March Wrap Up: For Grown Ups
The Heat Will Kill You First scares the crap out of me. But I learned a lot. It took a minute for me to get into it bc the first few chapters are just laying background knowledge which I’m familiar with, but I thought the later chapters about mosquitoes and the blob to be the most illuminating. Now as LA gets another historically wet winter I sort of grimace because I understand now it’s happening because the ocean is too hot.
The Forest Brims Over was a weird little novel about a woman turning into a forest because of her husbands infidelity and stifling her career. An interesting metaphor but one I didn’t think really stuck the landing.
I picked up Nothing to See Here because it was on that great American novel list by the Atlantic and I’ve been wanting to read it forever. I thought it was adorable. Worthy to be on the list? I don’t know.
I listened to How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water and I LOVED IT. I forget who narrates it but wow, they did an outstanding job. A touching portrayal of an older Dominican woman combatting her traumas. I thought this was refreshing and innovative. She’s talking to a head hunter throughout the novel and each chapter is a different interview. Highly recommend.
And Babylons Ashes is book six? Five? In a series I’ve been reading forever. It was fine?
The YA and Middle Grade was great. Dragons in a Bag is PERFECT for third grade. My students LOVED it. I think the Mona Lisa Vanishes is better for the older set but I learned a ton and I’m hoping to see/read more narrative nonfiction like it. I love the authors portrayal of Leonardo de Vinci! I thought Squire was okay. Again didn’t go deep enough for me but it’s hard in a graphic novel and I still appreciated it.
That’s it! Also I have not bought a single book since January first. PLEASE CLAP. lol
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