The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (Read 5/15/18 to 5/23/18) - 3 star

This was my BOTM book for May.  I didn’t like this book. It dragged for me, the characters fell flat and the concept was ok, I just couldn’t seem to get into it though. So my thing is that the jinni fell in love with the golem, and I think the golem fell in love with the jinni but it was all so vague. I can see the sequel set up, I’m just not sure I want to read it.

Year One by Nora Roberts (Read 4/16/18 to 4/23/18) - 5 Star

Ok so...I happen to have become a Nora Roberts fan in the last few years, of both her romance and non-romance series.  That being said, I’m loving this book! One of the things I like about her writing is what I find to be an easy storytelling style.  This isn’t her first foray into witchcraft as a theme either. I didn’t want to put it down I was hooked.  I feel like it’s a softer version of The Stand, but with a supernatural virus beginning instead of government gone wrong. Most apocalyptic books don’t do lead up to the characters, it’s boom the world is dying how do you react? I like the characters, I want to know more    Oh and did anyone but me catch the dog they went out with patient one on his walk was named Bilbo.  
In our book club, there were some comments that the characters were not well developed.  Personally, I feel that she develops her characters quite well. They are not hard core, deeper meaning literary characters. To me they are more fun, it’s a good story with good characters, there isn’t a bigger picture besides the joy of telling a story. It’s a nice change sometimes for me.  
I really liked this book, Roberts has a style, she likes to write trilogies. Each book will probably follow the perspective of a different person, but they will all intertwine. I’m really looking forward to the book coming out later this year, it will be from Fallon’s perspective as she comes into her power.
I can see the comparison to the stand and the power players being set up, even though Lana left New Hope I don’t think those characters are completely gone.

Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill (Read 2/1/118 to 2/17/18) - 5 Stars

This was recommend by my boyfriend, and it was great.  Think post-apocoplyse but we didn't make it.  It was great.  The story was engaging and interesting. I really liked the characters, the robots were funny and engaging and made you think about the world around you.  When all the humans were gone the machines gained humanity, but no necessarily the good parts of our humanity.