Books in Bed

Reading In May

2015, Books in Bed, Reading /

It was a good month for reading and not much else. 3+ weeks of my back being… in bad shape = I didn’t get much done except for reading. Thank goodness for books and remind me of this next month when I don’t get many books read at all…

Total read 26!

13 were Non-fiction.
Only 5 were YA.
9 came from the Cybils shortlist.
2 were audiobooks.

Yep, good month for reading and I’m hoping for a good month in June too, but not THIS good. I have a lot to do that doesn’t involve laying in bed with books.

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Stuffocation

2015, Books in Bed, Non-Fiction /

I have a love/hate thing going on with Stuffocation. I like the concept, it makes a lot of sense. I’ve also seen (and pointed out) trends in experientialism in recent years.

There were pieces of the book that I loved but there some points when I found myself rolling my eyes at the author. I’m glad I read it but I’m not going to become an experientialist — just typing that made me roll my eyes again. lol.

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Jam on the Vine

2015, Books in Bed, Favorites, Feminism, Fiction, Queer, Women /

And to think, I almost didn’t read Jam on the Vine. Sheesh. One of the best books I’ve read this year and I almost missed it. Good thing TW pointed it out when she finished.

This is not the normal post-civil war era book. There are black Muslims in Texas. There are lesbians. It makes you think a bit of Ida B. Welles but not enough to actually make you feel like you’re reading Ida B Wells fan fiction or something like that.

Read it!

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Small-Space Vegetable Gardens

2015, Books in Bed, Favorites, Non-Fiction /

Another impulse pick from the new non-fiction rack at the library. I want to grow all of the things and I have plenty of small space to do it but I’m unmotivated to do it, hahaha. Maybe we should re-think that whole 2 acres thing? lol.

Small-Space Vegetable Gardens is a nice book. Nice lists of vegetables to grow in various situations, what can be grown together and lots of info about SOIL. (For those who aren’t like me and just throw some dirt into a pot and call it good.)

I do think we need to run out and get a tomato plant. Maybe grow some cucumbers and pole beans. Maybe.

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King of Plagues

2015, Books in Bed, Fiction, Mystery /

The problem with Joe Ledger books is that it takes me almost 100 pages to become invested in the story. Before then, I read an “event” and put the book down wondering why I keep reading them. Then I hit page 100 and off I go, not wanting to put the book down at all.

King of Plagues – that’s the stuff of nightmares. Really. All of the horrible things. [shudder] Also, I think Ledger is losing brain cells. He should have figured out the whole Circe thing on his own. [eyeroll]

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Two Non-Fiction Books

2015, Books in Bed, Non-Fiction /

A couple of months ago, I was thinking a lot about millennials and then I stopped thinking about millennials but I had all of these library books on the shelf that I’d reserved when I was thinking about millennials. So I figured what the heck, I’ll read a couple. They’re short. They’ll be quick. It couldn’t hurt.

First, The Rise of the Millennial Parents ticked me off so much that I couldn’t finish it. There were so many typos. A typo in the introduction (I hope it was a typo) set me off and I never recovered. Also, does any educator really need that many ways to categorize parents? Excuse me while I roll my eyes again.

The Millennials: Connecting to America’s Largest Generation was interesting. I ended up enjoying it more than I’d expected. It’s written by the Lifeway guy (and his son) so I expected a whole lot more evangelizing than there was. Good for them for avoiding that. I’m actually glad I read this one.

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Mortal Heart

2015, Audiobooks, Books in Bed, Fiction, Sci Fi and Fantasy, Young Adult /

Good grief, Mortal Heart was LONG. It seems like it was almost twice as long as the first two books and they were long, too.

I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first two — the whole errr relationship thing was a little weird. A lot weird. I liked having the three girls back together, that was good. I liked the solution to the problem with France. That was smart. Errr, the relationship thing was weird. I said that, right?

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