Weekly Wrap Up 3

I am on a roll this week. I've read 5 things. I feel like maybe I'm getting out of the dreaded reading slump!

The first thing I picked up was third installment of Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. I've never really been into manga or anime but I started watching the anime alongside reading the manga and I'm really enjoying it. I like that we got a lot more backstory in this one. I gave the volume 3 stars.

Then I checked out The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang on audiobook. It is definitely steamy in parts. The premise is a woman with autism is bad at dating and sex so she hires an escort to teach her. (A reverse-gender Pretty Woman) While I liked parts of it, the miscommunication, repetitive reasons why they couldn't actually be together, and other parts just felt forced and contrived. Despite those things, I liked the story. I gave it 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3 on goodreads.

Then I picked up A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Bernard. This is a YA novel about a selective mute girl who falls for a Deaf guy. They communicate through sign language. This was a cutesy fluffy novel but it was well written. I'm always interested in learning more about Deaf culture and this gave me some insight. I gave the story 3 stars.

Next I picked up Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 4 by Hiromu Arakawa. The story is definitely developing which I'm enjoying but the fight scenes are somewhat lacking in the manga. They definitely play out better on the anime. I gave this one 3 stars.

Lastly, I listened to The Book of M by Peng Shepherd. This book is a dystopian world where people lose their shadows, and with them, their memories. Once they lose their memories, people can become violent, which makes the world a very dangerous place. I was so immersed in the story; even dreaming about the characters and spending every spare second I could reading. I loved the story, the world, the characters, everything. I can't believe this is a debut novel! I will definitely pick up anything else she writes in the future. I was left with some questions at the end but overall the experience was phenomenal. I gave the book 5 stars.