Recent arrivals:
- Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis and
- What Happened by Hillary Rodham Cinton (both purchased)
Books finished since Tuesday Twaddle:
- The Way to London by Alix Rickloff
- Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis
I enjoyed both of these books. My review of The Way to London has been pre-scheduled to publish tomorrow. Since I'm so far behind on reviews, I figured I'd better write about it while it was still fresh in my mind. I hope to do that for Snowspelled, as well. It's going to take me a while to catch up on the backlog of reviews but I'm not worried. If I have to, I'll do a few catch-up mini review posts and I'm planning to do a children's book review week, soon, as well.
Posts since Tuesday Twaddle:
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (book review)
- The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones (book review)
- Fiona Friday - Spot the cat (cat photo)
Currently reading:
- An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories
OK, this is misleading. I'm really only reading An American Family - and definitely enjoying it. I meant to use the hashtag #ConstitutionDay to mention how much I enjoyed reading about how Khizr Khan discovered the American Constitution and his appreciation of it, yesterday, but I blew it. It's a good story, though.
I haven't touched The Goddess of Mtwara since I got home from vacation, although I love the variety of stories in this book of African prizewinners and haven't given up on it, by any means. And, I got 50 pages into The Invention of Wings but then didn't open it back up after the first night's reading. I was enjoying it but I'm not going to make it to my F2F discussion so I just haven't felt compelled to pick it back up. I think, instead, I'll read it another time and start one of my ARCs, since I have a substantial pile of them to tackle and I keep looking at those ARC piles longingly.
In other news:
Huh, can't think of any other news. We had some fall weather (really, closer to winter weather with a high in the mid-50s) just after we returned from vacation but we're back to normal, now (upper 80s, low 90s, heavy humidity) and I am definitely missing that cool weather. It was fun while it lasted. The news fades quickly but you never forget living through a devastating hurricane, so I've been thinking a lot about those who are recovering from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and hoping that the punishing experience of living without power in the Southern heat has ended for most. I'll be keeping the hurricane survivors in my thoughts for a long time.
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Our weather is fluctuating day to day. I'm good with that. It's a nice mix. Today it's raining and cold. I think I'll lie? lay? around and read.
ReplyDeleteIt's middling hot, today - not so hot and humid that you walk to the mailbox and come in needing a shower but not exactly cool, either. It's pretty pleasant, really. I'll take it. And, they say we're only a couple weeks away from fall, which makes it a lot easier to tolerate that last bit of summer!
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