From the bookshelf

One New Year's Resolution I can say that I really have accomplished was to read more this year. I joined the Goodreads 2022 reading challenge and have just finished book 25/52! 

This past read was a "The Song of Achilles". This was a "BookTok" recommendation and to be honest I really didn't know anything about it before I picked it up. It seemed to be really popular on Tiktok and I thought this would be a good chance to step out of my normal genre. 

From the back cover: 

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

My thoughts:

Meh. It was ok I guess but maybe not worth the hype. To be fair, this book is not my typical genre and also revolves around Greek Mythology- which I can appreciate but not that into. 

This book took me about 5 days-ish to read, I just wasn't reaching for it, hooked into the story line, or eager to know what came next. I did get a little teary eyed at the end but was not as emotionally devastated as other readers reviewed. Not a book I'll be reaching for again but not a book I couldn't finish.

Up next:
I reeeeally planned to bring "It Ends With Us" on vacation with me- it's literally sitting in my suitcase right now.  I bought this book way back in December but still haven't read it yet. Buuuut I just got a notification that I had a book become available at the library. 

Annnnnd when I got to the library I found out that I actually I had TWO books available, including this behemoth 798 page book 😳😳😳 I'll get to reading "It Ends With Us" eventually... probably... 

What's on your reading list?