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The other two I‘ve read by her were home runs, but this one was more #goodnotgreat. I‘d still love to read more Ozeki, though! #AuthorAMonth

Yumi runs away from her tiny Idaho town at 14 after sleeping with a teacher. As her parents age, a neighbor takes care of them, but when their health falters she returns with three kids in tow. Meanwhile, a group of organic food activists have targeted the area to protest GMO potatoes.

#AUTHORAMONTH APRIL 🌸

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The best book of the dune series, there I said it. This has to be one of the weirdest pieces of media out there that somehow still manages to completely make sense. Join us on our podcast to discuss of the most infamously strange, thought-provoking, comedically hilarious, gory and overly sexual books I have ever read - Mind Duck Books Podcast ep. 66: https://bit.ly/3IZR4Xi

#frank #herbert #dune #god #emperor #insane #funny #duncan #idaho #fish

In Tara Westover‘s memoir she reveals what it was like to grow up in a Morman-survivalist family in rural Idaho. Isolated from outsiders, Tara first stepped into the classroom at age 17. Beautiful & tragic, raw & powerful- speaks to the incredible importance of education & social life experiences. I was amazed at the author‘s ability to teach herself so many subjects on her own. I‘m not sure I‘d be able to do that. 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bailing at 56%. This is the type of memoir that is composed of one traumatic incident after another, relentlessly. I commend this author for surviving her shocking childhood and mentally ill, abusive family. I do not however have the voyeur‘s desire to rubberneck at the details.

Gut wrenching and eye opening memoir

Loved this book. The last sentence here seems to get more important every year since I first read this in 2020.
#TaraWestover #Educated #yourvoicematters #youarestrongerthanyouknow

I felt the quiet ache of these characters as they came to terms with a horrific act of violence (off page) perpetrated by a mother.

Jenny has done the unthinkable and killed her daughter. As she comes to terms with it in prison, her husband, who is slowly slipping into dementia, is cared for by a second wife. This nonlinear, multi-perspective narrative spans decades from Jenny‘s early marriage and her daughters‘ births to her husband‘s death.

Very excited for both of these! I‘m hoping to take Idaho with me when my dad has his biopsy on Friday. I love paperbacks for waiting rooms. And I‘m super excited about Honeybees because @BarbaraBB and @squirrelbrain raved about it! This is the shelf I‘m choosing off now, but I better make room because I have book club picks on the way! 😱 #bookspin #doublespin

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !! 🤩

Such a hard book to read but it was so good I couldn't put it down.

4/5 ⭐