It got busy this week! Lots going on at home, work, and otherwise as well. Life My daughter's school decided to close on Friday, along with several other schools in the area, with some being closed from Thursday. Not enough staff. The school had been on a mask mandate since the beginning of the pandemic, dropping it only for one week when the pandemic had appeared to have stabilized last year. And yet, they dropped the mandate completely at the beginning of this year, when cases were exponentially rising, only to bring it back again starting next week. I've gone from being very annoyed to angry to feeling fatigue in these first two weeks already. I won't lie - we all mask around here and try to avoid going where we don't have a need to be in, and still, we are not taking anything close to the extreme precaution we all took at the beginning of the pandemic. I cannot and don't want to keep my kids home - I have at least that much faith in the schools' precautions
Sheila @ One Persons Journey through a world of Books wants to know what we're reading. I'm only too happy to oblige!
This post is taking me a while to put up. I just finished watching Hotel Rwanda, and am still pretty dazed, shocked and angry. I'm also thinking about Egypt and wondering why freeedom is such a hard thing to have. So while I try to set these thoughts aside, let me think about the books I read this week.
Books completed in the last week
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown: What a beautiful writing! You always need that in character-driven novels, and this book certainly had it! Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun by Geoffrey Canada: A well-done graphic novel set in Harlem and with a really good insight into the almost-lawless streets where Canada grew up in. Stitches by David Small: This was such a fast read, I was amazed. It was certainly moving too - adopting the idea that pictures can say so much more than words.
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Books on my nightstand
I did some compulsion-free reading last week, but this week is going to be governed again by review and tour deadlines. I need to do this more often. Since I haven't yet checked what review dates are coming up, these are the books on my radar right now.
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld: This book is just as interesting as it's prequel, Leviathan. The next book, Goliath, is coming out on Sept 13th, so I'm really looking forward to it - it's the last book of this trilogy. Of course, I won't be surprised if a fourth book is also released, since we all know that only Scott Westerfeld can get away with four books in a trilogy!
Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich: I've been hearing a lot about this book - both good and bad. But my interest is piqued! I haven't read any of Louise Erdrich's earlier works, this one sounds intense as it is, so I can't wait to find out.
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Have a fabulous reading week and if you get a second stop by There’s A Book! :)
carol
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