So, when I was a kid my family moved from New York to Texas. And we’d drive to visit family in Georgia, a one day drive. Or to visit the family in New York (another day). And when my parents divorced, my dad moved back to Georgia but drove back for visits. What I’m saying is that we consider 500 miles/day to be a leisurely holiday pace.
So when my niece needed to move from San Francisco to the East Coast I volunteered to haul her stuff to Utah, where she and her dad could later drive the rest of the way. And my local brother let me use his car, which is bigger than mine. Vroom! So, after my Sunday book club I headed down I5, got to San Francisco, rode around in a WayMo, had dinner with my cousin-once-removed Bill, then met up with my niece and all her stuff and drive to Utah where I rested for a day before driving home.
I think I am now reading 65 books, according to goodreads. Maybe I’ll get some reading done in April, which has a lot of vacations baked in.
Books Completed March 28-April 4
What Makes This Book So Great?, Jo Walton. These were great essays for looking at how a book does the great things it does, why and how people read, and how that reading changes based on who you are and what else you’ve read and done.
The Rook, Daniel O’Malley. (Audio) This Sword and Laser pick from ages ago that started slow so I didn’t finish it the first time I started and then didn’t look out for extra time to listen when I acquired the audio. But then it suddenly become very gripping as I was driving though California and Nevada and my niece who had missed the first bit was also at the edge of her seat. I do intend to pick up the next.
Books Started
A Sorceress Comes to Call, T.K. Kingfisher. Library loot.
Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison. I love this author.
Leak, Kate Reed Petty. Next Renton Highlands Library’s Quest book.
Just Saying, Rae Armontrout. My next poetry book, chosen because I need an apocalypse poetry book.
Bookmarks Moved
The Caphelon, Fletcher DeLancey.
Airs Above the Ground, Mary Stewart.
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement, Steven K. Kapp. .
Lore of the Wilds, Analeigh Sbrana. Cloudy book pick.
Diamond Eye, Kate Quinn. River Runs Under It bookclub pick.
Logan Likes Mary Anne (Baby-sitter Club 10), Ann M. Martin.
Lamplighters, D. M. Cornish.
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, David Okrent.
Very Nice Funerals, Jennifer Cruise & Bob Meyer. Sorta for Friday book club.
Tinker, Wen Spencer. Audio.
The Fall of Roe, Elizabeth Dias & Lisa Lerner. Torches & Pitchforks book club pick
The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild 2), Pari Thomson. Kidlit fantasy.
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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.
True Colors, Abby Cooper.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell.
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.
Books Acquired
From the library:
No idea.
For my shelves:
It was so long ago.
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 meeting his heroes is hilarious.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane (no picture). Mail bribe. 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. 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:
- Foolscap Book Club Book: Rissa
- Sword and Laser Club Book: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- 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: Scary Stories For Young Foxes and Bad Guys
- Friday Book Club: Lavender Blue
- Romance Book Club: Mythology based romance
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