I've been busy at work and in my personal life so that's overshadowed the blog, but not my reading! Since I haven't posted in a while, I thought it might be fun to also share some of the books I'm currently reading, as well as the ones that I actually finished in February. The ice this month was really difficult for me here in the Mid-Atlantic and having to amuse two dogs inside and deal with their potty breaks in our tiny (and very icy) backyard was a lot. I'm very grateful though, for the dogs, and the backyard, and the ability to curl up in a warm house with a cup of tea and a book. I hope everyone still dealing with snow/ice (and everyone in general!) is doing well and staying warm!
- A Bridesmaid's Guide to the Things People Hide: An Emelia Walsh Cozy Mystery by Abigail Scott--I read the first book in this series for LibraryThing review and I enjoyed it so much, I read the second book and am looking forward to the third! "Cozy mystery" is exactly what you expect and what you get!
- How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery (Book club read)--Someone else in the book club recommended this, and it was such a delightful read. Instead of 13 types of animals like I was expecting, the author tells stories, chronologically over her life so far, of her relationship with 13 individual (or family group of) animals, including 4 pet dogs, her pet pig, a trio of emus, an octopus, and more. Luckily, she has tons of other books about animals that we are now all excited to read!
- The Lowercase Jew by Rodger Kamenetz--I found this book of poetry at my synagogue's library. I really enjoyed it overall, though I liked some poems better than others. The title poem and others in the book reckon with the antisemitism of famous poets like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.
- The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert--Get a Life, Chloe Brown has been on my TBR for a while, but it's hard to get at the library, so I tried another one of Hibbert's books on Kindle Unlimited. There's a lot to like about this book--mainly the protagonist Cherry who's a gorgeous, confident British Black woman. The (literal) prince's backstory was surprisingly intense and traumatic--it was well written but hard to get through, and not what I was looking for in a romance. I still want to try her other books.
- End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals by Ross D. E. MacPhee and illustrated by Peter Schouten--I saw this at the library, and since I've always been fascinated with woolly mammoths and my husband and I have both been into megafauna since he played ARK, I brought it home. We've had fun flipping through the gorgeous illustrations imagining what several of these extinct species looked like, learning about new species (there are/were actual ninja turtles!), and reading through bits and pieces. I probably won't actually read it cover to cover and count it as "read" but wanted to share, since it's a book I'm enjoying!
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