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books: March 2017 (5 books)
The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell: Finished on 3/5/17. I loved this book. It's been six weeks since I finished it and I'm still thinking about it.
Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina #1), by Robert Beatty: Read 3/11/17 - 3/12/17. I really enjoyed this odd little book. The Biltmore estate was nicely evoked, Serafina was a compelling character ( Read more... ) -
Reading with my daughter: February/March (15 books)
Christmas in Camelot (Magic Tree House, #29): Finished on 3/3/17. Was desperate for a book to read with my daughter and found this one as an eBook through the library, so we read it on my tablet, which she liked. In this one, all the joy and laughter has been magically sucked out of Camelot, and Jack and Annie have to go on a quest to find it, on ( Read more... ) -
first post from Dreamwidth
So I just imported my journal over to Dreamwidth. Seemed a prudent thing to do based on the info Mink shared. If you're over here on Dreamwidth, friend me or circle me or whatever it is you do on Dreamwidth. I figure I'll cross-post for a while in case the LJ Admin thing isn't as dire as it seems, but at least my bases are covered now ( Read more... ) -
books 2017: The Year of Living Danishly, by Helen Russell
Full title: The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country. Finished on 2/24/17, after starting it in December 2016 and not being able to finish it before my ebook expired and auto-returned itself to the library. I had to put myself on the waiting list to check the ebook out again, but once I ( Read more... ) -
books 2017: The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3) by Holly Black / Cassandra Clare
Finished 2/20/17. I'd really been enjoying this series but the ending to this book was really upsetting. Not sure where the authors are going from here. -
books 2017: Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler
Finished on 2/17/17. Really glad I read this. -
books 2017: This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett
Finished this on 2/6/17. Nonfiction; essays that Patchett had written over the course of her career, mostly to pay the bills. Really enjoyed this collection a lot. But Ann Patchett could probably take a stab at writing a phone book and I'd read it. -
books 2017: Emerald Green (precious stone trilogy #3), by Kerstin Gier
Finished on 2/15/17. I was really disappointed by the conclusion to this series. The first book had such huge promise! But the big secret ultimately didn't make a whole lot of sense to me and felt underdeveloped. I would have liked this more if I hadn't liked the first book as much. Still a fun series, but not what I was hoping it would be. -
books 2017: Sapphire Blue (precious stone trilogy # 2), by Kerstin Gier
Finished this on 2/2/17. This was disappointing. I was expecting more to happen, but it read kind of like a placeholder. I don't think any of the mysteries from book 1 were resolved, and not a lot of new mysteries were introduced; it felt like we were mostly waiting around to go to a ball. Also, I started wondering why people love the heroine so ( Read more... ) -
[live shows] Mike Doughty at World Cafe Live, 3/5/17
Last night F and I went to see Mike Doughty at World Cafe Live (downstairs). The tickets were his Christmas present. It was a great show ( Read more... )