Septembers’s Result – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller I have been putting off this post because I’ve had The Book Whisperer on hold for almost two months – and it still hasn’t become available! So my thoughts on it will have to wait, but the voting continues. November’s Selection October’s theme is middle grade fiction that’s been languishing on my TBR. I sorted my to-read-middle-grade shelf by date added, […]
August’s Result – The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany I added this book to my TBR in December 2012 because it’s a fantasy novel that Tolkien enjoyed. The King of Elfland’s Daughter also influenced Gaiman, another favourite fantasy author of mine who diverges a lot from Tolkien. So I was curious to see what it was all about! Within the first five pages, I thought “Ah, I can […]
May’s Result – The House in Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee I enjoyed a lot of elements in this book: divided families, a house tucked in the woods, apprenticeships to an unusual trio (Death, Memory, and Passion), a historical rival becomes an ally, an angry older brother who has more going on than you might expect, twins who look out for each other while remaining distinctly their own person, a […]
January’s Result – Truthwitch by Susan Dennard Erm, so, does anyone remember this feature I do on occasion? 😂 Turns out I didn’t have the capacity to keep it going during my final semester. Now that that’s over, though, I intend to bring it back on a monthly basis. I did tackle Truthwitch in February, shortly before I went to New York. The premise of Truthwitch appealed to me, as […]
December’s Result – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel My first adult read of the year! Reading Station Eleven made me realize how long it has been since I read a solid work of fiction like this. Station Eleven felt to me like a slice of life look at a post-apocalyptic world. The plot doesn’t revolved around the violent prophet mentioned in the jacket copy. He is just one of the characters whose lives […]