[53] Mile High by Liz Tomforde
Fiction / Romance / Sports, saw in “Available Now” on Libby, audiobook

Synopsis: Zanders, Chicago’s bad boy star hockey player, has a list of women he can call in every city his team stops in. He’s not looking for commitment. Stevie, the new flight attendant on the team’s private plane can’t stand Zanders and how pompous and cocky he is. And she’s sworn off dating athletes. But the bickering between them leads to playful banter and a desire to be together. Can Zanders give up his playboy persona and can they sneakily be together and avoid getting caught for the “no fraternizing with team players” rule for the flight attendants?

Review: There’s lots of chemistry between Zanders and Stevie, and they’re both layered, interesting characters (with lots of interesting side characters and story going on), but holy crap this is WAY too long. It was 16 hours and 48 mins. I think the printed copy is over 600 pages? Just no. For that, I’m out. As in, I can’t recommend this. I don’t think I will listen to the second book in the series if it’s that long. It just dragged on.

(I will say, I did love the found family storyline, but still, no)

Recommend? No

[54] Always the Last to Know by Kristan Higgins
Fiction / Women, recommendation from Kim Hooper, Kindle

Synopsis: The Frosts are a divided family. Barb, the mother, favors Juliet, the oldest daughter, an architect who seemingly has the perfect life. John, the husband, favors Sadie, the much younger daughter, who’s living a chaotic life in New York city, teaching art to grade schoolers, and trying to sell her own art on the side. Barb and John’s 50th wedding anniversary is coming up, and Barb’s planned gift is to ask for a divorce, but then John falls and has a stroke and everyone’s lives change.

Review: Family dramas, you know I love them. There was so much ick to me in each parent obviously favoring one child. Aren’t parents supposed to hide that? Ha. It made me want to keep reading to see how much more ridiculous the story would get. I’ve definitely read juicier family dramas, but this was a quick and easy read that kept me coming back to see what was going to happen, and I enjoyed it.

Recommend? Yes

[55] Dust by Hugh Howey
Fiction / Dystopian, 3rd in series, audiobook

Synopsis: This is the final book in the Silo trilogy, where folks live in a huge silo underground, and don’t know why and aren’t allowed to leave.

Review: I appreciate that this was shorter than the last book – only 8 hours. And the story moved faster too. But, I could barely follow it. Is part of it because I was bored and my mind was wandering? Yes? Is part of it because I was sick of reading about people moving around in an underground silo? Also yes. Meh. It kind of wrapped things up but left me with a lot of questions, and I don’t want to think about these books anymore so I’m a bit annoyed. Ha.

Recommend? No