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✨ APRIL WRAPUP ✨

QOTD: What was your fave read from April?

Mine was Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian (not including rereads 👀)

Books finished: 25

DNF’s: 5

Pages read: 6,344

Hours listened: 110.57

Currently reading:

📖 Holding the Reins by Paisley Hope (37%)

🎧 A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth (82%)

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Hello, my sprites! Here we are for another wrapup ❤︎

It's been quite a busy month full of progress and creation! I'm excited to see what I've accomplished, so let's get into it!

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February 2020 wrapup

In February I did a little philosophy project (aka: read more philosophy because as a philosophy teacher I really should) and it went pretty well. I did enjoy it way more than I thought I would, and am definitely glad to know some more essential works of philosophy. And since I reached my goals way earlier, I managed to read some other books as well, so that was nice.

favorites of the month: Heartstopper Vol.3 by Alice Oseman, Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder

nonfiction reads & classics: I mean, most of the philosophy reads were both nonfiction and classics

poetry: She must be mad by Charly Cox

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I was thoroughly impressed with how many books I was able to read this month! (in large part thanks to Space Boy comics, which I read a lot of) Here’s hoping I keep carrying this reading mood through the rest of the year! ✌🏽

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NOVEMBER 2018

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente ★★★☆☆ (technically 4 but I’m salty)

A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland ★★★★☆

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★☆☆

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath ★★★☆☆

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford ★★☆☆☆

This month was… slow. At least I got to some books that I had been meaning to read for a long time but kept pushing off for one reason or another. Enjoyed them well enough, for the most part. This month’s favourites are Deathless and A Conspiracy of Truths.

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Welcome to another monthly wrap-up and TBR post!

I’ve had a busy and pretty satisfying reading month. You’ll see lots of four star ratings below, and a few five star ratings that I cannot recommend strongly enough. All hyperlinks in book titles will lead to my reviews!

Books I read in August…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Dinner List, by Rebecca Serle (ARC – review to come Sept. 10th)

On Burning Mirrors, by Jamie Klinger-Krebs ⭐⭐⭐

Goodbye, Paris, by Anstey Harris ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Book of Speculation, by Erika Swyler ⭐⭐⭐

One of Us Is Lying, by Karen McManus ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hunger, Roxane Gay

The Grownup, Gillian Flynn ⭐⭐⭐

Nightingale, Amy Lukavics (ARC – review to come Sept. 25th)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Book of Essie, Meghan Maclean Weir ⭐⭐⭐

An Untamed State, Roxane Gay ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tin Man, Sarah Winman ⭐⭐⭐

No One Cares About Crazy People, Ron Powers ⭐⭐

The Psychology of Time Travel, Kate Mascarenhas (ARC- review to come Feb. 2019)

Sometimes I Lie, Alice Feeney ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Witch of Willow Hall, Hester Fox (ARC – review to come Oct. 2nd)

Rust & Stardust, T. Greenwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Woman in the Window, A. J. Finn (review to come ASAP)

Rust & Stardust and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo were definitely the standout books of this month. (I guess I’m on a historical fiction kick right now?) Both had outstanding characterization and handled sensitive topics with great love and care.

And now on to September…

I’m still making it my mission to catch up on my Book of the Month selections, but other books keep getting in the way. Here’s what I still have:

Ghosted, by Rosie Walsh Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik The Air You Breathe, by Frances De Pontes Feebles

I’m also working my way through a couple of novels that were sent to me by the authors:

The Things We Learn When We’re Dead, by Charlie Laidlaw Silent All These Years, by T. A. Massa

That’s it for today. Thanks for reading! What was your favorite book that you read in August? Is there anything you’re most looking forward to reading in September? Share in the comments!

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August Wrap-up & September TBR Welcome to another monthly wrap-up and TBR post! I've had a busy and pretty satisfying reading month.

