books read in June

[orangerful]

Wow...this is probably the shortest list...no one to blame but myself...and the video games...and the movies...and staying up too late LOL.

Star Wars: Lando by Charles Soule

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was so much fun! It was great to see Lando and Lobot from before we met them in ESB. I felt like Soule really captured Lando's voice and swagger. I actually could have read even more, I hope that Marvel/Disney revisits this character. There are so many more stories to tell!



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Of Better Blood by Susan Moger

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


3.5 stars

This book would be great for a teen discussion group because the eugenics movement of the 1920s is something that most American history books "forget" to mention and it is a part of our story that needs to be talked about.

Moger's first novel was a very ambitious historical fiction story of Rowan, a well-off girl stricken with polio, who finds herself abandoned by her father and sister and shipped off to a "home". Eventually she ends up working for the Betterment Council and finds herself on an island off the coast of Maine where children are dying of the flu at an alarming rate.

I really loved Rowan and Dorchy's relationship, so nice to have two female friends and NO LOVE INTEREST. There is a boy but he is not there to provide dating drama but just to give another perspective when the two girls join the camp.

It was a little frustrating at the end since it couldn't really have a super-mega-happy ending. But it was a good story and one that will spark a lot of conversation (I hope). And very eerie to read right now while so many countries are in turmoil over the us vs them.



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Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Beautiful book about a phase of life that we all go through, even if we don't have a name like 'Thunder Boy Smith Jr." I remember not liking my own name when I was a little kind. Alexie and Morales have created a beautiful story about family, names, and finding yourself even when you are very young. Loved it.



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The Thank You Book by Mo Willems

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


NO! I DON'T WANT IT TO END! I will miss new adventures with Elephant and Piggie. I have never been so excited to read an easy reader title before. They always make me laugh. Willems gives them a great send-off in this adorable story, as Piggie works her way through the cast of characters who have played with the BFFs in each of their books. Gerald worries that Piggie will forget someone.

Is it weird to get choked up over a book that has less than 100 words in it?

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING!



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Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*cuddles* Lando has always been fun..there should be more on him out there!!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

There really should! And him and Lobot were so great as a team in this comic! I want more!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed your reviews.

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

Is it weird to get choked up over a book that has less than 100 words in it?
Nope. When a book punches you in the feels, it really punches you in the feels! Feels don't care about word counts! There's something about the final book in a series. If you're attached, you get chocked up and it's like ;_;

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

It's TRUE! I'm going to miss them. I own three of the books, actually got one autographed by Mo Willems, and they never fail to make me smile. I'm just sad he won't be writing any new adventures for these two friends. But I think they already have a legacy in Children's Literature so they will be around for a long time (especially at my library because I will always recommend them for easy readers!)

[night-owl-9.livejournal.com]

Better book count than me! XD

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL well, two of those are picture books and the other is a comic book haha. I blame my coworker who is very chatty so I've been talking to him more than reading LOL.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Those books sound good :)

[sagittariusbun.livejournal.com]

Of Bad Blood sounds good Sam. I might just check it out, and no I'm not crying (big fat liar) lol I have something in my eye.

[erychan86.livejournal.com]

Where is the Star Wars Han Solo #1 ? Where is it? I don't believe you didn't read it! I refuse to believe it!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

LOL the library needs to get it as a trade so I'll probably wait for a bit. :) I'm not a comic book collector, that is one road I cannot go down, especially for Star Wars! But I will make sure the library buys them all for me to read :D

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

I was both delighted and sad to see the last Elephant and Piggie book come into our building. Thank you, Elephant and Piggie--and Mo.

[teagues-veil.livejournal.com]

Elephant & Piggie is ending?! WHY? My not-so-inner kids book specialist is distraught!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I guess Mo has new plans. He did just publish his first children's chapter book so maybe he will venture into longer stories. I would love to read some kids books with his smart sense of humor. I mean, I love a good 'captain underpants' story, but Willems always managed the kind of dry sarcasm in his books that I love.

Definitely read the final book and have a tissue ready, it's just so sweet.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Of Better Blood looks interesting! I've added it to my to read list on Goodreads :)