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#PoetryMatters Day 21: #Ugly

Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @TheSpineView

#wonderouswednesday

I. Time to travel
II. Stress and negativity
III. Impacting student lives

@Mommamanzi @Pageturner1 @KateReadsYA

This is a mixed bag for me. I really loved so much of this—the characters were vivid and the 90s Florida setting was palpable. I was right there in CC‘s shoes as she navigated growing up in a tumultuous household. #dysfunctionalfamily lovers take notice! However! Parts of this fell apart and there was little to no ending. I even reread sections to make sure I wasn‘t missing anything. Nope, just several threads never mentioned again 🤷‍♀️

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. Christmas… it was my dads favorite and we try to honor him every holiday season
2. My mom
3. I am an only child so many of the things we did as a family centered around my activities!

@Mommamanzi @Pageturner1 @KateReadsYA

Great

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. I always dance like nobody is watching
2. Right where I am… all of my friends and family are here
3. Fuzzy socks, pjs, a warm blanket and a good book

@KateReadsYA @Mommamanzi @Pageturner1

Book four of the Ashes & Embers series is another hit with me. This series that I thought would be more on the fluff side has turned out to have a lot of depth. The prose is excellent. Loved the line, " Don't be a star, shine above them all ... be the moon." Great characters and I have flown through thesr books. 4.5⭐️

#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. I don‘t share a name with anyone in my family
2. Zero
3. I loved inside the O‘Briens by Lisa Genova

@KateReadsYA @Pageturner1 @Mommamanzi

This reads like a story whose moments are strung like sparse lights between the poles of gay cultural events & movements of the end of the 20th Century. Like real life, this semi- autobiographical novel has no plot. Structural issues aside, this is a cotton candy of a book. Colorful, but thin, characters dash through the narrative doing their colorful things, in clever sentences. Short on story, long on style, nice cover. Maybe that‘s enough.

Great