Books in Bed

#Readathon Opening Survey

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I’m right at 30 minutes late, which isn’t bad – all things considered…

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Still here in Keystone Heights, of course.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
Any of them! I’ve read so little this year that finishing any book is going to be amazing.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I went really low-key this year because of TW’s surgery. She doesn’t really want food and I didn’t want to spend a lot of time or money on food she won’t eat. I don’t even think I bought anything new or different unless you count some new brand of pre-made eggrolls I found in the deli section.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
I used to read a lot, now I read very little. I would love to get back to reading a lot.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

We’re spending most of the day reading in my mil’s former bedroom as TW recovers from surgery. That’s different. Very different. There will be fewer baths because baths are a no-no post-surgery. There will be more napping because of the surgery recovery. Also, I have a bit of a cold so again with the napping. (I should count and see how many readathons I’ve done over the years. A LOT.

Happy readathon, everyone.

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Tess of the Road

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Every now and then, for years, TW has asked me if there are any more Seraphina books.. I dutifully look, even though there just never are any… and suddenly, there was! It’s not really a Seraphina book, but it’s a book about one of Seraphina’s sister. Turns out, Tess of the Road is the 2018 Cybils YA Speculative Fiction winner.

We listened to it on audio, as we did the Seraphina books, and liked it a lot, maybe more than I liked the Seraphina books. I hope there’s a sequel.

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Competence

2019, Books in Bed, Favorites, Queer, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

We got lucky and TW found the third book in The Custard Protocal, Competence on the shelf at the library. I read most of it during #Readathon but couldn’t quite manage the last hour it would have taken me to finish it last night. I think this series has grown into itself, after what felt like a bit of a rough start. (Or maybe I just missed the original Soulless characters so much that it took me some time to grow into the series?) The South American “vampires” were awesome as was Percy’s solution for their problem.

Great #Readathon book, great addition to the series.

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#Readathon: One Book Down

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We’re what, five hours into the #readathon and I just finished my first book. A List of Cages – heartbreaking and frustrating and horrible and wonderful all at the same time.

I had powdered sugar donuts for breakfast, a brownie for a pre-lunch snack, and then a couple of Publix tenders for lunch. I’m starting my next book and opened a bottle of Green Machine and have some Bordeaux cookies calling my name. (TW finished a book and then started a nap, lol.)

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#Readathon Opening Survey

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It’s that time of year again, which is awesome because I don’t think I finished a book in March and this year is shaping up to be another not stellar year for me and reading.

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

I’m reading from my home, my bedroom – probably hiding from the contractors who are destroying/putting my house back together again downstairs.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

Honestly, I have no idea. I just randomly picked up books from the library shelf because none of my holds had come in and I don’t really have a solid TBR list at the moment because see intro above.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

I think I’m most looking forward to my leftovers from dinner last night. Amazing lasagna siciliana – soooo good. I hope it’s as good leftover.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

I used to read several hundred books a year and now I’ll be lucky if I hit 100. Ugh. We have three dogs who very much like #readathon because we don’t leave them locked in their crates while we run errands and they often find crumbs of unusual foods that they can nibble on.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

I have participated in many readathons, including the last one. Different this year is… I’ve gotten a later start because I was TIRED and that’s related to what I’m going to do… I’m going to just relax and enjoy reading without feeling the urge to read faster and finish all of the books on the stack.

Happy Readathon, to all.

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Property of the Rebel Librarian

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TW read Property of the Rebel Librarian before me and she kept ranting about the horrible things that were happening in the book and how horrible the adults were and on and on and on… she’s right. Horrible things happened and (most) of the adults were horrible.

Censorship is horrible. Banning books is horrible. It was all horrible… but I enjoyed reading it and wanted to sit down and read (or re-read) every book mentioned.

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Everlasting Nora

2019, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Favorites, Fiction /

I thought Everlasting Nora was a Cybil but it doesn’t seem to be. No idea how I stumbled across it but I’m glad I did. I enjoyed the story quite a bit and the Manila setting and Tagalog sprinkled throughout the story was fantastic. (There’s a glossary in the back but I was pleased I didn’t need it. I think there was only one word I didn’t know – a type of plant I’d never heard of.) Did you know people live (sometimes for generations) in Manila cemeteries?

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