Finally got to this, which has been on my #BookSpin list forever. It was... sort of worth it? I described it as a really good writer's worst book.
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pickThis was fun, even though I am clearly no good as a 10 year old detective. I solved 3 of the 10 cases. Sobol has some creative descriptions of characters, particularly the Tigers, and I found myself laughing a lot while reading.
#EBBR and my August #bookspin
pickAbsolutely fantastic! This writing team knows how to write an amazing heroine, and Ada may be my favorite. This new sci-fantasy features a near future where portals start to appear with invasions of monsters. Our main character Ada is part of a team on an expedition to mine/close one of these portals. Things go very wrong and will change Ada forever. There is also a very good dog. 5+⭐️
#bookspin done!
pickMy #BookSpin @TheAromaOfBooks book this month was a graphic novel. I found and read this one (found on Libby) about this adorable little girl who visits her family in Mexico. As a guera, myself, a lot of it felt very “real“ but of course different too. I loved the Spanish throughout.
Also, pan dulce is life!!!
#NotAnotherGraphicMonday
Mid-August #bookspinbingo checking. 9 books completed, but not the #bookspin or #doublespin just yet
@TheAromaofBooks
pickI always thought Michael Schiavo was a bit of a scheve, and a piece of shit right up to the end. But I never thought he had anything to do with Terri's collapse. I think differently now.
Overall, it was an interesting read that I'm glad I came across at a library book sale last year.
56/80
August #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader
pickI read about half of this in one day. The following day, I got some really distressing news (see my previous post about my sister) and I didn't come back to it for a while. I didn't want to color my impression of a book I was enjoying with horrible, real life. Horrible, fictional life, like this, is much more enjoyable. Her writing had me completely hooked. It was funny, brilliant, poignant, and absurd. I loved it.
so-so
