Wah. We’ve officially caught up with all of the Maisie Dobbs books. Leaving Everything Most Loved was TOUGH.
All of the leaving and moving on to new things. Billy and Sandra. Gah!
Yay for Frankie and Brenda.
Can’t decide whether I like James or hate him. Pretty sad when I start to think Maisie should hook up with Caldwell…
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I’ve always been a Carol Danvers fan but I was afraid In Pursuit of Flight wasn’t going to live up to the hype. It did. It definitely did. I’m not a big fan of time travel stories (funny, I was just ranting about that a bit in my journal, before I picked up this book) but this one worked for me. Helen calling Carol “kitten” — fabulous. Just fabulous. Loved the Banshees. Loved all of the art. And of course, loved Carol taking up the Captain Marvel mantle.
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Book two, Ghost Train to New Orleans, was just as fun as the first one. I love this series. I love Zoe and her writers. I’m happy about what happened with Arthur (and Kevin, for that matter.) Can’t wait to see what happens when they head to England. That’s going to be crazy!
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Ho hum. Fortunately, the Milk is one of those silly stories where impossible things happen when the mom goes on a business trip and dad is left in charge. One of those very silly stories where nothing is believable. And, it’s not really all that cute. I only finished it because it’s Neil Gaiman and because I liked the illustrations.
Ho hum.
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From the Cybils Shortlist and the sequel to Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire was excellent. Troubling, as books about WW2 often are… seriously, I need a moratorium on concentration camps or something. So sad and horrible and OMG did I mention horrible?
Rose was awesome, I even enjoyed her poetry. And while I might have kind of complained about the Girl Scout camp songs earworm, I enjoyed that, too. Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout and all that.
I even liked the way it ended.
I very much enjoyed Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings. We need more books, fiction or otherwise, about the Grimké sisters, Sarah and Angelina.
*Note: Apparently this was a damn Oprah book pick and if you buy a Kindle copy, you might find Oprah’s notes IN THE BOOK. That… stinks. If you’re thinking about buying this, avoid the kindle copy since there are blue notes in the text — that’s Oprah sticking her two cents in. Blech. I’m very glad I read a library copy that did not have Oprah’s notes in it, just the dumb Oprah book selection banner on the front. Blech. Oprah, stay out of people’s darn books!
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Midwinterblood is really beautifully written. A little confusing at the beginning and it isn’t until near the end that you really really figure out what you’ve been reading. (I should have read some Amazon reviews or descriptions, it would have made more sense right off the darn bat. Sheesh.)
Supposedly YA but reads like MG, Emilie and the Hollow World was… not great. Not horrible, put it down never speak to me of it again bad. Just not great.
I’m pretty sure I won’t spend any time on the sequel. Unless I’m just super desperate for something to read. Or, unless I hear that the sequel is better than this one (which never happens with a second book.)
Ho hum.
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I love Dewey’s Readathon more than just about anything. Those two days a year are some of my most favorite and I look forward to them like a kid looks forward to Christmas (or Halloween.)
This year, I volunteered to be a cheerleader.
It might cut into my own reading time a little bit but that’s OK! It’s the least I can do after all of the times folks have cheered me on. I’m very much looking forward to visiting other #readathoner’s blogs and sending them a happy thought or three.
It’s not too late for you to sign up to participate, as a reader or a cheerleader (or both!) And if you can’t swing it this month, you’ll have another chance in October. Oh, how I love #readathon!
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I only read 20 books, again. I thought it was going to be a much better month than that since I read so many Kindle books and had a half day of jury duty to read. But, the other work/life stress got in the way so I lost reading hours late in the month.
Poop.
It was also the month of non-fiction, for some reason. That slowed things down considerably. Here’s the breakdown.
2 were from the Cybils shortlist.
2 were audio.
9 were non-fiction
3 were Kindle books and were also From My Stacks
2 were Graphic Novels
3 were YA
1 was Children’s fiction
Several of these were also from a series I’d previously read and since one of my goals is to catch up on series — I did a good job of that.
Onward to April. With #readathon this month, I should be able to get close to doubling this number. Fingers crossed!