June Reading
JUNE
Total: 2 books and 12 Audiobooks
All ratings are on how much I enjoyed the book, and don't necessarily factor in artistic merit or lack there of ;-).
Key:
***** = BEST of the best of the best!
**** = Loved it
*** = Liked it a lot
** = Liked it
* = Didn't like it, but didn't hate it
(no stars) = Hated it
AB = Audiobook
NF = Non Fiction
(Date) date finished
Children
James and the Giant Peach -- Roald Dahl [AB] (June 1) ***
Tuck Everlasting -- Natalie Babbitt [AB] (June 2) ***
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 -- Christopher Paul Curtis [AB] (June 3) ****
Kira-Kira -- Cynthia Kadohata [AB] (June 4) ***
Absolutely Normal Chaos -- Sharon Creech [AB] (June 10) ***
The Bronze Bow -- Elizabeth George Speare [AB] (June 11) ***
The Courage of Sarah Noble -- Alice Dalgliesh [AB] (June 12) **
The Wanderer -- Sharon Creech [AB] (June 13) ***
Out of the Dust -- Karen Hesse [AB] (June 16) **
The Magician's Nephew -- C.S. Lewis [AB] [Re-read] (June 19) ****
Elijah of Buxton -- Christopher Paul Curtis [AB] (June 29) ***
Adult
Sprig Muslin -- Georgette Heyer (June 4) ****
The Blue Castle -- Lucy Maud Montgomery (June 15) ****
Regency Buck -- Georgette Heyer [AB] (June 28) ****
I've been doing lots of children's books. I LOVE Christopher Paul Curtis every time I start one of his books I think "this isn't me. Why should I care about _____" but after I finished I'm always left going "Wow!" He is one of the best children's authors on the planet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 is incredible! Elijah of Buxton is much too slow at first, but the end is amazing. I had several problems with the beginning of Elijah that's why it got only 3 stars. But the ending was certainly 4 if not 5 star worthy.
The Blue Castle is just charming. This would make a fun film if one ever gets made. I had some style problems with the sincerity of the romance versus the extreme farce of the relatives. It doesn't quite fit right. But that doesn't detract much from the whole.
Kira-Kira is a difficult book, but Out of the Dust is just brutal!
Total: 2 books and 12 Audiobooks
All ratings are on how much I enjoyed the book, and don't necessarily factor in artistic merit or lack there of ;-).
Key:
***** = BEST of the best of the best!
**** = Loved it
*** = Liked it a lot
** = Liked it
* = Didn't like it, but didn't hate it
(no stars) = Hated it
AB = Audiobook
NF = Non Fiction
(Date) date finished
Children
James and the Giant Peach -- Roald Dahl [AB] (June 1) ***
Tuck Everlasting -- Natalie Babbitt [AB] (June 2) ***
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 -- Christopher Paul Curtis [AB] (June 3) ****
Kira-Kira -- Cynthia Kadohata [AB] (June 4) ***
Absolutely Normal Chaos -- Sharon Creech [AB] (June 10) ***
The Bronze Bow -- Elizabeth George Speare [AB] (June 11) ***
The Courage of Sarah Noble -- Alice Dalgliesh [AB] (June 12) **
The Wanderer -- Sharon Creech [AB] (June 13) ***
Out of the Dust -- Karen Hesse [AB] (June 16) **
The Magician's Nephew -- C.S. Lewis [AB] [Re-read] (June 19) ****
Elijah of Buxton -- Christopher Paul Curtis [AB] (June 29) ***
Adult
Sprig Muslin -- Georgette Heyer (June 4) ****
The Blue Castle -- Lucy Maud Montgomery (June 15) ****
Regency Buck -- Georgette Heyer [AB] (June 28) ****
I've been doing lots of children's books. I LOVE Christopher Paul Curtis every time I start one of his books I think "this isn't me. Why should I care about _____" but after I finished I'm always left going "Wow!" He is one of the best children's authors on the planet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 is incredible! Elijah of Buxton is much too slow at first, but the end is amazing. I had several problems with the beginning of Elijah that's why it got only 3 stars. But the ending was certainly 4 if not 5 star worthy.
The Blue Castle is just charming. This would make a fun film if one ever gets made. I had some style problems with the sincerity of the romance versus the extreme farce of the relatives. It doesn't quite fit right. But that doesn't detract much from the whole.
Kira-Kira is a difficult book, but Out of the Dust is just brutal!