Doesn’t January always seem like such a long month? But here we are about to welcome a new month and how is everyone? I have been doing well and just trying to escape into books as much as possible especially when the news (natural disasters, political, etc.) sometimes becomes a bit too much to take. Thank goodness for books, right?
I’m finishing up this month having read four books. Almost done with another but I’m so tired this evening that I don’t think I’ll be able to read more than a page or two before falling asleep.
The books I finished were A Christmas in the Alps by Melody Carlson, Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns, Dearly by Margaret Atwood and Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano.
Dearly was a poetry collection I picked up last year but put down and so started re-reading it again this year. While not my favorite work by Atwood there were still some powerful poems especially some about the environment which really made me want to re-read them again.
My favorite read was Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano and it’s about a plane disaster where a young boy survives. Unfortunately the last chapters I read the same day of the recent American Airlines Flight disaster and let me tell you, it was hard to read those last few chapters, especially the ones that describe the last moments of the flight. It was a very good book and despite the sadness at the heart of it there was also a bit of hope shining through.
Anyway I do have a couple of other books I’m reading and eagerly looking at my stacks because I want to add some more books to my current pile.
I hope you’ve had a great reading month and read some good books. Take care of each other and hope you have a great reading weekend ahead!
January moved like a flash in the sky, I thought. We’re definitely moving into a storm here, and I think it might be a Cat 5.
Yes, let’s definitely focus on taking care of each other!
I hope to read more poetry this year. Enjoy your reading!
Good to hear what you’ve been up to, Iliana. Yes, I can see that being in the middle of reading a book about an airplane disaster would be really tough right now. Sigh. Hope you reading for February can be full of ‘love, peace, and joy’. Take care!
Yes, thank goodness for books! So glad to see you posting today, Iliana. Yikes. Reading Dear Edward right now would be upsetting. I read it when it first came out and really enjoyed it. I tried to watch the tv series, but couldn’t get interested. Here’s to another good month of reading. I, too, am trying not to doomscroll to much…
January always seems too long; I’m glad we’ve hit February because I love when the days start getting longer, the sun shines more, and the temps aren’t quite so cold. Dear Edward sounds good, but not a book I could read right now. Maybe later in the year. Wishing you a good week! 😀
Dear Edward does sound very good, but I can understand how difficult it was to read those final chapters when you did. I felt similarly as I was reading Isabel Allende’s The Wind Knows My Name. So many parallels to what is going on right now. I hope you have a good February.