Susan’s Book Blog

So I didn’t read quite as many as I’d wanted to. I got a little bogged down when I got to The Foxhole Court. I had to fight to finish it. I moved onto the second one in the series but I had to put it aside. I just wasn’t feeling it and needed to do CPR on my reading motivation’s will to live.  The ARCs I received this month were outstanding. If This Gets Out and Part of Your World were two of my favorite reads. Chef’s kiss. And speaking of, Chef’s Kiss , the graphic novel, was pretty adorable. I highly recommend all three.  It Happened One Summer was cute but overall left me pretty underwhelmed and a little disappointed. Especially after all the hype it received. I thought it was okay. I might reread it at some point in the future, and I will probably read the sequel that comes out next year. Here the Whole Time was so sweet. It’s not often you get to read about a boy in high school struggling with his weight and body image and also trying to navigate his changing feelings...

 I've just started this trilogy ( All For The Game ) seeing as I've seen it talked about and gushed over by just about everyone I follow on Bookstagram and GoodReads. And I truly did not expect to have such a hard time with it. This book was making me feel like I was having a stroke. Does anything make sense? Dialogue? Descriptions? Characters? Anything? Ever? I was so confused. Sakavic's writing style does not mesh well with my brain. Sometimes her phrasing and word choices trip me up and make me wonder (sincerely) if English is her first language. However, I am reading the kindle version and have caught several typos (the kind that add or change a word rather than just a simple misspelling) and it's making me wonder if that's where the problem lies. It's an interesting story even if it's fairly ridiculous in parts. The title, The Foxhole Court (which I doubt I need to explain seeing as I'm likely the last person on earth to be reading these) refers to...