Ah, the kids are back in school and so life is back to calm, right? Except that it’s 2021 and things are . . . interesting in Utah schools, pandemic-wise. My reading suffered this month from the amount of time I devoted to political activism, doom-scrolling, and existential dread. On top of that, all of the SF books I read this month were just ok. I guess you can’t find a favorite every month, but I’m feeling a bit like I struck out. However, one of my nonfiction reads has become not only a favorite, but a book I’m trying to pawn off on all the people I know. So I guess it’s not all bad. I’m hoping my reading pace picks up in the fall.
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Some things come in waves, and this month was a tsunami. So much has been going on that overwhelmed my reading life this month, not the least of which was the rise of the delta variant and preparing to send the kids back to school in it. I also had a few duds on my reading list this month that I didn’t end up finishing. With that caveat, this is what I got through.
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Well, they say a good battle plan never survives first contact with the enemy, and so it was with June’s reading list. During the last month, I packed up our things from our 6-month rental, moved them down to our new home, unpacked all the things from our two storage pods, and began trying to put our family’s life back together. I front-loaded a lot of audiobooks because I knew I wouldn’t have a lot of energy for physical reading this month, but even so I didn’t make it through all the physical books I wanted to read. Plus I got sidetracked by two unplanned reads. I guess that’s #writinglife. Expect me to double up on my writing-related books next month, as those are the ones I’m still working through.
Continue reading “What I Read: June 2021”Picture Books that Waste Your Time: 4 Things I Hate in a Read-Aloud
I’ve been reading picture books out loud to my kids for more than a decade. We are the family that makes weekly trips to the library and regularly breaks the handles on our reusable totes getting our haul home. I know and regularly come right up against the check-out limit. Each of the couches in our home usually has at least two books face down on it, and my kids floors are strewn with many more.
Suffice to say, I have opinions.
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Hello, all! I have decided to start aggregating my Goodreads reviews on the blog once a month. I spend a good deal of time writing them, so they might as well get some play! I hope they lend some insight into my reading life and maybe add to your own teetering TBR pile.
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