Book Review: In The Woods by Tana French

In the Woods by Tana French

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I'm so mad at this book!

I kept reading in hopes to get the big answer to the big question and she never gave it!!!! Ugh!

Four days of my life that I'll never get back!

Then I just looked at the other Dublin Murder books - she doesn't even revisit her main character Ryan (who was a whiny, wimpy, pathetic excuse for a detective and partner) or offer to give her readers any resolution for what happened to him. As of right now I refuse to read any other of her books, I'm just too upset.

This is the second book to ever have made me want to throw it across the room after reading it!

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Reading Like Crazy!

I forget sometimes -- with work, kids, hubby, home, responsibilities, et cetera -- just how much I enjoy reading. English teacher that I am, I don't often get to read what I want during the school year. Instead, I end up loading up my summer with mainly NY Times Best Seller's List and a few suggestions.

This summer has been no exception, so far I've read:

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
3. The Shack
4. Her Fearful Symmetry
5. Best Friends Forever
6. Sizzle

What I have left to read before school starts:

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2. Perfect Peace
3. Someone Knows My Name

And I'm currently reading The Passage. I love vampire novels, movies, TV shows (Ah, Sookie!), so this novel is definitely giving me my fix. When I requested this book from the library I had no idea it was 829 pages long!! I've been reading for 2 days and am already on page 349. This book is delicious. I won't give any spoilers. I was like a little kid in the car today trying to explain what I've read so far to hubby. I can totally see this becoming a movie or TV series, it's just that good. From the very first page, you're hooked. The tone is set and the stage is ready. The way that Cronin builds the story has me itching to get further into the "what's going to happen next?" and "where is SHE?" and "how long can they survive like that?". I'm loving it and all I can hope is that all the reviews will not let me down when I get to the end.

Gotta run! Page 350 is calling my name like crack!!!!!!!!

Tuesday Teaser: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

This weekly theme is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. If you're currently reading a book and have it nearby, play along with us! Then go back and link up on her page to find other great books!

Here's the simple rules:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I'm currently reading the first novel in the Stieg Larsson Trilogy, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo:

"Salander said nothing, but she watched him intently as he touched the handlebars and tried the accelerator. She did not like anyone touching her stuff...Salander took a tour around the cabin, looking suspicious, but she seemed to relax when she could find no immediate sings of any insidious trap."

So far it's a great read, trying to rush through it to not only see the movie with hubby, but to get started on the next 2 novels!!