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
The best memory I have of March is driving. I haven't had a weekend at home in a long time I guess. And that really cut into my reading time, because I'm more of a weekend reader. I slept in yesterday after a month that I can't stop appreciating how good that felt. Still, I read some great titles this month and April is bringing more new titles that I've been looking forward to!
Books of the month
Other Reads
Reviews posted
- Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
- 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
- Bringing Adam Home by Les Standiford (WOW!)
- The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
- Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli
- The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik (WOW!)
- The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
- The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (Book n Movie review)
- The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
Leif Reads
- March book: Slow Death by Rubber Duck and how even toys are toxic
- You're soaking it in - the teflon and mercury that's leeching into us
- The Lawn Damage
- What can we do?
Other posts
Traveling with my books this year
One thing I always look forward to with these monthly review posts, is where I've been to this month. While I'd much rather go there physically, some times books can be a welcome travel tool too! I still have two continents I haven't visited at all - Africa and Australia.
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Comments
Happy Reading!
Looking back over this month, you're definitely responsible for adding three books to my tbr list: Slow Death by Rubber Duck, 13 rue Therese, and The Good Daughter. I hope I can return the favor this month! :-)