My cat disappeared! But one week after her disappearance a vet called and said she was found and her microchip led to our phone number. So whew! Thank goodness. She’s lost a lot of weight, especially after I got all the burrs out, but we are hoping to feed her up.
Goodreads thinks I am reading 66 books. But I know I finished about five of them. The library thinks I have 64 physical books checked out, so I should work on that reducing that.
Books Completed June 20-27
Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison. Ok, now I want to go reread the whole series, because a lot of things I thought were just background details pushed to the front and things went in unexpected directions. I’m still deeply invested in the viewpoint character and he’s made great emotional leaps, but he’s moving away from some other people and I’m not any happier about that than he is. And he once again fell through some giant political collisions and I need to reread to see that in perspective.
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79, Lauren Tarshis. We got Roman science, Roman marketplaces, Roman slavers and gladiators, and then Vesuvius happens. I liked the tight timeline and the sense of history that is older than me.
Dawn on the Coast Ann M. Martin. The excerpts from the babysitting diary are fun structurally because we know Dawn isn’t reading them in real time. Divorce is hard on kids because the things they lose are still in sight; they just can’t have them.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest J. Gaines. This is probably a reread but it’s been decades. I like the voice and the reminder that history happens to people. And that people can think themselves good when doing things I find objectively deplorable.
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, Chen (editor). Most of these short stories and essays were enjoyable, and I’m sorry that I clearly cannot add another book club to my rotation. I would have enjoyed discussing these with other people and getting a better sense of their context.
Books Started
Dawn on the Coast Ann M. Martin. On my Babysitter’s roll.
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers. Next book on library poetry shelf.
The Wild Girls, Pat Murphy. Old Cybils finalist.
Endling: The First, Katherine Applegate. Book from Renton Highlands’ next shelf, for my Quest.
Claudia and the New Friend, Ann M Martin. Babysitting away.
Bookmarks Moved
Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy, Miya Kazuki
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement, Steven K. Kapp (editor)
Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Soul Taken, Patricia Briggs
Coyote Dreams, C.E. Murphy
Poppy and Marigold, Meg Welch Dendler
Lyorn, Steven Brust
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White
Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulo
Bookmarks Languished
I have not given up on these! Ignore all evidence.
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.
Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers, Kevin Ford
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
One Jump Ahead, Mark L Von Name
I’m Nobody, Who Are You?, Emily Dickinson
A, B, C: Three Short Novels, Samuel Delaney. The A novel is the Foolscap pick.
Picture Books and Short Stories
None.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. I am learning about food safety.
At the Feet of the Sun, Victoria Goddard. Friendship is the best magic.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane (no picture). Walt Whitman rolls on.
The Writer's Stance: Reading and Writing in the Disciplines, Dorothy U. Seyler. (no picture). 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. Made it to December!
Books Acquired
I only notice when I’m caught up.
Future Plans
This is for the actual future, so weeks beyond the books in this post. It is also probably wrong.
I am reading:
- Book I own: Wolf Hall
- Library Book: Wooing the Witch King
- Hugo Finalist: Heavenly Tyrant
- Ebook I own: When the Moon Met the Sun
- Foolscap Book Club Book: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- Sword and Laser Club Book: The Devils
- Scintillation Book Club: Wolf Hall
- Cloudy Book Club: Liar’s Text
- Torches and Pitchfork Book Club: Poverty, By America
- River Runs Under It Book Club: None of This Is True
- Talbot Hill Book: Summer Time! No Book.
- Friday Book Club: Dune
- Romance Book Club: A month off
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