😍😍😍😍 all I can say. Go. Read. This.

Stunning. Through amazing storytelling, Desmond puts you in the thick of the eviction world. It's a crisis that he delicately handles but does justice.

Oh man. Picked up this book at the Cambridge Public Library when I needed something to read at my pedicure. WOW. It is good.

It's fall break and I'll be reading AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Gotta say, this collection by Jeff Chang is 🔥🔥🔥

Finished reading for 3/4 of my "doctrinal" lectures so taking a break/rewarding myself with this reading for both my property course AND my reading group on storytelling for social change. Who knew I'd be crossing things off my TBR during first semester of 1L?

Student life is here, but summer reading left me energized. Don't worry, I'm hoping to join the Humanist Hub's "Reading Harry Potter as a Sacred Text" group this year, or at least give it a shot - anticipate many feels on that front.

"Up there rose the ghosts of parties, of themselves when they were younger, too dumb to understand that they were ecstatic."

"She looked out at the swirl of bodies in the late sun, in the June stifle of the apartment, the booze and music. All she wanted in life was this: beauty, friendship, happiness."

"'Storytelling is a landscape, and tragedy is comedy is drama. It simply depends on how you frame what you're seeing.'"

I picked this up because my roommate is teaching it to her students. It's really good. It's really important. It's FUNNY. It's heartbreaking. The comic illustrations are a wonderful addition to the narrative. Important for adults, young and not.

I actually liked this more than the first - the time jump, setting change, and narrator shift all worked really well for me. The use of lyrics wasn't my cup of tea, but it was a nice detail to add to the narrative. I could have read even more of this book, which is always a nice sign.

A good fast read - a nice mix of flashbacks in the narrative. Sometimes the characters annoyed me, but to be honest, that's not surprising for how I react to most YA. A good vacation pick or lazy Sunday read you can tear through.

Gripping, magnificent, everything you hope it can be. I couldn't put it down. Stayed up late to read it. Sad I waited so long!

I've been MIA for a bit - so here's a pic of where I read last night (Fort William, Scotland). This vacation I finished All the Light We Cannot See, knocked out If I Stay and Where She Went for a little palate cleanser, and hope to finish the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, as well as Fates and Furies!!! Ambitious, maybe, but I've got a six hour layover on Tuesday.

Hello from Killarney where I've spilled coffee in my bed. Vacation is hard work - have been too busy tramping around the hillsides to finish this, but it will be done by Sunday night! 😴😴

"Radio: it ties a million ears to a single mouth. Out of loudspeakers all around Zollverein, the staccato voice of the Reich grows like some imperturbable tree; its subjects lean toward its branches as if toward the lips of God. And when God stops whispering, they become desperate for someone who can put things right."
In an election year like this year in the US, some of the parallels are chilling.

I hope I chose enough options for vacation; first up is All the Light We Cannot See and I couldn't put it down last night. 😁

I loved this - for the way Straub chose to use her last few pages to wrap up more than anything. Like the best movie credits style epilogues. And some great storytelling and bits of writing all the way through.

Harvard Square is in a Potter mood. ⚡️

I have noooo idea how I waited so long to pick this up. So smart, beautifully illustrated, and enough information withheld to keep you guessing.

I'm in love.

I was feeling a Friday night graphic novel

I didn't love it as much as his other book - but it's still a nice read. Duhigg ties together seemingly disparate tales from poker players to struggling schools and gleans important lessons on productivity. What moved this to a pick is the excellent appendix at the end - where he lays out simplified practical lessons from the book.

On the CPL lawn trying to get through this book - it's due at midnight and I'm only 45% done (ok probably more because endnotes I never read).

Finished - wavered between pick and so-so. I liked it overall - engaging, a nice way to get back into the world and characters with some new elements; but there are some plot points I can't get my head around. Overall, a must read for the Potter crew!

I messed up the blur a bit but yes!!

"It was always nice to carry a big bowl of something homemade over to Zoe's house, because it felt like being back in that potluck-rich, money-poor twilight zone known as one's twenties."

Last night of vacation feels.

It's fine - just fine. Some good instances of capturing a certain kind of friendship; but not enough narrative or stunning description to capture your attention or be wholly convincing.

"...the first sunny day in March, that first day you sense that spring isn't a delusion but an eventuality."

I have to admit, I chuckled

Coffee cocktail and afternoon reading. Finally caved and swung into one of Portland's indies!

Making a sharp turn out of the post apocalyptic genre for the weekend. But which to start first?!? Courtesy of my new home library 😁

A good second installment - it took new directions and some narrative risks, a lot of which moved the story forward. However, it wasn't nearly as enthralling as the first!

New digs; same book. Just picked up my new library card (!!) and had to resist picking up like 8 different books so I could finish what I've got.

Holy shit, I will be thinking about the ending of this book for a while. Interesting take on a pandemic/post-apocalyptic novel. It gets you thinking about who survival is important for in a new way.

A few hours left in #24in48 but I might just hit double digits. Some other numbers, though: 8 miles hiked. 1 hour out in a downpour survived. 2 sore feet. 1 cool beer. 1 good sunset. And 1 great book in my lap.

Hello from my hour 5.5 of #24in48. I may not make 24, but I still plan to crush it. A few #s: 2 iced teas, 2 beers, 3 different books I'm jumping between.

Easing into this thinking about school starting in a month thing. #24in48

Used a day of driving around to knock out more of this audiobook - and get some reading time toward my #24in48. I'm now learning about the history of household uses for salt in the United States. Yes, I'm pretty wild. Also, shout out #overdrive!!!

Decided to attempt #24in48 much too late, but hey, #anythingin48 is good to me. Crushing ebooks while crushing some iced teas; and an actual not-fun book lurks.

Decided to attempt #24in48 much too late, but hey, #anythingin48 is good to me. Crushing ebooks while crushing some iced teas; and an actual not-fun book lurks.

Decided to attempt #24in48 much too late, but hey, #anythingin48 is good to me. Crushing ebooks while crushing some iced teas; and an actual not-fun book lurks.

Decided to attempt #24in48 much too late, but hey, #anythingin48 is good to me. Crushing ebooks while crushing some iced teas; and an actual not-fun book lurks.

"The world could be falling apart, and yet children were children; at a moment's notice they could put all their cares aside and lose themselves in a game."

Good - and definitely picking up steam toward the end. Some bits of wonderful writing and some tiny snippets that capture in a few words the feeling of growing up as a woman. It captures the strange anxiety of walking the line between girlhood and womanhood, when your friends are walking at a different pace.

"It would make Pandora's box look like a picnic basket." Aka a quote to sum up this trilogy. Starting the second installment and loving it!

"There was always the pressure to become wealthy, there was no question about it, but the goal was no longer the same as in childhood: no treasure chests, no sparkle of coins and precious stones. Now it seemed that money, in her mind, had become a cement: it consolidated, reinforced, fixed."

I really enjoyed this on audio for a long drive - enough moving parts and unreliability to keep you racking your brain for the answer. The ending was ok - a little too neat and tidy, considering how dark the book went in other places.