Week in Review (9)

Life

I ended up with another 3 day weekend. This one was not planned. I slipped Friday morning on the ice and hurt myself. I mostly slid, but not entirely. Thankfully I don't think I did any major damage and feel much better today than I did on Friday. We are having a freeze/thaw winter and I have been paranoid about slipping all winter. I will be even more paranoid now!

Otherwise, an uneventful week. I worked, I read, I cleaned... The usual stuff. For the 29th, we went to my mother's for supper and then went to the second hand bookstore. It was the perfect 'extra' day!

Bookopoly

I read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers for Bookopoly because I landed on Sci-fi.

I rolled doubles, so I had to roll again. I landed on Chance that time and my Chance cards are authors I have more than 1 unread book by. I drew Lucy Maud Montgomery and read The Blue Castle. 

Currently Reading

Audiobook

I am between audiobooks at the moment...

Weekly Reading

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson ~ I have wanted to read this book for ages and I finally did. I didn't really like it. There were definitely some interesting points raised, but I just end up feeling like all self-help type books are exactly the same, just worded differently. I think I just was not in the proper mood for this one.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers ~ I bought this book in 2016 and I think I started it right away. I didn't finish it. Then I tried again either last year or the year before. Didn't finish it. This is why I do not unhaul books during reading slumps anymore because you know what happened when I picked it up this time? I loved it! You definitely have to be in the right mood for it because it is a character driven novel and not a plot driven one. And, it is written essentially as a collection of interconnected short stories. But, I loved this cast and I am so happy I read this! I cannot wait to read the sequels!

Love Her Wild by Atticus ~ Poetry is not really my thing, but this authors covers always catch my eye. I decided to give this one a try on Scribd and I was not entirely disappointed, but I also will not be rushing out to buy more poetry books. The photos were probably my favourite part. I think I may read the other books just to see the photos included!

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate ~ Honestly, another cover pick from Scribd. I have read Katherine Applegate before and I find that I enjoy her books, but I do not need to own them. This is a middle grade about nature and conservation through the eyes of a tree. It is also the story about a young girl who is not accepted in her neighbourhood because of where her family came from. I think that Applegate did a wonderful job of making those two storylines mesh together. It was definitely worth a read!

Starsight by Brandon Sanderson ~ I have a loose goal for 2020 to read at least 1 Brandon Sanderson book a month. I ideally want to read the Mistborn trilogy before the end of the year. I did manage to read the first one in January, but February was not a month of long books, so I didn't get to the second book. I did pick this book up, though! I read the first book last year via audio, so I decided to listen to this one on audio as well. I will say that I liked the first book a little bit more than this one, but I still really enjoyed it and cannot wait for book 3!

The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery ~ When I was 10 years old, I read the entire Anne of Green Gables series. I got them all at the second hand store with my own money and then that summer, I read them all. (I might not have been 10, but that is how I remember it.) This lead to me picking up Lucy Maud Montgomery books whenever I saw them second hand. I am not sure when I first got The Blue Castle, but I have tried to read it at least twice before now and never got into it. Montgomery's books are being rereleased with these pretty covers. I got Anne's series for Christmas. And then, I was lucky to find three others in this rereleased collection on Bookoutlet. That included The Blue Castle. And, like with the Becky Chambers, I am so glad I didn't give up on this book because I loved it this time. I am so happy I have finally read it and that I have this pretty copy on my shelves. 

New Additions

Amazon

I got this Twisted Tale Boxed Set:

A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell

As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

After Atlas by Emma Newman

Then, with book credit, I got Lazarus: Sourcebook Collection - Volume 1