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It’s been a while! The last monthly wrapup I did was in March, as since then I’d been stuck on the same book (The Story of the Jews), which I finally finished in early-to-mid June and then went on to get right back into reading, getting through four other books during the rest of the month. As you can see, they’re all Jewish-themed, as I really got back into studying and reading about Judaism. Here they are:

The Story of the Jews: Belonging

Covered world Jewish history from the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 to the year 1900.

I had some criticisms of it as I didn’t think it was quite as good as the first book in the series which I hold in very high regard. For instance, there was more of a focus on Western cultures and rich and powerful figures rather than the more global focus and coverage of poor and scholarly groups from the first book.

I still enjoyed it a lot though, it was an engaging and interesting book. I only took so long to read it because it was quite long and I was in a reading slump, not because I wasn’t enjoying it.

To Life!

Illuminated the different ways Jewish traditions and customs can bring joy, fulfilment and celebration into life. It went further than a lot of basic ‘Introduction to Judaism’ books by not just detailing the rituals but showing how they can be meaningful and joyful to you personally.

I bookmarked a lot of pages in this book as the author was constantly surprising me with meaningful and concise statements that really brought out the essence of Jewish life.

I loved this book a lot and it only took me a day to read. It was a great book to get me back into reading and reignite my enthusiasm for learning about Judaism.

On Being Jewish

This book detailed various concepts in Jewish life from the perspective of a Progressive female British rabbi, such as growing up Jewish, attitudes to women, life and death, and social justice.

The book had a great theme of social justice running through it, and you could tell the author was passionate about making the world a better place. It was published in the mid-1990s and showed some social attitudes that were in advance of the rest of society at that time.

While the author had some very legitimate criticisms to make about the Orthodox hegemony in Britain and it’s attitudes to social issues, I think she was rather uncharitable in some of her own attitudes towards the Orthodox, and somewhat undermined the pluralism she criticised the Orthodox authorities for not embracing. Overall though I enjoyed the book. It was refreshing to hear from a Progressive female British rabbi in a genre that’s often dominated by authors who are either Orthodox, American, and/or male.

To Be A Jew

A classic in the genre of guides to Judaism, this book covers in lots of detail various aspects of Jewish life such as the calendar, prayer services, Shabbat, and life occasions.

While I enjoyed learning in detail about the structure of the lives of Orthodox Jews, this book was very non-pluralistic. It covers only Orthodoxy, which would be fine if it was presented as such, but it completely discounts and discredits the other less ritually observant branches of Judaism, dismissing them as inauthentic and spiritually lacking, and presenting Orthodoxy as the only true path.

Also likely due to its position as an Orthodox text written in the 1970s, it displayed some social attitudes that are no longer considered appropriate in wider society. These weren’t a central part of the book, but there were a few offhand disparaging statements about such topics as female rabbis and homosexuality that I didn’t appreciate. I enjoyed the ritual detail of the book but have preferred other more pluralistic texts.

A Guide to Jewish Prayer

This was a very detailed look at Jewish prayer, with sections on such topics as daily and Shabbat services, personal prayer, festivals, a history of Jewish prayer and the siddur (prayer book), and the ritual objects of the synagogue.

While it was sometimes a lot to take in, I enjoyed the great detail and specificity with which the book looked at all aspects of Jewish prayer. I also appreciated the fact that it made sure to cover different prayer rites from around the world in plenty of detail, rather than just focus on the Ashkenazi rituals as many books do.

It did however have the drawback, like the last book, of only focusing on Orthodoxy. Again, this would be fine if it was presented as ‘A Guide to Orthodox Jewish Prayer’, but it claimed to speak for the entire Jewish experience, and made sweeping statements such as ‘all Jews do [x]’. There was a complete lack of acknowledgement or even mention of branches other than Orthodoxy. I liked learning about Orthodox prayer, but I think I’ll seek out more texts that deal with prayer in the other branches too.

So that was June! It was a great month of reading for me, I really got back into the swing of regular reading and finished plenty of books about a topic I’m passionate about. I hope to continue this streak and keep up with reading regularly.

Have you recently come out of a reading slump? Or are you in one now? What are some strategies you use to fight them?