TELL ME TUESDAY #62

TELL ME TUESDAY is a feature that oozed from my post Twitter party fried-brains. It is a weekly, or bi-weekly feature (depending on your reading style), where you tell us what you are reading now, and why, and what you will be reading in the future from your tbr pile, and why. I am oh so curious why people read what they read. So tell me!

Joining us this week...
Shannon from REX ROBOT REVIEWS

Go have a peek at their new grabs and tell them yours!

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THE HEART GOES LAST

Yes, I am still reading this Adult Fiction by MARGARET ATWOOD, author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE. It took me 10 days to read the first half of the book. It dragged and it seemed like the torture would never end, and then... at about 55%... the book started filling with GOODNESS. After several highly predictable plot turns, there was an unexpected twist around 52% and then it slid back into tediousness for a bit, but then BAM, it was like a different author took over the writing. STRANGE. Even if it remains wonderful until the end it is still getting a bad rating because no reader should have to wait until past the 50% mark to become invested in a story. I almost DNFed this three different times.

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After I read my next ARC due, The Middle Grade RULES FOR STEALING STARS, I am going to tackle...

AN INHERITANCE OF ASHES 
The author Leah Bobet is a stuck-up @#$%&!, but her first YA, ABOVE, was magnificent, and I am excited to read this one. She said in an interview that the only reason she wrote ABOVE was to prove Young Adult could be written intelligently (oh excuse us), and she would never (ever) write another YA novel. Never say never, I guess her mother never gave her that bit of advice.
 

What are you reading? Tell me!