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Books read in February
Mar. 1st, 2025 07:35 pmA book set in or around a body of water: Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell (Feb 1-4). I hadn't read a Sharpe book since high school! My friend would read one first and then give it to me to read, and I went over to her house and watched the TV show with Sean Bean. It was really fun! I remember loving the epic battles and this one didn't disappoint either lol. It would be cool to read all of them again someday!
A classic you've never read: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Feb 5-10). Omg this book was AWFUL, absolutely one of the worst books I've ever read. The language and sentences that seemed like a page long were hard to read, and it was SO boring (I'd read a page and then would have no idea what I just read). Stranded on an island for like 30 years and building your "castle," farming..yay? Then one day he found a footprint on the beach, had a meltdown because he thought it could have been from a "savage," ran to his cave, where it LITERALLY took him two or three pages before he realized it was probably his own. Then he saves "Friday" and basically makes him his slave. Ugh. One day I'm going to stop reading a book if I'm hating it lol..I hate giving up though!
A book about chosen family: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Feb 10-16). Psychic cats in space?? Heck yes! I wish they had been more involved in the story, but I definitely still bought the two sequels after I read this one lol. The main character was feisty and somehow got out of every crazy situation she was in :P
Two books with the same title (1): Stranded by Bracken MacLeod (Feb 17-20). Icebound in the arctic with a lot of weirdness going on..kind of like that Doctor Strange movie where there's a different you in an alternate universe. One character met his "twin" and flipped out and started killing everyone O_o
Two books with the same title (2): Stranded by Sarah Goodwin (Feb 21-24). A reality show where a bunch of people have to survive on an island for a year..what could go wrong? (A lot.) I hated that the main character was hated so much and ostracized, but she was one of the only people to survive..brutal stuff
A book with a title that starts with the letter Y: Yellowstone Standoff by Scott Graham (Feb 24-27). I LOVED the descriptions of nature and stuff in this book ("The road broke from the forest into the open. Prairie-like Hayden Valley stretched to the south and west, its grasslands interspersed with stands of lodgepole pines. The valley's lush, early summer grasses glowed emerald green in the morning sun"), and I definitely didn't expect the plot twist at the end! National park mysteries are some of my favorites lol
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Abby..still isn't doing super great. She eats a little, but still not enough, and dad found diarrhea in the litter box this morning. Sometimes she still sits like she's uncomfortable. The vet gave me a dropper thing to fill with food and put in her mouth, but she's not super interested, even with the appetite stimulant. Her body is probably just shutting down..neither mom nor I want to force feed her, give her meds, etc if it's not helping her..it's cruel and I just can't stand seeing her suffer. We'll see how she is tomorrow, but the kindest thing is probably to put her to sleep. :( Abby's had a great life, I'm SO glad she chose me that day at the shelter <3
Mom said she ate grasshoppers in Mexico (she didn't particularly like them lol), and brought back cool souvenirs for everyone (mine were cat themed, of course :P). She even found a cool library with super old books, which I drooled over when she sent me the pictures. She even remembered to take a picture of at least one of the hotel's curtains hehe..nice. :P She said it was fun but super exhausting and it was amazing being in her own bed again lol
March 1: Two things that test your patience: Repetitive noises like loud gum chewing, whistling, pen clicking, etc, and slow Internet (huge first world problem, but it drives me crazy haha)
A classic you've never read: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Feb 5-10). Omg this book was AWFUL, absolutely one of the worst books I've ever read. The language and sentences that seemed like a page long were hard to read, and it was SO boring (I'd read a page and then would have no idea what I just read). Stranded on an island for like 30 years and building your "castle," farming..yay? Then one day he found a footprint on the beach, had a meltdown because he thought it could have been from a "savage," ran to his cave, where it LITERALLY took him two or three pages before he realized it was probably his own. Then he saves "Friday" and basically makes him his slave. Ugh. One day I'm going to stop reading a book if I'm hating it lol..I hate giving up though!
A book about chosen family: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Feb 10-16). Psychic cats in space?? Heck yes! I wish they had been more involved in the story, but I definitely still bought the two sequels after I read this one lol. The main character was feisty and somehow got out of every crazy situation she was in :P
Two books with the same title (1): Stranded by Bracken MacLeod (Feb 17-20). Icebound in the arctic with a lot of weirdness going on..kind of like that Doctor Strange movie where there's a different you in an alternate universe. One character met his "twin" and flipped out and started killing everyone O_o
Two books with the same title (2): Stranded by Sarah Goodwin (Feb 21-24). A reality show where a bunch of people have to survive on an island for a year..what could go wrong? (A lot.) I hated that the main character was hated so much and ostracized, but she was one of the only people to survive..brutal stuff
A book with a title that starts with the letter Y: Yellowstone Standoff by Scott Graham (Feb 24-27). I LOVED the descriptions of nature and stuff in this book ("The road broke from the forest into the open. Prairie-like Hayden Valley stretched to the south and west, its grasslands interspersed with stands of lodgepole pines. The valley's lush, early summer grasses glowed emerald green in the morning sun"), and I definitely didn't expect the plot twist at the end! National park mysteries are some of my favorites lol
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Abby..still isn't doing super great. She eats a little, but still not enough, and dad found diarrhea in the litter box this morning. Sometimes she still sits like she's uncomfortable. The vet gave me a dropper thing to fill with food and put in her mouth, but she's not super interested, even with the appetite stimulant. Her body is probably just shutting down..neither mom nor I want to force feed her, give her meds, etc if it's not helping her..it's cruel and I just can't stand seeing her suffer. We'll see how she is tomorrow, but the kindest thing is probably to put her to sleep. :( Abby's had a great life, I'm SO glad she chose me that day at the shelter <3
Mom said she ate grasshoppers in Mexico (she didn't particularly like them lol), and brought back cool souvenirs for everyone (mine were cat themed, of course :P). She even found a cool library with super old books, which I drooled over when she sent me the pictures. She even remembered to take a picture of at least one of the hotel's curtains hehe..nice. :P She said it was fun but super exhausting and it was amazing being in her own bed again lol
March 1: Two things that test your patience: Repetitive noises like loud gum chewing, whistling, pen clicking, etc, and slow Internet (huge first world problem, but it drives me crazy haha)
