Wow, the “atmospheric river”, a meteorological term for “it’s been raining a lot” has caused a lot of flooding in my state. They had to close our library, famously built over the river, because the shaking as giant trees slammed into the supports was uncomfortable. It’s a lot of excitement for our town!
Also my sister got a promotion, so we celebrated, and book clubs had their end of year festivities, and we through out a few Christmas decorations.
Goodreads thinks I am currently reading 55 books. Downward progress! The library thinks I have 58 books checked. 6 are overdue, four of them completed and one, um, is missing. Next week another batch comes due. The reckoning is at hand! In related news, I haven’t finished any book club books.
Books Completed December 10 - 16
Rosie and the Race Towards Freedom: An Underground Railroad Graphic Novel, Dolores Andral. Does what it says on the tin — I appreciated the overview of the Underground Railroad but the history was the focus, not characterization.
Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story, Andrea L. Rogers. This was strong on history but light on character. So I learned stuff but wasn’t attached in a literary sense.
Sherlock Society, James Ponti. Bookclub approved of this one. It had interesting kids with a good balance of pacing, quirkiness, and believability. We’ll probably look out for the sequel.
The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer. I really enjoyed these essays on a community approach to environmentalism and property. Also I was happy to find the library book before I had to pay for it.
Tacoma Narrows, Perry Mitchell. These were strong poems but not really to my taste.
Careful What You Wish For, R. L. Stine. I liked the creepiness of the McGuffin but found the stupidity of the main character tiresome. Like, at least vary the mistake you are going to make three times? The final twist at the end was maybe a happy ending for her.
Open a Channel, Nana Visitor. This dug a lot deeper than I expected. It was about the world and the women in it, and Visitor did a great job chronicling how the women changed and were changed by the world creating the StarvTrek franchise.
Claudia In the Storm: A Hurricane Katrina Survival Story, Denise Walter McConduit. A strong entry in the Girls Survive series, although characterization still takes a back seat to history. But we did get a sense of events from a kids perspective.
Arabella of Venus, David Levine. I enjoyed the audio, although the period stuff started to wear a little thin. Now I need to get to the third one while I still remember the plot of the second. The vibes stick in my memory but I’m too old to retain details.
Books Started
Education For Empire, Clif Stratton. I think this was my son’s textbook.
Rosie and the Race Towards Freedom: An Underground Railroad Graphic Novel, Dolores Andral. A Girls Survive book.
Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story, Andrea L. Rogers. A Girls Survive book.
Claudia In the Storm: A Hurricane Katrina Survival Story, Denise Walter McConduit. A Girls Survive book.
Open a Channel, Nana Visitor. A look at the women of Star Trek, their experiences and the changing world they acted in.
The Sailor Cipher, Trudi Trueit. I like this series.
Ghosted, Amanda Quain. I think this is a retelling of Northanger Abbey.
Anne Fights for Freedom: an Underground Railroad Survival Story, Nikki Shannon Smith. A Girls Survive book.
Bookmarks Moved
The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson
Ascendance of a Bookworm, Fanbook 7, Miya Kazuki
Gold Dust, Catherine Asaro
One Jump Ahead, Mark L Von Name
Coyote Dreams, C.E. Murphy
Bluebird, Ciel Pierrot
The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
The Maid and the Crocodile, Jordan Ifueko
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell
Inventing the Renaissance, Ada Palmer
Alex Wise Vs the Cosmic Shift, Terry J Benton-Walker
Blood at the Root, LaDarrion Williams
Bookmarks Languished
I have not given up on these! Ignore all evidence!
True Colors, Abby Cooper
South Riding, Winifred Holtby
Calypso, Oliver K Langmead
The Hunger and the Dusk, G. Willow Wilson
Speculative Whiteness, Jordan S. Carroll
Bourne Supremacy, Robert Ludlum
Death in the Spires, K.J. Charles
Read Dangerously, Azar Nifisi
The Last Witchfinder, James K. Morrow. Scintillation book club.
An Exchange of Hostages, Susan R. Matthews
So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole
Hello Stranger, Lisa Kleypas
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
The Library of Borrowed Hearts, Lucy Gilmore
3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years, John Scalzi
Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers, Kevin Ford
This Is Our Rainbow, Katherine Locke
Picture Books, Poems, and Short Stories
None.
Books on Slow Mode
Home Comforts, Cheryl Mendleson. I read one section a day. Ironing as meditative practice.
50 Great Poets, ed. Milton Crane. Mail bribe. Emily Dickinson is cool.
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: Fair Trade
- Library Book: She Rides Shotgun
- Friend Book Club: Lasagna Means I Love You
- Foolscap Book Club Book: The Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping
- Sword and Laser Club Book: Someplace to be Flying
- Talbot Hill School: Graphic Novels and poetry
- Scintillation Book Club: The Enchanted April
- Cloudy Book Club: Love in Color
- Torches and Pitchfork Book Club: Self Love Poetry
- Romance Book Club: Art of Love
- River Runs Under It Book Club: The God of the Woods
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