This book feels like hanging out with an old friend. It’s so funny and relatable. It’s kind of therapeutic.
I enjoy a book that’s a bit later in a series where basically the “romance” plot has already happened and the couple you’ve been following is married. It’s really nice to check in on them a couple years later. Other stuff happens, but there’s no relationship drama. They’re just doing regular married people stuff.
The only real downside is that it kind of ends as if the pandemic was over after a year, when here we are three years later, with COVID not “over”.
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
I’m currently reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Cozy Sci-Fi? Serving tea on some moon? The promised robot hasn’t shown up yet, but it’s lovely so far.
I’ve finished Chain of Thorns, and The Last Hours series of Shadowhunter books has concluded for me.
The anticipation for Chain of Thorns was at the forefront of my reading brain, and I had trouble thinking about what to read next after the “holiday book” reading season. Knowing Chain of Thorns was coming out at the end of January left me indecisive about other reading.
I enjoyed reading a book that I was so looking forward to. I didn’t rush it. But now I have a book series hangover.
After anticipating a book for two years, it’s strange for it to have ended. What do I do now?
Luckily, there are other new releases that I’m excited about this year, and of course the many books that are already available on my hopefuls list.
While reading the History Smashers book about The Mayflower, I remembered this Baby-Sitters Club book that I read as a kid. In Claudia and the First Thanksgiving, they put on a Thanksgiving play at the elementary school. They do lots of research to make it more historically accurate, but then parents get mad and make them change it to a “traditional” Thanksgiving story. They stealthily write “Censored” on all the posters.
That’s what I remembered from my childhood reading of this book. But I couldn’t remember what they did in the play that made people mad. I didn’t have my childhood copy, so I looked up the book and downloaded the Kindle edition.
Claudia and the First Thanksgiving felt surprisingly relevant to 2021. When I was a kid, I remember wondering why adults would censor and protest a Thanksgiving play with more historical accuracy. I’m now an adult with kids, …
While reading the History Smashers book about The Mayflower, I remembered this Baby-Sitters Club book that I read as a kid. In Claudia and the First Thanksgiving, they put on a Thanksgiving play at the elementary school. They do lots of research to make it more historically accurate, but then parents get mad and make them change it to a “traditional” Thanksgiving story. They stealthily write “Censored” on all the posters.
That’s what I remembered from my childhood reading of this book. But I couldn’t remember what they did in the play that made people mad. I didn’t have my childhood copy, so I looked up the book and downloaded the Kindle edition.
Claudia and the First Thanksgiving felt surprisingly relevant to 2021. When I was a kid, I remember wondering why adults would censor and protest a Thanksgiving play with more historical accuracy. I’m now an adult with kids, and I definitely recognized those parents who are protesting more historically accurate critiques of those who came before us. 25 years later, we’re still having the same problems.
As far as what enraged parents and some faculty about their Thanksgiving play? They brought up women’s rights. They also stated that not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving and Native Americans observe a day of mourning. They pointed out differences between then and now. They got to keep the more accurate costumes and foods. I guess those didn’t anger the parents.
I’m actually looking at the book cover right now, and wondering if the cover artist read it. Lol.
I hadn’t read a Baby-sitters Club book since middle school, and didn’t have super high expectations for Claudia and the First Thanksgiving to hold up for an adult, but this book was kind of amazing. I remembered a surprising amount of weird details, like when Claudia decides to stir marmalade into her oatmeal, but also considers the option of grape jelly.
One thing that surprised me a little bit was the release date. Claudia and the First Thanksgiving was published in November of 1995, when I would have been in 7th grade. I’m guessing that I must have read this book very soon after its release. I think I started reading BSC books in 4th grade and kept reading them through 8th grade, so this was relatively late in my Baby-sitters Club reading era. I had definitely read at least one hundred Baby-sitters Club books in my life by age 14. I definitely learned about lots of things from BSC books, including diabetes and autism. Re-reading this book reminded me of the idea that maybe we could understand each other better if only everyone read more books.
While reading the History Smashers book about The Mayflower, I remembered this Baby-Sitters Club book that I read as a kid. In Claudia and the First Thanksgiving, they put on a Thanksgiving play at the elementary school. They do lots of research to make it more historically accurate, but then parents get mad and make them change it to a “traditional” Thanksgiving story. They stealthily write “Censored” on all the posters.
Review of 'Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903' on 'Storygraph'
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Last night, I read a short story by Lucy Maud Montgomery(author of Anne of Green Gables) from 1903 called The Strike at Putney.
It’s about a group of church ladies who are told by their church elders and minister that a missionary woman cannot speak in the church, because a woman cannot preach from the pulpit.
So they go on strike. <spoiler>They stop organizing socials to raise money, don’t set fresh flowers out in the church, or clean and dust the church. The organist doesn’t play, and no women sing in the choir.
“You know if a woman isn't fit to speak in the church she can't be fit to sing in it either."
The Strike at Putney by L. M. Montgomery
The men last two weeks.</spoiler>
I was delighted to read this story from 120 years ago about women opposing patriarchalism in church.
A delightful collection of short stories by Rainbow Rowell. A few that I had already read.
• Midnights - New Years Eve story. Have already read and loved. Also in My True Love Gave To Me.
• Kindred Spirits - Previously published, but I hadn’t read it yet. About a girl waiting in line for Star Wars The Force Awakens in 2015. Really cute.
• Winter Songs for Summer - Set in what must be, like, 1999/2000ish on a college campus. Really cute story featuring mix CDs.
• The Snow Ball - (skipped because it seemed Christmassy and I wanted to save it until after Thanksgiving) Cute. I like the weird best friends and Star Trek is obviously better than Prom. True Story: The day of my senior prom, I was at a theatre festival.
• If the Fates Allow - Read last year and loved. About Christmas 2020.
• …
A delightful collection of short stories by Rainbow Rowell. A few that I had already read.
• Midnights - New Years Eve story. Have already read and loved. Also in My True Love Gave To Me.
• Kindred Spirits - Previously published, but I hadn’t read it yet. About a girl waiting in line for Star Wars The Force Awakens in 2015. Really cute.
• Winter Songs for Summer - Set in what must be, like, 1999/2000ish on a college campus. Really cute story featuring mix CDs.
• The Snow Ball - (skipped because it seemed Christmassy and I wanted to save it until after Thanksgiving) Cute. I like the weird best friends and Star Trek is obviously better than Prom. True Story: The day of my senior prom, I was at a theatre festival.
• If the Fates Allow - Read last year and loved. About Christmas 2020.
• The Prince and the Troll - Weird and fun. A sort of fantasy story about a bridge troll who I think turned out to be a mermaid, but her river had dried up. Because of the road.
• Mixed Messages - I decided to read this, even though I haven’t read Attachments. It was an enjoyable story that was mostly a text message conversation between two friends who are women nearing their fifties.
• *Snow for Christmas - the Simon Snow story. Haven’t read those books, but have read Fangirl. I skipped this one.
• In Waiting - This was like being inside of Rainbow Rowell’s head. It was really funny at the beginning. It was really interesting and reflective as it progressed.
Fantasy, action, lovable characters. I thought they might be about to take down every hierarchical structure standing in their way at some points.
I would preorder a book three right now if it were possible.
It was so good. I couldn’t put it down.
Fantasy, action, lovable characters. I thought they might be about to take down every hierarchical structure standing in their way at some points.
I would preorder a book three right now if it were possible.
