Library Checkout September 2016

This move at least forced me to not hoard my library books because I was so afraid of losing them!  However, instead I’ve lost my kindle which is really a terrifying feeling.  I have such good ebooks checked out and I can’t get to them!  

Checked Out and Currently Lost Ebooks

• Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
• A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (yes this is because I also can’t find the hardcover I preordered.  Shut up)

Checked Out Currently Reading

• The Traitor’s Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America by Alison Pataki (meh)
• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis. The kid is up and down on this so far. I will make her love it! 
• The Cartel by Don Winslow – I’m not reading this but my husband is. He’s obsessed and in love. So if Mexican cartels are your thing this is apparently highly recommended!  I don’t think I can do the violence he’s describing personally though it sounds excellent.

Checked Out Read – These are August too

• The Sight by Chloe Neill 
• Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel – Check out this review at the Gilmore Guide to Books but I really enjoyed this! 
• Apprentice in Death by JD Robb (perfect post move read)

Holds

• Love Loss and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi  (Thanks Sarah for the reminder!)
• Overruled by Emma Chase
• My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
• Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (I’m 17th in line and might not be able to handle this wait! But if I buy it will I just lose this too?)
• The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
• The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton – this has been in transit since May. I’m slightly worried that the kid will never get to read about the pony that toots too much again. 
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Returned Unread – Too many good things to list. It’s kind of sad. I’ll just put them back on my list and pretend August/September never happened! 

Thanks Shannon at River City Reading for this check-in! What’s on your library shelf this month?

Reading and Stickering with Babycakes

My kiddo got her very own box of book mail!  Aside from reading those stinking Rainbow Fairy books we’ve been diving into these and I want to share our new favorites.

Polar: A Phototacular Book

Carol Kaufmann, October 6, 2015, Workman Publishing

These pictures are awesome!  I love that this is land and water animals and even shows the Northern Lights. I want my kid bitten by the travel bug as soon as possible so she can dream of seeing the world!

Paint By Sticker: Zoo Animals

Workman Publishing, September 20, 2016

This book is so fun!  Anything that keeps the kid entranced without help is a win but this is also really fun to do together.  This is like the classic paint by numbers but no mess!  I was even more excited when I saw Andi’s ABCs post about an adult version! I know what is going in a lot of Christmas stockings this year.

Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton

Workman Publishing, August 23, 2016

If you read with littles at all and haven’t read Sandra Boynton you’re missing out!  These are always fun and silly and easy to read again – and again – and again!  My little one is getting so close to reading her self so this is a fun one for her to practice sight words on and get excited for Halloween.  She would have loved this totally a few years ago too.

Thank you so much Workman Publishing for these fun books!

It’s Monday – What Am I Not Reading?

Hi!  I’m still alive and reading! Holly – well she’s still alive.  She’s still reading.  Maybe if I send her enough obnoxious emails and texts she’ll even tell me what she’s reading and come review it. We moved which was suck-tacular and I still can’t find all my books which is traumatic. As a result of the trauma and just way too much going on for all of August I am compensating by reading all the books at once.  This is me basically

Here’s what I’m reading – when I’m not reading Rainbow Fairy books with Babycakes (oh the pain – we’re starting The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe this week)

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake – sister queens who want to kill each other and magic?  Yes please.

The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman – totally savoring this and then forcing it on the husband.

The Swan Riders  by Erin Bow – Deliciously creepy. I loved The Scorpion Rules and I’m excited to see where this goes.

The Devourers by Indra Das – so compelling yet also grossing me out.

Can I say I’m still reading Here Comes the Sun if I haven’t picked it up in weeks?  They’ve been rough weeks.  I will restart it because I need to give this a fair shot!

What are you reading?  Have you read any of these books with an opinion on what I need to finish first?

Thanks to The Book Date for hosting this check-in!