What a lovely vacation! I spent a week in a big house with my brothers and sisters (some were in-laws) in Galveston Texas, where we explored museums and rode on ships and boats, saw dolphins and pelicans and other birds, including some baby pigeons and their parents who were nesting on my balcony. We ate good food, drank good booze, and generally had a lovely time. And at the end, as they all went home, I went to Austin to have another week of vacation with a dear friend and her family.
I think I am now reading 62 books, according to goodreads. I got some reading done!
Books Completed April 4 - April 10
The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild 2), Pari Thomson. Some good twists and a good feeling as everything comes together in the end.
Lore of the Wilds, Analeigh Sbrana. Cloudy book pick. I got very frustrated with the main character for little and big things. She was very self-centered and seemed unable to understand that other people had their own inferiority. Also she got upset when someone asked her not to use his family nickname (after he introduced himself using his preferred nickname). And then she kept getting distracted by lust at really odd times. So I’m sure it works for other people but not for stodgy old me.
Very Nice Funerals, Jennifer Cruise & Bob Meyer. Sorta for Friday book club. Lots of laughter out loud moments even though I find the basic premise increasingly far-fetched.
The Caphelon, Fletcher DeLancey. Fun space-opera book although most of the time was spent on a planet after the spaceship crashed. Lots of warrior code bonding, true love, political maneuvering tat offends said warriors, a bit of death, a good mixture. I might continue on with this series.
Books Started
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women, Jong-hee Oh (editor). Next shelf for my Renton library quest.
Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop, Emmeline Duncan. Another series by the coffee shop murder lady.
Bookmarks Moved
Airs Above the Ground, Mary Stewart
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement, Steven K. Kapp (editor)
Diamond Eye, Kate Quinn
The Fall of Roe, Elizabeth Dias & Lisa Lerner
Into the Broken Lands, Tanya Huff
Just Saying, Rae Armantrout
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, David Okrent
A Sorceress Comes to Call, T.K. Kingfisher
Leak, Kate Reed Petty
Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison. I love this author.
Tinker, Wen Spencer. Audio.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
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.
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.
True Colors, Abby Cooper.
South Riding, Winifred Holtby. Scintillation book club. I did not finish in time.
Saving Verakko, Victoria Avelina. I won’t finish this in time for the Romance bookclub.
Logan Likes Mary Anne (Baby-sitter Club 10), Ann M. Martin.
Lamplighters, D. M. Cornish.
Books Acquired
From the library:
Nothing! I was on vacation.
For my shelves:
Well. There was a bookstore, so I bought The Mountain In the Sea.
Picture Books and Short Stories
None.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. More kitchen stuff. How often do you wash your can opener?
At the Feet of the Sun, Victoria Goddard. Kip having an adventure.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane (no picture). Mail bribe.
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. Home stretch.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon. Mail bribe.
War Cross, Marie Lu. Mail bribe.
Teaching With Caldecott Books, Scholastic books. Mail bribe. Making reading analysis fun.
Year of Wonder, Clemency Burton-Hill. Mail bribe. Made it to November.
Future Plans
This is for the actual future, so a week beyond the books in this post. It is also probably wrong.
I am reading:
- Book I own: Into the Broken Lands
- Library Book: The Future of Silence
- Ebook I own: Alibi
- Foolscap Book Club Book: Rissa
- Sword and Laser Club Book: done!
- Scintillation Book Club: Tam Lin
- Cloudy Book Club: Fate Inked in Blood
- Torches and Pitchfork Book Club: Just Saying
- River Runs Under It Book Club: Demon Copperhead
- Talbot Hill Book: Wimpy Kid and I Survived
- Friday Book Club: Lavender Blue
- Romance Book Club: Mythology based romance
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