Wednesday Reading Meme - catch up

[venetia_sassy]

I left the house today for the first time in two and half weeks - excepting the two visits to the doctor for the cold-turned-bacterial infection, plus raging allergic reaction to the first lot of antibiotics. Fun! Mum's knee has been doing better so she was able to walk the dogs sometimes - when it wasn't raining. Poor hounds, they did get a bit bored. But we went to the market today, mostly buying things that don't require much cooking since I'm still wiped out. The hounds had many cuddles, both from new people and regular admirers. Then we stopped at a pet supply store on the way home and along with necessities, we bought two new squeaky toys - a fluffy pink and brown ... apatosaurus? for Miss Shadow and a glossy blue and orange triceratops for Mr Nosey. There were many happy squeakings this afternoon.

Books of May

Underline: Greatly enjoyed; highly recommend.
Strikethrough: Did not like; do not recommend.

Non-fiction
The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History by Geoffrey Blainey

Australian Children Through 200 Years by Suzane Fabian

Australian Transport Through Two Hundred Years by Brian Carroll

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander

In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick by Nathaniel Philbrick

Hen Frigates: Wives Of Merchant Captains Under Sail by Joan Druett


Fiction
Bite Me (Pride, #9) by Shelly Laurenston

HONEY BADGERS!

Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5) by Patricia Briggs

A Bite to Remember (Argeneau, #5) by Lynsay Sands

Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega rereads

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)
Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1)
Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2)
Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3)
Alpha & Omega short stories in On the Prowl and Strange Brew

Comments

[turps]

It sounds like you had a good day. I hope you continue to feel better.

I have the Mercy Thompson books on my Kindle but haven't read them. Sounds like I should change that.

[venetia_sassy]

The cold is finally improving! Fingers crossed.

The Mercy books have their flaws (large number of female characters have been/are sexually assaulted; lack of female friendships, although I love Mercy's relationship with teenage Jesse; macho werewolf culture) but overall, I really enjoy them, especially the books that focus on the fae, rather than vampires (they alternate.) I usually don't like 1st person POV but I like it here. The Alpha and Omega books are 3rd person, similar problems - but I love the books.

[turlough]

Squeakies!! (The triceratops sounds particularly fetching :-)

[venetia_sassy]

Triceratops was (were?) always my favourite dinosaur.