It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 31): 12/31/18

Hosted by Kathryn of Book Date.

My in-laws are visiting for the new year. I'm taking the last day to play games, work on my photographs, and put together a puzzle. I'll start reading again on Wednesday.

What I read:

• Runaways, Volume 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka (Illustrator)
• My Life as a Diamond by Jenny Manzer; publisher copy
• Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko; library book
• Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world by Ashley Herring Blake; library book
• Merci Surez changes gears by Meg Medina; library book
• Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower; personal collection

What I'm reading:

• The Red Slippers by Carolyn Keene; library book
• P.S. I miss you by Jen Petro-Roy; personal collection
• Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian; personal collection
• The Boy from Tomorrow by Camille DeAngelis; personal collection

Up Soon:

• SOS at Night by M.A. Wilson
• The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer
• Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology edited by Sfé R. Monster; personal collection
• The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter; personal collection

Posts:

• Favorites of the second half of 2018
• FF6699: orphans at home in the labyrinth
• Five star books reviewed in 2018
• Twelve favorite diverse books read in 2018

Reviews Posted

• Flotsametrics and the Floating World by Curtis Ebbesmeyer
• Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
• Runaways, Volume 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell
• Small Favor by Jim Butcher
• Soof by Sarah Weeks

Comments  (26)

Comment #1: Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 17:32:38

>herding cats

Goodness. Hope everyone is well on the mend. The chicken paintings are great :)

Comment #2: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:39:00

Pussreboots

Thanks. I find chickens fun to paint. I'll probably paint more in the future.

Comment #3: Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 21:21:43

herding cats

That sounds like a wonderful way to ring in Christmas :) Hope you've had a great week!

Comment #4: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:41:00

Pussreboots

It was a nice quiet and relaxing time at home.

Comment #5: Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 21:28:04

herding cats

I love seeing all of your paintings. They're fantastic!

Comment #6: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:42:00

Pussreboots

Thank you. I plan to share more this year.

Comment #7: Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 22:33:34

Laura @ Library of Clean Reads

I read so many Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books when I was a kid. Enjoy spending time with your family!

Comment #8: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:42:00

Pussreboots

I read my mother's old Hardy Boys and my own collection of Trixie Belden mysteries. I didn't start reading Nancy Drew until adulthood.

Comment #9: Sunday, December 30, 2018 at 22:46:39

Greg

Enjoy the last day of the year- and Happy New Year! I started watching season two of the Runaways show.

Comment #10: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:44:00

Pussreboots

I wasn't aware there is a Runaways show. I had to look it up. I don't have a Hulu account which explains why I haven't heard of it.

Comment #11: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 00:41:52

Cheryl Malandrinos

Enjoy your visit. Reading can wait.

The Nancy Drew Diaries looks like so much fun. Love the cover on The Ghost Road.

Happy new year!

Comment #12: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:47:00

Pussreboots

The Nancy Drew Diaries are a nice modernization of the series.

Comment #13: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 08:05:06

Donna

You have some great looking books on your list. I couldn't get into Nancy Drew as a kid - I liked the Bobbsey Twins. See what I read this month at Girl Who Reads

Comment #14: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:48:00

Pussreboots

I also didn't read Nancy Drew as a child. In the 1950s-1970s the publishers edited the earlier series to make Nancy more wholesome to Babyboom readers, meaning they made her less of a feminist and less of a badass. Those were the versions that were available when I was a kid the 1970s-1980s so I didn't read them. I only started reading them as an adult when the original versions were re-released as special editions. The Diaries are a new, modern take on the characters that are quite good.

Comment #15: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 15:35:20

Kathy Martin

Have fun with the family. Come see my week here. Happy reading and happy New Year!

Comment #16: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at 20:55:00

Pussreboots

Thanks. This is the last night my in-laws are visiting.

Comment #17: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 19:32:53

Harvee

Love some of the titles: Crime and Poetry, Stay Sweet....Happy New Year!