Let's get personal #11

 Hey there Bookies,

I've been taking a break from reading for a little bit. I was going through a small burnout and a break seemed to be needed. Also I'm shifting phases again. My mind just can't stay on one thing lately. Lately I've been reading middle grade books lately. Or, at least listening to. I do plan on finishing the books I started reading but returned because I couldn't get into. I know there are quiet a few I have to finish. Also I keep collecting books, so I should also think about working on reading those. So much to read and so little time. I'm sorry for being away for a while. I'll try to do better from now on. My Youtube videos are still out of the question due to the fact that my power strip was taken to light up the Halloween decorations outside. But it was a sacrifice I was willing to make to enjoy my favorite holiday ever. I hope to go back to making my book review videos once again when spooky season is over. Maybe that is also why I didn't want to read too much. It would have made the review video very long if I kept breezing through books like I have been. I guess we will just have to see after Halloween ends. 

So until next time....

-Lys

Read The Pearl Hunter by Miya Beck

 

Hey there Bookies,

I listened to this book for the past few days and I actually finished it early Saturday morning. But due to work and spooky season, I hadn't been able to update until now. Anyway my impressions on this book is that the deeper story is a little heavy to be a middle grade book, but I still enjoyed it. The story follows Kai who is a pearl diver. She feels like she is falling in her twin sister's shadow because her sister is starting to grow up and build a life without her. But on the day that Kai does her first solo dive, her and her sister end up in a small competition. Sadly when their competition comes to a close, something happens. Kai's sister gets caught by a sea creature that no one knew existed. Kai goes after the creature to free her sister, but she runs into a few obstacles. One being that her sister has lost her soul. In order to get it back, Kai has to go on a journey to find a pearl belonging to a fox goddess. The book follows Kai's journey and she grows along the way. She goes through many hardships like getting caught by birds and being taken captive. Kai eventually gets the pearl, but I'm not going to tell you how the book ends. That would just ruin it. I really did enjoy the book and I found the story interesting. I wasn't familiar with the folklore used in the book but I still found it fascinating. I do recommend the book if you want something easy to read with an interesting storyline. The book gets a four out of five stars from me on Goodreads.

So until next time...

-Lys