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A lovely book 😊 🐝 4.75/5 Read for the August #Buzzwordathon - Time of day
Hour of the Bees | 
pickA lovely book 😊 🐝 4.75/5 Read for the August #Buzzwordathon - Time of day
“It is a big world, full of things that steal your breath and fill your belly with fire...But where you go when you leave isn't as important as where you go when you come home.”
#StarTrekSummerJune | 21: #TheHomecoming
📷: Made with Typorama
I almost forgot! Another #yawednesday pick for diversity - Carol and her family spend the summer with her grandfather, a leathery old sheep rancher in the New Mexico desert. He constantly asks Carol (Caro-lee-na, he calls her) and her father "why do you spit on your roots?" Carol learns about Grandpa's storied past and embraces her hispanic heritage, through his stories and her mother's fiery and delicious ethnic foods.
pickI can't recall the last time a book made me cry like this. Like, sobbing. Like watching Rent crying.
Carolina "Carol" has no idea this summer will change everything. A dried-up sheep ranch, a grandfather she's never met, stories and secrets, and bees. What does it mean to live, and to die? Without death, can we ever truly live? Is Grandpa losing his mind, or are his magical stories real? Family ties, roots, stories - they are everything.
I'm about 3/4 through now, after sneaking reading time every chance I could today. It's better than I expected. I saw "magic realism" in the description and groaned (I hate magic realism) but it's not what I feared it would be.
However, I'm getting a serious Secondhand Lions vibe, and it's irritating me. Hope it pulls up a bit.
I've had almost no time to read recently, which is super frustrating. Then last night I realized, as I was trying to cram in a page of The Bear and the Nightingale (library book), that my YA book club is Thursday and I hadn't started the tagged book. So, trying to scrounge some time for that. And I have another library book that's probably going back unread. Sigh. I need more hours in the day.
My little back yard is blooming ❣️
Enchanting book for middle grades! The magical realism does not overwhelm; it enhances 💫💫
pickBoy, was this book a ride! I randomly picked it up from my library and it turned out to be amazing! I wasn't really sure what it was in the beginning but if you hang on.... It's such an amazing concept! I'd definitely recommend for a light read.
pickPicked this up on a whim from the library and it was wonderful. Beautifully written middle grade debut about family and getting back to your roots.
pickHour of the bees 🐝 was one of my favourite reads last year. It's a middle grade about a twelve year old girl who has to spend her summer with her family at her mentally ill grandpa's place. He lives alone in the North American desert and the girl doesn't know yet that this summer might change her life. The book is beautifully written and heartwarming. I cried. A lot.
"Stories don't end," he says. "They just turn into new beginnings."
October book haul!!
I bought two of these and the rest are for review. I have already read of these which makes me feel accomplished. Everything else looks super good so i can't wait to get sunk into them.
pickA magical realist coming-of-age tale about a young Chicana girl, her grandfather & family history/stories. I totally loved it. 4 out of 5 stars. Audiobook was well narrated. I wish this book had been published when I was young, this was exactly what 12 year old me would have devoured. It is, I think, technically middle grade, but reads slightly older, it could be read by young YA audience too. #HelloOctober
pick#chathamhsreads #read4fun Even though Carolina, the main character and the story's narrator is only twelve, the book is not just for middle grades. The story sequences told by the grandfather were a little much; they could have been edited down, but other than that a beautiful book.
