Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

Currently Reading: Title:  The Library at the Edge of the World Author:  Felicity Hayes-McCoy Date Started:  Oct. 24 Goodreads Summary:  As she drives her mobile library van between villages of Ireland’s West Coast, Hanna Casey tries not to think about a lot of things. Like the sophisticated lifestyle she abandoned after finding her English barrister husband in bed with another woman. Or that she’s back in Lissbeg, the rural Irish town she walked away from in her teens, living in the back bedroom of her overbearing mother’s retirement bungalow. Or, worse yet, her nagging fear that, as the local librarian and a prominent figure in the community, her failed marriage and ignominious return have made her a focus of gossip. With her teenage daughter, Jazz, off travelling the world and her relationship with her own mother growing increasingly tense, Hanna is determined to reclaim her independence by restoring a derelict cottage left to her by her great-aunt. Bu...

Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader   The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week I'm reading:  Wicked Girls  by Stephanie Hemphill It Begins:   Salem January 1692 Silent, not even the twitter of insects. The wind stills against a distant sky of clouds. On Page 56: A sole stalk that survived the cruelest winter, I search for friendly, familiar terrain, where I can fashion my boots and trade in the temporary, ... Verdict: I wasn't sure about this Bookclub selection.  The host hadn't read it, just tried to pick something that would fit with Halloween. Then it was coming in at nearly 500 pages. So I was relieved when I realized it was written in verse.  I've been breezing through the book, though it's taken me a bit longer to read than usual.  I blame it on the fact that I'm reading it in the hoopla app and the app keeps crashing on me so I get frustrated and give up. 

Currently Reading: Title:  Wicked Girls Author:  Stephanie Hemphill Date Started: October 14 Note:  Bookclub selection Goodreads Summary:  A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692-- Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr. Check out my  Goodreads 2019 Challenge  to see what I've read this year.