"Beyond that, I knew nothing, especially not of love's beginnings, of that inexplicable draw to another, why some boys could pass you by without notice but the next has a pull on you as undeniable as gravity, and from that moment forward, longing is all you know."
Awwww, this made me rather weepy.
Couldn't decide what to read! I don't actually know how the book spins or bingo things that people do on here work, so I just put out six books from my TBR shelf and rolled a dice 😊🎲
so-soFamily secrets abound wrapped in bitterness and poor decisions made out of fear over the course of decades. I appreciated the effort to show how these lies and unethical actions can come back to destroy you years later, but this felt too messy and left me wishing it had focused more on the reason behind Nora killing her brother and how the family had to cope with the possibility of losing two children. 3⭐️ s.
pickA slow moving mystery. Some of the characters were a bit quirky. Very not earth-shattering story. I will read the second in the series to see how the novels are tied together. 4/5
"The landscapes of our youths create us, and we carry them within us, storied by all they gave and stole, in who we become."
pickThe protagonist in “The Painter” is somewhat different from many other Heller novels. I very much enjoyed his complexity. The book made me feel, in some ways, similar to how I felt reading “The River”.
pickWhat a meaningful title. Sad but beautiful. The resilience, strength of women and the love of the natural world really shined for me.
