FRIDAY FINDS is hosted by A Daily Rhythm and showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list. Whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).
My finds this week include a memoir, a YA thriller, and of course a romance:
1. He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter’s Quest to Know Him by Mimi Baird and Eve Claxton
This book looks at a man’s life in dealing with manic depression and how it affected the daughter who was forever apart from him. I think that this will be a very interesting book, and there are a lot of “good” things being said about it by numerous sources, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. When I say good I don’t mean happy, skip down the lane holding hands good. This is quoted as being a “disturbing and profoundly moving book” and while I’m sure it will be heart-wrenching, I think it will be a thought-provoking read.
2. The Memory Key by Liana Liu
I think this sounds like its going to be a great book. At some point in the future, there is a viral form of Alzheimer’s that ravages the nation so everyone is issued “memory chips” that are installed in their brains to help them hold onto memories. The heroine’s memory chip gets damaged, so then she starts remembering odd things, but who can tell if they’re real memories or just products of a damaged memory chip? We will find out! (Hopefully)
3. The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase
This is Chase’s debut novel. Amazon compares her writing to that of Emily Giffin, who I’ve fallen in love with this year. I’m excited to give this one a try.
So those are my finds this week! Please feel free to share your finds or leave a link to your own “Friday Finds” blog posting below! Happy Friday!
Great finds. The Memory Key sounds like such an interesting read. I’m going to add it to my TBR along with He Wanted the Moon. 🙂
Here is my list: https://sociallyawkwardbookworm.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/friday-finds-5/
Those do look great! Recommend me something by Emily Giffin.
I loved her Something Borrowed and Something Blue! The Something Borrowed book was made into a movie as well. You can see reviews for both of these under the book reviews section on my blog 🙂
The Wanted Moon looks interesting. Here are my Friday Finds for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/03/friday-finds-74.html
Great finds! I haven’t heard of these before, but they look interesting. Here’s my FF: http://darcysbookblog.com/2015/03/13/friday-finds-march-13/