Everything Leads to You
Book Haul: December 4, 2018
June 2018 Reading Wrap-Up
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: May 24 – June 14
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The descriptions of the set design. This book has made me look at movies and tv shows with a whole new eye, sometimes pausing to take it all in, because the character’s love just shines through in a contagious way.
Least Favorite Thing: I mean… I kinda hate the cover art on this version…
Honestly, everyone should read a book by Nina LaCour, she’s really becoming a real favorite of mine.
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The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: June 14
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Biracial family in a picture book!
Least Favorite Thing: No one has managed to bottle the smell of a picture book for me yet so I had to pause after every page to sniff the book.
I don’t know what inspired me to read a picture book, of all things, but I really enjoyed this cute little book. If you are looking for children’s books this would be a great one.
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That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: June 13 – 26
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: The descriptions of all the tall girls in the book.
Least Favorite Thing: The use of the r-slur that one time.
I am working on a Sarah Dessen reread and I prefer to read them in published order, so obviously this one is first. I liked it a little less this time around, but I’m not sure if that’s due to my outgrowing the books or something else. I suppose I’ll figure it out soon enough.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Rating: ★★★★★ – loved it
Review: Yes
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: May 16 – June 28
Read Count: 2
Favorite Thing: SO PUNNY
Least Favorite Thing: The Humbug annoys me, but only vaguely.
I haven’t read this since I was a kid and I remembered loving it, so I read it again. And I loved it again! Honestly, I know I’ve said this over and over, but everyone should read this book.
Completed: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was full of such an appreciation of the small beauty in the world around us, in this case the worlds we make ourselves, and I am so grateful to Nina Lacour for writing all that love and beauty for us to read.
May 2018 Reading Wrap-Up
The Martian by Andy Weir
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: May 1 – 5
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Sarcastic!
Least Favorite Thing: “The lunatics at NASA have me doing all kinds of rape to the MAV. . .” Rape? Really? Jackass.
Well the internet was right, the book was funny, I’m glad I read it. Aside from that one sentence, it was a really good book. I would have quoted it a lot more, but I’m fairly certain if you added up all the ‘Martian’ quotes on Goodreads you could reprint full half of this novel (at least).
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: May 11 – 13
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: I just can’t think of anything I liked enough to say was my favorite thing.
Least Favorite Thing: So many…
I just… This wasn’t a bad book by any means. But I just expected to love it and I barely even liked it… I actually preferred the film, which is something I never say.
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Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: May 7 – 15
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: I literally didn’t like any part of it.
Least Favorite Thing: Been a long time since I read a book with so many racist comments. I wasn’t missing it.
I read this because I had seen the movie version and found it tolerable enough that when I saw it was based on a book I decided to try the novel. This was a poor choice on my part.
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In Progress
Teaser Tuesday: June 5, 2018
As soon as I open the door I wish we’d had just a few more minutes, because Ava is standing in the doorway looking movie-star pretty, looking Clyde Jones pretty, and I am facing her in a shirt with a red tomato-sauce smear on the chest, my hair in a messy ponytail, realizing that in spite of all our planning I have no idea how to deliver the news we summoned her to hear.
– Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You, page 76
Version:
Hardcover, 312 pages
Published May 15th 2014 by Dutton 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.
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