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Just was not happening for me.

“I didn‘t know that he would stop loving me. I didn‘t know that he could. Now I know.”

I loved the tv show and now, having read the book, I understand why people keep coming back to it to adapt it. The writing is so absorbing and propulsive, this is narrative nonfiction at its best. It does help if you like or have liked football, but I don‘t think it‘s necessary.

Thank you Sumera!!! I love this package- and am in love with the cookies!!!! Vegan and low sugar!!! YOU ROCK!
#yuleswap

Ending 2025 with 82 books!

What a book to end the year with. It had everything—history, intergenerational drama and trauma, epic love stories, tragedy at its peak, life, loss, curses, and even lawsuits—all wrapped into one neat package.

I‘m finally circling back to this book after receiving my own copy from @Deblovestoread - very thoughtful!

#hyggehourreadathon

My final book of 2025—not one I‘d have chosen on my own, but I‘m faithful to my book clubs‘ picks. I appreciated the storylines, though the writing style didn‘t work for me. Still, the novel explores compelling themes of integrity, family dysfunction, racial injustice, and corporate power. The ending offers truth and growth, even if imperfect.
Full review: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSy5GBEFHbA/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

12-27-25: Mu 78th finished book of 2025! When a group of librarians in Austin, Texas discover two of their patrons have been murdered, and they don‘t even know each other, the librarians set off to figure out what happened. Great cast of characters. Hazel has just moved back from Singapore. She is an heiress but wants a simple life. She meets Sophie, Jonathan and Astrid and together they enlist Ryan, a medical examiner and Conrad an old friend.

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive #WeirdWord #weirdwordwednesday

Today‘s haiku is inspired by the joy found in a tiny soft warm cookie 🍪 handed out by my server at brunch today “for the holidays.” I love the word Lagniappe:

“Lagniappe is a word used in Louisiana to refer to a free giveaway or a small gift added to a purchase or experience as a little something extra.”

Lagniappe

Joy in the small things
Warm peppermint chocolate chip
Gifted after brunch

I wanted to love this book, stealthy library staff taking on crimes but it just didn't work for me. It felt like it could have been several different stories and then a publisher was like you should weave them all together and then give them access to crime solving technology and connections to detectives, computer hackers, ex military, art dealers, drug rings and so much more making all of it more and more out of the realm of believability.