Reading In & Out 5-13-25
A lot has happened since my Friday Reads post last week. Let's discuss.
Avid Reader by Robert Gottlieb - I finally finished this on Friday. This book took almost two weeks to read. Not because it is long or difficult, but just because I had so little reading time. Well, to be perfectly honest, sometimes I had reading time, but fell asleep and chose naptime instead. I'll give more opinions on it in my wrap up.
The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens - I blew through the last 50 pages of this on Saturday. I enjoyed it. It's not brilliant literature. It's pretty good spy thriller, which isn't really my thing. Again, I'll give some opinions when I do a wrap up.
Bibliotherapy: Books to Guide You Through Every Chapter of Life by Molly Masters - We all know I love a book about books. This is entertaining because she uses current slang and references pop culture stuff, which means it has a very limited life-span, which is unfortunate. So far, I have read about childhood, the teen years, the twenties, romance, and I am up to, like, general adulting stuff. She gives an overview of the topic, then discusses four or five books that particularly embody the topic and then lists books that also fit, in fiction and nonfiction lists. It's a pretty quick read.
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis - I am back at work so we are picking this up again at lunch. It's pretty good, so far, but I'm not really stuck in it good, yet. It's one of those dual time line stories. In this one the current day is 1974 and it flashes back to the 30s. It is reminiscent of Margaret George mysteries that take place in Egypt at archaeological digs of ancient tombs, etc.
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo - I requested this at the library on a whim, and it came in very quickly. Luckily, it doesn't have any other holds because it is not getting picked up anytime soon. That is because...
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green - This one came in today and it DOES have people waiting for it. It's a good thing it is short. It's up as soon as I get through the Bibliotherapy one.
Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives by Gretchen Rubin - And this one came in today, too. It's also short and also has holds after me.
The law of libraries has struck. No matter how long the hold list, or when you place the hold, all your holds will arrive at once.
So that is where we're at today. Did you do any reading over the weekend?