Hi, friends! Summer has been crazy, July perhaps even more so than June. Still, we managed to get some reading done.
Katie:
- The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
As always, C.S. Lewis and Willa Cather are wonderful. Shatter Me didn't click with me. Destroy Me was an interesting sidestory, but unless I really like the next book, I probably won't go any further in the series. Not totally sure how I feel about Waiting for Godot. I'm going to restart Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic at some point - hopefully this month. I had started it at the end of last month, but got distracted by other things. Also in regards to last month, I forgot to include the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams in my list of June reads. Currently, I'm a little over halfway through The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield.
Sarah:
- Revolution by Deborah Wiles
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
- Volumes 1-6 of Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki
I also read one last month that I forgot to list: The Crown by Kiera Cass. It's a pretty girly read, and also pretty cheesy and fluffy. Maybe it's made out of fluffy cheese. I don't know. It was a fun read, though. I'm currently reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as well as lots more volumes of Rurouni Kenshin.
As you may have noticed, we've been having a bit of trouble sticking to our posting schedule of late. We also still haven't managed to begin our more detailed posts about the books we've been reading (we promise we'll get there at some point). Because of these difficulties, we've decided to mix things up a bit in August before going back to our regular schedule in September. We won't be doing our regular first-and-third-Friday-of-the-month posts, but we will be fulfilling a challenge for which a friend and fellow blogger nominated us that involves posting three days in a row.
Thanks for reading! See you soon!
We both love the idea of sticking notes in books for strangers to find. Today, we made a trip to the library armed with post-its and colored pens to do just that. It's good fun, and we'll probably do it again. Here are some of the notes we wrote:
Dear reader,
You are currently holding a book that I read many times while growing up. I hope you're enjoying your time in the pages of Mossflower as much as I always did. Have a lovely day! Be brave like Martin and carefree like Gonff.
Sincerely,
The Library Fairy
(left by Katie in "Mossflower" by Brian Jacques)
Dear reader,
If you enjoy this book, I highly recommend that you read The Chronicles of Prydain. It is a wonderful fantasy series written by the very same author of the book you now hold. Keep reading! It is one of the best adventures you can have.
Love,
The Library Fairy
(left by Sarah in the pages of "The Iron Ring" by Lloyd Alexander)
Dear reader,
This book is spindiddly! I hope you're enjoying it. I'd like to challenge you to do your own Beedle-style good deed once you finish reading. Then treat yourself to some ice cream!
The Beedle
(left by both of us in the pages of "A Snicker of Magic" by Natalie Lloyd)
Hey there,
If you want some Poe-related silliness in your life, go on YouTube and look up "A Telltale Vlog." You won't regret it... probably. Either way, enjoy this book.
-The Library Ghost
(left by Katie in the pages of a collection of short stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe)
Have you ever left notes for strangers to find, either in a book or somewhere else? Tell us about it in the comments!
Keeping this brief, because life.
Katie:
- Nemesis by Agatha Christie
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
- Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
I'm currently reading The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett and The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.
Sarah:
- Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
- Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
I'm currently reading Revolution by Deborah Wiles. Hopefully I'll read more in July than I did in June. =P
Since Sarah got back into town a little later than we anticipated, we've now decided to move our first-Friday-of-the-month post to tomorrow, so that we don't feel rushed. Thanks for bearing with us!
