Books read in May
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orangerfulThis month, omg, just no time for myself with all the running around and what not. But I did get a few books in!
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this sequel to The Wild Robot but not quite as much as the first one. It is still a great read but it was hard to beat the magic of the first story. I've always been that way though - I prefer to read Tarzan while he is living with the Apes or Crocodile Dundee when he is in the outback, once the story flips to the city, my interest always seems to fade.
Though I did feel like the story picked up a lot after Roz's farm escape. I think some of the questions and conundrums that were brought up in the final chapters were very interesting and I almost wish that had happened *first* so that Roz could have been pondering the idea of "if one robot can break the rules, what if they all did?"
This might not bother the actual target demo for this book though and if you enjoyed the first book, definitely pick this one up!
Bone Jack by Sara Crowe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I can't remember why I picked up this book, but I am so glad a did. A mix of creepy/scary but also a very human story underneath of how we should support friends when trauma happens in their lives.
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez Gomez
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Reminded me of a younger version of Anya's Ghost and I was kind of disappointed by how it all ended so abruptly. Beautifully illustrated but I wanted a bit more of Sandy's story and why she needed someone like Morfie in her life.
The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head by David Gaffney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Picked this up on a whim because of the art and the title, had no idea what I was going to end up reading. Odd little story about a woman going through her past relationships and learning to move on from them. Kinda bittersweet.
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gorgeous illustrations to match a beautiful, simple text that just reminds us of something so simple that it is easy to forget - I am enough.
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What can I say, this series is amazing! It just keeps getting better, this might be my favorite volume so far. I don't want to say anything else because SPOILERS.
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The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter BrownMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this sequel to The Wild Robot but not quite as much as the first one. It is still a great read but it was hard to beat the magic of the first story. I've always been that way though - I prefer to read Tarzan while he is living with the Apes or Crocodile Dundee when he is in the outback, once the story flips to the city, my interest always seems to fade.
Though I did feel like the story picked up a lot after Roz's farm escape. I think some of the questions and conundrums that were brought up in the final chapters were very interesting and I almost wish that had happened *first* so that Roz could have been pondering the idea of "if one robot can break the rules, what if they all did?"
This might not bother the actual target demo for this book though and if you enjoyed the first book, definitely pick this one up!
Bone Jack by Sara CroweMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I can't remember why I picked up this book, but I am so glad a did. A mix of creepy/scary but also a very human story underneath of how we should support friends when trauma happens in their lives.
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez GomezMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Reminded me of a younger version of Anya's Ghost and I was kind of disappointed by how it all ended so abruptly. Beautifully illustrated but I wanted a bit more of Sandy's story and why she needed someone like Morfie in her life.
The Three Rooms in Valerie's Head by David GaffneyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Picked this up on a whim because of the art and the title, had no idea what I was going to end up reading. Odd little story about a woman going through her past relationships and learning to move on from them. Kinda bittersweet.
I Am Enough by Grace ByersMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gorgeous illustrations to match a beautiful, simple text that just reminds us of something so simple that it is easy to forget - I am enough.
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. VaughanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
What can I say, this series is amazing! It just keeps getting better, this might be my favorite volume so far. I don't want to say anything else because SPOILERS.
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Date: 2018-06-04 12:48 pm (UTC)I'm that way too, and have been since I was very little. I always got mad as a child when the cartoon inevitably had a movie/episode where the cartoon characters went to the real world, because gaaaahd, I live there, I don't care. I think it's kind of the same for stories like Tarzan or Crocodile Dundee... I LIVE in a city, and even if it's a city of a different time or in a different country, it's still a city, and I'm not interested in that as much as I am the other environment.
Notable exception: Enchanted, which I loved.