You’re not going to believe this (or maybe you will if you’re also a parent/caregiver to children) but my kid has been sick AGAIN this week. Now, to be fair, school just started, and that’s always it’s own hellishly unique petri dish situation mixing all the various viruses each kid managed to come into contact with over the last couple of weeks of their respective vacations, but it still somehow came as a surprise to me. It hasn’t been fun, and the poor thing has been feeling just awful. On the plus side we made it to the library before the worst of it hit and stocked up on kids’ graphic novels, so there’s some good entertainment to see us through. Most of this reading was done at the beginning of the week before things got truly grim.
Just Shelved
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Rescuing Ruby by Nicola Baker
I loved Somewhere Beyond the Sea immensely – possibly even more than The House in the Cerulean Sea, though now I’m saying it maybe it’s the other way round, though probably this one was a little better, but on the other hand the first one introduced these wonderful characters…. I’ll stop there, but I think you get the message. Read both books if you haven’t already. The Postscript murders is the second Harbinder Kaur mystery (I read the first one – The Stranger Diaries – a few weeks ago and enjoyed it) and was quite enjoyable – I didn’t guess the ending as I did with the first one, so that was a nice experience! Rescuing Ruby is the second Whistledown Farm Adventure book (the first being Finding Hope) and I loved it. Again, I think this was even better than the first one.
Currently Reading
Nothing right now.
Up Next
Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrialle Blair
Foreign Bodies by Amanda Craig
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
I think most likely I’ll try the Richard Osman book next, because I generally enjoy his work and I’m beyond exhausted and can’t really handle much brain power. If I’m honest, though, I probably won’t be reading much for a couple of weeks – I’m using all my energy for driving practice (it is NOT going well) and have my test coming up in just over a week. If I, by some misguided miracle, manage to pass I’ll be driving a few hours a day which will take some getting used to. So we’ll see. If there’s any brain cells left over, that’s probably the one I’ll go for.
What about you guys? Any other people with kids who are sick right now? Anyone read any of these? Anyone have any magic tips on backing into parking spots without hitting any of the other cars involved? Ha.
A weekly post that encourages bloggers to share what they have read in the past week, what they’re currently reading and books they’ve recently added to their TBRs. Originally started by Sheila at Book Journey, it is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. I also link up with The Sunday Salon post each week hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz (and sometimes include some of her content prompts).