June 2024 Mid-Month Wrap Up

This time, I've actually finished some books for the mid-month wrap up. Who knew?

To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn - It has been a hot minute since I read the last book in this series. I was nervous about this one because the last one ended with Bernie finding a lump on Chet and freaking directly out. I figured since there are about 15 more books in the series, it probably will be fine, so I went ahead and read it. It was awesome! Someone has stolen an elephant from the circus and made it look like the trainer ran away with her. I love an elephant character. And Chet was amazing.

Infographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot - I started this one a long time ago, but put it down because the graphics were so complicated. This time, I gave myself permission to skim the ones that weren't interesting to me. I finished it in one day. I'm sorry to say this was disappointing. There were a lot of typos and things they got wrong. For example, it said that Ernest Hemingway died in a car crash and the guy on the graphic next to him died by self-inflicted gun wound. Um, not quite.

The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 6 by Nagabe - I might as well just go ahead and read the rest of the series, although I'm stressed about what is going to happen. There are only 9 translated into English right now. That could be disastrous for my mental health. This one was good though.

This Indian Kid by Eddie Chuculate - This book was sitting out at my house and my son asked about it. Apparently, there was a kid in one of his classes with the same last name. Since the author is from Oklahoma, they are probably related. Chuculate is just about 6 years older than me and was raised in and around Muskogee, Oklahoma. He had very different experiences from me, but it made me nostalgic for a place I have never seen. His dad lived in Tulsa, so when he talks about trips here, I know what he's talking about. That was fun. It's a great story about a Native kid in rural Oklahoma.

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I have no idea what the point of this was. This young guy who had been in treatment in Switzerland for epilepsy returns to St. Petersburg and everyone loves his sweet naivete. But they are all horrible people who try to take advantage of him. He falls in love with two different women, who basically just mess with his head. The ending is so typically Russian. There is a lot of philosophy in there, but I tend to skim those sections, so I miss a lot of it. Maybe those are the places where the purpose is delineated. Ooops.

Those are the five books I've read so far in June. Have you finished anything?