There was also just a lot of ancient Egyptian history that didn’t contribute to the plot. What sort of condition was that to be in, not even to know if she’d just had a good time or not.” page 77Ĭat in the Mirror had an intriguing concept, but I think the plot was shuffled to the side somewhat in favour of developing Erin and Irun’s backstories.

“She didn’t know if she was happy or miserable. For example, the part where Seti comes over to Erin’s house and she stumbles all over herself and then can’t figure out how she felt about the whole affair. The bullying, relationships with parents, and confused feelings were all very realistic. Stolz also writes teen interactions and turmoil in an uncomfortably accurate way. I enjoyed how stubborn, curious, and fiery they both were while still being moody teenagers. Erin and Irun were both interesting and relatable. Erin’s mom was utterly detestable with her old-fashioned opinions and dismissive attitude towards her daughter. It was a relatively quick read as it was written for young teens, but it still took me a couple days to read it because I kept putting it down to do other things. I read this in one day and found it absolutely fascinating.This is the first book I finished for the Magical Readathon! I have officially sat my Care of Magical Creatures exam (Read a book with a land animal on the cover). Lyons and Co, of the famous tea rooms, food brands, and hotels. In Legacy, he turns his attention to his mother’s far more famous family, the Salmons and Glucksteins who started as tobacconists and then founded J. Legacy by Thomas Harding – Harding’s excellent history of his family’s one-time holiday home outside Berlin, The House by the Lake, looked at his father’s German branch of the family. What I read then was excellent and I’m looking forward to getting back into it. My Place at the Table by Alexander Lobrano – I don’t officially participate in Paris in July but it strikes me this memoir by food writer Lobrano about his life there would be a perfect pick! I started it as an e-book a few months ago but only just before it expired. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.Īccent on April by Betty Cavanna and In a Mirror by Mary Stolz – two retro teen reads recommended in Nancy Pearl’s Book Crush. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

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