Since we spend a lot of time pondering “the ways of the country folk” I thought I needed to read The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living and it was cute. Fun to read with just enough quirk to make me happy.
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Another good reading month for me. Yay, reading!
16 total!
1 audio
1 graphic novel
1 YA (which was also the audiobook)
5 non-fiction
March is maybe going to be a little less successful… lots of travel coming up.
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I picked up The Empress of Tempera solely for the title. I mean tempera… like I would pass that up.
Turns out it was a pretty good story. I liked Paire more than I thought I would and that ending. The kiln. Hah. I was pretty pleased with how it all turned out.
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I had no idea who Arne and Carlos were when I picked up their Make Your Own Ideabook at the library. I still had no idea who they were after about 10 pages but I had the impression that they were… knitters?
So I stopped and looked them up and ended up watching some Youtube video of them doing a Q&A. Yep, knitters and totally adorable. But anyway, this book… It was pretty terrific.
There wasn’t anything I didn’t know in there, but the photos were fabulous and getting a look at some of the pages of their ideabooks was fabulous. I’m really glad I checked this one out. Also, they’re really cute. lol.
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It’s planting season in Florida and TW has the “bug” — and ever since I read a bunch of edible landscaping books last year and the year before, I’ve been dreaming of rosehips, kiwi fruit and blueberry hedges. But, I couldn’t remember exactly which book(s) I’d read that had inspired that little day dream. So, I looked back over my Goodreads history and found the one that I THOUGHT was the right one, Foodscaping: Practical and Innovative Ways to Create an Edible Landscape and reserved it at the library. Just in case, I reserved another. They both came in at the same time — I was right about which one I’d been thinking of and I bought the darn thing because I really like it.
I think TW probably like the other one, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist better. And I did like one of the projects a lot — and I’m pretty sure we’ll be building a spiral herb garden some day. (I’m not sure we’re going to build an outdoor clay oven though. Sorry TW, sorry JMP.)
Again, I needed a book and TW suggested one that she’d already read, The Secret Language of Stones. It wasn’t bad (and it turns out it’s a series, so I might even get another one…)
Romanov dynasty, witches, and a ghostly love story. I wasn’t really buying any of it but it was an enjoyable read. Really.
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I like graphic novels and I LOVE Kindred so when I heard about Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation I was really excited. Except it was January and that’s the month of no spending around here, so I had to wait. It was worth waiting for.
Great illustrations. Really good adaptation of a fairly complex story. I am pretty sure Octavia Butler would be pleased.
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I picked up P.S. You’re Invited because why not? I’ve read the blog a few times and I’m always looking for fun DIY books. This wasn’t fun. At least not for me. It was just boring.
What wasn’t boring was 100 Weekend Projects Anyone Can Do. I’m not sure anyone can do them but I sure would like someone to do a bunch of them around here.
This is my month for feeling like I’ve read books that I haven’t read. Or having a book remind me strongly of another book I’ve read, even if I can’t remember exactly which book… The Mad Scientist’s Daughter is another one of those.
I was a little disappointed in this one, mostly because I really didn’t like any of the darn characters. I guess I liked Finn. But really, no. The characters were just all unlikable. The story was interesting and I enjoyed the writing — so it wasn’t a total wash. Not bad. Not great.
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One night, I had finished my book but wasn’t ready to go to sleep, yet. And, I didn’t have any books or magazines upstairs that I hadn’t read. TW suggested I read the book she just finished, Reliance, Illinois. I didn’t really want to. It looked and sounded like a western. I don’t really do westerns. TW said it wasn’t. Not really. So I figured what the heck, I could read it for a half hour and if I didn’t like it, I’d just start a new book the next day.
I liked it. It wasn’t a western. There were suffragists!
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