It's Monday! What Are You Reading #474, July 6th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #473
Teaser Tuesday #481
WWW Wednesday #481
WOW #477
Will the Time Come #474
Third Sentence Thursday #464
Random Reads #450
First Lines Friday #477
Book Blogger Hop #143
The Reward Challenge Update #459
Wheel of TBR #6
How Well I Stuck to It #311
Wrote that Review Update #308

Week 27 Reviews:
Saving Red
Flame in the Mist
The Speed of Falling Objects
Dread Nation
Cut Off
Etiquette & Espionage
Summer Knight
No Place Like Oz
The Witch Must Burn
The Wizard Returns
Heart of Tin
The Straw King
Ruler of Beasts
Order of the Wicked
Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Queen of Oz
Dorothy Must Die
Dangerous Remedy
Tiny Pretty Things
The Beast is an Animal

Make Your Myth-Taker Readathon 2020:
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Update 26

24 Hour Reading Challenge:
Update 1
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Update 4
Update 5
Update 6
Update 7 and Wrap Up

Page-a-Thon:
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To Be Continued Readathon:
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Random:
We Have the Cover of Night Rebel #3!!!!
We Have the Cover of Every Single Lie!!!!
We Have the Cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club!!!!
We Have the Cover of The Last Hours #2!!!!
The Reading Rush 2020 Sign Up
Do I Have that Book Tag

OK, so I got 53 posts in 7 days, I read a good number of books, and so posted about them, which added to a lot of posts, since I have a few challenges going on right now! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want!

Week 27 Review: The Speed of Falling Objects

From Goodreads:
From the author of When Elephants Fly comes an exceptional new novel about falling down, risking everything and embracing what makes us unique. Don't miss this compulsively readable novel about the most unlikely of heroes.

Danger "Danny" Danielle Warren is no stranger to falling. After losing an eye in a childhood accident, she had to relearn her perception of movement and space. Now Danny keeps her head down, studies hard, and works to fulfill everyone else's needs. She's certain that her mom's bitterness and her TV star father's absence are her fault. If only she were more-more athletic, charismatic, attractive-life would be perfect.

When her dad calls with an offer to join him to film the next episode of his popular survivalist show, Danny jumps at the chance to prove she's not the disappointment he left behind. Being on set with the hottest teen movie idol of the moment, Gus Price, should be the cherry on top. But when their small plane crashes in the Amazon, and a terrible secret is revealed, Danny must face the truth about the parent she worships and falling for Gus, and find her own inner strength and worth to light the way home.

My Review:
Man, I really enjoyed this book! It's a survival story in the Amazon, but it's also a story about a girl's relationship with her dad. There was also a bit of her relationship with Gus, but that wasn't quite as important. It was all great to read!

I just wanted to tell Danny that regardless of what you think of your dad, that he's not going to live up to your expectations. He's human, he's not perfect like you've been thinking. And she does learn this over the course of the book. It hurt, because she endured a lot of his criticisms that were pretty harsh, because she wanted his approval. And he didn't deserve that kind of loyalty. Some of it, sure, but not all. 

Her relationship with her dad was the most important one, there was also the thing with Gus. And there's the added conflict of that they're being taped for the show, and all the drama that goes along with it. There were personal details, and not all of it taped, but enjoyable to read! Loved it!

That ending, man! It's bittersweet, because of how many people actually made it out of the group that crash landed. But some people did make it out. I really enjoyed seeing Danny there, because she's grown as a person, and seen her strength, and I just really enjoyed that!

This was a really great read, I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm so glad that I read it!

Author: Nancy Richardson Fischer
Read: June 28th, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Published: October 1st 2019

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Magical Readathon 2020 Visit Hogesmeade Update 7

So I read my next book of the Visit Hogesmeade Readalong, and it was The Speed of Falling Objects, which is for Honeydukes. I'll be reading Dread Nation next!

My Reading Journey:

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: The Marauder's Map
Started On: June 24th
Finished On: June 24th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 632

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Prompt Fulfilled: Zonko's Joke Shop
Started On: June 25th
Finished On: June 25th, 10:14 PM
Pages Read: 215

Artemis by Andy Weir
Prompt Fulfilled: Owl Post
Started On: June 26th
Finished On: June 26th, 7:24 PM
Pages Read: 322

Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray
Prompt Fulfilled: Three Broomsticks Inn
Started On: June 26th
Finished On: June 26th, 11:38 PM
Pages Read: 470

Saving Red by Sonya Sones
Prompt Fulfilled: Hog's Head Inn
Started On: June 27th
Finished On: June 27th, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 448

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
Prompt Fulfilled: Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop
Started On: June 27th
Finished On: June 27th, 11:58 PM
Pages Read: 392

The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer
Prompt Fulfilled: Honeydukes
Started On: June 28th
Finished On: June 28th, 11:23 AM
Pages Read: 384

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Prompt Fulfilled: Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop
Started On: June 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Prompts Left: Shrieking Shack, Dervish and Banges
Read: 7
Pages Read: 2863

Magical Readathon 2020 Visit Hogesmeade Update 6

So I read my next book of the Visit Hogesmeade Readalong, and it was Flame in the Mist, which is for Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. I'll be reading The Speed of Falling Objects next!

My Reading Journey:

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: The Marauder's Map
Started On: June 24th
Finished On: June 24th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 632

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Prompt Fulfilled: Zonko's Joke Shop
Started On: June 25th
Finished On: June 25th, 10:14 PM
Pages Read: 215

Artemis by Andy Weir
Prompt Fulfilled: Owl Post
Started On: June 26th
Finished On: June 26th, 7:24 PM
Pages Read: 322

Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray
Prompt Fulfilled: Three Broomsticks Inn
Started On: June 26th
Finished On: June 26th, 11:38 PM
Pages Read: 470

Saving Red by Sonya Sones
Prompt Fulfilled: Hog's Head Inn
Started On: June 27th
Finished On: June 27th, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 448

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
Prompt Fulfilled: Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop
Started On: June 27th
Finished On: June 27th, 11:58 PM
Pages Read: 392

The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer
Prompt Fulfilled: Honeydukes
Started On: June 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: ,Shrieking Shack, Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop, Dervish and Banges
Read: 6
Pages Read: 2479