I read a lot of books since my last check-in!
I read 4 books, two of which I mentioned having started by last
check-in. I read Echoes of a Giantkiller and Remember the Dust by E.
Jade Lomax (#2 & #3 respectively of the Leagues and Legends
trilogy), Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery (#4 of the Anne of
Green Gables series), and Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson.
reviews (and spoilers!) under the cut (including spoilers for earlier books in series.)
I’m late again. My last check-in
was 11/11. I didn’t check in at all last week! Since then I read 5
books, but I’ll only be talking about 3 of them here. I mentioned in
that last check-in that I was reading Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake.
Unfortunately it got returned to the library before I finished, so that
update will have to wait for a while longer. I instead read Thick as
Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (#5 in the Queen’s Thief series),
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and Beanstalk by E. Jade
Lomax (#1 in the Leagues and Legends series)
Reviews (and spoilers) below the cut:
`This week I finished 3 books! 2 audiobooks and one ebook. I read both of the books I mentioned I had started in my last check in: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (book 4 of the Queen’s Thief series) and Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (as an audiobook). Then, I checked out the next book in the Anne series, Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (also as an audiobook), and finished it too!
These are all middle books in series, so there will be spoilers for the previous books (and these ones) in my discussion.
Reviews below the cut! (mobile users look out for the cut!)
This week I read 2 books, both of which I mentioned I was reading in my last check-in. I read The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, and finally finished Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
The King of Attolia is 3rd in the Queen’s Thief series. I talk about the first book here, and the second book here.
Large spoilers for both ahead.
Reviews (& spoilers!) below the cut!
This week I read The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
It’s the second in a series, and I talk about the first book here. Thoughts (including spoilers!) below the cut
This week I read One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake.
Review after the cut! (It’s the second in a series so there will be spoilers for the first book)
Since my last check-in I finished two books! The long awaited completion of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, and The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.
Reviews/thoughts below the cut
This week I read (listened to) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I had never actually read this one before, despite loving the 2005 movie adaptation!
Like I mentioned in my last check in, I’ve been listening to more audiobooks at work, especially classics that I might have a hard time actually getting through.
Thoughts below the cut!
It’s been 2 weeks since my last check-in, and I’ve only finished one book. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott (as an audiobook).
I was given a copy of this as a little girl, that I think was an abridged version. I think something about the description turned me off so I never read it. I’ve started listening to audiobooks at work, and I’m liking listening to classics that I otherwise probably wouldn’t read.
Thoughts below the cut!
This week I’ll be talking about Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery. I mentioned I was listening to this as an audiobook in last week’s check-in.
I’m not normally a big audiobook person, but I’m working a weird shift by myself at work, so it gets pretty boring and quiet. So I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and decided to throw some audiobooks in there too!
Review below the cut!
This week I finished both the books I mentioned I had started in my last check in! The Fire Keeper by J.C. Cervantes and The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert.
The Fire Keeper is based on Maya legends and is a middle grade book meant to give representation. It’s part of the Rick Riordan Presents collection, which I’ve talked about in several of my previous check-ins. This is the second in a series.
The Hazel Wood is a story based
in fairy tales. It follows Alice, whose grandmother wrote a cult classic
collection of fairy tales. When the grandmother dies, Alice and her
mother think they might finally be free of their bad luck curse, and try
and settle down, but the bad luck catches up in the form of Alice’s
mother being kidnapped. Alice has no choice but to turn to a fan of her
grandmother to try and find answers, and her mother.
Reviews below the cut!
I switched to working nights and weekends which is my excuse for how late this post is 😅
This past week I read Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, which I mentioned I was reading in my last check-in. I also read OHSHC Vol 3, but I won’t be talking about that.
Review below the cut!
This week I read Lalani of the Distant Sea, by Erin Entrada Kelly, which I mentioned I had started in my last check-in. (I also read Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 1 & 2, but won’t be talking about those.)
Review below the cut!
This week I read The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, which I mentioned in my last check-in.
Review below the cut!
This week I read Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe, by Carlos Hernandez, the one book I mentioned I started in my last check in. I’ve been doing a lot of reading for work so less reading for fun :/
Review below the cut!
It’s been 2 weeks since my last check in,
sorry about that. Got very lazy, been struggling with motivation
working from home. Also had some stressful work stuff so just haven’t
been doing much.
But, in those two weeks, I read 3 books!
(Well, 2 books and a graphic novel). 2 were the ones mentioned in my
last check in: Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, and
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland. The 3rd was the graphic novel Check
Please Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu. I technically had read it as a
webcomic but I did like the format of having it collected with the
extras in a book. (Side note: it wasn’t until I put these three covers together that I realized all these books were written by black women.)
