When I Should Be Studying

Reasons For Reading This Book: I read Real Americans by Rachel Khong in participated with  The Readheads Podcast Book Club . At the time of reading this book I had also been reading similar books about similar topics so I was interested to get a different perspective and one that was more modern than the others I had been reading. When I first put this book on hold at the library I read the description, but by the time I was able to check it out I had forgotten what the description said so I went into to blind and with no expectations. Content of This Book: At the turn of the twenty first century two-year-old Lily Chen is living in New York City and working as an unpaid intern at a fancy media company. While at a company party she meets Matthew. They are complete opposites. He is  easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. In opposition Lily is flat-broke, raised in Tampa, and the only child of scient...

Reasons For Reading This Book: While visiting my sister-in-law, who is also a reader, I was telling her about Looking For Jane by Heather Marshall and she recommended The Alice Network by Kate Quinn . She had a copy so when I visited a couple weeks later and was ready to start a new book, I borrowed her copy. When she was telling me about the book she told me it was about a female spy network during the war. Other than that I had not idea what else the book was about. Content of This Book: Its 1947 Charlie St. Clair is a  pregnant, unmarried, American college student living in the  chaotic aftermath of World War II. Due to her situation her parents have threatened to throw her out of their proper family. Charlie is desperately hoping that her cousin Rose is still alive after disappearing in Nazi-occupied France during the war. Her parent's plan is to send her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, while there Charlie breaks free and heads to London, o...

Reasons For Reading This Book: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel  came recommended to me by my mom. I can't remember exactly what made her recommend it but she enjoyed it and thought I would too. When recommending it she told me that the plot involved a pandemic which resulted in an apocalyptic-like world. I have a history of either really liking or strongly disliking books revolving around a pandemic, knowing this I went into it with an open mind. Content of This Book: During a production of King Lear , Hollywood actor Arthur Leander had a heart attack on stage. Kirsten Raymonde, a child actor in the production has never forgot this night. This is also the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrives in the city. Civilization as we know it has come to an end within weeks of the pandemic. It is now twenty years later and Kirsten is traveling between settlements with a small troupe of actors and musicians. The troupe, The Traveling Symphony, are dedicated to bringing the arts...