The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst
I thought this was a stand alone novel and it is and it isn’t … from what I saw on a Goodreads review, Durst actually wrote this as a trilogy and the follow up novels are even written but due to some corporate acquisitions and mergers, the new publisher chose not to proceed with the series. Fortunately, I feel like it ends less on a cliff hanger as much as an ambiguous ending in that lets you assume what happens next. As a fan of […]
Stranded by Sarah Goodwin
CBR Bingo: Shelfie (Purchased the e-book–it’s cheap!) Yay! I can’t believe I finished my Bingo card, this is my first time ever doing that! I wish I would have finished on a stronger book, though. Stranded is the story of Maddy, a woman who has been cast on a Survivor-esque reality show where eight people are left on an island for a year to try and survive and build a community. After a couple months of uneasy cooperation, things start to go wrong. If you’ve read Lord […]
I’ve been meaning to read this book for a long time, and the impending release of Ron Howard’s adaptation spurred me to finally pick it up. It’s one of the better reading choices I’ve made this year. For the uninitiated, the Essex was a whaling ship that was sunk in 1820 roughly halfway between Hawaii and the coast of Peru; almost as far from land as you can be and still consider yourself terrestrial. The ship was attacked by a sperm whale, which ultimately inspired […]
