Week 6: Readers' Square

Halfway through Little Thieves by Margaret Owen. I had previously read her duology Merciful Crow & Faithless Hawk. I adore all of her books. She writes YA fantasy with a medieval setting, strong female characters and captivating plot lines. Little Thieves is a retelling of “The Goose Girl,” which is a Grimm fairytale I was not familiar with. Owen also provides the artwork for the book, including the cover seen below. Highly recommend her books! 

Je viens juste de terminer le tome 11 de la série Histoires de vampires ; Le vampire le plus séduisant du monde par Kerrelyn Sparks. Je l'ai terminé en quelques jours seulement, je voulais savoir la suite à chaque fois que je terminais un chapitre. J'adore la façon qu'elle décrit les sentiments des personnages, l'amour impossible, les méchants. Je le recommande certainement!

This week I am finally getting around to reading Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez. I had my name on the waitlist since march, and unbeknownst to me my partner did the same, and our books came in the same week. We've had an informal book club as we've made our way through it! I'm about halfway through and it's a very engrossing read. I like that chapters are short and it follows different characters, but it's a hard read, as each one is facing multiple barriers. This allows is along the lines of the work I do, so I'm finding it less of an escape than my normal reads. 

Hey, I'm always interested in eating better, and healthier, and in cutting greenhouse gases so my grandkids have as good a planet as I have! I reserved several Vegan cookbooks, and chose to read this one because it had the most enticing photos, and easy to read!

I am about to start this book, and it is about if human is just an only a social animal?

human lives depend on what?

Just finished reading Love & Gelato. Cute little romance, but the real love interest of the book is Florence, Italy. Don't you just love books that make you travel? When you read the words and you can smell the air, hear the bugs in the grass, walk the streets taste the food? The love story itself was not very believable, and the main character lacked a lot of common sense, but the Florence scenes were worth the read. 

Best book I have ever read this summer!! I am currently reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and I am on page 100 of 336. I feel guilty if I spoil anything so I’ll just say this, this book is very intriguing. It is almost a post-apocalyptic book that has parallels to Covid which makes it even more interesting. My aim is to finish 100 pages maybe by the end of this week, fingers crossed!!

I've started 3 different books recently because I can't seem to focus on just one. Out of the three, I'm enjoying A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers the most. Honestly, the cover art is what attracted me to it in the first place (anyone else find it hard to resist a beautiful cover?). It's the story of a woman in her mid-50s recounting her life as a food critic and murderer. I recommend it. I'm not very far into the book, but it's already pretty graphic so warning if you're not a fan of violence and gore. 

I just finished reading Would You Rather? A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out by Katie Heaney yesterday. It is a short book, but full of genuine reflections and humour. Katie talked about realizing that she was queer at the age of 27, and the various experiences of discovery and "imposter syndrome" that she felt afterwards, having lived with a "straight" identity for so long. I would recommend it for a light and quick read! :) 

I am currently reading Dumplin' by Julie Murphy and am throughly enjoying it. I originally picked out the book Pumpkin' because I saw the fun cover and was intrigued. I then found out it was the third in a series and went back and picked out Dumplin' to read first. If the other two books in the series are anything like the first, I look forward to finishing off this trilogy. 

I also just found out there is a film adaptation on Netflix, so I am excited to watch that once I'm finished the read. 

I have been on hold for this book for a whole year! So far it is good I understand why it is so popular. It's a simple yet exciting read so perfect for beginners or casual readers. Hoover has a method of making the reader slightly uncomfortable in her books without making it horror that I admire 

Just started The Whisky King by Trevor Cole. I've been interested in Prohibition for a while and this book gives the Canadian perspective. So far, it's a bright, engaging read. I must admit, in these kinds of stories, I'm normally on the bootlegger's side. Too much Damon Runyon at a formative age, I guess.

July 26, 2022

On second thought, I have decided to give my other novels a bit of a break and start reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. My friend wants me to read it quickly so we can go watch the movie, so I have quickly started that. Currently, on page 25/368, so still long way, but I aim to finish 100 more pages in the next few days