Thursday 24 March 2016

Library love.

What have you been reading?  I've picked up some awesome library books in the last couple of weeks,
Lovely library books.  Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The First Rebellion by MC Beaton and My Tiny Garden.  secondhandsusie.blogspot.com
Kindred Spirits - Rainbow Rowell.
I liked this book fine, but it wasn't my favourite by Rainbow Rowell.  I liked the main character, Elena, and loved the twist at the end, but the story just didn't grab me.      

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl - Ryan North and Erica Henderson.
I really, really love Squirrel Girl.  This collection of the first 4 Squirrel Girl comics is so cute and funny.  Doreen Green tucks her tail into her trousers and goes to college, while saving the world on the side.  I love tippy-toe her squirrel friend, the inclusion of Iron Man and her knitting room-mate.  I've had the Squirrel Girl theme song stuck in my head for weeks though!
Lovely library books.  Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The First Rebellion by MC Beaton and My Tiny Garden.  secondhandsusie.blogspot.com
The First Rebellion - M.C. Beaton.
I feel a bit ashamed for liking this book so much.  On the one hand it's full of bluestockings, feminists and the story is so engaging I Need to know what's going to happen!  But on the other hand the women are kissed, sometimes forcibly, in the manner of a she-says-no-but-likes-it-really Mills and Boon romance.  Which makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.  But not so uncomfortable that I'm not going to read the rest in the series. 

My Tiny Garden - Lucy Scott and John Cardwell.
I love this kind of book with photos and stories of lots of inspiring gardens.  These are all tiny gardens, and I especially like the one on a houseboat!

Check out my other library book reviews too!

Have you read anything lovely lately?


 

6 comments:

  1. They all sound worth a read. I borrowed two books from my library and both were weird. I read one, a comfortable kindness and then museum of curiosities which I decided to abandon after about 20pages, too strange!!!!

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    1. They were all good, I often abandon weird books too, life is too short to read bad books!

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  2. I liked Kindred Spirits but it finished too quickly. I mean, I know that's sort of the point of these 99p WBD books but still, I wanted more Rowell!

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    1. I always want more Rowell, she doesn't write fast enough!

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  3. I keep seeing MC Beaton books around, maybe I should try one... I've moved back to Mother's for a while and forgot how quickly the libraries here get book orders in, I'm being spoiled!

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    1. I've finished the 'Waverly Women' trilogy now, which I did enjoy, but I still was uncomfortable with the ways women were portrayed, I can't work out if the author was joking or if it was just dated or what!

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