Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I really like the overall question this book asked:

Is it better to leave a religion you disagree with or stay in and hope to change things?

This book is written about Catholicism but my experience with the question is about ,Mormonism, but the problems are the same.

I related more to Lucy than to Michael because I was Lucy at one point in my life.

Winner Shannon's Choice Awards 2018:
Beset 2018 Release
Best YA

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Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

*Note to self, in the future trust Goodreads ratings and don't get a low rated book just because you're curious about it.*

As a P&P retelling, it missed the mark.

This was supposed to be a gender swapped retelling from the POV of Darcy. So, the main character was supposed to be a male Mr. Darcy and the love interest was supposed to be a female Elizabeth Bennett. I was a little confused because it seemed like both characters showed traits from the original characters. At the beginning of the book Darcy talked about wanting to marry for love which is something Elizabeth Bennett wanted as well.

It didn't exactly follow the plot and I got lost trying to keep up. I think it was more like 2 people who are kind of like Elizabeth and Darcy get into a situation that sort of resembles the one they got into in the book.

The one good thing I have to say about it is that it made sense for it to be set during Christmas. Usually stories set during a particular time of year would do just as well being set during any other time. But this book actually used Christmas traditions as part of the story. Darcy went caroling, Darcy and Luke kissed under mistletoe...

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Shunned: How I Lost my Religion and Found Myself by Linda A. Curtis

Shunned: How I Lost my Religion and Found Myself by Linda A. Curtis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was an excellent view into the worldview of a Jehovah's Witness. I could actually place myself in the shoes of a JW, though I'm not sure if that's because of my mormon background or Linda's excellent writing. I was able to learn things from this book that I wasn't able to from lurking r/exjw.

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The thing that jumped out to me most when reading this was the abundance of fertility problems. Pretty much everybody had some kind of fertility problem. If it wasn't inability to conceive or carry to term, it was an unplanned pregnancy (which is its own kind of fertility problem). There was only one couple we met who didn't seem to have fertility problems.

Pachinko is about giving people just enough that they come back for more. That theme is prevalent throughout the book and fertility is just one of the ways it was present. To be honest the fertility problems got old and were tiring. Fertility problems aren't that prevalent in the real world.

I just went on a two paragraph rant but really I enjoyed it. I couldn't wait until it was time to pick up my kindle and continue reading. I live in my american bubble and don't really know all that much about what happens outside the borders, hell I barely know what happens inside our borders. It was really nice getting a glimpse into what people around the world face.

Winner Shannon's Choice Awards 2018:
Best Historical Fiction

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