Here‘s my 2022 Reading Bracket through April. I read many really good books Jan-Apr. Kristin Hannah‘s Winter Garden just couldn‘t be beat.
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Here‘s my 2022 Reading Bracket through April. I read many really good books Jan-Apr. Kristin Hannah‘s Winter Garden just couldn‘t be beat.
pickI had mixed feelings about this one. I actually loved the story, and loved the story-within-a-story. But the beginning was a struggle because I disliked all three women (and I hate it when people, in fiction or in real life, go around saying things like "I know I should talk about X with Y or else LITERALLY OUR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP WILL TANK but I just can't be bothered right now" just UGH), but I have heard many good things about Hannah's writing⬇️
My #BookReport is a little light on actual completions, although I did wrap up two of my not-pictured chapter-a-day reads this week as well lol I finished Priory (finally) and breezed through Coffin Road in a day. I struggled with In Other Lands before deciding it just wasn't for me (the MC was soooo whiny and annoying, and the story was just all over the place). My next draw was Winter Garden. I really had trouble with the first hundred pages ⬇
so-soTbh I would have bailed if it wasn‘t our village bookclub choice , it did pick up after 200 pages so towards the end , I seem to be in a minority with not enjoying this , personally I think the siege & the bronze horseman far superior
Wasn‘t even a contest. Best read of the month for me hands down.
Ended February with 3 bingos.
11 of my reads were owned TBR books so I cleared out some space for new books. 🤓
#weeklyforecast - I whittled several books off the windowsill this past week, but a bunch of March "assignments" have been added! This pile doesn't even include my chapter-a-day reads (North & South, The Other Bennet Sister, Clanlands, and Ivanhoe). Several of these are carryovers from February, plus I have thrown in the next Bridgerton book into the mix. My current system involves doing a random draw for the next book in this pile to read, and⬇️
pick#Booked2022 #weathertermtitle
I loved listening to this audiobook!
It‘s such a heartwarming and heartbreaking novel.
Woohoo!! @PuddleJumper announced the February numbers for #Roll100 !! I am reading Family for Beginners, which I'm excited about because I've really enjoyed every Sarah Morgan book I've read so far. Winter Garden was a gift from @AmyK1 over a year ago so it's definitely due to be read. I'm stoked!!
I still have one of my January numbers to read, but am definitely planning to get to it, hopefully this week!
pickI finally finished this one last night. I started it last year, and just never picked it back up. Then they added it to Kindle Unlimited with the audio, SCORE! #WGWordsearch - 4,110
Everything Kristin Hannah touches is pure magic.
#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious
1. Tagged
2. When I am visiting a place, yes. I can't imagine living in an area that snows though.
3. Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz
so-soUgh I‘m so conflicted about this. First it was so slow to start and the ending seemed so random to me. I have enjoyed many of this authors books but this one just seemed to try too hard but couldn‘t deliver 100%.
pickI listened to this for my school book club. It was a pick but only just. I don‘t like things that are neatly tied up with a bow. Very predictable. Next!
so-soAnya has spent her whole life avoiding loving her daughters. They feel despised by her and at fault. Upon the death bed of their beloved father, he makes them all promise to know one another. Only Anya's love for him gets her to reveal her true self to her daughters. In turn, they learn much more about who they are. For me this book had a slow start & a slow build, but by the end I was devouring pages.
so-soTo be truthful, I almost put it down at first because I didn't like many of the characters. The idea of two daughters with a Russian mother was intriguing to me. It moved SO slow. The book was extremely sad to think that these two gals went most of their life with a cold mother and knew nothing about her. The ending gave me WTF issues big time. How does it just do a 180 and get happy.
April Book 25/25 #LitsyLove #doublespin @TheAromaOfBooks
pickI loved this book so much. As usual, Kristin Hannah hooked me immediately with her writing style and drew me in with descriptive chapters. I could barely put this book down. I can‘t wait to read the next one of hers that I have for my book club.
