Haul | Book Buddy Picks My Books Vol. 3

Hello everyone, today I am here with another ______ Picks My Books post. This month I had a very good friend Reg from Bookish in Bed pick out a few books for my to add to my TBR. Reg and I have been book buddies for months at this point, I even got to meet up with her at bookcon and it was a ton of fun. Since I have known and talked to Reg pretty regularly I was very confident in letter her pick whatever books she wanted to add to my TBR.

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This month is a bit different then previous installments since I am currently doing my Read 5, Buy 1 Challenge, I am actually picking the books up from the library. If you want more information on this challenge I did a whole post you can see here: Lets Talk | My Read 5, Buy 1 Challenge.

Anyway, when I asked Reg to pick my books I gave her the same parameters I gave everyone else, pick 2 books, any books you want me to read at some point in the near future. Reg started thinking about all of the options she had. I have to admit, my side of the deal is pretty easy, I try the books people suggest to me. To be the one picking is a lot of pressure. I know for my I would hate it if someone did not like a book I picked for them, but this is all in the name of fun and I hope you didn’t feel too much pressure Reg!

The Books

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

“Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice” of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.” -goodreads.com

Little Children by Tom Perrotta

“Tom Perrotta’s thirtyish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There’s Todd, the handsome stay-at-home dad dubbed “The Prom King” by the moms at the playground, and his wife, Kathy, a documentary filmmaker envious of the connection Todd has forged with their toddler son. And there’s Sarah, a lapsed feminist surprised to find she’s become a typical wife in a traditional marriage, and her husband, Richard, who is becoming more and more involved with an internet fantasy life than with his own wife and child. And then there’s Mary Ann, who has life all figured out, down to a scheduled roll in the hay with her husband every Tuesday at nine P.M. They all raise their kids in the kind of quiet suburb where nothing ever seems to happen – until one eventful summer, when a convicted child molester moves back to town, and two parents begin an affair that goes further than either of them could ever have imagined.”  -goodreads.com

First and foremost, I have no idea how I have never read a Gillian Flynn book. I love thrillers, you would have thought I would have read at least one book by her. I mean Flynns name comes up so frequently in the book sphere in general, but to be someone who loves thriller and have not read her, I really am not sure of how this happened. So I am so happy that Reg picked this book for me to read. I cannot wait to get it from the library and dive in.

The second book, Little Children I have never heard of before. I don’t know about you, but I get very excited when people recommend books I have never heard of before. I think because there is less of a hype and I don’t need to “fear” being let down after 24124902359 people post about how much they loved it. When I looked up this book, I was pretty much instantly intrigued. What affair? What happens with the new guy in town? How will this change affect the children? How will this change the social scape of this small town? I had so many questions instantly. If you couldn’t tell I was also very excited about this recommendation as well.

Have you read either of these books? What do you think of them?

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