As I mentioned in my April 2020 reading post, I wanted to finish several series of books where I needed to reread the first book or two before continuing on. So that’s what a lot of my reading was this month:
Nonfiction books:
Fiction books:
- Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
- Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
- Dust by Elizabeth Bear (reread)
- Chill by Elizabeth Bear (reread)
- Grail by Elizabeth Bear
- The Jewels of Elvish by Nancy V. Berberick (reread)
- A Child of Elvish by Nancy Varian Berberick
Oh, I also read a few magazines (mostly Writer’s Digest from 2018, a Food Network magazine, and a couple of photography magazines my dad gave me awhile ago).
I started Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle last month, and managed to finish the series this month (which in itself was a pretty big accomplishment since those books are big!) Wanting a break from fantasy, I then tackled Elizabeth Bear’s Jacob’s Ladder trilogy. I originally read the first book, Dust, quite some time before the second book, Chill; I didn’t really remember the story of the first book in enough detail though, so I decided to hold off on reading the third book until I had a chance to read all three together (I was also hoping that I might like Chill a bit more the second time around once it’s more in context with the events of Dust). Once Jacob’s Ladder was finished, I then went back to fantasy for Nancy Varian Berberick’s Elvish Duology. I remember loving the first book when I read it; unfortunately it took me years to find the second book, so by the time I did I honestly just couldn’t remember the first book at all.
My favourite of the rereads was Dust. It was a different experience, knowing what was going to happen at the end (the ending was the only thing I really remembered of it from the first time I read it), but still, this is a fantastic book. Of the non-rereads, I think my favourite was Inheritance; I thought that book was a very fitting end for the series.
So what have you read over the last month? What was your favourite book?
An Acquaintance with Letters 
I started some new books but none of them were really gripping me so I also fell back on a re-read – Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling). It was comforting to read it again. I’m quite surprised about how much is forgotten since the first read.
Also now reading some non-fiction: Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Worth reading. He has (had) a sense of humor so that helps 🙂
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I haven’t read any Galbraith – usually people just talk to me about the Harry Potter series. Factfulness sounds really interesting – I’ll have to check it out 🙂
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