Greetings friends! Another month another bunch of books to recap. Let's not waste any time- buckle up, hang on and let's go! *I decided write this with the great British bake off on in the background, was I super distracted the entire time? absolutely haha. Needless to say mistakes were made so try to ignore any errors you find*
Book 2: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth. Teenage angst is the theme of this book. Steps for proper teenage angst are as follows: 1. Don't communicate. 2. Take everything personally. 3. Always overreact to everything. Love how every teenage book series has a book that is a practice in teenage angst. On a side note (love when the actual plot is a side note) the tale of the Labyrinth and Daedalus wonderfully told with just enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. It also mentioned the myth of Icarus who was the son of Daedalus. Shout to Anna Miriam Brown for writing the most gorgeous song about this myth. You're welcome.
Book 3: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian. Ahh the finale of this saga- is it an adventure? Yes. Are there unexpected twists and turns? Yeah. Is it the best written finale to a boon serieis? No, but that's a hard feat to reach. Does is annoyingly set up another series instead of committing to the ending? Yup. But there you go. Overall I think it ends the series well and thankfully if you choose not to continue the story in the sequel series it stands alone without issue.
Book 4: Everything is Turberculosis. I wrote a rather decent review on goodreads after completing this book. So I'll just link that here and ask you to go check that out (:
Book 5: Togo and Leonhard. Maybe your familiar with the 1995 Disney movie Balto or maybe you got lucky and watched the 2019 Disney movie Togo (which Disney removed from Disney+ randomly and since then the movie has quite literally ceased to exist). This book tells the story of Leonard Seppala, renowned sled dog musher, sled dog breeder and trainer, and his most prized lead dog Togo. Most famously they participated in the 1925 serum run to bring the diptheria antitoxin from Nenana to Nome. The book tells the story of Togo little known and semi controversial hero of the serum run. It was a wonderfully simple read with the writing being appropriate for early readers as well.
Book 6: The Hobbit. To be specific I read an illustrated version of this book and I do think that the illustrations throughout the book helped move the story along at a nice pace. And there is truly something to say to reading as an adult vs a youth haha. I remember the story being much more boring but when I am wrong I will admit it. I was wrong! This book is a delight. There is something cozy about the adventure and there is something about the characters that just feel right.
Book 7: My Lucky Life in and out of Show Business. Dick Van Dyke is an icon he is the grandpa to us all and I love him. The day he leaves this earth will be a dark day indeed. 100% listen to the audio book because listening to Dick Van Dyke heals the ailments of the soul. However, if you are looking at a hard-hitting story about the horrors of Hollywood or a deeply emotional piece about trials and tribulations (many of our own creations), you won't find that in this book. Dick Van-Dyke tells his life they way he lived it with a lot of lighthearted humor and joy. Does this methodology limit the emotional effect of his struggles (his affair or his struggle with alcoholism for example) maybe, but in some ways, I felt it simply showed us that the man we grew up watching in movies and on television was the real him.
Book 8: Project Hail Mary. If you were to ask me what my favorite book is 9/10 I will say this book. Andy Weir has stolen my heart with his solo character, sci-fi stories. And the magic of this book is beyond words! Ryland Grace is an unexpected science teacher turned astronaut turned hero. Despite the novel being set up as the tale of a single human trying to save earth they balance the narrative with flashbacks that explain the science and introduce us to a host of delightful characters from Russian bomb *whoops* engine making Dimitri to embezzler Bob to optimistic Canadian Steve Hatch you will find one to adore if space spiders aren't really your vibe. Speaking of the solo suicide mission turns into a bro-mance of the century when we meet Rocky space faring engineer set to steal every scene and all our hearts. I won't spoil anything else but I will say READ THIS BOOK! Actually listen to it becuase there's some auditory elements that translate much better off the page. (I do plan to write a blog post discussing the recent film adaptation of this book, for now I will simply say it was good and 100% worth the watch).
Not quite as many books this month as last but still a fair few. As usual my brilliant and talented sister has written her own March recap and I would highly reccomend checking that out here
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