I am super busy at work right now. The end of the year always brings a flurry of ordering before our budgets are closed down, and this spring the library department for the district was given a large sum of money to be divided up among the elementary buildings. As the team leader, I get to help with all of these orders. It is so much fun....but so much work! And there are so many boxes!
I have read some great fiction in the past few weeks, despite having limited time for leisure.
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris- Kenyata is the ten/eleven year old narrator of this story and because of her age, it feels more like a middle grade novel. However, there are adult topics in this novel like drug abuse and Kenyata's encounter with an older boy. Harris' writing is beautiful and I loved the story as well. Kenyata and her older sister, Nia, are dropped off at their grandfather's house after their father dies and their mother is left dealing with this loss. Set in 1995, it felt too current for racism to be a thing, but as we see in the news today, unfortunately it is and Kenyata experiences that as well. A coming of age story, I loved every word.
Home or Away by Kathleen West- West has quickly become a must-read author for me. I loved the Minnesota setting and the focus on hockey. Leigh moves her family back to Minnesota from Florida in order to give her son a chance at playing hockey. Leigh had been a hockey star herself, missing out on the Olympic team (her dream) and then forever leaving the sport. Now, however, what happened twenty years ago, when she was cut from the team is coming back to haunt her. And she might have to share with her husband what really happened with the assistant coach back then instead of trying to bury it.
In A New York Minute by Kate Spencer - set in New York City this is fun rom-com. Franny Doyle has just been laid off from her job, but her day gets even worse when her dress get caught in the subway door and rips all the way down exposing her entire back side. Luckily a gentleman on the train offers her his suit jacket. Neither one is much impressed with the other when they are interviewed, and yet they can't stop thinking about each other. This is pretty predictable, but that is how rom-coms are supposed to be. I also feel like I could hand this to anyone and there's nothing to offend or cause anyone to be uncomfortable.
The Love Of My Life by Rosie Walsh - a fast read, but about 50-75 pages too long for me. Emma and Leo have a happy marriage and a beautiful little girl. But after Leo does a little snooping he discovers that Emma isn't who she says she is - even her name is different. I didn't realize at first where this one was headed, but Emma's secrets aren't too horrible, and I almost felt like Walsh tried to over-dramatize the entire story. Still, I was engaged the entire time I was reading and found this to be enjoyable leisure reading.
I still feel like my 2022 reading has been excellent and I have so many great books on my TBR and in my Amazon cart that will soon be released that I don't see it slowing down at all.
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