Final Happy Birthday!

Well, for now. Nobody's dying or anything, it's just that the monthly birthday rounds are taking a pause. We'll get a few more in the fall, but nothing like the monthly cake the spring delivers. To celebrate my niece we went out to a fancy restaurant and toasted here and then came home for ice cream cake. 

I had some nice book clubs; the one covering Watership Down was probably my favorite.

Goodreads thinks I am reading 67 books. But I’ve been very slack an out marking things done while keeping up with books I’ve started so it’s probably not much over 60. I’d like to get below 60 though.

Books Completed May 23 - May 29

Death From the Skies!, Philip Plait. For Torches and Pitforks, a nice apocalypse book. Fun tone, interesting facts, I’ll forget them all in a week.

I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster 1937, Lauren Tarshis. This spent more time on the spies when I was rocking the voyage with bonus Kenyan farm life, but still entertained me.

Watership Down, Richard Adams. Definitely held up in the reread. The foolscap club also enjoyed it and we talked about the parallel tracks of animal stories and fantasy, and the spectrum of anthromorphic vs naturalist creatures, the Chekhov’s mice and dreams and boats, and other favorite bits.

Mallory and the Trouble With Twins Graphic Novel, Arlen Nopla. This shines as a graphic novel because the visuals of identical twins are fun and the subplot of wanting parents to acknowledge maturity is fairly straightforward. Mallory is a lot of fun.

Playlist For the Apocalypse, Rita Dove. These were a great way to end the day. Concentredated bits of experience or emotion ready to chew over,

I Survived the American Revolution 1776, Graphic Novel, Lauren Tarshis, Georgia Ball. I like the ones that are more concentrated, but the illustrations carried me along.

Books Started

Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy, Miya Kazuki. My beloved author continues her most precious series!

I Survived the American Revolution 1776, Lauren Tarshis, Georgia Ball. I’m still grabbing these from libraries.

Watership Down:the Graphic Novek, James Sturm. I had hoped to read this before the book club, but oh well.

The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett. Hugo finalist.

A Dark and Drowning Tide, Allison Saft. Cloudy book pick

Lyorn, Steven Brust. Borrowed from my brother.

Mickey7, Edward Ashton. Sword and Laser pick.

Little Miss Stoneybrook… and Dawn, Ann M. Martin.

The City, Christian McKay Heidicker. Sequel to a book club book.

System Collapse, Martha Wells

Bookmarks Moved

Alibi, Sharon Shinn

Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement, Steven K. Kapp (editor)

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, Yu Chen (editor)

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell

Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison

Beauty Like the Night, Joanna Bourne

Exadelic, Jon Evans

Cracker!, Cynthia Kadohata. 2007 Cybils finalist.

Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch, Julie Abe

Tales From Watership Down, Richard Adams

I’m Nobody, Who Are You?, Emily Dickinson

One Jump Ahead, Mark L Von Name

Bookmarks Languished

I have not given up on these! Ignore all evidence.

 

                                                                     Poppy and Marigold, Meg Welch Dendler.  

                                                             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.                   

         Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers, Kevin Ford

Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver. River Runs Under It pick

Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulos

Picture Books and Short Stories

None.

Books on Slow Mode

Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. Except when I’m reading a Bookworm novel.

At the Feet of the Sun, Victoria Goddard. Kip having an adventure. Into himself. Beautifully.

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. I like essays.

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. Still in November.

Books Acquired

Library:

Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell

Float Plan, Trish Doller

Her Aussie Holiday,  Stephanie London

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot

Bought:

None

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: The Final Reflection
• Library Book: I Escaped the Salem Witch Trials
• Ebook I own: Alibi
• Foolscap Book Club Book:  The Jewels of Aptor
• Sword and Laser Club Book:  The Lives of Tao
• Scintillation Book Club: on hiatus
• Cloudy Book Club:  Honey Witch
• Torches and Pitchfork Book Club:  Hell Followed With Us
• River Runs Under It Book Club: The Sun Also Rises (finish Demon Copperhead)
• Talbot Hill Book: Party Time! No Book.
• Friday Book Club: The Road to Roswell
• Romance Book Club: A vacation romance