I struggled a lot with low mood this month, and so I went looking for comfort reads (Diana Wynne Jones – one of my fave childhood authors – and Agatha Christie), and dug into some depression-focused non-fic. Also had a chance to pick up another of the new Mahy reprints, which made me very pleased!<\/p>\n
I also want to take a minute to talk about Grace Bridges’ teen novel Rotovegas<\/em>, the first in her “Earthcore” series. A young female protagonist discovers the geothermal waters of Rotorua imbue her with supernatural powers, so she seeks out and teams up with other enhanced people to battle against a land developer who wants to destroy the source of the spring waters. Solid plot, diverse characters, and a deft hand with M\u0101ori mythology makes this book great for youth aged about 12-16 who have an interest in magical realism. Also, it’s SUPER cheap on Kindle<\/a> so maybe go give it a try?<\/p>\n Cart and Cwidder<\/em> by Diana Wynne Jones 23 in total.<\/p>\n P.S. You can read an Earthcore short story by Grace Bridges at her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I struggled a lot with low mood this month, and so I went looking for comfort reads (Diana Wynne Jones – one of my fave childhood authors – and Agatha Christie), and dug into some depression-focused non-fic. Also had a chance to pick up another of the new Mahy reprints, which made me very pleased! … Continue reading “Reading List 2018 – April”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,7,5],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-6","tag-books","tag-reading-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mooncrowned.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSpells for Coming Out<\/em> by Ian Wedde
\nDepression & Other Magic Tricks<\/em> by Sabrina Benaim
\nRotovegas: Earthcore Book One<\/em> by Grace Bridges
\nJust This Once<\/em> by Rosalind James
\nDrowned Ammet<\/em> by Diana Wynne Jones
\nWorld of Warcraft: Chronicle Vol. 1<\/em> by Chris Metzen and Matt Burns
\nThe Spellcoats<\/em> by Diana Wynn Jones
\nOvercoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts<\/em> by Sally M. Winston
\nExploring Depression And Beating the Blues<\/em> by Tony Attwood
\nWe\u2019re All Mad Here<\/em> by Claire Eastham
\nThe Crown of Dalemark<\/em> by Diana Wynne Jones
\nThe Catalogue of the Universe<\/em> by Margaret Mahy
\nThe Murder at the Vicarage<\/em> by Agatha Christie
\nThe Body in the Library<\/em> by Agatha Christie
\nThe Moving Finger<\/em> by Agatha Christie
\nFrom Doon With Death<\/em> by Ruth Rendell
\nA New Lease of Death<\/em> by Ruth Rendell
\nLamp of the Goddess<\/em> by Rae Beth
\nWolf to the Slaughter<\/em> by Ruth Rendell
\nThe Murder Bag<\/em> by Tony Parsons
\nThe Fallen<\/em> by David Baldacci
\nThe Depression Cure<\/em> by Stephen S. Ilardi<\/p>\n