Teachers are back to work today--scholars, you're up next, on Wednesday! So what did you read over Winter Break? I read one novel, started another, and read a dear-to-me picture book that combines my love of Christmas and owls.
First, the novel I finished--a grownup book called The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill.
Four strangers meet in a Boston public library, and are forever connected by a murder that occurs while they are sitting in the reading room together. This is a mystery that reads like it's being written chapter by chapter before our eyes, critiqued in letters from a fan of the author who is also an aspiring writer. The content of the end-of-chapter letters becomes more and more macabre as the story being told twists and turns. I was surprised by the ending!
The novel I started is one from our school library shelves:
Fortuna is called to the home of the Baldwin sisters to help them fix a problem: they've turned a bird into a boy (which is against the rules), and now he doesn't want to turn back. Fortuna's task: talk the boy into becoming a bird again. This is easier said than done, as nefarious forces are at play, and Martin is stubbornly stuck in his desire to remain human. I love books with magic, and this story has such a different take on the theme.
The picture book that made me smile this past week: the story of the saw-whet owl that was trapped in the Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Center.
We are back from Winter Break this week! I hope you had fun reading at home and away. Have you made your 2023 reading plans? I have, and I'll share them next week.
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