I read the third book in the series early last month and since I enjoyed it, I figured I’d go back and read the first two.
Lowcountry Boil was pretty good. Not as good as book three but not bad. I’m still looking forward to the second book in the series.
Only 20 books total — not great considering it was a #readathon month and we did a second “#fakereadathon”. Uh oh. If I keep this up, I’m not going to get anywhere near close to my goal for the year.
20 books total
1 audio book
1 Kindle book
2 from my stacks
2 Cybils
1 YA
3 Non-fiction (three? wow — is this my worst non-fiction month in forever???)
OK so I’m biased, I’ll just say that right up front. I’m a big fan of the Des Jardins family and this book was written by Julie Des Jardins. Also, I love Lillian Gilbreth. Not the Cheaper By the Dozen version — the real one. Yep, I’m biased. Whatever.
I loved Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity and am just annoyed that it took me so long to read it.
The darn thing has been sitting on my desk for years!
She was a pretty amazing woman and her husband was pretty OK, himself. For a dude. 😉 Also, reading it made me spend a little time reminiscing about the Charleston News & Courier… I’d really forgotten that Frank Jr was the guy who wrote the “Doing the Charleston” column for all of my childhood.
And, I spent a good amount of time watching motion study videos and cursing the flow chart (which actually made sense at some point in life, just not now, lol.)
I can’t imagine what “work” would look like today if we hadn’t had the Gilbreth’s — Lillian in particular.
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Yippee! Another Gail Carriger book!
I loved Prudence and am definitely going to love this series more than The Finishing School series. (TW on the other hand likes that series better than this one. Weird.)
I like Prudence and Prim even better than I liked their moms and I liked their moms a lot. These girls are not Alexis and Ivy clones — they feel very much like daughters rather than clones, that’s important.
I’m also super-interested to see what happens in the next book. Prudence seems to know less about her mother and father (not the vampire father) than I’d have expected. That’s interesting. I get that her vampire father really did become her father but still… interesting to get an idea of just how that whole situation worked out for Prudence. Very interesting. Bring on the next book!
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I finally managed to start reading Boy, Snow, Bird (on Kindle) when we went to see JMP in New York. But it wasn’t any easy book to read while distracted by JMP so I didn’t get very far. It’s also not an easy book to read in tiny bits, which is how I generally read Kindle books.
So, it took me a really long time to read this. I really only finished because I had large chunks of time to read when we did our #fakereadathon and #readathon. Without those two chunks of reading time, I’d probably still be reading this book.
About the book. Hoo boy. It had all the things. Wicked step-mothers. Black folks passing as white. Transgender stuff. It was all the things rolled into one and I can’t really decide how I feel about it.
I really liked some of it. I really disliked other parts of it.
I found it hard to read at parts, because it just felt like we were slogging along. But in other moments, I thoroughly enjoyed each word. I also don’t think I really liked a single person in the entire thing. That was troubling. OK maybe I liked Bird. Yea, I liked her. The rest of them — not so much. Not so much at all.
Very interesting read. Not like anything you’ve probably read before (even with the wicked step-mother thread(s).
PS. Thanks Elisa (who gifted the book to me last Christmas.)
I’m a Margaret Dilloway fan, which you know if you spend any time at all with me (in real life or in the virtual world) so you’re not surprised to know that Sisters of Heart and Snow was the book I most looked forward to reading during #readathon.
It did not let me down. Not one little bit.
I don’t always love books that weave the past into the present but Margaret Dilloway did it beautifully with this book. I enjoyed the story of Rachel and Drew just as much as I enjoyed the one of Tomoe and Yamabuki.
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Thank goodness for easy to read non-fiction, these two saved my #readathon numbers. Hah.
I reserved Paint Mojo after Juliet Crane’s Lifebook lesson because I really like Juliet Crane. The book was fine. Not great but fine. I still really like Juliet Crane. I should take her Happy Painting class.
We would like some fruit trees when we move next year so when I saw Grow a Little Fruit Tree at the library, I figured I’d check it out. I know nothing about fruit trees. I certainly didn’t know anything about growing LITTLE fruit trees (not dwarf fruit trees, LITTLE fruit trees.) I really enjoyed the book. I still don’t know much about fruit trees but I definitely know more now and I like the idea of little fruit trees a lot.
Oh man, I’m tired. My eyes keep closing and everyone else in the house is snoring. I’m giving in and calling it a night.
3 books finished.
3 still in progress.
999 pages, (hah. Maybe I’ll read one more page as the computer shuts down for the night?)
Not bad, all things considered. Yay #readathon! Six months ’til the next one, woohoo!
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I finally finished my second book, which was lovely. Really. I enjoyed it quite a lot, even if it did take me about 3 hours longer to read it than it should have. I AM SO TIRED.
I also missed the mid-event survey because I wanted to just keep reading since I was getting close to the end and didn’t want to lose momentum. So here it is, an hour late. 😉
1. What are you reading right now?
— Just finished Sisters of Heart and Snow. About to read some non-fiction childrens books from the Cybils shortlist.
2. How many books have you read so far?
— I’ve finished two. Still reading a kindle book I’d started before the #readathon and another non-fiction I’d started before the #readathon.
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
— Hmmm. Good question. Since I’m so far behind, I’m going with Prudence (Gail Carriger). I really like Gail Carriger.
4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
— No real interruptions — some work, because I work every day and my own darn tiredness because I didn’t sleep well.
5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
— Most surprising about this particular #readathon — the puppies have been really well behaved. Hah.
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Oh boy, still struggling. I’ve tried two naps, neither helped. This also means I’m still reading all the things I was reading several hours ago. hahaha. Still enjoying my day, just not getting much finished. 406 pages, so far.
Time for some chips and dip and a little book spine poetry:
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