Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Not doing too well keeping up with my reading challenge this year, but moving across a couple states doesn't really help!

This was definitely a very entertaining read!

The writing style took me a little while to get into, but then I got on a roll and really enjoyed it. There are funny "fourth wall" type breaks where the author starts going off on tangents about the typewriter he is using to write the book and things like that. All interjected into an enjoyable story with some pretty flowery characters.

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Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune by Frank Herbert
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It was good to be able to check off one of the longer books on our reading list! I thought it started out a bit dry, and lots of odd names were thrown around, which I have a tendency to struggle to keep track of. I was lucky that I had some travel this month that gave me some longer periods of time to read. I think this one, at least the first half, would have been difficult to keep up with if I had read it piecemeal as my reading tends to be lately.

It definitely ramped up though, and I got much more into it. It was nice to finally read a very classic sci-fi novel. I believe it is the first in a series, but I don't know if I'll be jumping into those just yet. I still have lots of books on this list to tackle!

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Dayworld by Philip José Farmer

Dayworld by Philip José Farmer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really fun read. The setting is a future world where overpopulation has forced humanity to split up and 1/7 lives their lives in each day of the week. The remaining days, they are in a form of suspended animation. This story follows a "daybreaker" who go against the system to live in every day of the week, with a new and unique personality for each.

It was a fairly easy read, though there were times where I had trouble keeping up with all the names, especially since the main character ends up having 7! The premise was cool, and I definitely enjoyed it. It was a nice book to get back into the habit of reading with and to kick off making better progress on our reading list!

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The Twits by Roald Dahl

The Twits by Roald Dahl
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a total cheater book for me. We started our large reading list on January 10th and this year has been so crazy with the growing family that I haven't read a single book! I didn't want to have to log a big goose egg, so I found one of the shortest books on our list and I ordered it, haha.

It was a very short read (like 1 sitting, just winding down at night) and I found it mildly entertaining. Not really sure I'm on board with it being part of a "must read" list like the one we are working from, but it was entertaining enough. More something that I could read to my kids in an afternoon or over a couple of nights.

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