Well, it’s Thanksgiving weekend. And my library holds have been piling up. So! I’ve decided to have an impromptu readathon tomorrow.
Because of my new position at work (oh hey did I mention I have a new position? I’m going to be the children’s librarian at the branch nearest to where I live for at least a few months ^^), my weekends are always Sunday and Monday. This Thanksgiving weekend isn’t particularly special for me, as I don’t have any family here. But I am going to make it special by cozying up on the couch and reading all day. (With a break to vote and prepare my dinner, which will consist in part of a turkey cranberry pie from the Aussie pie shop and a big pot of mashed potatoes.) I am thankful for good books and good food!
Anyway, here’s the list of the books I have lying around my apartment. Nine of the ten books below are library books with varying due dates, so I best enjoy them while I have them. Links to Goodreads.
- Valour Road by John Nadler – My mom and I are reading this book (about the three men who lived on the same road in Winnipeg and were awarded the Victoria Cross during WWI) for October’s Family Reads.
- From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle – Due in six days and there are 83 people waiting for a copy, so I better finish this one soon.
- Sweet Bean Paste by Dorian Sukegawa – Japanese fiction. I put this on hold when I was going through a Japanese fiction kick earlier in the summer and now it’s finally here.
- The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson – Adult fiction. Set in small town Canada during the 1980s. I get Stranger Things vibes from the cover, but apparently it’s more realistic than supernatural.
- Beautiful Darkness by Kerascoët’s and Fabien Vehlmann – A somewhat infamous graphic novel due to its creepy cute nature that’s been on my TBR for awhile.
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker – Spooky middle grade that I’d been waiting for since summer. At least it’s the best season for spooky books now.
- Splendors and Gloom by Laura Amy Schlitz – I like to have one ebook on hand for easy reading while I’m eating (because I can prop my iPad up and not have to hold open a book :P). Another creepy middle grade.
- The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills – Spooky Indigenous (Cree) middle grade fiction! Cool! Just released a few weeks and somehow my library already has a copy available, amazing… (-.- usually I am waiting months, as you may have gathered from my above comments).
- Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly – Kelly’s books are kind of hit and miss with me but I’m curious about this one because it’s a fantasy. I just borrowed it today so it’s low priority.
- Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante – A friend of a friend wrote this book! I went to the launch here in Vancouver a couple nights ago. It’s not a book with a due date, though, so it has relatively low priority right now. ^^;
I hope to finish two books and dabble in a few more. I am also a few days behind on my daily The History of Middle-Earth readings, so I hope to catch up on that. What are you reading this weekend? Are you celebrating Thanksgiving?
Not vacation here, but my long-time hold of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone came in and I enjoyed it a lot. Congrats on your new position! I had Sundays and Mondays off for a few years and it was kind of a pain when there were always things going on on Saturdays, but having Monday off is cool.
Glad to hear you enjoyed a book that you had to wait patiently for! Thank-you for the congrats re: my new position. There’s lots to be done but I’m enjoying it all. It is handy having a weekday off. I find the Thursday evening I have to work a bit more frustrating – I have already missed out on a few things I would have liked to check out.