KWharton will read another 12 books in 2024

Kia ora koutou, hello everyone,

I will stick to my realistic-but-challenging goal of 12 ROOTs for 2024, because I will of course read a lot more books from the library!

Happy reading everyone, and all the best for 2024.

Hi Katherine, good to see you back with the ROOTers. All the best for 2024 for you too.

Happy ROOTing, and thank you for supporting your local library!

Welcome back! I hope this year is a good one for both ROOTs and library books!

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

Thanks everyone!

I'm doing well so far:
So You Want to Talk about Race fantastic, practical book about anti-racism, good for people who haven't read much about it and for those who have.
The Big Questions: What is New Zealand's future? was a good read, especially since it's a few years since it was written, so I could see whether the author was on the right track or not.
I have also started The Stone Sky, finally finishing The Broken Earth trilogy.

Now I shall go and update my ticker.

I finished The Stone Sky. I left quite a bit of time between the books and I think I probably read it a bit too quickly, so I didn't let the story sink in as well as I could have. Some fascinating questions and a very big world. I read a comment somewhere that it's a retelling of Black history and I could see that in some places, but not in others.

I also read Love for the Lost. I thought I could guess where it was going right from the start, but I was wrong. I quite like the way Catherine Fox has characters from her other books pop up again, but it can be easy to miss them. I do wonder if she has written any books with main characters who feel free and comfortable about themselves and about sex! I hope that some of the characters from this book will turn up later having a happier time.

Hi Katherine. About the first book you mentioned here. I loved that book very much.