![]() ![]() It introduces just enough other details about Marisol's life to create her world. It doesn't try to do too much, but sticks to the main thread of Marisol braving her fear of climbing the tree in her back yard. ![]() I love the simple style and plot points of this beginning chapter book. I believe (and hope) this is the first book in a series by Erin Entrada Kelly! Marisol Rainey is based in part on Kelly's own childhood in Louisiana. Novels in verse are not hard to find ––though I think really excellent ones are!ĥ) Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly (And you can listen to me reading from it here.) After reading this book, I went back and checked out other books by Jeannine Atkins including Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science and Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists. Read more about Grasping Mysteries in my review for the library. The poetic language Atkins uses to describe the lives of these women does not shy away from confronting the challenges they faced in the male-led scientific community, but it's also not overbearing and preachy about this. It may seem like a recent trend to highlight the work of female scientists, mathematicians, and artists, but until they are as prominent in everyone's educational upbringing as the famous men who have dominated so far, it is essential work. My favourites to use are pepparkakor (gingersnaps), finska pinnar (Finnish sticks), and kardemummakaka (cardamum cake) ––partly because it's just fun to say!Ĥ) Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins ![]() For my birthday party this year I baked a variety of sweets using all recipes from this book. I like the way the recipes are divided by category in this book, especially the festive cakes and cookies which are prepared for different holidays. So many good recipes here!! I am not a coffee drinker, but enjoy my fikas with tea. Would I like that as much, though? I am likely to be prejudiced against the Texas accents.ģ) Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall It's the kind of story that I could imagine having its own Netflix series like Enola Holmes or Anne with an E (although what they did to that story is another conversation). I have to admit that I haven't gotten around to reading the second novel in the series, The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate, because the first book was so full! Kelly has also written several beginning chapter books around these characters which are delightful ( Skunked!, Counting Sheep, Who Gives a Hoot?, The Prickly Problem, and A Squirrelly Situation). This is a story that transports readers back in time to the turn of the 20th century. Image from How To Invent a Country PodcastĢ) The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly I discovered that it's also available in a podcast format called How To Invent A Country. I certainly found it more entertaining to listen to this thoroughly researched programme presented by journalist Misha Glenny than slogging through many heavy books on the topics. An interesting topic, but one that I probably wouldn't read about from a book. This is a well -written show about history and the development of modern nations. I began the year listening to ALL the episodes from The Invention Of series, which airs on BBC 4 and is available on the BBC Sounds app. I'm going to start, not with a book, but a radio programme. ![]() I follow several radio programmes and podcasts that I can listen to while knitting or doing chores many are informational, so I consider these alongside my reading material.ġ) The Invention of. This year I also took time to reread some books: a few of Jane Austen's novels (either read or listened to), also Nathaniel Hawthorne's interpretation of the Greek myths in A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales, Treehorn Times Three by Florence Parry Heide, Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta Spalding, Det osynliga barnet by Tove Jansson, A Bear Called Paddington (read in Swedish), Anne of Green Gables, and others I felt like revisiting. It's disappointing when that happens! But it's all part of the search for the next great book ––that elusive experience that happens when all you want to do is go back to reading a certain book. Many that I read I just didn't enjoy enough to mention here. Looking back at the reading log which I keep in my planner, it seems that earlier in the year I did not read as many notable books. It's the time again to reflect on what I've read this year. ![]()
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