DARK MATTER (Blake Crouch) - March 30/24

 Wow! I was a little baffled by some of the scientific concepts in the book, but it was ultimately irrelevant given how fast-paced and engrossing much of this book is. I really tore through the final third of this book, as it was packed with twist after exciting scene after another. Really good. **** out of ****

BOOK LOVERS (Emily Henry) - March 24/24

 Picked this up after I had to stop reading The Grapes of Wrath, this features an inventive premise and several very agreeable characters. But it’s overwritten to an absurd degree, as the story just drags and drags as Henry places her protagonists into one episodic, extensively described scenario after another. And the sex stuff is written with all the subtlety of a Harlequin novel. It’s fine, is the bottom line, but it should’ve been better. **1/2 out of ****

FLOAT (Kate Marchant) - March 10/24

 Yeah, this is fine but holy hell it’s so long. The characters are appealing enough and it’s basically readable the whole way through but it really drags in spots. It definitely feels like it should be half the length. **1/2 out of ****