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#GratefulReads Day 24: There is a build-up of power in this narrative written by a Mormon woman. While I thought, initially that we had very little in common – her persistence in inviting me over to drink her words has loosened me up, and made me extend my hand in solidarity, in shared womanity, in friendship. This is a #memoir that will stay with me for a long time to come. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-l4F #WomenReadWomen2019

#7days7covers Day 2 #covercrush

My lovely assistant will be picking the lucky winners this Sunday, so look up your first book haul on Litsy,, tell us how long ago you posted it, & how many you‘ve read. Use #bookhaulchallenge and tag me for a chance to win a bookmark type prize. Open internationally, winners drawn on Sunday.

Repost for @Lcsmcat :
Book haul challenge! Find your oldest #bookhaul post on Litsy, repost the picture saying how old it is and how many of the pictured books you‘ve read. Tag me and use #bookhaulchallenge. A participant will be selected at random for a bookmark prize. And there may be a prize for most or least completed if there‘s enough participation.
Feel free to share. My answers in comments. Contest ends September 1st. Open internationally

Book haul challenge! Find your oldest #bookhaul post on Litsy, repost the picture saying how old it is and how many of the pictured books you‘ve read. Tag me and use #bookhaulchallenge. A participant will be selected at random for a bookmark prize. And there may be a prize for most or least completed if there‘s enough participation.
Feel free to share. My answers in comments. @LitsyHappenings Contest ends September 1st. Open internationally

I wanted to like this book. I bought it years ago and finally dove in this holiday. I felt it was too disjointed for my taste, and abstract, unless you are already a fan of the author and know her well.

Terry Tempest Williams has my heart! 🌿🕊
#bookthatmademecry #riotgrams

#bookhaul post #2.... 3 books from my #tbr that I can‘t get from my local library..... 📫💕

Such an incredibly beautiful memoir that speaks to the soul. Soul and heart searching in its scope, insightful and meaningful as a whole. P. 109 “If women are suffering, children are suffering. Empower women and you empower the community.”

Went out and got another 2 tattoos today, one of which is bookish (and reminds me of this wonderful book by Terry Tempest Williams, where I HAD to go out and get my own copy to avoid marking up the library‘s copy I borrowed).
#bookishtattoo

I‘m only on page 17, and already this book has been so thought provoking. This passage I find just beautiful.

Isn‘t this an engaging title? So excited to start! 🕊🕊🕊

Day 4/7 #7favesin7days

For more info see @lauren.lerner and her original #hostpost. Today I‘m tagging @Coco (random spin of my timeline) to join in the fun.

Metaphorical #birds for today‘s #hopintospring @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

I love the play on words with this coffee cup, and it‘s from the first big vacation we took when my son was a baby. This book is one of my favorites and such a great book for dipping into. What a super fun giveaway you organized! #coffeecoffeecoffee

This was an interesting book. The audio version took awhile to get use to, the narrator‘s voice does go with the prose but it wasn‘t to my liking for what I think of TTW in my head. This is part reflection, memoir and remembrance of her mother. #readwomen

1. My sweet bean Buzz
2. About a month
3. He likes to knead my hair to relax me
4. @the-flashley

This is the best memoir I‘ve ever read. EVER. The way Terry Tempest Williams is able to weave meditations on nature, grief over her mother‘s death, & memories that shaped her is indescribably beautiful.

As a creative nonfiction writer, this is what I aspire to. I‘d recommend this book to everyone, but especially writers.

That‘s why this book holds the #4 spot on my #top10 of 2017.

Full list: https://www.offthebeatenshelf.com/blog/best-of-2017

1. Beatrix Potter Figurines (my great-Aunt would buy them every year for Christmas, I still have them all)
2. When women were birds
3. 38, definitely on the dark side
4. Nope, live 3 states away
5. 💖💖💖 #friyayintro. @jesshowbooks

It snowed here in Georgia while I read this, and I think this book will remind me of a snowflake for a long time—intricate, kaleidoscopic, beautiful, enigmatic, a little cold. Have you ever read a book and known you would need to reread it at the right time? That you were a little early reading it and need time to mature for it? ❄️

#sing #quotsydec17 @TK-421

Snowy day reading, the hush and slowness of the snow seems perfect for this meditation on voice and silence. ❄️

Thank you so much @callielafleur !!! I love 💕 everything. You were super generous. The cover for When Women Were Birds is so beautiful, and I haven‘t heard of it so very excited to read it. I‘ve been wanting to read the other two titles for awhile. Everything is so pretty. Love all the great bookmarks I am getting with Litsy. Kitcat also approves of my loot. Paws 🐾 off the chocolate kitty! I‘m going to wear my kitty socks today😻#booktoteswap

Bestie presents are the best. 💗📚 Thanks @Nat_Reads

"Mother introduced my brother Steve and me to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Whole afternoons were absorbed sitting cross-legged one the floor before our phonograph, listening to this musical tale."

