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This is a story about a woman telling her coming-of-age story in New York, about learning difficult lessons, meeting new and interesting people, making difficult decisions, and following your passions. I absolutely loved the story, the style of writing, the humor, the characters, and the lessons throughout.

My lazy day off turned into a "wood pile party" ?

I'm not in the mood for anything I've started already and I'm all movie-d out after yesterday's marathon so I'm going to give this a try

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So far so great.

1. The tagged book and This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay
2. 3 books
3. I would maybe read a crime novel as I tend to go through them faster and one I really wanted to read. Or take a break and do something else

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Wanted to see if she could write fiction. It‘s been a romp. I can‘t tell if I like it yet and as you can see I have two hours left. Compelling like a car wreck—

Finished it: the last little bit of this book were surprisingly heartfelt. There were some very philosophical ideas about life addressed which kinda gave me a little whiplash. Still on the fence about this one though.

Day 12- #blanket, in the #fallisbooked challenge, well we are home now and was able to find a blanket!
I have started this book this evening, loving!
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#BookMail this week!!! I love it when it all comes in at once. Hoping to actually get to all 3 of these books this month but we will see.

Thank you so much for the card @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 😘 NGL I'm not really a tea drinker but I do love the mugs so I will have use for it!

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🌟SEPTEMBER WRAP-UP🌟 ⠀
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Looking back on my September reads, I would characterize my month as decidedly mixed. I read some *excellent* books . . . and some that were just fine. First, some stats:⠀
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Fiction - 21⠀
Nonfiction - 3⠀
YA/Middle Grade - 7⠀
Audiobooks - 4

Finished my book for this month's #LMPBC. Will be sending off soon.

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Finished this in the wee hours this AM.

Eh, it was alright; though, I gotta say, the framework of the story was quite weak.

"Anyway, at some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is" (377).⠀
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I cannot believe how much I love this book! Elizabeth Gilbert's City of Girls is fun and sexy and surprisingly moving. Its more thought-provoking moments snuck up on me, lulled as I was by the decadence of the 1940s world of Vivian Morris. (continued in comments)

9-21-19: My 76th finished book of 2019! #cityofgirls #elizabethgilbert 👍🏼📖#️⃣7️⃣6️⃣

I absolutely loved this book!

I deliberately took my time reading this book. I love the way Elizabeth Gilbert writes. I wanted to savour and prolong the experience of reading it for as long as I could. I really enjoyed this book. I found it a bit ‘lighter‘ than some of her other books, but still wonderful.

Just posting my latest #20by2020 10/20 This latest book was quite enjoyable and only Daisy Jones was a Pan for me.

A solid 4.5. It resonated with with me in many ways. Be yourself!

Elizabeth Gilbert...you've woven a beautiful story. I devoured it ❤️🌼❤️

I was three hours into this audiobook about an 18-year-old rich girl living a dissolute life in 1940s NYC. Her determination was never to be bored, so it was one party after another. I decided she set a good example, in a way. I was bored with her story so I will go party with some other book.

I was impressed with the book, at least the first 3/4. Having found Eat, Pray, Love to be overhyped, I was pleased by Gilbert's fiction.Vivian moves into her aunt's theater before WWII. She becomes the costume designer and enjoys NY life. After a famous couple is displaced from their home in England, this small theater becomes the home of a new show.The plot changes when the show ends and the book continues, making me feel mislead and frustrated.

I‘m #audiodyeing with a new #audiobook today. Elecampane flowers have yielded a lovely yellow colour. Some of these pieces I plan to overdye with indigo later, to get a green colour.

Loved this one. The setting and the characters jumped right off the page. Elizabeth Gilbert is great. Also, I listened to the #audiobook which was amazing. Makes me want to visit nyc which I still have yet to do!
Ps-- how perfectly do these fall flowers match the cover!?

Curling up with this book and a cup of pumpkin spice tea this morning. Happy Sunday! 💜

1. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert & Pet Sematary by Stephen King

2. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

3. 78 degrees and rainy. Perfect day to read inside. 😊

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Yay! I put a reservation in for this book at the library as soon as I knew it was coming out. And,now, It‘s my turn! Love Elizabeth Gilbert. Can‘t wait to get started.

I kind of have mixed feelings about this book. It felt like two books in one, and I definitely preferred the first half over the second. BUT, overall I enjoyed it. It‘s a fun read with some history thrown in 💃🏼📖 #cityofgirls

DNF - 56%
I honestly was so hoping to love this but I just can‘t get in to it. I think some parts just could have been left out and there is just so much sex and drinking which I‘m not into.The book is also so long including so much detail and background that honestly could have been skipped. I also have a huge problem with how easily she just lost her virginity like it was any other day of the week. CW - sex, excessive drinking, mentioned abuse.

