pickThis was adorable! It was about a boy who wanted to build a boat and found out the hardships of building one and relying on family and neighbors to help him build the boat. Wonderful illustrations.
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pickThis was adorable! It was about a boy who wanted to build a boat and found out the hardships of building one and relying on family and neighbors to help him build the boat. Wonderful illustrations.
pickBeautiful and stunning artwork. This nonfiction book is about a boy and his dad who travel to Alaska and wind up living on a remote island with a caretaker of goats on the island for 7 months. Wonderful writing and just absolutely gorgeous graphics.
*sorry for the shitty camera skills*
It's a foggy morning here in upstate NY. Great day to curl up and listen to a murder mystery which is my current read.
pickPatrick Barkham visits some of the smaller islands in the British Isles.
What he had to say about the history, people, and environment of the islands he visited was very good nature and travel writing but I could have done without the many, many references to D. H. Lawrence's story “The Man Who Loved Islands“ (which I haven't read) and Compton McKenzie, who the story was based on.
Next up is an #arc from #netgalley that I‘m finally getting around to.
This was also my June's #bookspin pick.
#whereareyoumonday
@Cupcake12
Always helpful when the book has a map.
We are starting on the Isle of Man
so-soThis should be squarely in my wheelhouse and I expected to love it. But, not so much. Some of the writing felt forced & contrived. It‘s also not particularly memorable. I finished listening a couple of weeks ago and recall little about it. Of course I‘m willing to admit that might be my fault because a lot competes for my attention this time of year.
Nothing about writing is, in fact, silly. Or perhaps the whole thing is. That dreaming up people and worlds is perhaps the silliest, most beautiful thing a human can do.