Oh my stars, us, too. Us, too❣️I love this book so much that I must absorb it in bits.

Her writing is magnificent. She expresses concepts and ideas in ways that are profound and beautiful. However, I, personally, remain bothered by what her mother did to her. I have a lot more I could say about it. As Terry says: "I will never know her story. I will never know what she was trying to tell me by telling me nothing." Wow!
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I opened up this book and, no doubt, immediately must begin reading it. Imagine your mother, on her death bed, at age 54, saying, "I am leaving you my 54 journals"; then, upon her death, you find that they are all empty. ? These are her 54 "variations on voice" in response to this incredible experience.

When I first saw the #FiveStarPredictions hashtag floating around.. I thought I'd be pretty stumped bc I'm stingy with my stars.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks for the tag @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I turned to my TBR stack to see if I had some worthy predictions. These are my choices and a range of genres. (I'm biased with original text Nancy Drew editions though) 😉

@elkeo @Andrea4 Which are your five star predictions? I am enjoying seeing the choices!

What is voice? . . . . [read these words in between!]. I say it is so: My mother's voice is a lullaby in my cells. When I am still, my body feels her breathing.

I miss you Mom. I always said you are like breathing to me. I still don't know how to not breathe you, every moment, every day.

I ❤️❤️❤️ this book. #autumnreads #bookmail #mothers

And this book! How does one come up with this stuff???! So good. ❤️❤️❤️@Nat_reads knew what I needed! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😎❣️ #anditsaugust

This amazing box of books from my true literary twin! So many things I have wanted to read that I have not acted on, and now I will!!! You absolutely pegged me, great job! I have to drive more than two hours to find an actual bookstore. Getting books in the mail, especially these, makes that fact so much more bearable. Thank you @natreadsbooks for your thoughtful choices. And thank you @collegecatlady for pairing us! #bibliofilebookexchange

This book is just beautiful. It is also mysterious... who is speaking? What is our destination? Who am I as audience to this introspective meditation on mothers and voice and women? I love this book. I cannot wait to read her others. Thank you to my friend for such a quiet gift at a tumultuous time.

I put the tabbies on the pages I highlighted on the kindle. I ran out of tabs. Oops. 🙊

Like many well-written #quickreads this slim volume can also be savored slowly. #anditsAugust @RealLifeReading

So much love for these short, connected vignettes. I'm very much looking forward to The Hour of Land!

Terry Tempest-Williams is one of those #attractiveauthors who show that age and beauty are separate characteristics. #JuneBookBugs @RealLifeReading

I wish the diary from my 14th year was this poised, thoughtful, and un-cringeworthy.

Reading in the park. 📚🌳☀️

What can I say about this rich, powerful book? By turns funny, sad, hopeful, deep, it begs to be read multiple times and ruminated on. Highly recommended.

#bookandicecream #riotgrams @Liberty

"The only things I've done religiously are keep a journal and use birth control." #truth #terrytempestwilliams

I started this lovely meditative book today.

I never wanted this book to end. I don't know how to describe it except to say my heart is full and everyone should read it. ❤️📚❤️

Just wanted to share this - the power of Litsy. I first heard about TTW from @BookishFeminist here and on the ATB podcast and this was one of the best books I read in 2016. It's one I now give as gifts and recommend all over the place. I recently gave it to a friend and this was what they said. Litsy pays it forward- this is such a special place!

My #JuneMostAnticipated is this book of essays. #Junebookbugs @RealLifeReading

And now for some boat reading 📚🚣🏼‍♀️

Goodness gracious! What a beautiful, powerful, singularly amazing book! These essays read like poetry, the words fall like sparkling gems from the page. I savored this one, taking my time, and I am as sad about finishing as I knew I would be. I will read it again, I can see this one becoming an annual re-read. Thanks for the recommendation, @rebeccaschinsky

When asked why her mother had a special framed quilt, this was her answer.

I like this

There is a moment when you first start a book and realize you will be forever changed. It does not happen often, but when it does, hold on tight!