I have to say I'm on a roll with my book list this year and I'm also
pretty sure I will reach my end of the year goal of sixty five books.
I'm more than half way through, (which I thought I'd hit in August,) so
I'm way ahead of schedule which means I can sneak in a few more kids
books that I've been wanting to read. I packed in another five/six books
in the last five weeks and they were all excellent picks. I blew
through
One Day We Will All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter by
Scaachi Koul.
Hilarious and literally on point about the life of our generation. An
eloquent and fast paced book of essays, it is a must for every
millennial girl. And if my one sentence review doesn't sell you,
hopefully this excerpt from a piece about a
fitting room disaster will, because who hasn't been there! Since I was listening to the unabridged version of
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, I needed a few quick reads; despite their less than two hundred page length,
Missed Connections by
Sophie Blackall and Y is for Yorick by
Jennifer Adams were
excellent choices to read in a night while getting ready to go to bed. I
should say I came across both of these books because these women run
the world when it comes to illustrating children's books. When I found
out they dabbled in adult fiction, I couldn't pass up what they had
written. I've actually owned both books for quite awhile, so it was
really a no brainer when I was looking through my book shelves for small
books.
Missed Connections, is a wonderfully illustrated book
of just that. Tales of two people locking eyes on the subway in New York
and never asking each other out, peering over books at each other in
the library to other beautifully written missed connections. If you're a
romantic, this book is for you. And
Y is for Yorick, is an
illustrated Shakespearan alphabet of characters and themes of
Shakespeare work. For the obsessed and not so obsessed, this pocket book
(books that can easily fit in my purse) of quick facts and reference is
perfect if you want to impress your English Lit friends.
I'm
always excited to talk about what we're reading in the tween book club,
between my own choices and what the kids want to read, it is mostly a
combination of classic children's literature, series and new books. We
just read The
Unwanteds by
Lisa McMann and I have to say, this is one book I have been looking
forward to reading the most in this summer's book club. A combination of
The Hunger Games and Harry Potter, it is one fantastically woven tale
of battles, twins with powers and the arts versus practicality. If the
world Lisa McMann created was real, I would definitely want to be an
Unwanted! With seven books in the series, four of my kids are already
reading the third and fourth books. I finally read
The Night Circus, well
actually I listened to it. Surprised to hear Jim Dale as the narrator,
it took a little time getting use to his voice without thinking about
Harry Potter (he is famously known for narrating the Harry Potter
books). A beautiful and enchanting tale of magic, circus life, a
forbidden love story with twist of ghostly fun, Erin Morgenstern is
incredibly detailed with her narrative and creates the most wonderful
world with The Night Circus! Tell me what's on your reading list?