From someone living in an area with one of the shortest growing seasons in the contiguous US, I find that my sympathies have shifted as I‘ve aged. Poor Mr. McGregor! At least our spring has finally sprung.
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From someone living in an area with one of the shortest growing seasons in the contiguous US, I find that my sympathies have shifted as I‘ve aged. Poor Mr. McGregor! At least our spring has finally sprung.
Second day of appointments: today it‘s therapy and after surgery checkup. In-between the two right now, resting while the husband works, and trying to decide which book to read next, Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan‘s The Last Week, or Sarah Weinman‘s The Real Lolita. Again, actually getting some real sun! #soakingupthesun #summerreads #wheelchairselfie
I went to Hill Top yesterday where Beatrix Potter lived. Everything has been preserved and left as it was when she lived there. Such a beautiful place.
pickAfter The Laws of the Skies I went with the May pick of #ChildrensClassicRead2019 to soothe me but I should have known better. Potter's beautiful artwork aside, this is kind of a dark story about being out in the world & suffering the consequences of having a healthy curiosity & appetite. The world is full of danger & evil 😭 I felt like I was in the same surrealist fever dream, only now in the English countryside. Stay inside & read, Peter 🐰😰
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,897
DNF: 0
Women authors: 15 (one book had 3 authors)
POC authors: 3
Best: The Marriage of Opposites
Worst: Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now
Longest: The Kingdom of Copper - 621 pages
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⭐️: 1
⭐️⭐️: 1
⭐️⭐️⭐️: 6
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: 4
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: 0
APRIL READING STATS:
- 13 books, including five 5⭐ reads and seven 4⭐ reads
- 11 female authors (and the two male are PoC)
- Goodreads: 58/100
- #booked2019: 2/6 (total 9/12)
- #litsyatoz: 1/26 (total 14/26 - female authors)
Favourite read: Sadie - it was absolutely amazing! But I also really liked On The Come Up.
April wrap up:
27 books
#BookishBingo: 16/24 with 4 bingos
#MagicalReadathon: 5/5 O.W.L.s needed for librarian track
Progress:
#Pop19: 36/50
#ISpy: 39/50
2019: 105
pickThe chocolate bunny that the hubs put in my Easter basket had a cute little copy of this book in it, so I decided to reread it. My grandma used to read it to me every year before Easter. I can still here her singing “here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity hoppity Easter‘s on it‘s way” 💖🐇💐
