I do not seem to be catching up. Well, back in February I got sick and languished for several days. I had to cancel the book club I host at my house. Then I got better and got a new crown put on my tooth, which made my head uneasy so I decided to languish for one more day while I was feeling well enough to enjoy it.
My son came home from a trip, and my sister left on a trip so I took my nephew out to dinner and we had a really good time.
Goodreads thinks I am currently (in June) reading 54 books. It’s a little high. The library says I have 42 books checked out. That’s close to reasonable.
Books Completed February 13
Gold Dust, Catherine Asaro. I like the underclass kids and their Olympic dreams.
The Teacher of Nomad Land, Daniel Nayeri. I knew absolutely nothing about what was happening in Iran during WWII, and my favorite method of learning history is good kidlit, so I was delighted with this book. I liked how removed the kids were from most of the stuff in Europe, how the Jewish orphans were treated, and how the kids ruggedly refused to become mean.
Karen’s Ghost Graphic Novel, D. K. Yingst. This highlighted the good stuff about Karen, her imagination and willingness to include people, while not giving much scope to her tendency to let her bossiness sometimes stray into bullying. I still find the marriages between second graders deeply weird.
The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson. Great worldbuilding, tremendous in scope, with lots of room for varied characters. I’m too old to appreciate such cat squasher books though; I don’t have much time left on this planet.
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Lauren Tarshis. Quirky kid story (she’d probably get a diagnosis today) but I like that and her directness and courage were fun to read.
Self Love Poetry, Melody Godfred. This poetry book to start of the Torches and Pitchfork’s “Make it Better” theme for the year had an interesting concept. On facing pages two poems address the same topic, one leaning left brained and the other right brained. The topics were a bit repetitive since they were all aspects of self acceptance and love but it was a worthwhile read.
Heads You Lose, R.L. Stine. This was more adventure story than horror, with the kids running around in their time travel portal stuff. The kids weren’t that nasty, but they also weren’t that bright or interesting.
She Rides Shotgun, Jordan Harper. I enjoyed the movie and I enjoyed the book. They did different things in ways that reflect the strengths of the mediums, but both things were in the same ballpark.
Books Started
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Lauren Tarshis. I like this author, who has been mostly writing I SURVIVED books.
Karen’s Ghost Graphic Novel, D. K. Yingst. A Babysitters Little Sister book.
Testimony of Mute Things, Lois McMaster Bujold. A new Penric!
She Rides Shotgun, Jordan Harper. I liked the movie.
Scorpio, Marko Kloos. This author has been recommended to me.
King of Elfland’s Daughter, Lord Dunsany. The Tuesday’s club next Gutenberg read.
The Haunted Car, R.L Stine. Another Goosebumps book.
River of Fire, Mary Jo Putney. I thought I had finished this series, but apparently I missed one.
Kristy and Mr Mom, Ann M. Martin. The library has dozens of babysitters Club books as ebooks.
Bookmarks Moved
Promise the Night, Michaela MacColl
Ascendance of a Bookworm Short Story Collection, Volume 2, Miya Kazuki
Josephine Against the Sea, Shakira’s Bourne
The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
How To Help a Hungry Werewolf, Charlotte Stein
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
Inventing the Renaissance, Ada Palmer
Blood at the Root, LaDarrion Williams
An Exchange of Hostages, Susan R. Matthews
Speculative Whiteness, Jordan S. Carroll
Bookmarks Languished
I have given up on a few of these, actually.
The Hunger and the Dusk, G. Willow Wilson
Bourne Supremacy, Robert Ludlum
Death in the Spires, K.J. Charles
Read Dangerously, Azar Nifisi
The Last Witchfinder, James K. Morrow. Scintillation book club.
So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers, Kevin Ford
The Gilded Crown, Marianne Gordon
The Morgaine Chronicles, C.J. Cherry
Champion of Fate, Kendare Blake
Ariel, Sylvia Plath
Fair Trade, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
One Jump Ahead, Mark L Von Name
Calypso, Oliver K Langmead
Picture Books, Poems, and Short Stories
None.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. Laundry and fabric stains is our current concern.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane. Mail bribe. Hopkins is hard core.
The Writer's Stance: Reading and Writing in the Disciplines, Dorothy U. Seyler. Mail bribe.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James. The ending moves back to the personal.
War Cross, Marie Lu. Mail bribe. My gaming is not on this level.
Teaching With Caldecott Books, Scholastic books. Mail bribe. Good chapters about things to do after and while reading the books.
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: Sunward
- Library Book: See No Stranger
- Friend Book Club: The Rom-Commers
- Foolscap Book Club Book: Witches of Dubious Origin
- Sword and Laser Club Book: Slow Gods
- Hugo Reading: Shroud
- Talbot Hill School: Sticks and Stones
- Scintillation Book Club: Soldier in the Mist
- Cloudy Book Club: The Ones We’re Meant to Find
- Torches and Pitchfork Book: Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Romance Book Club: Brothers and Bros: My Inconvenient Duke
- River Runs Under It Book Club: The Boys of Riverside
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