![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I am so glad it is Friday and can look forward to what will hopefully be a nice relaxing weekend. I just have to get through the rest of today. This week I have been trying to find a job where I can work from home, full or part time, although full time would be ideal. I would also need it to be quasi-flexible because I am caring for several family members and have to take others to appointments and ferry them around. I don't mind doing that and even enjoy getting to spend time with them, but I would also like to earn some more money than I am currently making. IDK I am not the best at applying or interviewing but I am getting ahead of myself I have to find a job I actually want to apply for before I worry about that.
This week I read: 1 history, 1 horror, and 2 YA fantasies:
The Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead
I loved this book. I have always loved birds and history, so this book felt especially tailored to my interests. The author is a world-renowned ornithologist who put a lot of time and research into this book. I love the way he linearly structured the story to bring you along on a journey through our shared history with birds. It goes from Neolithic times to the worshiping of birds in Egypt, the Renaissance, and through the ages to the modern-day study and conservation of birds. I enjoyed the way he showed not only human's history with birds but also how our perceptions of them changed over the years. All in all, a great book and very well written!
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory. ~Goodreads Description
This was such an interesting story. I loved the way it unfolded slowly revealing to the reader what was going on with Adelaide and her family. I don't want to say too much because of spoilers, but I did find the journey Adelaide goes on both literally, to Montana, and figuratively, to acceptance, was a well-written one. I liked the fact that Adelaide soon found other women who were outside of society like she was and how they came together to support each other. My one criticism would probably be that sometimes the writing felt disjointed, but other than that I quite enjoyed this story.
( Two YA Fantasy Books Under the Cut... )
This week I read: 1 history, 1 horror, and 2 YA fantasies:
The Birds and Us by Tim Birkhead
I loved this book. I have always loved birds and history, so this book felt especially tailored to my interests. The author is a world-renowned ornithologist who put a lot of time and research into this book. I love the way he linearly structured the story to bring you along on a journey through our shared history with birds. It goes from Neolithic times to the worshiping of birds in Egypt, the Renaissance, and through the ages to the modern-day study and conservation of birds. I enjoyed the way he showed not only human's history with birds but also how our perceptions of them changed over the years. All in all, a great book and very well written!
(Warnings for descriptions of animal abuse.)
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory. ~Goodreads Description
This was such an interesting story. I loved the way it unfolded slowly revealing to the reader what was going on with Adelaide and her family. I don't want to say too much because of spoilers, but I did find the journey Adelaide goes on both literally, to Montana, and figuratively, to acceptance, was a well-written one. I liked the fact that Adelaide soon found other women who were outside of society like she was and how they came together to support each other. My one criticism would probably be that sometimes the writing felt disjointed, but other than that I quite enjoyed this story.
( Two YA Fantasy Books Under the Cut... )