It was all out there—the mystery, the beauty; beyond her ability to see now, but there just the same. It was simply a matter of timing and perspective, what one saw.
Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden
My favorite reading spot of 2020, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
#GrandTetons #Wyoming #Mountains #Travel
My March #bookspinbingo list. Lots of books to help ✅ off some challenge prompts in here. Still behind on my Goodreads goal thanks to January. Hoping spring break at the beach will help catch me up!
pickI think Kristin Hannah might be one of my new favorite authors! Her books are so captivating and heartbreaking and I‘m completely convinced she wants to make her readers ugly cry constantly. My favorite aspect of this story was the inclusion of a fairy tale to relay a horrific time in history and it‘s devastating impact on the characters. Just brilliant! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 * this was also my #doublebookspin for Feb‘s #bookspinbingo
I also started Winter Garden for #WinterGames2020 and #bookspinbingo in December and sadly, it's the only book I didn't finish on my card. #readnosedreindeer #ReadYourWay #CrushTheRush #ChristmasSpirit #nicnaxbookclubbingo #WinterSolstice #shutdownreadathon
Here's my light blue book, sorry about the quality. I took the photo in poor lighting. I also started reading this book, but sadly I haven't really gotten that far. #WinterGames2020 #readnosedreindeer @StayCurious
#the12coloursofdecember Day 2: Snow White
#merryreaders
#wintergames2020
This is such an awesome book!! It‘s a great time of year to read it! ❄️📚❄️📚
#Snowflake
#SleightheShelves
pickAnother brilliant book by Kristin Hannah.
I especially enjoyed this book, as it included some history about the Soviet Union, a topic that I am quite interested in.
Thus far, this is one of my favourite books by Kristin Hannah. I was hooked from the 1st page, and the story had a number of interesting twists and turns.
I've read so many good things about this book, I couldn't resist.
pick❄❄❄❄ I struggled keeping interest in the first half of this book, but that backside...😭. Hannah's WWII Leningrad is painted in such a delicate and devastating fashion. This is a story about second chances, forgiveness, and the everlasting love of family. A story about mothers, daughters, and the secrets we conceal. Gosh. This one definitely snuck up on me...
Starting this one tonight! I‘m a big Kristin Hannah fan. 😊📖
Misty! I couldn‘t fit it all into one picture 😂 Thank you for the book! I love all of the bookmarks and the magnets are awesome 😊😊 You‘re a sweetie! ♥️
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Covid has me kicked out of watching my daughter's volleyball open gym. So, to the 🚗 and my 📖 I go! I've been saving this one for cooler weather. ❄ 💙
Ok, I am BRAND NEW to Litsy and this is my first crack at #bookspin. @TheAromaofBooks I‘m excited to try this out! Is the #doublespin just the second number you pick? Oh and next month I‘ll know that my photo has to be square! 🤦🏼♀️
pickSuch a good WWII Historical fiction!!! This is the story of the distance between a mother and her two daughters. It shows how a story of one‘s past can help heal and strengthen relationships. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧I‘m starting to like her books.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged women will find themselves together again.
pickAs usual, Hannah manages to pull you in and delivery a hell of a story all while tugging on your heart strings. Another 5 star read from her.
pickThis was an audible. Enjoyed this a lot. Slow a little at beginning. This author is very good at her writing.
pick5/5 This beautiful story just took my breath away. It did not make me laugh...there was nothing light hearted or amusing. It did make me cry. This cold-hearted woman/mother certainly had a reason for it (at least for her)...survival and guilt. When at last she was able to tell the story of her life to her daughters, they understood, and what a story it was. Her childhood and life as a young woman under Stalin‘s Russia. Terrific writing! Awesome!
I know I should be more excited because the Kansas City Chiefs are playing and I‘m from Kansas, but I really wish I had a more invisible pair of AirPods so I could continue listening to my audiobook at this neighborhood football party I have to go to!! 📚 🏈 🎧
#GoChiefs
The love between soulmates, love between mother and child, love between sisters—and the losses that often accompany them
#favelovestory
#februaryfeels
