Welcome to Litsy!

Not nearly as good as the first two books in the series—I feel like there were too many stupid choices made by a character who has been shown to be intelligent and level-headed, which left this book feeling disingenuous. #bookspin

Dicey awoke the next morning with the sense that she was ready to solve problems, the way you often do, as if the time of sleep were a long journey to a distant country where alterations in geographical formations, in light, in ways of living, in language even, enable you to see your own world more clearly.

The rest of them were pretty sure they understood things, and that made them bad listeners.

3/5⭐ Better than the last few books, but still nowhere near as good as the first 3. There was so much space wasted on landscape descriptions, & the themes or lessons throughout seemed thin and stretched just to make a buck—I mean book. The ending did not at all have the satisfying weight of finishing a series. What I liked most were the side character dynamics with Sammy, Maybeth, & Gram, though Sammy & Maybeth's subplots were unfinished.

Catching up with my bookkeeping (haha), I realized the tagged book completed my #COVID19challenge - number in the title. Also gave me my third bingo on the social distancing bingo card - only five spaces left! I‘m also 2/3 through my fourth book of #bookspinbonanza and am hoping to devote more time to #nutsinMay this week. Whew!

3/20 in the #bookspinbonanza done! Still not on par with the first two Tillerman books, but good. Dicey (who, contrary to the illustration, has dark hair) opens her boatbuilding business, then proceeds to make every mistake imaginable. (After working for Millie for years, essentially running that business, she doesn‘t know she needs insurance?) Not much of an ending, but worth it.