pickCheerleader Maria Santelli is secretly engaged to senior, Michael Harris. The whole school buzzes about their romance—the 2 families had been close until a client destroyed their business & friendship 4 years earlier. There‘s also a 2-week seminar on marriage with randomly assigned spouses, highlighting how ill-prepared Maria & Michael really are. Jessica‘s assigned to Winston who also loves Maria while Liz & Bruce relive the assignment from #SVT!
pickI liked this just as much as Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl. It was more international with a lot in Berlin besides NYC and Italy. Makes me want to try her recipes too.
pickAnother cute book that has a baby mummy playing hide n seek with it's mommy mummy. However, the baby gets lost and runs into all sorts of creatures looking for its mommy. Adorable story and wonderful graphics.
pickFinished this early in the morning right before it was set to expire!
This was such a journey. I went into this fairly blind and I think that was a good thing. It was real and raw and doesn‘t hide the ups and downs of a seventy-year marriage.
#5JoysFriday on Saturday
1) #WinterNatureCardSwap cards were mailed Thursday @TheBookHippie
2) Shardlake goodies from @dabbe Really enjoyed this series and reading along with the group. A highlight of the year.
3) Christmas mail and goodies from lovely friends.❤️ @AmyG @TheLudicReader
4) Picking out new flooring! We might have restoration done before Christmas 🤞🏼
5) I have been picking up a book rather than my IPad more often. Goodbye funk!
#AdventPromptoftheDay day 5
For sad, This is all: the pillow book of Cordelia Kenn
pickThis was an amazing book! Think of Felix and Unger but as monsters. Bella is the messy one and Boris is the neat freak. Can they ever get along as neighbors? Hmmm maybe a Halloween party will bring them together?!?!? The book is so full of monster puns that it is glorious and the artwork of Gris Grimly is just perfect.
pick2-30 Nov 25
Highly recommended by Jaclyn Crupi, for good reason. Leo recounts many decades of his life, his long friendship with Bill and Violet and the relationship between their two sons. From about midway through, I felt quite uneasy, not sure where the story was going but anxious and quite disturbed. For me, this was a psychological thriller.
An exceptional book dealing with the nature of art, mental illness, depression, addiction and marriage
