April 2020 Book Reading List

Chugging along in this pandemic apocalypse, reading book after book.

Books I Read to My Children

A lot of times when I’m reading something to my daughter, my now two-year son just has to come to be read to, as well.

I don’t mind. I actually like it!

Me reading to both kids.

Books I Read to My Son

I read fifteen books to my son:

• ABC Animal Orchestra
• Baby Einstein Touch and Feel Farm Animals
• Dinosaur Roar!
• Early Days Farm Animals
• Grandma and Me bt Karen Katz
• Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino
• Know It Alls Bugs!
• Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?
• My First Book of Animals
• Noisy Baby Animals
• Sesame Street I Can Do It! First Look and Find
• Spot’s First Words
• What am I? Truck
• Where’s That Puppy?
• Yes, Please! No, Thank You!

Books I Read to My Daughter

And ten books to my daughter:

• ABC Animal Orchestra
• Baby Einstein Touch and Feel Farm Animals
• Dr Seuss’s ABC : An Amazing Book
• Mommy’s Best Kisses
• Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?
• Newtonian Physics for Babies
• Noisy Baby Animals
• Nothing-to-Do Puppy
• Spot’s First Words
• What am I? Truck

The Book I Read for Me

What I read (& finished) in April was The Reckoning: A Time Travel Thriller.

I have a couple of thoughts on this book.

First, I could tell that interpersonal communication was written from a women’s perspective. For instance, the characters understood each other without directly being told - e.g. just by a facial expression. This isn’t a bad thing - in fact, it’s a good thing - and was quite interesting to read. If anything, it’s an argument to read from a variety of authors.

The other thought I had is it seemed to end rather abruptly. Not quite a deus ex machina ending - but everything is quickly resolved. I don’t want to say exactly what happens, because, you know, spoilers.