Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

That’s what my oldest daughter is, folks. Where her next youngest sister is loudly, persistently vocal when she’s waiting for me to pass on a book, my oldest is more patient. She is definitely NOT the squeaky wheel in the household, and that fact makes handing her something she’s been waiting for a true pleasure. Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection comes under that category, and I finished listening to it today (thanks in part to the cutting up of another pot of apples for more fruit leather base). A set of 9 short stories set in Cinder’s world, 8 of them involve main characters that we already know; the 9th is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” (NOT Disney’s retelling, by the way. Meyer’s version is a retelling of the original, which is a very important distinction.) Nothing earthshattering is revealed in these tales, but they do give us added perspective on many of Meyer’s characters, and they represent an enjoyable last hurrah for the series. Fans of Meyer’s Lunar world will definitely want to read this one.

In other news, to trick or treat or not to trick or treat? Because that is yet another one of 2020’s miserable, frustrating questions…