Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, no? Or reading gets in the way of reviewing? Because lately I’ve been far more inclined to read a book than write about it…
Here’s a round-up of what I’ve read recently, but haven’t written about. Twitterary style. Yes, I made that up, but I like the idea of imposing a 140 character limit to these. I don’t want to overwhelm anyone (specifically myself).
The best of the bunch…
A Sting in the Tale // Dave Goulson. Non-fiction. Quite funny and educational. You may learn more about bees than you ever wanted to know.
The Bees // Laline Paull. Dystopian ficiton. A great follow up to Goulson’s book. You can see exactly how much research went into Paull’s novel.
Oil and Honey // Bill McKibben. Non-fiction. The link between beehives and corporations (through structure) is a bit tenuous, but a solid book with a worthwhile premise.
Deadline // John Sandford. Fiction, series. I love Virgil Flowers. I need to update my list of Virgil’s t-shirts. John Sandford is consistently great.
The Glittering World // Robert Levy. Fiction. A book menu is coming up, but 60% of this book was really strong and then the ending felt rushed.
John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire // Kim Heacox. Non-fiction. John Muir. Fascinating man with a very patient wife. Oh the adventure!
The Eyes of the Dragon // Stephen King. Fiction. Firmly ranked in the middle. Neither great, nor bad… Good glimpse into worlds you’ll learn more about in subsequent SK novels.
For a far better use of twitter in a blog post, check out Reading in Bed’s Things You’ve Inherited From Your Mother by Hollie Adams: A Review with Twitter Pairings.
Who else excels at reading and gets bogged down in reviewing?
flannel and folklore 
Love this! Was just talking about tweet-length reviews with another blogging friend and had to share your post 🙂
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Thank you very much! I found it a very effective way to get my thoughts down.
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Great review idea. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Thanks for stopping by!
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I love how you did this! And – what’s with all the books about bees? So random!
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I am part of a non fiction book club and we pick different themes to read about. Our most recent theme was pollinators, so bees came up a lot!
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For some reason I feel drawn to books about snow and ice. Maybe I like the icy covers. I also like the cover of The Glittering World.
Fun way to write mini-reviews!
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Thanks! I like the blue covers that typically accompany books on snow and ice. The John Muir was quite interesting if you like naturalists.
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Oh these are cool! Mini, mini reviews! I wish I could read a backlog of books to the point where this was necessary!
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I’ve been reading and not reviewing for pretty much all of 2015… Oops! Time has a way of running away.
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Really like this review style – a few words, just to get the gist of things! The Glittering World looks intriguing…
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I’d recommend it. It was blow your mind great, but it was definitely engrossing.
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I haven’t done a single (not even twitterary style) review this year.
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This actually makes me feel a little better, thank you.
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I have totally fallen off the reviewing wagon, so I’m loving your Twitter-length reviews! I’m going to have to look up more about the John Muir book.
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Thank you! And me too, clearly, I just can’t get in the right frame of mind lately.
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That’s a little spooky! I wrote a very similar post Twitter style last night!! Must be something in the air or perhaps just great minds thinking alike…..:-)
I’ve also been reading some online articles about the plight of the bees particularly in the U.S. lately. I’ll have to look into the first 3 books.
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It really gets the job done a lot quicker and still gets the point across. My book club’s theme (lately, we pick new themes every few months) was pollinators, so bees were a popular topic.
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I’m curious about The Bees by Laline. Goodreads says it’s The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games. Is it like that?
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No, I didn’t think it earned the comparison to The Handmaid’s Tale. I can see why they said it, I just don’t agree. And as far as The Hunger Games…not at all.
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This is absolutely brilliant. Brilliant! I’m with you as of late. I want to read but not write. Sigh. 😀
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I think it’s brilliant, we all need a break, right?
And you’re cooking too, so that counts! (If only you’d cook for me…)
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