Three Books I've Read Over the Span of a Weekend
Happy Friday everyone! I think every reader out there loves the weekend. It offers much more dedicated time to uninterrupted reading, and you can really knock out some pages over just a few days. Sometimes, when those pages are particularly good, they can pull you in, put you under a spell, and glue your butt to the sofa and your eyes to the lines. There’s been many books that have captured my attention to the point that I can’t put it down, but there haven’t been too many that I have read over the span of just a single weekend. Here are a couple that I have:
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
I now know that Ali Hazelwood is one of my favorite authors, but at the time I picked up the Love Hypothesis, the only thing I had known about her was her recognizable covers. This book completely captured me. I can go one step beyond saying I read this in a single weekend and confidently say I read this in less than 24 hours. This book immediately draws you in with a funny, entertaining meet cute. The characters, while not the most developed of any romance book I’ve ever read, are so loveable, and their story is unmatched. The male lead of this book is one of my favorites of all time, and I find myself still thinking about the character even months after I’ve read the book. The grumpy sunshine trope is so strong throughout this book, and it makes the characters and the storyline really stick with you, and it really makes you stuck in the book. I love the themes centered around science (both main characters are biologists) and I love the real, though obviously romanticized, portrayal of academia. This book also had a fake dating trope, which can be really good or REALLY bad in my opinion. This one was good, end of story. The fake dating didn’t drag on forever, and though this led to some very obviously messy feelings, there wasn’t a significantly long amount of time where they obviously had feelings for each other but wouldn’t admit it. This book got an easy five stars from me, and even though I only read it in August, writing this review is making me want to reread!
Wool by Hugh Howey
The first book in the Silo series had me thinking one thought after I put it down: how are some people so creative? The world that Howey creates is eerie, magical, and extremely captivating. I have always been a science fiction girl, though as I’ve gotten older, I’ve leaned more towards the quick romances. This book immediately reminded me of why I love science fiction, and why it was the genre that initially got me into reading in middle school. This book from the first pages leaves you with questions you can only find by getting through more of the book, which is how I knocked out this book of almost 600 pages in just a weekend. Though not necessarily a horror book, I did find myself with sweaty palms and a fast-beating heart at times as I anticipated what words lied at the bottom of the page. Every character in this book is extremely well developed, and the concept of the book overall is so unique. It revolves around a society that exists in old grain silos underground while the air outside is poisonous. The higher up you live in the silo the higher your class is, and the closer you are to the screen that displays the live video feed to the outside world (which looks harmless but will kill you as soon as you breathe the air). If this isn’t a scary enough world to live in, there is an added layer, in that the cameras that show the live feed of outside have to be cleaned once a year (with wool, wheras we get the name of the book). So every year, one person is sent out into pure poison to clean the camera and die. Why would they clean the camera if they are being sent to their death..? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Finally, the last book that I will be sharing that I read in a weekend, is the Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston. If you know anything about this author, you know that she creates magic; literally. Heer books all have an element of magical realism to them, and it makes them impossible to put down. The Seven Year slip tells the story of a woman who, in the midst of the loss of her aunt, moves into the passed relative’s apartment. This apartment, however, is no regular living space. Without notice and unable to control, the apartment sends her back exactly seven years into the past. Throughout this phenomenon, she begins a relationship with a boy from the past, who had recently showed up in her future as well. This dichotomy is obviously extremely difficult for our main character to navigate, as time travel comes with a lot of confusing feelings and uncertainty. I loved the characters in this book: their stories, their careers, their motivations. The characters, magical elements, and storyline of this book make it incredibly digestible and