I was invited to a Zoo Event where we met a lynx and discussed his favorite colognes and then had pizza and then I rushed home to an online book club. Lynxes have big puffy feet and invisible tails and never make mistakes, just like a cat.
And I’m returning to the zoo next week for a company party.
I hung out with my niblings and sometimes my son so they wouldn’t miss my sister and BiL too much. And I hung out with my friend because we’ve been missing our walks for reasons (travel, bad weather, desire to sleep late, I’ve got REASONS ok) and had delicious food and reaffirmed our walking goals.
Goodreads thinks I am reading 65 books. I swear I’m trying to bring that down. The library thinks I have 67 physical books checked out, which seems maybe a wee bit high. Maybe if I finished a few book I could turn them in and work on both statistics at the same time.
Books Completed July 25 - July 31
Pokémon Sun and Moon 1, Hidenori Kusaka. Recommended by Talbot Hill kids. I think this book assumes you have seen the anime; there were several bits that seemed more a reference that a description of what was happening. But I’m a Pokémon expert and I kept up.
Prince and Assassin, Tania Lark. Lightweight but fun romance. I liked how pretty the prince found the assassin. If I see this author again I’ll read more.
Kristy and the Mothers Day Surprise, Ann M. Martin. I’m always happy when the club gathers together a legion of children. Even Stacey came back!
Poverty By America, Matthew Desmond. Torches and Pitchforks selection. Well documented and grim, showing how much America is willing to do and pay to be racist. It also reinforced my distrust of zoning rules.
Books Started
Kristy and the Mothers Day Surprise, Ann M. Martin. This is number 22. Big numbers are hard to find. Of course technically there are hundreds. .
Poverty By America, Matthew Desmond. Torches and Pitchforks selection.
Rosalie Lightning, Tom Hart. Graphic novel. I think I need to read something with Lightning in the title.
Devils, Joe Ambercrombie. Sword and Laser pick.
Lawless, Leah Litman. I liked the podcast.
I Survived The Attacks of September 11, 2001, Lauren Tarshis. Working my way along.
Mary-Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery, Ann M Martin. My other list.
Bookmarks Moved
When the Moon Met the Sun, Alaina Hope.
Tribute, Sherwood Smith
Of Solids And Surds, Samuel R. Delany
The Honey Witch, Sydney J. Shields
Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, Robinson Jeffers
Coyote Dreams, C.E. Murphy
Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan
Bourne Supremacy, Robert Ludlum
Endling: The First, Katherine Applegate
Heavenly Tyrants, Xiran Jay Zhao
The Wild Girls, Pat Murphy
Bookmarks Languished
I have not given up on these! Ignore all evidence.
Into the Vast Nothing, J. Bruno.
Marry Me By Midnight, Felicia Grossmann
True Colors, Abby Cooper.
South Riding, Winifred Holtby.
Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers, Kevin Ford
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
A, B, C: Three Short Novels, Samuel Delany
One Jump Ahead, Mark L Von Name
An Exchange of Hostages, Susan R. Matthews
I’m Nobody, Who Are You?, Emily Dickinson
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
Calypso, Oliver K Langmead
Monstress Vol. 9, Marjorie M. Liu
The Hunger and the Dusk, G. Willow Wilson
Speculative Whiteness, Jordan S. Carroll
Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum
Picture Books, Poems, and Short Stories
None.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. What can kill you if you eat food is the current topic.
At the Feet of the Sun, Victoria Goddard. BFFs for ever!
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane (no picture).
The Writer's Stance: Reading and Writing in the Disciplines, Dorothy U. Seyler. (no picture). Mail bribe.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon. Mail bribe. Lots of violence.
War Cross, Marie Lu. Mail bribe.
Teaching With Caldecott Books, Scholastic books. Mail bribe.
Year of Wonder, Clemency Burton-Hill. Mail bribe. Last days of the year! Then I’ll declare victory and just do the song of the day.
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: Devils
- Library Book: Ordinary Time
- Hugo Finalist: Sheine Lende
- Ebook I own: The Demonic Ox
- Foolscap Book Club Book: Arabella of Mars
- Sword and Laser Club Book: She Who became the Sun
- Scintillation Book Club: Unravelling
- Cloudy Book Club: The Bright and Breaking Sea
- Torches and Pitchfork Book Club: Who Fears Death
- River Runs Under It Book Club: This Tender Land
- Talbot Hill Book: Recommendations: Babysitter’s Little Sister, Pokémon
- Friday Book Club: Dune
- Romance Book Club: Jane Austin!
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