The Magic Summer, by Noel Streatfeild, with these delightful ink illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. (A midcentury kid's adventure was what my brain needed this week!)
Really enjoying this book by Kelsey Rae Dimberg. It has moments of humor and also some all too familiar wellness jargon that reminded me of some not so good yoga classes in my past. #fridayreads
Hey Thingamabrarians! We like to ask you what you're reading every Friday, but rarely share what we ourselves are reading. So starting this Friday I'll be posting a selection of LT staffers' current reads:
Tim: Rome: Strategy of Empire, by James Lacey, read by Joel Richards
Abby: The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Kate: Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff
Lucy: Village of the Lost Girls by Agustín Martínez
Abigail: The House of Arden by E. Nesbit & The Doll's House by Rumer Godden
Zeph: Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton
@Abigail - It's been a long time since I heard Rumer Godden mentioned! I know I used to read her books years ago, don't remember too much. I wonder how they hold up now?
I love her books, but have only read her children's work! The Story of Holly and Ivy is a Christmas favorite of mine (I have the edition illustrated by Adrienne Adams, although the later one done by Barbara Cooney is also lovely). I also adore The Kitchen Madonna and The Diddakoi (read recently).
This I'll have to check some of her books in the library - doesn't sound like the kinds of things I read now, but will be interesting! I know I read The Greengage Summer, not sure of what else I read.
I always have a pile of books going, but right now I’m focusing on Dickens’ Hard Times, Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman and I just started listening to The Lord of the Rings read by Andy Serkins.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS9MH5LW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Pacifica is a bit of a memoir of the end of the country (maybe the world). The story starts in my own backyard in Cleveland, Ohio. When so much of what you read is based in your own local bit of reality, it's frankly terrifying.
Im reading This Motherless Land by Nikki May. It has an intriguing plot, characters I care about, and great language. I’m enjoying it on this gray, chilly day.
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Read first in series and really enjoyed it. This stars the Doctor sister who has her magical powers go spiraling after an incident in hospital. She goes back home and runs into her first love.
Magic and second chances!
I have a chapter left of one dark window and will probably RUN to get the next going with the way it ended.
I’m ready for some vengeance and some love reunited vibes 😂
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Good so far!
Tim: Rome: Strategy of Empire, by James Lacey, read by Joel Richards
Kate: Sweet Fury by Sash Bischoff
Lucy: Village of the Lost Girls by Agustín Martínez
Abigail: The House of Arden by E. Nesbit & The Doll's House by Rumer Godden
Zeph: Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton
Pacifica is a bit of a memoir of the end of the country (maybe the world). The story starts in my own backyard in Cleveland, Ohio. When so much of what you read is based in your own local bit of reality, it's frankly terrifying.
https://www.librarything.com/work/6428803/t/Five-Windows
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Read first in series and really enjoyed it. This stars the Doctor sister who has her magical powers go spiraling after an incident in hospital. She goes back home and runs into her first love.
Magic and second chances!
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I’m ready for some vengeance and some love reunited vibes 😂
An oldie but a goodie, and a tonic for these dark days.