Hamilton is telling me I need to go to sleep, but I really want to read one more chapter. #catsoflitsy

Kindle time! #lazySunday

Spent the weekend camping and FINALLY finishing this bad girl. So so good. I freaking love Elizabeth Gilbert. Thanks for yet another gem 🙌

Congrats to you on your milestone @GrilledCheeseSamurai and thank you so much for the giveaway!

The tagged book is my favorite of this year...hands down. Litsy is such a wonderful, kind online community of book lovers. I‘ve made friends , learned of books and genres I‘d never have known about. My reading life has become so enriched by this group of amazing people.

I tag @Dawnrod1970 who is one of my most active and recent followers. ❤️

Couldn‘t get into this at all. Ended up flicking through it

This was a good holiday read for me. I'm not sure how much I would have enjoyed it otherwise. It feels like it's trying to be gritty and transgressive but still read like a pretty fluffy book to me. That being said, I was immersed in the world she created and felt attached to the characters. I can definitely picture book club discussing this one over white wine!

This whole page is pure gold

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I hesitate between giving this book 3 or 4 stars. I really enjoyed reading this book up to about half of it. If it had ended there, it would have been a 4 1/2 stars for me. The second half of the book almost seems like a totally different story... and unfortunately, it's not as good. The rhythm changes and most of the characters as well. I decided to give it a 4 stars anyway as the narrator of the audiobook was awesome! I loved her voice!

I flew through this book despite its 480 pages. I loved visiting the theater world of NYC in the 1940s with its mix of high and lowbrow entertainment, glamour and grit. The book slowed down a bit in the latter half but I slowly began to appreciate the evolvement of the main character as she grew to embrace her whole self despite missteps she had made in her past.

Wanted to like it, but had such a rushed ending. The fact that she‘s writing a letter to the daughter of someone close to her, who we never meet. Seemed contrived?

I am reading on my Kindle, my boyfriend is playing Halo, while waiting for pizza and wings to be delivered. It‘s a pretty crazy Saturday night around here.

While this story is labeled a romance novel it is so much more then your typical romance novel. It turly turns the gerne on its head by changing what love looks like what relationshios can look like. Its a beautiful challenge to the idea that romance must be sex and marriage and together forever gets completelt turned on its head.

It is truly magnificent,marvelous brilliant.

I loved every minute of it.

What a beautiful gift

I loved the tone of this book. It was light and witty and direct. A fun historical fiction. The narrative device, of Vivian writing to the child of someone she once knew, didn‘t totally work for me. But I loved the story she told.

This book is fucking amazing and I am so happy I picked it up and read it on my birthday. It is magbificant. I am not done quite yet. I have about 70 pages left give or take.

But y'all O.M.G AF

I‘m surprised to say that I didn‘t love this one. I liked it, but I felt it lacked depth. I didn‘t even feel emotionally invested in the main character until the end of the book. I mostly felt like she was just vapid and self centered. She was mildly interesting because of her promiscuity and her talent for sewing, but she didn‘t have much personal growth for decades. I liked this, but it didn‘t suck me in. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
#UnpopularOpinion

This book is so much fun! The narrator is sassy, knows who she is, and isn‘t afraid to be true to herself, even when it goes against society‘s expectations of her. It was practically tailor made for me.

I started this one today, and so far I‘m enjoying it. 👍

My reading yesterday was mostly done in the cutest coffeeshop in #Nashville. (I was sitting in a little hut, too.) #HighGarden #24B4Monday

So my physical book this week is City of Girls by Elisabeth Gilbert.

My Auduibook of the week is Black Leopard and Red Wolf by Marlon James.

Looking forward to this weeks readings.

I can't even deal with these colors. #24B4Monday

#bfcr3 check-in! I did pretty well on both sleep and movement, although most movement was in the form of cleaning. I'll take what I can get! 7/12 books read. #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn

”If you love them first, they won‘t be able to help themselves from falling in love with you right back.”

#booksandbreakfast #booksandcoffee #earlymorningquiet #birdsong #tasteofautumn #bookclubbook #porchlife

Cool morning- I am wearing a sweat shirt! Cloudless blue sky, grass shimmering in morning light, a chorus of birds. Occasionally interrupted by a plane flying overhead! Reading my September bookclub book. Easing into my morning.