Twas a tough decision between The Trees and Betty, but (mighty) Betty wins ♥️ #readingbracket
pickThis book ripped my heart out, put it back together, ripped it out again. Beautiful writing that draws from the author‘s own Cherokee heritage. Not a light read, and you‘ll feel like your heart might burst or that you need to step away to remember to breath. It‘s that good, and that powerful.
This was my #bookspin for May.
@TheAromaofBooks
Hey #obamabuddyread friends (Yoda says hey too)! How‘s everyone doing? I‘m trucking along with Part 6 🏃♀️ Apologies for not checking in more often (thank goodness this is a low pressure buddy read). Check in when you can 🥰
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pickSecond in the Gamache series, and it counts for #setinacanadianprovince for #booked2022. Kind of an obvious choice for that one 😂 I did enjoy it, but it‘s a bit more “cozy” and I usually prefer my murder mysteries to be a bit more on the edge of the seat. I‘d still like to finish the series, as Armand Gamache is one of my favorite book characters ♥️
pickPercival Everett is a genius - I never would have imagined a satire written about such a brutal and horrific part of history, and I never would have imagined laughing whilst reading it (laughing a lot, actually). Someone else said he managed to make something as horrible as racism, funny - and it‘s true (I feel strange saying that, if you‘ve read this you‘ll understand). I found myself researching things, names, people mentioned in the book 👇🏻
so-soThis is my 4th Sager and I‘m totally underwhelmed. I FLEW through it, especially as I got towards the middle, but then I figured out the ending!! I can‘t stand when that happens. Anyway, it was just meh - his other books are SO much better. This was my #doublespin 👍🏻 @TheAromaofBooks
pick“This is memory.”
This little book was incredible! Woodson writes prose like poetry - lyrical and beautiful. I‘d absolutely read another book about these characters. This counts for #blackownedpublisherorimprint for #booked2022. The imprint is Amistad (Harper Collins), if anyone is looking for books for this prompt! @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
pickAnother good one! Thanks again for gifting this to me, @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ♥️♥️ I really enjoyed it!
#bookspin and #doublespin for May! Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks ♥️
Probably the closest I‘ve ever come to a bingo 😂😂 #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
It was REALLY hard to pick between Fresh Water for Flowers and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Ultimately, FWFF wins again ♥️ #ReadingBracket
pickA beautiful, absolutely heartbreaking book. I highly recommend it, but it did take me longer to read, what with everything in Ukraine (the parallels are scary), plus this isn‘t a book that you can really speed through. I loved it and I‘m so glad I read it.
This could change, as I just picked my BOTM - THREE books this time, oopsie 😂😂
@TheAromaofBooks #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo
Y‘all. I continue to enjoy the book but this part was over my head - I found myself zoning out sometimes 🫢 I told @Sargar114 this already, but my favorite part has to be when Malia tells her dad that he needs to save the tigers 🐅♥️ How‘s it going for everyone?
This was also my #doublespin, @TheAromaofBooks 👏🏻👏🏻
#obamabuddyread
Obama speaking about Putin‘s rise to power. Considering everything happening in the Ukraine, this quote struck me 💔 #obamabuddyread
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pickWhat the heck did I just read? Lol I have so many questions 😳😳😳 Awesome mystery/thriller, kept me guessing. Also, this fits the prompt for #aboutsisters for #booked2022! @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
pickI laughed, I cried, I LOVED this. I‘m so glad I went the audio route, as I can‘t imagine reading this any other way. My heart is still hurting for Dave, and I hope he can find his way through yet another time of unimaginable grief.
pickHaunting, dark, suspenseful. I loved this book and was surprised to discover it‘s based on a real person. Reminded me a lot of The Mercies, how the setting/climate/locale becomes a character in the book. I wish things had turned out differently for Agnes 🙁
1. Burial Rites (I‘m a one print/ebook at a time kinda girl)
2. I enjoy both!
3. Haven‘t finished any recently as I just rejoined Audible - current listens are A Promised Land and The Storyteller.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Happy Saturday! We have TWO winners for the giveaway (I decided one wasn‘t enough ?). @Sargar114 and @KateReadsYA ?????? Send me your address at cydneybean at gmail.com and I‘ll send you a book from your TBR (make sure it‘s up to date!).
To pick the winners, I used the spinner on wheelofnames.com, shuffled the names a few times, and voilà! Congrats you two!! ???
Thanks everyone for entering!
MaureenMc, wanderinglynn, LeslieO, Jas16, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Gissy, Clwojick, TheLudicReader, Kdgordon88, CrowCAH, Chrissyreadit, StayCurious, IamIamIam, wordslinger42, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, BarbaraBB, GondorGirl, BookwormAHN, jdiehr, ShelleyBooksie, Butterfinger, Twainy, bthegood, BeeMagical, peanutnine, Zuhkeeyah, carlthecattt, PageShifter, Meshell1313
pickI loved this so much! I‘d heard it was good for fans of Daisy Jones and Almost Famous; honestly, I don‘t see much of either ?♀️ I love Mary Jane, I could somewhat relate to her naïveté, I loved her journey. And the ending was perfect ?
