Happy 2023! If it‘s true that what you do determines what the coming year will be like then it would seem more books are in my future. Today I picked up a copy of, “Firekeeper‘s Daughterâ€, as well as Darcie Little Badger‘s, “Elatsoeâ€, and the above mentioned “The Hazel Woodâ€.
Solstice treat. Many years have passed since I‘ve read any Anais Nin.
Reads like a cross between Firefly, the Expanse and Red Dwarf with a bit of the Ship Who Sang.
One summer I read all the Chandler‘s and Hammett‘s I could find. On a trip to Minneapolis I visited the main library where I discovered a Chandler I thought I hadn‘t read before. Turns out I not only had I owned it. Last week I “forgot†again and now have two copies. Sometimes you need a little noir.
The Sandman ball is coming up. I thought this would be for me:) Delirium dreams💛
I loved this series as a child:) Apparently there are 70 books in the series now.
Resting up before a week in the Sierras with my upper elementary crew.
First books from the new home: one new and one used:)
Each time I read a little further in the story I keep recalling “Are You There God? It‘s Me, Margaret†by Judy Blume. I think it‘s element of not knowing oneself and feeling intense pressure to be, or do or act in some unknown way that one feels@ everyone but oneself knows how to do.
It‘s too hot to stay inside an AC free building. This seems about right to reread during a heatwave 🥵
Enjoying my final weeks in the city and getting ready to dive into packing boxes.
Reads like flat track from the early 2000‘s as far as showmanship and free for alls go. The protagonist is working through loss of her parents and other trauma including self harm and thinks roller derby will allow her to continue her downward spiral. Daya is in for a big surprise.
The Iron Widow, the Burning God, and now this. I sense a theme.
I have many unread books. I‘m working through the ones I don‘t think I‘ll pack to take with me. It‘s hard to do because I always want to have a book to pass on to the right person at the right time. Fortunately I have Litsy to keep track:)
Picked this up a few years ago. I‘m rereading it in preparation for working with an older group of children. I would have loved this type of activity growing up.
This is easily one of my top ten - if I had to get rid of my library, books. The terror came after decades of warning signs. The only way to not repeat history is to learn from it .
The temps are ridiculous today. So I looked up a project to do while I hide in a cafe.
My overall sense of this book is Raymond Chandler meets Supernatural.
That whole scene in Queen Orlagh‘s palace was disorienting. There were some interesting typos throughout the story. I couldn‘t decide if they were editing mistakes or typographical.
It has been a darksome year.
Lots of action. I would rate this as a book series to borrow from the library.
March and April reads read. Not pictured: the Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill.
Some of the children saw me reading this and were very happy. Such a sweet book. There are some emotionally scary parts for younger readers.
Sometimes books are too sad, or scary for me to read. Others have a meanness to them I am not in a space to muscle through. Maybe I‘ll try this one again later.
A two in one collection that has Spock‘s World by Diane Duane as well as Sarek by A. C. Crispin.
