Another Friday, so time to post last Monday’s book diary! My big brother had a birthday, I had several online book clubs, and I now have a library post card to track my libraries with, so I guess I’m going back to a few to get their stamps. But it feels more official now.
I think I am still reading 62 books, according to goodreads.
Books Completed Feb 22-28
Kristy and the Snobs: Babysitters Club Graphic Novel #10, Chan Chau. Can these girls who mock an old mutt be redeemed? Turns out yes. Also, Stacey is awesome at dealing with rich bratty kids.
Waverider: Amulet 9, Kazu Kibuishi. Emily has her legs under her and is no longer frightened by the creature her great uncle released. I liked seeing how some of the environmental themes matched up with Nausicaä.
Golden Hour, Niki Smith. The pictures of the kid having flashbacks to the gun violence at his school were really disturbing and really reflected his jangle of emotions. His new friends seemed a bit too good to be true, but I liked seeing how they helped bring him back to equilibrium.
Mary Anne Saves the Day: Babysitter Club #4, Ann Martin. I like the text ones because there is more interiority. Also I like Mary Anne standing up to her dad, and the drama at the kid birthday party.
To the Gorge, Emily Halnon. This resonated with me on several levels; I’ve been reading about the Pacific Coast Trail, which Emily is running on through Oregon to honor her mother while dealing with the grief over her death. My own mom died around this time a few years ago, so it’s a timely book about grieving.
Kristy’s Big Day: BabySitter Club Graphic Novel # 6, Gale Galligan. Giant babysitting party in the backyard! This was fun, and with a little emotion over blending the families as a spice.
The Shadow of the Gods, John Gwynne. I started this last year when The Sword and Laser book club picked it, but fell behind. It’s got really vivid descriptions and a solid setting in a Norse-like land (with rotting gods, so reading it against Will of the Many was amusing). This is the start of a series, so the whole book is just getting the three main characters set for the rest of the saga; the book breaks the world at the end. I found that a bit frustrating although I know it’s a genre convention; the characters do get solid emotional arcs but I’m not convinced to go on. Also it’s a bit gory for me and I’m a wimp.
Jessi’s Secret Language: Babysitters Club Graphic Novel #12, Chan Chau. Jessi is smart, and I like how she organizes a whole thing for the deaf class.
Books Started
Oceans Godori, Elaine U. Cho. Cloudy bookclub pick.
Kristy and the Snobs: Babysitters Club Graphic Novel #10, Chan Chau. I’m on a Babysitter roll now.
Waverider: Amulet 9, Kazu Kibuishi. The end of the series!
Mary Anne Saves the Day: Babysitter Club #4, Ann Martin. Rolling, rolling rolling.
Kristy’s Big Day: BabySitter Club Graphic Novel # 6, Gale Galligan. Keep those pages rolling.
Jessi’s Secret Language: Babysitters Club Graphic Novel #12, Chan Chau. Raw hide!
Bookmarks Moved
Ascendancy of a Bookworm: Short Story Collection Volume 2, Miya Kazuki.
The Will of Many, James Islington. Sword and Laser book club pick.
Poems, R. Hawley Truax. This will get displaced by a library book again.
Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy.
All the Hidden Paths, Foz Meadows.
An Immense World, Ed Yong
Airs Above the Ground, Mary Stewart.
The Rook, Daniel O’Malley. (Audio)
Tinker, Wen Spencer. Audio.
True Colors, Abby Cooper.
The Year We Disappeared, Cylin Busby & John Busby.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell.
Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (old Sword and Laser book club pick)
Bookmarks Languished
I have not given up on these! Ignore all evidence.
Poppy and Marigold, Meg Welch Dendler.
Serpent Rider, Yxavel Magno Diño.
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby.
Into the Broken Lands, Tanya Huff
Samantha Smee: A Pirate’s Life, M.C. Dingman.
Into the Vast Nothing, J. Bruno.
Marry Me By Midnight, Felicia Grossmann.
Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan.
Lamplighters, D. M. Cornish.
Picture Books and Short Stories
Our Blue Planet, Leisa Stewart-Sharpe. This author was recommended at one of my book clubs, but although every page was interesting with a good balance of information, whimsy and illustrations, I wanted more of a through line to pull me across the pages.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. Onto the kitchen, where I feel bad about my knives and smug about my pans.
The Adventures of Amina Al-Serafi, Shannon Chakraborty. Tying the end back to the beginning.
At the Feet of the Sun, Victoria Goddard. Challenge accepted says the tough bureaucrat.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane (no picture). Mail bribe. Rilke. Poe.
The Writer's Stance: Reading and Writing in the Disciplines, Dorothy U. Seyler. (no picture). Mail bribe.
The Road to Mars, Eric Idle. Mail bribe.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon. Mail bribe.
War Cross, Marie Lu. Mail bribe.
Teaching With Caldecott Books, Scholastic books. Mail bribe.
Year of Wonder, Clemency Burton-Hill. Mail bribe.
Future Plans
This is for the actual future, so a week beyond the books in this post.
I am reading:
- Book I own: An Immense World
- Library Book: All the Hidden Paths
- Ebook I own: Airs Above the Ground
- Foolscap Book Club Book: Movie Month!
- Sword and Laser Club Book: The City and the City
- Scintillation Book Club: South Riding
- Cloudy Book Club: Lore of the Wilds
- Torches and Pitchfork Book Club: The Fall of Roe
- River Runs Under It Book Club: The Fire-maker’s Daughter
- Talbot Hill Book: Fudge-a-mania and Thirteenth Fairy
- Friday Book Club: Freshly Brewed Murder (done! Actually I read the whole series)
- Romance Book Club: Anywhere but Earth romance
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