I‘ve purchased this stack of Jacqueline Winspear books at 2 different used books stores over the past 2 days for my daughter. She is excited and I‘m thankful for media mail. 📦
kspenmoll Yay! Love Maisie! 6d
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I‘ve purchased this stack of Jacqueline Winspear books at 2 different used books stores over the past 2 days for my daughter. She is excited and I‘m thankful for media mail. 📦
so-soWell, I don't know what to say. I think it was the cover that drew me in first (so pretty), and the whole premise was really interesting, but then some major plot holes started to appear and I wasn't really satisfied with the ending. ☹️
March 13 #ItTakesAllKinds With Map I Have to go with Maroon 5 for this prompt. Love this song. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Got these beauties from family over the holidays. Can‘t wait to jump into the tagged book. I have a small globe collection and am interested to read how they are made.
pickThis is such a beautiful book, the cover really doesn't do justice to some of the images inside. It delves into the craft of globe-making from the perspective of one company, and the journey that they went on to build these beautiful spheres.
Over the weekend my brother-in-law gave me the tagged book. It only required minimal reorganization to fit it into my bookcase BUT of course I didn‘t stop there.
While I was at it, I decided to pull potential 2024 #authoramonth selections (plus one for #randomclassics) and see what I have. It‘s an interesting mix!
pickStudent art after reading The Boy Who Loved Maps. I don't think they fully appreciated the friendship in the story and there were whispers that it was romance. But I sensed that the MC nearly broke out in hives from the antagonist's tendency toward fiction. My kids were deaf to me suggesting that the MC just loved something new that they usually wouldn't agree to try. Nominated for the 2024 #WCCPBA
pick4 ⭐This is a wonderful biography of a woman who combined science and art to make a name for herself. Her discoveries helped prove they were mountains under the water, and that continental drift was a real thing. This book is lovingly done and well illustrated. For a children‘s picture book it‘s done in the first person which is highly unusual but very effective. This is a great biography for any library collection.
panThe history of mapmaking and of map stealing is the only interesting things I read in this book. Most of it is what the author thinks are clever allegories instead of actually discussing the thefts that the man who‘s supposedly the main focus of his book did and their impact. Needed more of that, less of the allegories.
1.5/5 read if you like author invoked investigation books, like the Orchid Thief. I don‘t, so I don‘t recommend it.
pickA collection of historical made up maps, propaganda, data viz, political cartoons, art, misunderstandings of geography, and more. Admittedly, I skimmed this book but the maps were interesting to see and the blurbs I did read seemed well put together. A few maps included in this collection felt out of place, but most of them were interesting. #Maps #DataViz
