Monday Malarkey

After getting no books in the mail at all, last week, this week was especially fun. Four books! And, some goodies! Cool.

Recent arrivals: Top to bottom (from above photo) and then one below:

• Saving Tarboo Creek by Scott Freeman, with illustrations by Susan Leopold Freeman - from Timber Press for review (and totally up my alley!)
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - Movie tie-in version from William Morrow for review
• The Saboteur by Paul Kix from Harper for review

• Force of Nature by Jane Harper - from Flatiron Books for review, and this one came packed inside a drawstring bag with a flashlight, some trail mix, and a water bottle. How fun is that?! I very seldom get any extra promotional items with books, so it felt like opening a birthday gift. 

Books finished since last Malarkey:

• The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories 
• Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler and Will Terry
• Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by L. Wallmark and K. Wu
• The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

This past week was a fun reading week. I finally finished The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories, a book of prize-winning stories by African writers. Bonaparte Falls Apart just happened to arrive in the midst of Children's Week, so I read and reviewed it immediately. And, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code is the book I've been walking past for months, even though it was sitting in plain sight on our piano bench. The Cottingley Secret took me several days to finish, even though it flows well and is easy to read at pace, because I kept getting started with my reading around the time I should have been turning out the light. I need to get un-addicted to Twitter.

I loved everything. And, of course, I got to reread all the books I reviewed, last week, because I always read the children's picture books at least two times before reviewing.


Posts since last Malarkey:

• Amazing Animal Friendships by Pavla Hanackova and Linh Dao (book review)
• Cap'n Rex and His Clever Crew by Henry L. Herz and Benjamin Schipper (book review)
• Ally-saurus and the Very Bossy Monster by Richard Torrey (book review)
• Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler and Will Terry (book review)
• The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABCs (the Hard Way) by Patrick McDonnell (book review)
• Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu (book review)
• The My Little Cities series: Paris, San Francisco, London, New York - by Jennifer Adams and Greg Pizzou (4 books, 1 review)
• Goodnight Little Bot by Karen Kaufman Orloff and Kim Smith (book review)
• Dough Knights and Dragons by Dee Leone and George Ermos (book review)
• Rufus Blasts Off! by Kim T. Griswell and Valeri Gorbachev (book review)
• Fiona Friday - Squirrel! (cat photo)

Currently reading:


I started a book called Blackout by Mark Elsberg, last night, after finishing The Cottingley Secret. I plan to restart Spies in the Family, though, tonight. If I can get Spies in the Family finished quickly, I'm going to send it to my son via Husband Courier. If not, I'll just have to mail it, later on.


In other news:

Huh. Can't think of any other news. The weather's nice. *shrugs*


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