Reading on the Road

So I've apparently become a transient. In July, I'll be going back and forth between Portland and Provo three times. This has not allowed for a lot of reading, and has definitely upset my ability to get books from the library. So I've started books and had no time to finish them. I'll be headed back onto the road on Thursday with no clue what to read. If only I had time to go to a used bookstore and find some cheap reads. Most likely I will be taking a couple of well-loved favorites to reread on the road.

Review: A Fistful of Sky

I picked up this book because the title sounded cool and because the author, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, lives in Oregon, thus fulfilling one of my goals to read more local authors. But I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed in it.

First of all, it was weird. It has a fantasy element to it, so that should be expected. But it was in that odd in between stage where the world is almost normal, but not quite.

My main complaint as I read is that the main character was very juvenile. In some reviews I read, I think this book is supposed to be for a YA audience, but it wasn't shelved that way at my library. Plus, there are so many YA books that crossover well for an adult audience. This was not one of them.

But what I liked the least was the ending. It could have and should have ended a couple of pages earlier. The main character's final choice just didn't make sense with all of her thoughts and actions leading up to it. And it was weird. And I thought it was stupid.

So...I really wanted to like this book, but really, really didn't. The author has gotten such great reviews for her books that I wanted to like this one enough to try another of hers, but I was so disappointed in the ending, that I don't think I'll ever pick up another book by her.

Book Blah

Lately I've been starting lots of books and not being interested enough to finish them. The only one I'm sticking with is Great Expectations because it's one of those I've meant to read for years (and when is it going to be an easy read?).

However, Book Babies starts up again at our local library so Ivy and I will be going to the library today, so maybe I'll find something to read.

Any recommendations for light summer reads?