pickFirst off, how gorgeous is this OwlCrate edition?? I LOVE hardcovers with pretty (not-jacket) covers. I ended up enjoying this one more than I anticipated. The pacing was a little off for me, and the MC was a little too prickly for too long, but on the whole it was an engaging story with some twists I wasn't expecting, and I'm looking forward to picking up the sequel.
This was one of my #CasttheDie picks @PuddleJumper !!
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Chaining tagged book to All Hallows bc both are set during Halloween
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My final #BookChain!
60. New Book's title has fewer words than Last Book. 3 words: Scorpio Summer=2
61. New Book's cover has something similar to Last Book's cover. Accomplished: Building on both.
62. New Book was published the same decade as Last Book. 2022. Slow Dance: 2024
63. A name of New Book's main character starts with the same letter as a name of Last Book's main character. S/B/C The Art of Catching Feelings: Cary/Chris.
52. The title of New Book is the same color as the title of Last Book. black: The Amazing Alpha Tau Romeo and Juliet Project
53. One of New Book's author's names starts with the same letter as one of Last Book's author's names. L H or S : The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
53. New Book is set in a different country than Last Book. America: Homebody (England)
54. New Book is the same genre as Last Book. graphica memoir: But You Have Friends
pickThis isn't my favorite of Kjelgaard's book, but it's still an enjoyable read. 12-year-old Bud is “farmed out“ from the orphanage to an older couple on a farm. But it turns out that they're just lonely now that all their kids have moved on and while they do need help around the farm, they're mostly just wanting to help a kid who needs it. Bud is wary at first, but gradually comes to love the couple and their home. His first week there, he comes ⬇
panI enjoyed this little “return to the hometown“ romance to start with, but was skimming by the end. The male MC has worked for literal years to gain the work position he just got because it will allow him to live close to his mom and siblings. Female MC waltzes back into town and ends up with a job as his subordinate. I lost all respect for her when she got super pissy because he wouldn't sleep with her because of the company's rules, despite her ⬇
so-soThis sequel to The Rise and Fall of DODO was a bit of a disappointment. The story lacked cohesion and I had so many questions about why we were doing some things and not doing other things, mostly why can we save the life of one person via time travel but not the other?? The complete focus on one of the team members vs the absolutely whatever attitude towards the other really turned me off. A lot of this just felt kind of pointless. ⬇
And with Ruby Reid the main character in Monster Crush, I've completed Bookchain! #BookChain #BookChain2024 @TheAromaofBooks
(note the Storygraph challenge has a few numbering anomalies so I had to renumber things)
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#31by31 - 3/31 @Catsandbooks
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