Books read in July

[glacier_kitty]

Alfie the Doorstep Cat by Rachel Wells (July 2-4)
Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland (July 5-9)
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White (July 9-12. You know you've read The Worst Journey in the World too many times when you see it quoted in this book and immediately see that it's misquoted LOL)
Elisha Kent Kane and the Seafaring Frontier (July 12-16)
Arctic Explorations by Elisha Kent Kane (July 16-23)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (July 23-29)

I read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie because his books seem to be popular with customers at work, and when I read the back it said it was told in the voice of an eleven year old aspiring chemist who happens to solve murders too..that intrigued me a lot, so I had to read it. It was definitely a great book (I can't wait to read the rest of the series!), but I didn't expect references to things I'm interested in..like I about fell over on this one: "Even in summer the trek across the room to the distant washstand near the window was an experience that might have daunted Scott of the Antarctic." OMG how can I not love it when it mentions Robert F. Scott?? Also this one: "...Napoleon had once called the English 'a nation of shopkeepers.'" Cherry got that from Napoleon??! Wow. It also mentioned "a glacier of newspapers" on a table..yeahh, I loved this book :P

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that when we were by the cruise ship at Margerie Glacier, we picked up their cell service! Everyone was amused by their phones going off in the middle of nowhere haha. I got a couple texts from them, which I'm keeping because it's amusing lol

How is it August already?? *hides from winter*




August 1: Weeds
August 2: Small Wonders
August 3: Produce
August 4: A Favorite Beverage
August 5: From Behind
August 6: Wander
August 7: In Sync
August 8: Relaxing
August 9: Book Lover's Day
August 10: After a Rain
August 11: All About Me
August 12: Green
August 13: Beloved
August 14: Camera Motion
August 15: Just a Part
August 16: Natural Beauty
August 17: Streaking Light
August 18: Where I Stand
August 19: Summer Color
August 20: A Picture in a Picture
August 21: A Helping Hand
August 22: A Must Have
August 23: Snoozing
August 24: A Story
August 25: Be Still
August 26: Prickly
August 27: What I Believe
August 28: Unaware
August 29: Encounter
August 30: Stone Statue
August 31: Party Animal


Today's trivia: When Helium is cooled to almost absolute zero (-460°F or -273°C), the lowest temperature possible, it becomes a liquid with surprising properties: it flows against gravity and will start running up and over the lip of a glass container

Comments

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie sounds like a good book!

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that book does sound pretty interesting! How cool that it mentioned those references which you picked up so quickly hehe.

Lol that's funny about you guys picking up the cell service by the cruise ship next to Margerie hehe.

Aaah I can't believe it's August already either! How does this happen!!