This was my #bookspin!! ? @TheAromaofBooks
Last day to enter! Choosing the winner tomorrow 😊😊 Comment here or on original post to enter (see original post for details). Good luck! 😁😁😁
A very late check in, #obamabuddyread friends! Here‘s a pic of a mural at our local zoo - it‘s a secretary bird! It‘s been cuckoo crazy here, but I finally finished part 4 (four days late 😂). Hope everyone is still enjoying the book!
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pickI don‘t know how he did it, but this was better than the first book! And that‘s saying a lot, as the first one was amazing. I‘d like to think that there is a group of older folks like these four, somewhere. I adore the characters so much! ♥️♥️
It took me forever to do this collage and it still isn‘t even 😭🤪 But anyway, here‘s my #bookspinbingo board for April! Happy spring! @TheAromaofBooks
Good month for me! Didn‘t finish my part for #obamabuddyread (I‘m almost done) but had a bunch of other awesome reads. Carrying a few over for April. @TheAromaofBooks #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo
pickWow. This was an incredible retelling of the King Arthur legend. It started a bit slow for me, but then I couldn‘t stop reading. All the history, the pain, the magic….. SO good. This was my #bookspin (2 spots!). ♥️ And, I‘m going to count it as #darkacademia for #booked2022 😊
@TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
#ReadingBracket time!! 😊😊😊
SO THIS HAPPENED 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 In honor of this awesome milestone, of Litsy and the amazing friends I‘ve made, and so many books I never would‘ve read if I hadn‘t found this community, I‘m doing a giveaway! To enter, comment below and tell me the best book you‘ve read so far this year. Easy peasy! Will select a winner to get a book (or two 😊) from their TBR on April 9. Good luck!
Pic of Grogu because well, he‘s cute. @Cinfhen and anyone else interested, I read this awesome article about #hopepunk the other day. Enjoy!
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/27/18137571/what-is-hopepunk-noblebright-grimdark
Listening to this in the car and Dave mentions how he‘s Nirvana‘s “faceless drummer,” so he barely gets recognized except when random folks ask, “ARE YOU DAVE NAVARRO?”
I died. I swear 😂😂😂
pickReread but in compendium form 👏🏻👏🏻 Just as good as it was the first time but all in one HUGE volume. This counts for #hopepunk #booked2022 😊😊😊
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
pickThanks to @BookNAround for telling me about this book two (three?) years ago ♥️
I‘ll never understand the hate, the horrible treatment, the abandonment. It wasn‘t their fault, but they were blamed anyway. I‘m thankful for this book, and I‘m thankful for the sadness because it means I won‘t forget ♥️
#booked2022 #aidsepidemic @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
pickWhat a drama-filled emotional ride of a book! I‘m a mythology nerd (especially Greek, though the author based characters on both Greek and Roman god and goddess names), and adore any sort of book (well-written of course) about a dysfunctional family. And WHAT family is more dysfunctional than the mythical immortal family of Olympus? Good stuff 🤓 Aaaaand I figured out who was who (mostly), so I‘ve fully solidified that I am still 100% nerd 😁😂
@rachelsbrittain just a quick post to thank you for the Book Riot newsletter that focused on Ukrainian books/authors. I bought this based on your rec and am really looking forward to reading it. 😊
pickNew favorite alert!! I LOVED this so much. Murder mystery, yes, but also so tender and funny and sad too. I want a shirt that has the first names of the TMC 😂😂
Oh, this was my #doublespin!! @TheAromaofBooks
Also used for #booked2022 #murdermystery @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft
Misty!! How sweet of you ♥️♥️ I‘ve wanted to read this for a while, and I adore this cute little book journal! Thank you for the surprise 😊😊 Always happy to help when I can. #litsylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickDear Fredrik Backman, once again you‘ve written a book that has stolen my heart ♥️♥️♥️
It‘s impossible not to love Britt-Marie.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft am going to submit this for #booked2022 #madeforthesmallscreen if that‘s ok?
I can already see Fresh Water for Flowers being my favorite of the year! But we shall see 😊 #ReadingBracket
This was in 2017. I was spiraling after he left office, and so scared for what was coming 🙁 I know I wasn‘t the only person he wrote back to, but I still felt so special ♥️ Hope y‘all enjoy! #obamabuddyread
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Just cause I love Liz Climo ♥️♥️ We are on to Part 4, #obamabuddyread pals! I‘m still on Part 3 but, I‘ll catch up. Wanted to mention a bit that warmed my heart - how Obama would read letters from constituents and try his best to respond (he‘d even read the negative ones). When he left office, I wrote to him, despondent, telling him how afraid I was for the country‘s future. Had no idea I would get a response but I did! It was lovely, ⬇️
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19 (blue arrow) is my #bookspin, 3 (orange arrow) is my #doublespin! Not aiming for bingo but will read from this list only this month (hopefully 🤪). Thanks, Sarah! @TheAromaofBooks
I don‘t really use other social media, so I thought I‘d post this here. #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦♥️
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