so-soThis book had all the ingredients that I should enjoy, but somehow they just didn't work here. Miss Carter is a middle-aged woman, never married, who lives by herself in a small flat in London and works for the censor's office during WWII. Through a series of events, she finds herself in possession of an ifrit (i.e. genie). Part of the reason this book didn't quite work for me was that the ifrit's magic never really made sense to me. Apparently ⬇
I realized today that I never shared my April #ISpy board. Much better than last month! @TheAromaofBooks
#AprilChallengeUpdate
Read #Bookspin & #DoubleSpin
Read 1 #ReadYourEBook
#WickedWords:
The Briar Club: Gambling
King A Life: Singer, Massachusetts
Wild Dark Shore: Fish
The Martha‘s Vineyard Beach and Book Club: Portuguese
#ISpy
April: 5 remaining
March: 4 remaining
February: 2 remaining
January: complete
@TheAromaofBooks @CBee @AsYouWish
Another month down in #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks
The Cartoonists Club was a fun read, part story of the formation of a new school club, part instructional book on making comics and zines, part Ms Frizzle style encouragement to budding artists and writers to “take chances! make mistakes! get messy!“
I love the librarian who facilitates the group meetings, she's great.
And, in an astonishingly timely manner, here is May's #ISpyBingo board!! As always, items can be found on the front/back cover, spine, or as a word in the title (i.e. if the word “Lake“ is in the title, that counts). If you'd like to see all the 2025 boards, they're here - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...
All in all, it was okay for a one-time read, but it's not a book I'm planning to keep. Right ingredients, wrong mixture.
But look at all those #ISpy prompts! 😂 - Cleaning Utensil, Cursive Font, Cat, Title/Author in Different Font, Book, Circle 3d
#100YearsofBooks
#GottaCatchEmAll - Ghost or Spirit @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 - 25/100 TBR books read @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo 3d