These are the last photos of the botanical garden visit.
Cute cat on obelisk!?!
-by Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow: A 'follow the life' story. Post-revolution Russia and I was initially concerned that I wouldn't be able to follow people/events. No worries! The author is writing to me. Feels a bit like Fredrik Backman books. So good they turned it into a movie.
-by Daniel O'Malley
The Rook: This world is full of humans with supernatural abilities. There is a supernatural MI5 that is secret and full of characters. One of these wakes up with amnesia and has to relearn her life from letters written by earlier self and being thrown into the deep end of crazy supernatural messes. Great fun and the first in a series!
This was at the center with entrances to the different gardens.
-by Book Riot
Lit Stitch: Cross stitch designs for book lovers! Super cute and easy to do.
-by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life: One woman has multiple possible lives. What if this one thing happened differently? Set in WWII England. Not as griping as I had hoped, but finished it anyway.
Skimmed
-by Joel Friel
Fast After 50: Not quite what I expected, this is aimed at almost professional athletes. Turns out to have the same info as Outlive. Use It or Lose It, more protein as you age because it is harder to build muscle, be more cautious about injury, but not to the point of giving up.
-by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack
The Index Card: Financial advice simplified. Great for inexperienced folks.
Graphic Novels
-by Jeremy Holt and Felipe Cunha
Gatsby: I love a retelling! This one is pretty good, but felt short. It is brought forward in time to today and has a few gender/ethnicity swaps that add interest. I would have liked to see more of the lavish lifestyle of Gatsby and the callous indifference of the Daisy character. I guess that it is a good sign that I want more.
Kids books-We've been hitting the library with our 4th grade niece and I'm picking all sorts of fun randomness.
A couple of Ivy and Bean books, a couple of Nancy Drew Clue books, an I Survived, one Kate DeCamillo
DNF
-by Michael Kinsley
Old Age: Journalist memoir/thoughts. It was ok, but nothing new, so I put it down.
-by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Not bad, just didn't finish it before the loan ended. May pick it up again.
-by Elizabeth Barber
Women's Work: Looking at the history of weaving, clothes making, embroidery, etc. Academic style and written about 20 years ago, so not super interesting
-by Claire Hunter
Threads of Life: Also the history of weaving, clothes making, embroidery. But more conversational and interesting. But not quite as interesting as mysteries.
DNF
-by Emily Kimelman
Unleashed: The writing is not great. I am getting really tired of the young woman who doesn't know what to do with her life, drinks too much, makes poor dating choices, does something impulsive (gets an interesting dog) that barely shows up later in the book, and then stumbles into solving murders.
-by Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles: I started it, and it is good, but didn't finish before it went back to the electronic library. So I put it back on hold and have deferred it for over a year. Time to let it go!
-by Iris Murdoch
A Severed Head: I've heard great things about her, so tried this book. I read about 10%, but it down for a week. Could not remember a single thing. This author may not be for me!
