Exciting! Still behind in working on the #TOB2025 shortlist, but looking forward to #TOB2026 ! #TOB25 #TOB26
https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2025
pickI forgot to actually post a review in my haste to reach out to @Reggie because I was busting to talk about it with someone! This book touched me in so many ways. I loved the way Annie and an IKEA worker were there for each other navigating the catastrophe even though they had clashed at the beginning. The school scene was devastating. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickWe follow a very pregnant woman during a single day as she tries to survive in Portland, Ore. after a massive earthquake hits. She crib shopping in IKEA when it hits and spends the rest of the book trying to find her husband and get home. The chapters in the present work better than the flashbacks explaining their tepid relationship, but it kept me interested through out. I felt like I was with her, aching feet, unquenchable thirst, & desperation.
pickI missed reading for #CampLitsy this summer as I moved. But this got such a wave of Picks that I put the audio on hold and finally got to listen. And wow, it was really good!
I thought the format of present and flashbacks worked really well, and it was easy to slide into the main character‘s shoes (Birkenstocks!) as she tried to cross Portland on foot after an earthquake rocked the city. Oh yeah, while late term pregnant!
"Portland is Portlanding" is the most Portland headline out there.
I have been distracted and personally overwhelmed, but I am so proud of my city. Emergency Naked Bike Ride was today so look forward to that in the news it was a cold and wet day for it.
Saw this article and I couldn‘t help but think about the #CampLitsy pick Tilt. Here‘s the link to the article for anyone who‘s interested.
https://apple.news/AQu0sZz9BS3eofd_3sn5zXA
#5JoysFriday
I have been looking forward to making this list ALL day! we are just back from a trip to Alaska:
1) Glaciers - apparently the blue of a glacier is best seen in August? 🤷🏻♀️
2) Baseball! ⚾️ went to a game yesterday and weather was perfect (home now but still on vacay)
3) Basil for pesto
4) Friend sent me poem book!
5) Another friend just texted that her knee surgery went well and another friend is recovering from donating ⬇️
Leave those dishes, I should have said. Come play with me in the forest, I should have said. The world will end tomorrow.
If it‘s bad news, I don‘t want to know. I want to pause here, in this moment, the moment before I know.
People will tell you that everything is clear in hindsight, but really it‘s just rewritten.
🖤🐦⬛🖤
