Currently reading: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab ๐
Currently reading: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab ๐
Finished reading: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab ๐Oh, it’s perfect summer reading. Magic, interesting characters, and great world-building. Book 2 in a series and I’m immediately moving on to Book 3.
Currently reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett ๐
Hey yโall, this book is a masterpiece. If you have any interest in comics and graphic novels, buy it. Itโs worth it. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris ๐
Currently reading: How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry ๐
Finished reading: James by Percival Everett ๐wonderful!! Huckleberry Finn from Jimโs (Jamesโ) point of view, with such insight into the power of words, writing, and appearances, and the stupidity of bigotry.
Currently reading: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab ๐
Finished reading: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab ๐good summer fantasy reading.
Finished reading: Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation ๐Ugh. I mean, I’m sorry for the guy and his family that he died so young. But so much inflated self-importance.
Currently reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris ๐I’m only about 10 pages in but this graphic novel is AMAZING. So beautiful. I loved Book One so am looking forward to reading Book Two. I plan to read it very slowly, admiring every page.
Currently reading: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab ๐
Currently reading: Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation ๐Reading it for our library’s book group.
Finished reading: 3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan ๐Quite enjoyable non-fiction about Jazz, especially between about 1945 and 1965. It gave me lots of pointers toward excellent albums to put on my playlist.
Currently reading: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick ๐
Finished reading: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ๐My continuing theme of retellings of Greek Myths. A wonderful novel focused on the love between Achilles and Patroclus. Well done.
Currently reading: Thelma by Marie Corelli ๐
Finished reading: Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf ๐I love this book. I learned stuff about the science of reading and the brain that I had never imagined. Also useful for its advice about mediating our digital culture and maintaining our deep reading skills.
Finished reading: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart ๐We read this for our Library book group. An interesting meditation on culture, bad behavior, generational trauma, and growing up as an immigrant. Worth reading.
Currently reading: This Other Eden by Paul Harding ๐
Finished reading: Medusa by Jessie Burton ๐my continuing theme of modern books using Greek myths. Kinda liked it.
Currently reading: James by Percival Everett ๐
Finished reading: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott ๐not as brilliant as Thistlefoot but an enjoyable set of short stories by this imaginative writer.
Currently reading: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott ๐
Finished Reading: The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey ๐Wonderful post-apocalypse fiction. This isn’t usually a favorite genre but this one is well done, great characters, good story, and interesting thoughtful points to be made.
Currently reading: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart ๐