I got this book ages and ages ago because I knew there was a Darcie Little Badger story in it. Okay, so it took me forever to actually pick it up after I bought it. It just sat there ignored on my kindle, and then I was like I guess I should give up on reading this. NO!! I bought it for the Darcie Little Badger story! I'm reading that if nothing else! Okay, so I read it and I looooooooooooooooved it!! Okay, so now that I've actually cracked open this digital book, I'll just look at the other stories. Turns out I loved almost all of them!!! So worth it!! Even though it took me a million years to actually read it. But you know, maybe I needed to be in the place I was to read it. I don't know but it is good!!
I feel like I heard about this book in a BookRiot newsletter, perhaps the romance one Kissing Books... Wherever I learned about this book, I am sending out a thank you because I loved this book!!! It really scratched that sweet-not-end-of-the-world itch that the pandemic has enhanced! I hope there are more in this universe!! I love the two man characters and the interspecies romance!!!
23. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi and translated by Marilyn Booth
This is the first book I've ever read about Oman. It was a very interesting and eye-opening book. I like to read books in translation to get the feel for another place, another culture, another people. This book did exactly that! I was transported to a new place and allowed to glimpse into places I've never been and to see things I never have before. And I learned a lot about Oman. This book is really a roller coaster ride and the translator's note at the beginning really helped me navigate this world.
24.The Vanishing Girl by Josephine Ruby
As I'm sure the cover gives away, this is a story about Daphne and Velma of the Scooby Doo cartoon. They solve a mystery of the vanishing girl and show that it wasn't ghosts. I'm sure all of that is obvious to you from the cover if you have any idea of who Velma and Daphne are!! What was new is their relationship to each other and to the boys in the Scooby gang! I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to the second book in the series!
25. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by
This was a fun little romp in Massachusetts. There's a rich man who dies but makes a scavenger hunt for some of his treasure as part of the celebration of his life. But ultimately this is about relationships and coming together and supporting each other.
I've read 25 books and 22 were by woman, 2 were by men, 1 was an anthology by both women and men, and 2 were translations. My year of reading lots of women and at least 12 translations is going well in that I've read mostly female authors, but as the world is going through a pandemic, it's not going that well. I can't complain about my personal situation, but it is rough going out there. And I look forward to the day that people stop hoarding, but maybe that day won't come again. I don't know. I think of all the people in the US that have a fridge with a freezer and another fridge and how they are always full. It seems like a leftover of the Great Depression.What will this global health crisis leave us with? Only time will tell. But I hope it is a greater sense of community. I hope all of this isolation leaves us wanting to reach out more.
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