Songs in Ursa Major

 

Title: Songs in Ursa Major

Author: Emma Brodie

Publisher: Random House Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Brodie paints what feels like an authentic picture of the music scene in the late 60s with vivid characters and an engaging story, but a rather lackluster ending.

Rating: 4/5

Little Thieves

 

Title: Little Thieves

Author: Margaret Owen

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co

 
ISBN: 9781250191908

 

Thoughts: It took me a while to get into this, but once the characters began developing, I was fully invested.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 4/9-4/29

 

Received from a library program:

 

One Small Sacrifice by Hilary Davidson

The Library of Fates

 

Title: The Library of Fates

Author: Aditi Khorana

Publisher: Razorbill

 
ISBN: 9781595148582

 

Thoughts: I very much enjoyed this story, even if I felt some of the ideas and plot points were either a reach or just not fully fleshed-out.

Rating: 3/5

Filthy Animals

 

Title: Filthy Animals

Author: Brandon Taylor

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: 9780593412572

 

Thoughts: I liked all of Taylor's characters, but I had a hard time figuring out how all of these stories fit together, or if they even did, despite Lionel/Charles/Sophie's story being woven throughout.

Rating: 3/5

Hitty

 

Title: Hitty: Her First Hundred Years

Author: Rachel Field

Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

 
ISBN: 9780027348408

 

Thoughts: Very interesting to read children's historical fiction written a century ago; some passages would not be considered acceptable today, but it has may salient qualities as a piece of history.

Rating: 3/5

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

 

Title: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Author: Emily Austin

Publisher: Simon Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797123356

 

Thoughts: The events may be outrageous but the depiction of life with an anxiety disorder is very honest.

Rating: 4/5

Stolen Prophet

 

Title: Stolen Prophet

Author: Julian M. Coleman

Publisher: self

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: There were some very interesting and engaging ideas, plot points, and characters in this, but the whole story felt very disjointed by following so many different characters, offering long expositions on all of them that often even included unnecessary sexual content, but never really getting to the meat of story for long, or even connecting all of the concepts presented. I was given a free copy of the audiobook through LibraryThing to listen to and give an honest review.

Rating: 2/5

Stacking the Shelves: 4/2-4/8

 

LibraryThing Early Review:

Stolen Prophet by Julian M. Coleman

Sunshine Girl

 

Title: Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected Life

Author: Julianna Margulies

Publisher: Random House Audio

 
ISBN: 9780593348390

 

Thoughts: This took me a little to get into, but Margulies's storytelling was very open and honest and eventually captured me.

Rating: 4/5

The Best Stage Scenes of 1993

 

Title: The Best Stage Scenes of 1993

Author: Jocelyn A Beard

Publisher: Smith & Kraus

 
ISBN: 9781880399446

 

Thoughts: Solid scene book that also introduced me to some great plays from 1993, and reminded me of others.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/25-4/1

 

Bought on Amazon:

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

 

Bought on Wicked Reads:

 

Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo