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During my Staycation last week, things happened.

1- got a flat on the highway & a stranger helped me change my tire. (That'll be a birthday I won't forget)
2- finished 3 books (2 audio and 1 hardcover. And half way through a 3rd audio).
3- finally created a cozy reading space for myself. (This was my proudest achievement.)
4- started working out again after re-upping my Peloton membership.

This book 😭❤️

Page 48 / printed copy

„All The Light We Cannot See“ by Anthony Doerr is a beautiful story set in tragic times weaving together the lives of a sheltered blind French girl and a German orphan boy.

The main characters' emotions and decisions in the book polarise. They navigate the moral complexities of WW2 and it‘s definitely not an easy read with the weight of that era‘s tragedies.
The ending was deeply touching, though I felt it lingered a bit too long.

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

A little different take on #LoveisBlind, but I couldn't help but think of a father's love for his blind daughter as he built a model of their neighborhood so Marie-Laure could learn to navigate it on her own. #FeelintheLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Image from Netflix.

Love this book; it, along with Cutting for Stone, are probably my favourite books from the past twenty years. This is my favourite book from #June. Yes I have watched the Netflix miniseries. #12booksof2024

1. The Mutter Museum, a medical history and science museum, in Philadelphia. It contains a collection of anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment. My favorites there are the Mega Colon, the drawers of swallowed items, skulls and shrunken heads, slices of Einstein's brain mounted on slides, ...continued in comments...
2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView #two4tuesday

1. I love the Children‘s museum in Indianapolis… it is phenomenal!!!
2. Done

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

Saturday🗓️ Stitch🪡 Seventeen🎶 Scissors✂️ Strawberry🍓Smoothie🥤 Story📖

#crossstitch #crosssticher #goodreads #goodreadsreadingchallenge2024 #currentlyreading #handmade #needlework #kpop

Fans will be interested & all of us who strenuously object to book banning. https://youtu.be/IU5XslfxsFM?si=yF--hji2xTfLtCGp

This was a fairly decent month of reading, as I got 7 books completed. My favourite by far was All the Light We Cannot See, closely followed by The Music of Bees.

Concentrating on these three books for #weekendreads

Reread this and loved it more. If you haven‘t watched the Netflix series cue it up now! Aria Mia Loberti that‘s plays Marie-Laure should have swept every award. Now one of my favorite books of all time.

#museum #storysettings @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#SomeoneRunning

#ItTakesAllKinds

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

3.5 ⭐️s
For the first 7/8 of this book I loved it. That last 1/8 hit and it went from a hard 5 to barely above a 3. I really loved the characters and how human Doerr portrayed them. No one was villainized with a vague stroke. Of course there are Nazis and they are very much in the wrong. But Doerr reminds us that unfortunately they are just as human as those they sought to exterminate. The end just felt so lackluster for what he‘d built up to.

This tells the story of Marie-Laure from France and Werner from Germany, both young teenagers at the start of WWII, and how their lives change in devastating ways because of the war. It was told in very short dual timelines and jumped back and forth a bit, which was sometimes hard to follow along with, which is what made it a so-so rather than a pick.

Picking the one back up again…not a bad read or even a slow one. I think I was just looking for a different vibe the past few weeks so time to check this one off the list finally!!

Sunday morning #coffeeandabook

An interesting book.

Read for reading prompts

4/5

Fell a bit off track with my reading as of late, work has been crazier than I‘d like so today I made room for some much needed downtime 📖🛁

My sister today asked if I would buddy read this with her. I said okay, I just have to finish my current book first. 😊 My sister was never much of a reader before and has only started reading a few books a year and she gets excited when she can share recommendations. I haven‘t read this one - I know! So behind the times.

Such a beautifully written book! I love the way the author uses words to make such imagery!

Read about the history of the stone that inspired the author‘s ‘Sea of Flames‘ in his novel. Is it really cursed? Is it the guilt of colonialism? Is it both? You decide. Link to the article from National Geographic here:

https://archive.ph/2023.11.22-152725/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/...

I‘ve wanted to read this book for quite a while. I recently saw the trailer for the movie on Netflix. So, obviously I wanted to read the book before watching the movie. It‘s an excellent book that is very different from other novels about WWII. The story of a sensitive boy assigned to the Hitler Youth and a blind French girl trying to survive the war. They eventually cross each others paths and..you must read the book. It literally made me cry.

“Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.”

I am watching "All the Light We Cannot See". Very good. The book was amazing and a tear jerker. The author and producer made some changes to the miniseries.

@NataliePatalie

This is a sad tale. There are rare happy endings in WW2. A young girl who is tested to her limits, a boy who is forced into a genocide because he has an able body, and a gift. Families torn apart, and a stone with a story centuries old. I can‘t wait to watch the Netflix adaptation!

Shown: Saint Malo, 1944

All the Light we Cannot See! I loved this beautiful book.

This beautiful novel has a wonderfully healthy #Father/Daughter relationship. He goes to great lengths to make sure his daughter has all she needs despite her blindness. Makes a model of their neighborhood!!! Buys her Jules Verne novels in braille! Gives her puzzles to solve. There‘s so much to this novel. #SummerSpecial

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Starting this while waiting for my Ursula K Le Guin #authoramonth hold to come in.

Great book. Amazing imagery. Interesting (fictional) from perspectives of WW2 i never would have thought about. Loved the short chapters, very bingeable.

Here are 6 of my favorite books, both F and nonF, with military or armed forces themes. Some of them were adapted to screen - have you read any of these? Liked them?

#ArmedForcesDay #MayMontage @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Netflix in November! Trailer in the link: https://lithub.com/watch-the-first-trailer-for-netflixs-adaptation-of-all-the-li...

I just watched the #Netflix trailer!!! I may have to re-read before it‘s release! #AllTheLightWeCannotSee#AnthonyDoerr#Netflix

Soooooooooo let‘s look at my goals….
📚 I did not finish the tagged book
📚 I did continue my buddy reads, so yay!
📚 I completely abandoned the Shakespeare because it was sucking out my soul
📚 I finished Leap 🎉🎉
📚 started the next book I need to review
Not my best effort lol but I‘m ok with it!
Thanks for hosting @Andrew65

#currentread #disneyreading

What an intricately woven story, written with such heart and emotion! Trace brilliant Werner and blind Marie-Laure's WWII experiences through an occupation of the French coast and in a German school to raise soldiers. There are so many incredibly captivating characters that will stick with you for quite a while! I'm late to the party but better late than never!

This book gave nice insight into different possible perspectives during World War II & difficulties in general.

this. everything about this book. top 3 for sure

#12booksof2022

It took me awhile to read this one, but I was finally able to finish it in September. I‘m not typically interested in books about WWII or even historical fiction, but this one really worked for me. Curious to try some other Doerr novels- I know many of you adored Cloud Cuckoo Land 🤔

#82
I tried to read this book, and couldn't get into it, so I thought I would listen to it, and I feel it was a bit better, but still my mind kept wondering.

Ok…. Just started this book and for some reason, I can‘t keep focused! Has anyone read this book?! Does it get better? Should I power through it??

Currently reading, based upon the numerous recommendations from friends, Reddit and Litsy. So far, this is really extraordinary writing. It harkens back to Amor Towles in some aspects with the research obviously being put to good use and the concentration on character development.