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THE QUESTIONS:
1. What are you currently reading? Tell us about it!
2. Do you judge a book by its cover? What cover elements make you not want to pick up a book?
3. Do you participate in any other bookish link-ups? Tell us about them so we can join next time!
4. Have you ever watched a movie that was better than its book version? Explain yourself!
5. Summer is here! Do you read more often during any particular season?
6. What is the worst book you’ve read this year? Why?

MY ANSWERS:
1. What are you currently reading? Tell us about it!
The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Goodreads.com Synopsis:
Still grieving the death of her prematurely delivered infant, Lila finds a welcome distraction in renovating a country house she’s recently inherited. Surrounded by blueprints and plaster dust, though, she finds herself drawn into the story of a group of idealistic university grads from thirty years before, who’d thrown off the shackles of bourgeois city life to claim the cottage and rely only on each other on the land. But utopia-building can be fraught with unexpected peril, and when the fate of the group is left eerily unclear, Lila turns her attention to untangling a web of secrets to uncover the shocking truth of what happened that fateful year, in order to come to terms with her own loss and build a new future for herself.

Suspenseful and moving, with a deep secret at its heart, THE SHADOW YEAR is Hannah Richell’s breakout book.

My Thoughts So Far…I’m half-way through this. It was kind of slow going at the first. That could’ve just been me though (not sure if I was ready to read this kind of book…so ignore the slow going part). I’m curious enough to be at the “I’ll just read the dialogue part” because I want to know what happens. Like I have an idea, but really have no REAL idea. Definitely pick this one up!

2. Do you judge a book by its cover? What cover elements make you not want to pick up a book?
Yes. And I’ll freely admit that! I pick up books that have bright covers. I pick up books that look fun. If it has a bad cover or something that doesn’t look interesting, I won’t read it. Being in two book clubs has really stretched my reading. There have been a lot of covers lately (including the one I just told you about) that I would’ve never picked up on my own.

3. Do you participate in any other bookish link-ups? Tell us about them so we can join next time!
No. I do not.

4. Have you ever watched a movie that was better than its book version? Explain yourself!
Not that I can recall.

5. Summer is here! Do you read more often during any particular season?
Not really. Maybe on vacation??

6. What is the worst book you’ve read this year? Why?
So far I haven’t read anything that would fall into the “worst” category. Well, I’ve got one that I picked up to review that I’m stuck in the middle of…like it’s borderline “worst” category because it’s taking so long to finish!

What about you? How would you answer the above questions??