Hi everyone. I have been trying to get back into reading again. Let me share what I’ve read recently. Here goes. As usual, I’m joining in with It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (#IMWAYR).
What I’m Currently Reading
I finally picked up Thrive by Kenneth Oppel again a few weeks ago and no, I still haven’t finished it. It sounds like this book is more character-driven than the prequels and I’m not sure I love or hate that.
I’ve also been reading Unleashed by Emily Kimelman, an intriguing mystery. In nonfiction, I am reading 999 – My Life on the Frontline of the Ambulance Service by Dan Farnworth.
Finally, I recently learned that Bookshare, the service I use for downloading accessible eBooks, now also does audiobooks. I didn’t try them, but this did get me inspired to check out Apple’s audiobook collection. There’s this collection of free classics on the Apple books app. I initially wanted to get Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, but the reviews said that its narrator was almost worse than the first version of Siri, as monotonous as he spoke. So I decided to go for something much more light-hearted, in a way, and pick Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I can now see why other people with dissociative identity disorder find it offensive or triggering.
What I Recently Finished Reading
I am known for starting a ton of books and rarely finishing them, unless I really, really love them. Or unless they’re really short. This was the case with the early chapter book Bo’s Magical New Friend by Rebecca Elliott. I love love love unicorns and had heard about the Branches Books before, so I really wanted to try if I (and my inner child parts) liked them. Despite it being a really quick read (for me, of course), the plot was quite intriguing and I’m sure any newly-independent readers who love unicorns will love this one. I must say that, due to the illustrations, some of the text got muddled in the Bookshare book.
What I Think I’ll Read Next
I started another chapter book series, besides the one I mentioned above, on unicorns a while back. It’s the Unicorn University series and the chapters are longer. I saw that the author, Daisy Sunshine, recently added another book to the series. I’ll definitely have to read more of those books.
I also saw that Casey Watson has a new foster care memoir out. However, Apple Books is acting up, in that sometimes at the end of a paragraph or page words are missing in VoiceOver (Apple’s built-in screen reader). For this reason, I’m hesitant to buy books off Apple Books.
What have you been reading lately?
A Multitude of Musings 
Sounds like an interesting variety for you lately! I like Kenneth Oppel’s books but haven’t read that one yet.
I read Alice’s Adventures for the first time just a few years ago – I bet it is good on audio! And I had no idea that Apple books offered some free classics – will have to check that out.
Hope you enjoy your books this week –
Sue
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Thanks for commenting. The Overthrow trilogy, of which Thrive is the last book, are the first books by Kenneth Oppel I’ve read. I found Bloom amazing, but Hatch, though it was good too, had a rather disappointing ending and was a bit long-winded at times.
As f or Alice in Wonderland, I read it for the first time when I was about eleven, but read it in Dutch (my native language) at the time while my father read it in English. I don’t do audiobooks usually, but this one is quite well-narrated.
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All the best with the reading journey!
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Thank you!
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