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I‘m tempted to give this a lower rating, but I realize that wouldn‘t be fair. B/C while I hated everything that happened in this book, I think that that was exactly the author‘s intention. I don‘t have a sister, & don‘t know any serial killers (that I‘m aware of), but I related to the narrator, who lives in the shadow of her beautiful, enigmatic, dangerous younger sibling, & their relationship reminded me of many past friendships-minus the murder.

I've only heard praise for this book, which is how it ended up on my tbr but after having read it I felt underwhelmed. It *is* a good read, but mostly I felt that after all was revealed. The story lacks excitement and all I could think was "if I had a sister like that it'd be over" but perhaps that's the point. I grew up with "family is Everything" and we kind of see that here. Still, it was missing something & I found myself (mostly) indifferent

Read in 2024. Super short book about the author‘s loss of her father during the pandemic. “Grief is a cruel kind of education.” “It is an act of resistance and refusal: grief telling you it is over and your heart saying it is not: grief trying to shrink your love to the past and your heart saying it is present.”
“It does not matter whether I want to be changed, because I am changed.”

What a powerful audiobook. On this one, Chimamanda talks about the impact her father‘s passing had on her.

Loved!

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#Bookspin #Doublespin January (and my new 2025 tracker that turned all my hair gray trying to make).

I'm trying something new for 2025 #bookspin, pulling from a list of books currently speaking to me for the bookspin drawing, and using buddy reads + planned reads, and leaving room for more mood reads for the #bookspinbingo board. I think a lack of structure may be good for me, I've been treating reading too much like a sport lately!
#bookspin is tagged and #doublespin is The White Lady 🎉

I‘m excited to read some great books from the #auldlangspine list created by @HOTPock3tt ! Thanks to @monalyisha for organizing. I finished 11/22/63 at the very end of the year and LOVED it, and I‘m aiming for Akata Witch, Bride, and These Impossible Things in January! 💗

Wow. I bought this at Barnes & Noble as a blind-date-with-a-book promotion. It was wrapped up and the tag said “Cain and Able-esque” which is what sold me. Bonus: Obioma teaches at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, my home state. Four brothers fish in the forbidden river. A madman spits out one of his prophecies, changing the course for the family forever after.

The 4th day of #12booksof2024 is a close race between the tagged & The Dictionary of Lost Words. Going with this HF because I love Adichie‘s writing & the topic of war is still so relevant now. @Andrew65

@Caitiewithac ... this has been #stacked on my Litsy “to reads“ for quite a while! Thanks for getting it for me! The candy is divine, too. I love the sentiment of the Tic-Tacs. 😂 I'm truly lucky to have found you on Litsy. I hope you and Abby had a fabulous holiday, and happiest of New Year's to you both. 🩵💙🩵