I had a great month of reading! I know some of you read way more than I do, but seven books for the month was good for me. I really enjoyed MOST of the books I read. I already talked about Yesteryear (I did it AGAIN! Typed “yesterday” and had to change it- how many times am I going to do that???) It will be one of my top books of the year.
I also enjoyed this one that SHU recommended:
It wasn’t a page-turner like Yesteryear- rather, a quiet, gentle, really good book. Various people are grappling with life issues and find themselves at a library, where the librarian mysteriously is able to guide them to a book that helps them turn their lives around. One thing I really liked was, after the people described their problems, she would make a little encouraging comment about what they were already doing well. “You managed to find employment, you go to work every day and you can feed yourself. That’s a fine achievement.”
I’ve decided I want to be like that librarian! Whenever possible, I try to point things out to my clients like that. “Well, the good thing is you’re walking every day!” or “You took the first step and went to the doctor- that can be hard.” We’re always so focused on what we need to do better, but life is hard enough. Sometimes it’s nice to hear about something we’re actually doing right.
Here’s a book that didn’t work as well for me:
It’s frustrating, because I can’t exactly explain WHY. It’a about a midwife in the late 1700s. I liked the setting (Maine, when the US was a brand-new country), and it’s a mystery. I should have loved it, but I just didn’t. There was something about the writing style… it was based on the diaries of a real woman, Martha Ballard. Maybe I wanted it to be more historically accurate? Or less? Somehow it fell in the middle for me, with a plot that stuttered along. I did like what happened to Joseph North at the end though (HA!)
For June, I have a few reading goals. One is to read Big Time:
I own this book and love Laura Vanderkam, but somehow have not started it. Every time I start to pick it up, I decided I want fiction (which is almost always the case with me). I’m sure this book is fun and easy to read, and I’ll get a lot out of it once I finally start.
I also took this quiz, Which classic should you read this summer? I got Mansfield Park, and I’m up for a reread! It’s been a long time, and I love Jane Austen.
Lastly, I’m finally going to read James after seeing Stephany’s review. Everyone seems to love that book, and they have it at my library. But first I have to finish this, another classic I keep hearing about but have never read:
That’s it! I went way off topic for this week’s Tuesday Topics, oops. Next week’s topic: How do you find balance during summer chaos?
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Have you read any of these books?
