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State Of The Bookshelf 2/25/23
state of the bookshelf 2/25/23
finished
Where the Crawdads Sing - I understand why people like this book but it wasn't to my taste. read the thing cover to cover out of sheer stubborness
The House on the Cerulean Sea - DNF
The House on Mango Street - it was fine
The Dragon Princess, ED Baker - super cute! Liked it
In progress
Jingo and I Shall Wear Midnight, Pratchett
Dragon's Kiss, ED Baker
I have completed 10 new books, reread 9, and DNF'ed 4 books this year.
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(Agree agree agree! And if it is not overstepping I'd also like to add)
I love you circle of magic I love you emelan I love you ambient mages I love you sandry briar daja and tris. I love you lark rosethorn frostpine niko and yes even you crane I love you evvy and luvo and glaki and bear and zegoras
i love you tamora pierce i love you song of the lioness i love you circle of magic i love you immortals i love you protector of the small i love you beka cooper
“Five for tradition and depts to the dead.”
when i started rereading the circle of magic books i did not consider how briars book would hit given the current state of things 😂
Book(s) of the month: March
Book of the month for March is The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang. Either I finish it by the end of the month or it goes in the donation box. This is my ongoing attempt to weed down my to-read list.
In addition, I am adding in two temporary categories.
Parental Book of the Month is The Art of Teaching Children by Philip Done. This is basically assigned reading. I have to read at least 15 minutes of this book per day until it is done. This means I might not finish by April, but so it goes.
Gift book of the month is Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble, Alexis Hall. This is also assigned reading. I have to read 15 minutes per day until it is done, but I'm "allowed" to DNF it.
[more about these books under the jump]
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang: This one might be a bit of a 'gimme' since it's a novella, but I've had this one in my possession for more than a year and never finished it.
It first came to my attention via the Be the Serpent podcast, which is an extremely excellent source of book recommendations.
If I recall correctly, this book was recommended because it has some interesting things about gender and interesting worldbuilding in general. I think the Serpents commented that, like many novellas, it almost does a magic trick of fitting more worldbuilding and story into its wordcount than seems possible. A TARDIS of ideas.
The Art of Teaching Children, by Philip Done: Not going to lie, this one is kind of intimidating because it looks chunky. As far as I know, it's a nonfiction collection of essays about teaching & kids (shocking) from a 30-year teacher. As it happens, I love working with children and am planning a career move into teaching, so this is a very appropriate gift.
Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble, by Alexis Hall: A gift from my dear friend J, who has heard I love LGBT+ romance. I believe this is written as a capital-R genre Romance, too, which is right up my alley. Full disclosure: I've already started reading this one but haven't finished it yet. The protagonist has ferocious anxiety, and it's setting me off in a weird way. (Basically, he's making me go 'oh my god, am i this annoying? do people want to smack me upside the head the way i want to smack this fictional person upside the head?' And then I do a fun little spiral.) So we'll see if I finish it... But the premise is good, the writing is solid, so I will give it a fair shake and try not to let my own brain-things get in my way.
There we go, 3 books for March. Please wish me luck!