My Book Journal

Short reviews of all the books I read, rated out of four.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW (Gabrielle Zevin) - February 20/25

 I really loved this book. The characters are very rich and their video game exploits were generally pretty fascinating. She lost me a little with the long chapter towards the end from the perspective inside the game, but otherwise I was pretty riveted throughout. **** out of ****

Thursday, February 13, 2025

MISERY (Stephen King) - February 13/25

 It probably goes without saying that this book is too long. I wasn’t much interested in the book within the book, nor was I crazy about the second half’s emphasis on Paul’s inner thoughts. But when this book is cooking it’s cooking. There are some really tense stretches and both characters are very well developed. ***1/2 out of ****

Wednesday, February 05, 2025

HEART OF THE MATTER (Emily Giffin) - February 5/25

 I discovered that this was the final Giffin book I hadn’t read so I was pretty excited. Anyway it’s fine. The biggest problem is that it’s insanely long. It felt like it could and should have been a quarter of the length. **1/2 out of ****