pickThe perfect mix of science fiction, comedy and romance! Bujold's Vorkosigan series is one of my favourites, and I enjoyed this audio reread, with an excellent narration from Grover Gardner.
#52bookclub (found family trope)
#gottacatchemall (Trumbeak: green-flag relationship)
We are half way into the year and half way through Alola #GottaCatchemAll
So far nearly 300 books have been logged and 59 Pokemon caught.
Drampa has been the most caught Pokemon with 8 people catching it!
How are we all doing with the challenges? I've definitely got some tricky ones left
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pickPresumably I read this book back when I purchased it for a quarter back in 1997, but I have no memory of it 😂 A Scholastic Book Club reprint of a 1932 story, this one was perfectly fun but not particularly engaging. But I probably would have liked it better when I was the age for which it's aimed. Soft pick.
pickThis historical mystery set in 1793 Sweden was utterly gripping, though very disturbing as well. I'd definitely recommend it if you can stomach graphic violence.
#gottacatchemall (Tauros: first book in a series)
pickA good start to a new high-fantasy comic series, featuring humans and orcs, previously enemies, teaming up to face a common enemy.
#gottacatchemall (Pikipek: instrument on the cover) @PuddleJumper
pickHuge fan of this world and the characters. A princess I could actually relate to. Odessa isn't super clever or a skilled fighter. She's a normal girl (plus a crown) who likes to read. Yes, the guardian is attractive and rude, but his back story was unique, so still points for breaking the romantasy mold. I will absolutely be reading the next book. I might even go wild and pre-order it.
#gottacatchemall: set somewhere dangerous
pickI didn't care for James Franco's narration of the audiobook, but otherwise I loved the story. It's hard not to think about today's politics when reading this book, though it was written over 45 years ago.
#52bookclub (more than a million copies sold)
#gottacatchemall (Smeargle: graffiti style font)
That‘s pretty much a wrap on May! How are we all doing? #GottaCatchemAll
I think I‘ve hit all my easy prompts and now I‘m looking for books to fill them 😅
I know a couple of you haven‘t been logging month by month (which is fine) so I‘ll do a mid-year post in June and see how many books have been logged overall
pickI had mixed feelings about this one. It was super engaging and I could hardly put it down while I was reading it. But the whole explanation/plot twist at the end just didn't really work for me. I don't know what I wanted, but it wasn't what I got 😂 A soft pick. I liked it, but don't see myself rereading it later.
panI actually really love the book Bambi and have read it and its sequel (Bambi's Children) several times. So I was excited to randomly come across another reprint of one of Salten's works. I had never heard of this one, although by reading GR reviews I discovered that it was apparently the (incredibly loose) inspiration for DIsney's The Shaggy Dog. Sadly, this book was a huge disappointment. First off, it's plain boring. Set during the Renaissance ⬇
