It's Wednesday, but I have a funeral to go to.
Also, I was reading Tensleep by Sarah Andrews. Sarah is one of the brilliant dyslexics profiled in The Dyslexia Advantage. She's a geological engineer who writes murder mysteries about geological engineers in the oil industry.
Tensleep was going okay, until our mudlogger/amateur sleuth, Em Hansen, decided to take matters into her own hands. Sexual matters.
Like THAT scene would ever advance the plot of a murder investigation!
Now, I'll never know who killed Bill and Willie and I really don't care.
Aaaaaand that's why I don't read adult books so much.
But now I'm left without a WWRW review, so QUICK LOOK OVER HERE AT THESE NORWEGIAN OLYMPIANS IN FANCY PANTS!
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Now, please link up some more savory books.
Wow, those ARE great pants.
ReplyDeleteI've got a new 'tween series for you. I really liked them!
Dagnabit. So on top of it getting this post up early, but didn't edit the link-up to start at the same time! Problem corrected.
DeleteWe are giddy about the Caldecott release next week. We are reading all the hopefuls we can get our hands on! What's your favorite?
ReplyDeleteBattle Bunny is my pick. I wish they announced nominees ahead of time like the Newberys.
DeleteI'm sorry about the funeral, and the disappointing book. I am with you on the adult books--for me it's pretty much nonfiction, or fiction written prior to 1960.
ReplyDeleteFiction written prior to 1960! I should do a whole link-up on that!
DeleteOr, I meant to add, young adult fiction!
ReplyDeleteJessica, I'm with you on the adult books thing. I love novels--love them!--but modern fiction is a minefield. I'm always so happy--and so surprised--when I find ones that don't have all those gratuitous sex scenes in them. Give me a To Kill a Mockingbird any day--something that's great reading not just for young adults, but for us old ones, too. (Because I don't care how old you are--no one needs to be reading that stuff!)
ReplyDeleteGratuitous is right. I mean nearly every good plot line involves sin, but how the sin is portrayed makes all the difference in the world. Brideshead Revisted is loaded with sexual sins, but still reigns as one of the greatest Catholic novels of all time.
DeleteThose Norwegians...at least they add some humour to curling...
ReplyDeleteArgh...I wish these adult books would stop ruining the genre for you!
I was thankful to discover the WWRW posts a week or so ago. We live in Ukraine and so a lot of the books we get for our kids are via Kindle lending from the Houston Library. My wife and I are desperate to keep up with our 9-year old daughter. From Tuesday morning until today (Saturday) at lunch she read:
ReplyDelete- A Lion to Guard Us
- Penny From Heaven
- A House of Tailors
- Emily of New Moon
- North by Night
She's out of control. Thank you for your work in reading and reviewing. It makes our lives a little easier. She's looking forward to checking out Boston Jane and a couple of the Sarah Prineas titles that you reviewed.
House of Tailors and North by Night are new to me! How wonderful that you can get free e-books from Houston while living in the Ukraine! If either of you have a blog, your nine year old is more than welcome to review her books and link-up on Wednesdays. Bibliophiles of any age are welcome here!
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