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Oh man I missed Dicey more than I realized. Being in Dicey’s head always makes it easier for me to think about my own life.
The Tillerman Cycle
Currently Reading: Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt
Thursday Quotables: October 5, 2017
This weekly feature is the place to highlight a great quote, line, or passage discovered during your reading each week; whether it’s something funny, startling, gut-wrenching, or just really beautifully written.
He guessed he wouldn’t mind being a book. Books just did what they were made to do, like stars just shining out in case anyone cared to look.
Summary:
Will a common cause unite two brothers—or drive them further apart? Find out in the sixth installment of Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman cycle.
If James and Sammy Tillerman agree on anything, it’s that they have nothing in common. Sammy is a tough jock, while James is an intellectual who has begun to question his identity.
Then James enlists his brother’s help to find Francis Verricker, who may be the father who deserted them long ago. Through this quest, the brothers learn more about themselves than they thought possible.
Cynthia Voigt writes realistically of human failure—and triumph—in this poignant novel from her acclaimed Tillerman cycle.
Thank you Bookshelf Fantasies for this fun book meme!
Completed: Sons from Afar by Cynthia Voigt
What Are You Reading Wednesdays: October 4, 2017
What Are You Reading Wednesdays #WAYRW is a weekly feature on It’s A Reading Thing. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Grab the book you are currently reading and answer three questions:
- What’s the name of your current read?
- Go to page 34 in your book or 34% in your eBook and share a couple of sentences.
- Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?
- Sons from Afar (The Tillerman Cycle, book 6) by Cynthia Voigt
- Maybeth always did that, brought her good news to the table and held it out, like a little kid holding out her hand, then unwrapping her fingers to show some treasure, some stone or flower. She held her good news out to them all, giving it to them.
- Oh man I’d trade most of the things in my life to be a Tillerman…
WWW Wednesday: October 4, 2017
Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three W’s!
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
Currently Reading: Sons from Afar (The Tillerman Cycle, book 6) by Cynthia Voigt
I didn’t actually intend to do more on the Tillerman Cycle books before finishing the Lynburn Legacy, but I got like borderline slumpy, so I figured going for books I know I enjoy would be better. We’ll see if it actually helps.
Sons from Afar was actually one of my least favorite in the seven book series, but since I haven’t read it in a while, I’m wondering if my opinion will change any.
That being said, it’s still just as amazing as the rest of The Tillerman Cycle.
Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy, book 3) by Sarah Rees Brennan
I’m not very far into this one yet, but I anticipate enjoying it just as much as the other two. This book isn’t the reason for my current slump-ish-ness.
So far I’ve spent the beginning of this book worrying about Jared and annoyed at Kami’s mother. Like if I stop and really consider things, I can understand why she’s reacting the way she is to everything, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to read about. I think maybe I just don’t like her at all…
And as usual, I’m still working my way through Persuasion by Jane Austen, and I’m ahead of schedule so that’s nice.
Recently Finished: Come A Stranger (The Tillerman Cycle, book 5) by Cynthia Voigt
Like I mentioned earlier, I took a little break from Unmade to read on the Tillerman Cycle because I was slumpy. I think it might have been a book hangover from Dreams of Gods & Monsters.
This book is really special to me. I mean I love all the Tillerman books, but this one was one of those perfect storm sort of books. It dealt with some things pretty personal to me at exactly the right time in my life. I don’t think I’d have dealt with some things nearly as well without Mina’s perspective in my mind from reading this book. If someone were to ask me for coming-of-age recommendations, this would be a top one for sure.
Reading Next: Seventeen Against the Dealer (The Tillerman Cycle, book 7) by Cynthia Voigt
I love how synchronistic it is that the series begins and ends with Dicey.
I look forward to reading this one again with the change in perspective that being older gives; I haven’t read it since I was a teenager.
After this one I’ve got literally no idea what I’m going to read so if anyone has a suggestion I’d love it.
Teaser Tuesday: October 3, 2017
He was wrong, somehow, and he wanted to be all right, but it was almost as if there was some secret nobody would tell him, so he was always going to be stuck outside.
– Cynthia Voigt, Sons from Afar (The Tillerman Cycle, book 6), page 17
Version:
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published July 10th 2012 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.
Currently Reading: Sons from Afar by Cynthia Voigt
Musing Monday: October 2, 2017
Musing Mondays is a weekly meme, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:
I’m currently reading…
Up next I think I’ll read…
I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
I can’t wait to get a copy of…
I wish I could read ____, but…
I blogged about ____ this past week…
THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: What do you do with your non-keeper hard copy books?
I blogged about ____ this past week…
- Monday, September 25 – Musing Monday, briefly talking about book clubs.
- Tuesday, September 26 – Teaser Tuesday, using Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor.
- Wednesday, September 27 – WWW Wednesday in the morning and Top 5 Wednesday, talking about books the online book community inspired me to read, in the afternoon. I finished Dreams of Gods & Monsters and posted a rating and a quote I liked. Then in the evening I had a post talking about a book I’m anticipating, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao, and my usual WAYRW post. This was a pretty good blogging day for me!
- Thursday, September 28 – Thursday Quotables, a Currently Reading bookstagram (using Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan and Come A Stranger by Cynthia Voigt), and a progress update for Unmade. And I wrote a response to a discussion post on Pages Unbound about analyzing the books we read.
- Friday, September 29 – I finished Come A Stranger and posted a rating for it, then of course my First Lines Friday and Friday 56 (using Come A Stranger).
- Saturday, September 30 – I posted my weekly progress update for Persuasion by Jane Austen and because it’s the end of the month I posted my Monthly Wrap-Up Part 1 & Part 2 (11 books completed this month, 2 in progress!).
- Sunday, October 1 – Tomes & Tea bookstagram.
What do you do with your non-keeper hard copy books?
Well, I know a lot of the online book community members are major e-reader people, but I am not. I don’t actually have anything against them, I’m not one of those people. I actually like them, I love how available they’ve made books to everybody and I have noticed I read faster on e-readers (or it feels that way because I can’t mark my progress the same as with a physical copy), but I have a little trouble with reading on screens and let’s face it, there is nothing like holding a book in your hands. The weight, the smell, the texture, everything about physical books appeals to me.
All of this is to say: I have lots of hard copy books. Not as many as some people, but considering I have so little money, I think 600 books is quite a stash.
I try to stick to the rule of only buying copies of books I already know I like. If it’s a book I haven’t read I like to just get it from the public library, and if I like it I’ll put it on my list of books to buy. That way I don’t spend my extremely limited book buying money on books I don’t like.
However, I am pretty terrible at following my own rule… I go to my favorite bookstore, Recycled Books, and I start off looking for books from my list and next thing I know it’s been 3 hours and my my husband (or mother) is standing over me where I’ve sat down on the floor with at least 2 stacks of books, probably more, and lost myself in some book or other. (Tip: If you tell yourself you’ll just read a page or two to see if you want to buy a book, don’t believe yourself. If you are anything like me you will read several chapters before you even realize it.)
AND NOW THAT I’VE TALKED ABOUT A TON OF STUFF LET ME ANSWER THE ACTUAL QUESTION: When I do wind up with physical books I don’t want to keep, either because I got distracted from my list or because I hit up some garage sale where they had books for a quarter and I couldn’t stop myself, what do I do with them?
I take them back to the aforementioned favorite used bookstore and trade them in for store credit! And then I get to go shopping for more books!! Hurray!
(I’m so sorry, I really didn’t stay on topic even a little bit today…)
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