not spoilerfree)

audiobook on audible

 

Summary: At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies.

With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth--that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.

But when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels?

 

My review: Character growth at it's finest!!!

 

I love Mei. I love her in the beginning of the book where she tries very hard to please her parents but gets no affection in return. I love her while she is struggeling to make her own decisions, live the life she actually wants to live without offending her parents. And I love her when she finally stands up for herself. I LOVE HER, she has just such an amazing growth throughout the whole book.

 

I loved Mei reconnecting with her brother and the whole relationship she started to have with him and his future wife. And just everything. I was so excited when she made the first step towards him.

 

I also really liked that she started for form relationships at college. That she and her roomate made up and that they started to have a really sweet friendship. Also her budding romance with Darren, who I truly loved. I really liked how their relationship developed. What I loved even more was that the relationship between them didn't overpower the story. At the end of it all, this was Mei's story, finding her own voice in a family that liked to control everything about their children.

 

To be honest, I was pretty sure the book would end with Mei being completely cut off from her parents, but I'm glad that her mother actually came around, that she really tried to make an effort to better her relationship with her daughter.

 

Overall I truly loved the story, the characters and the writing (I also really enjoyed the voice of the audiobook reader). I can't wait to read more by the author.

 
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text 2019-06-16 14:26
Reading progress update: I've read 77%.
American Panda - Gloria Chao

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I haven't hated bookish parents like that in a really long time. I get that I don't know anything about their traditions but the parents are just really controlling and I don't like that at all. Both kids not doing something they want them to do, and the get cut off just like that. I'm not sure how they will ever come around.

 
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text 2019-06-04 13:58
REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE - From Geek to Greek Billionaire (Anderson Brothers #5) by Gloria Silk
From Geek to Greek Billionaire (Anderson Brothers #5) - Gloria Silk

@XpressoReads, @hotchoc84 (Charlotte), @glorialsilk, #NewAdult, #Contemporary, #Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

 

Olivia Moore has landed her dream job—to renovate a very special beach house for her best friend, Maria. The last thing Olivia needs is to bump into her teen crush, the geeky yet sexy Alexander Anderson. The young man she fell deeply in love with is now her best friend’s brother-in-law. 

When the shy, enigmatic bachelor asks for Olivia’s help with a special makeover and an infusion of confidence to woo a particular woman (unaware that she’s the one he’s after) she wants nothing to do with him. After all despite her generous nature to help everyone, she cannot risk getting closer to him. What if she falls in love with him again and then if he discovers her secret past, which she is still coming to terms with, it may tear them apart forever? 

(This bestselling story is an expanded and enhanced 40,000 word novelette which was first published as part of the amazing Billionaires on the Beach Anthology which donated 100% of the proceeds for breast cancer in summer of 2017.)

 

Source: archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2019/06/04/From-Geek-to-Greek-Billionaire-Anderson-Brothers-5-by-Gloria-Silk
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text 2019-05-03 16:44
REVIEW BY CHARLOTTE - Nobody's Baby but Mine by Gloria Silk
Nobody's Baby but Mine - Gloria Silk

@XpressoReads, @hotchoc84 (Charlotte), @glorialsilk, #Adult, #Contemporary, #Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

 

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Gloria Silk this is a gripping, romantic and sensuous novel of marriage, fidelity, fertility and the power of love.

“Gripping, romantic, sensuous and astute.” 

“New women’s fiction that touches all of our emotions, fulfills our yearnings, and opens up new possibilities.”

Can Rachel and James find their way back into each other’s hearts after tasting temptation and facing devastating news? How strong is love in the face of reality? The seven year marriage between Rachel and her adoring patient saint of a husband has grown from great to blessed. But after years of failing to get pregnant all Rachel craves is a baby.

Her marriage to James is perfect…until she bumps into her sexy ex-lover, Brandon. Her desperate thought of wondering if he can get her pregnant makes Rachel realize that something has to change. After having more fertility tests she meets a beautiful pregnant career woman. It seems destined, and as they bond the young woman offers Rachel a gift that will change all their lives.

But has Rachel pushed her suddenly aloof husband away? Is it really his pressure at work or is he keeping something from her? Can they ever become a happy family, or is it too little too late? And where does Brandon come into all this when she discovers her husband’s biggest betrayal?
 

Source: archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2019/05/03/Nobodys-Baby-but-Mine-by-Gloria-Silk
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