TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature, depending on your reading style, where you tell us what you read last, what you are reading now, what you will be reading in the future from your tbr pile, and why. I am oh so curious why people read what they read. So tell me!
Again my TMT is doing double duty as my ARC APRIL update.
ZERO
My two week grand total is two. *weeps*
This is being posted so late in the day because I thought I was going to finish Black Rabbit Hall so I could use it towards my ARC April total this week.
However, because I had to go back and read some of the beginning, because I was confused about the timelines (there are two), I still have 25% to go. Plus, I was at a very sad primary election watch party and maybe I had a couple of drinks.
I didn't forget my challenge minion tradition.
LAST
This did not count towards the challenge.
Besides the hanging suicide on the first page there were children kept in cages, and children being held down for scary procedures. In my opinion solidly not for 7-12 year olds. This will assuredly be one of my rant reviews. She said she wrote this for her nine year old niece. Why on earth would she do that?
NOW
GOODREADS
As soon as I finish Black Rabbit Hall tomorrow morning, I will be starting this Middle Grade. It will count towards the challenge.
A "buss" is a kiss.
NEXT
This is also ARC April worthy.
What are you reading? Tell me!
Yeah, A Curious Tale of the In Between does NOT sound like it's for nine year olds. I think my favorite book at that age was about unicorns- it had action, but little to no violence.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, which is the second in a series, and is about, among other things, a Mad (sentient) Ship. I'm also reading the Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lincoln, which also has a self explanatory title, but it's a historical romance set in China. I like her books because they have interesting story lines that tend to be on the lighter than historical fiction, which can sometimes put a damper on my mood.
~Litha Nelle
Jeannie Lin. I knew the autocorrect on my tablet would get me!
DeleteThe auto-c turns itself back on all the time on my Kindles and I hate it. I would really be interested in the book about a sentient ship! That is something I know I have never heard of before. :)
DeleteI'm reading And I Darken and loving it but I need to have to dedicate to it so I won't be reading till my next day off... I'm just flailing all over as of late...
ReplyDeleteYou are getting so much reading done! I feel like such a schlump. Ha ha. I am missing visiting your blog. I hope you will have the time to do some reviews soon. *big squishy hugs*
DeleteI had this nice thought out comment all done and written and it disappeared! So sad!
ReplyDeleteBut, do you follow Lauren DeStefano on twitter? I do, and I find myself not really that surprised that she would say that she wrote something some dark for her niece. Also, I feel like sometimes publishers stick a book into an age range based solely on the age of the main character in the story and don't care about anything else.
She seems to be trying to make a statement within the story that children should be able to read anything they want, which, as a parent, angers me. She very purposely wrote a story that could be read by younger children reading skill wise that was filled with images not appropriate for that age group. Yes, I have followed Lauren in the past, because she is one of my favorite YA authors, but follow her no longer after things she has said about other people (especially other authors) who suffer from mental health issues. Apparently she has a self proclaimed monopoly on author anxiety issues and panic attacks, and the rest of us peons can only have mental health issues if we kiss her author ass and hang on her every word like she is some psychiatric guru or something. Maybe she wrote that book to ensure another generation of Twitter follower fodder for her gift certificate giveaways. Which is why most people follower her. She needs that verbal abuse whipping boy pool replenished every now and again.
DeleteI'm not sure I want to read A Curious Tale of the In Between with that subject manner let alone recommend it to kids! I'm not against dark themes for children but something that graphic and upsetting seems unnecessary. I'm glad you got Black Rabbit Hall straightened out and I hope you do enjoy it. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteYes, I am enjoying Black Rabbit Hall. I am happy I saw it on your blog.The contemporary storyline got more interesting around the 30% mark. Yes, Curious Tale is too dark for all but maybe the 12 year olds of the MG reading ages.
DeleteI've 3 books for ARC April so far, and I'm currently in the middle of Bookishly Ever After! A Curious Tale of the In-Between doesn't even sound like a book that I'd like, let alone a 7 year old. Good luck on this week!
ReplyDeleteYay oin your AReC April reading! You are doing well! And yes, biug friwny face for Curious Tale.
DeleteSorry about the horrendous typos!
DeleteOkay, so I ACCIDENTALLY (I am The Accidental Blogger, ha ha) erased Jolene's comment when I deleted her deleted comment. Are you confused yet? So I am re posting it below. :)
ReplyDeleteJOLENE: I just started reading The Serpent King. I have heard a lot of hype about this book so I hope I won't be disappointed. I am also reading a book of poems I got from NetGalley called Leave This Song Behind.
ReplyDeleteYou can find her blog here:
https://jolenewilsonblog.wordpress.com/
SORRY JOLENE!
The first 20% of The Serpent King was meh for me, but the rest of the book more than made up for it. There are so many great looking poetry books out there. I wish I liked it more. I do like books written in free verse though. :)
DeleteA Curious Tale of the In Between seems so scary, I would never read that and I'm a teenager, I can't imagine a middle grader reading a book with that subject matter.
ReplyDeleteIt was very strange to me that the publisher allowed it to go through with an 11 year old MC as MG. So many of these books could be written with older characters with no change to the story.
DeleteI still really want to read The Curious Tale! I mean, I get that some kids wouldn't be able to handle that stuff, but it does depend?? Not all kids are ready for the same books at the same ages. :P I was kind of reading Roald Dahl till I was 15. But I was super immature. HEHE. (OKAY SOME STUFF DOESN'T CHANGE.) My little sister was reading YA when she was a lot younger and she handled it just fine. So yup. Hard to say with those kinds. It always depends!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading It's A Wonderful Death! Which is sometimes quirky and funny but a little boring. :/
I am doing a blog post about it, but what I will say is that MG should be written with the majority of that age group in mind not, a few "mature" readers. They can be handed YA books then if their parents want them reading stressful scary things. Nothing makes me angrier than an author with no kids who think they can make YA into MG by just changing the age of the MC.I think they all should have to take a college level course in Child Psychology.
DeleteYay for minions!
ReplyDeleteI'm still quite shocked to hear about the hanging... It definitely doesn't sound suitable for 7 to 12 year-olds!
Excited to see what you think of Down with the Shine though. It sounds like it will be pretty interesting!
I was glad I decided to look at the summary because the cover didn't hook me. It does sound interesting. I love minions! :)
DeleteOoohh!! I just read Down with the Shine and really liked it. I'm currently in the middle of Dream On by Kersten Geir and The King Slayer by Virginia Boecker.
ReplyDeleteOh good! I an looking forward to reading it. I have seen Dream On on a lot of Blogger TBRs. I hope the reviews start popping up soon. :)
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