Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Christine89

Christine89

Joined April 2016

blurb
Christine89
After the Flood | Kassandra Montag
post image

Thank you @WilliamMorrowBooks for this beautiful bookmail. I am even more excited to read this after finding out that it takes place in Nebraska and the author and I both live in Omaha. #nativeNebraska

WilliamMorrowBooks Cool water filter! 5y
Soubhiville I loved this book! I hope you‘ll enjoy it too. 5y
13 likes2 comments
blurb
Christine89
Charlotte Sometimes | Penelope Farmer
post image

I am so sad that @24in48 is coming to an end. Once again it has been a great weekend of positive social media and reading great books. Now off to finish book #5 of the weekend. Thanks everyone for making this event so much fun. 👊📚💕

24in48 YAY! Great job and thanks for joining us! 5y
Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥳🥳🍾🍾🎉📚😎 5y
12 likes2 comments
blurb
Christine89
From the Wreck | Jane Rawson
post image

Done with work for the week. Now to get ready for #24in48. I think this is my final TBR, but it is so hard to choose.

blurb
Christine89
Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
post image

So sad that @24in48 is coming to an end, it really is one of my favorite times of the year. Can‘t wait to mark my calendar for the next one. Congrats to all who participated and shared their progress. You all rock!

Megabooks 🙌🙌🥳🥳🥳🥳👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉📚🎊 5y
7 likes1 comment
blurb
Christine89
post image

Woo-hoo finished this book just after I hit 24 hours. Thank you to all of the wonderful people who put in all of the work to make #24in48 two of the best weekends of the year. And thanks to all of the awesome littens, you guys make this event so much fun.

Megabooks 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊👍🏻👍🏻🍾🍾 6y
Tomigirl44 Way to go! 🍾🙌👏🎉😁 6y
Lindy Excellent! 👏👏👏 6y
GypsyKat Congratulations!!!🍾🎉 📚⏱ 6y
12 likes4 comments
blurb
Christine89
What Is the What | Dave Eggers
post image

Hour 12 Challenge. This book definitely changed my world view. It is so effective in describing the horrors of having to flee your home and try to build a new life in a new country. #24in48

blurb
Christine89
Instructions for a Heatwave | Maggie O'Farrell
post image

Dewey Readathon photo challenge day 6: In the Wild. It has been so hot here lately that I haven‘t been able to read outside at lunchtime and it is making me cranky 😡 #deweyjuly #readathon #reversereadathon

blurb
Christine89
Black Swans | Eve Babitz, Eve Babiz
post image

Dewey Readathon photo challenge day 5: A Green Book. This one saved me during the 24in48 Readathon in January. Every time I needed a boost I would read one of the stories from this collection. #deweyjuly #readathon

blurb
Christine89
The Strays | Emily Bitto
post image

#deweyjuly photo challenge day 4: Best of 2018 so far. This book is a solid 5 star read that really stands out against the perfectly fine, but average books that I have read so far this year. #readathon

9 likes1 stack add
blurb
Christine89
post image

Dewey Readathon photo challenge day 2: Favorite Book. If my house was on fire this would be one of the first things I grabbed. #deweyjuly #readathon

blurb
Christine89
post image

Dewey photo challenge day 1 #Shelfie. (Also a reminder that I am really behind with shelving new books 😳). #deweyjuly #readathon

blurb
Christine89
post image

Happy #readathon. I won‘t get close to 24 hours in today but I am hoping to put a dent in this chunkster.

blurb
Christine89
post image

Oh my gosh, I didn‘t think I was going to make it but finally after four attempts I got the full 24 hours in just under the wire 😱

Cinfhen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
11 likes1 comment
review
Christine89
Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden
post image
Mehso-so

Book #1 finished for #24in48 readathon. It almost makes me mad when I see how gorgeous the pictured edition is compared to the ugly US edition😠

blurb
Christine89
post image

Happy #readathon to everyone participating! @24in48

blurb
Christine89
This Must Be the Place | Maggie O'Farrell
post image

Great deal for this ebook. This book is great one of my favorites of 2017

blurb
Christine89
Mean | Myriam Gurba
post image

Just started this book and it is amazing!

TheWordJar Stacked! I love Coffee House Press! 6y
10 likes2 stack adds1 comment
blurb
Christine89
Depeche Mode: Monument | Dennis Burmeister, Sascha Lange
post image

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed is here in my hands. And a week early!!

Rachbb3 Where did you get this if you don't mind me asking? I must have. 😍 6y
Christine89 @Rachbb3 I preordered it on Amazon about a month ago. Originally the release date was Nov 7th but it must have been moved up. It is gorgeous💕💕 6y
14 likes2 comments
review
Christine89
Margaret the First: A Novel | Danielle Dutton
post image
Pickpick

Book number 2 for #deweysreadathon. What an interesting book. I loved the history and the story of a strong badass woman!

blurb
Christine89
This Must Be the Place | Maggie O'Farrell
post image

Some of the women writers on my #readathon TBR, plus one that I recently finished (This Must Be The Place) that I loved so much that I am tempted to turn this into a Maggie O‘Farrell readathon. #thereadingwomen

Jas16 Great stack! Hope you are having a great readathon 6y
KateFulfordAuthor If you like Maggie‘s style, perhaps you could consider my debut? Reviews are saying: “I loved this book more than I initially thought I would. Fulford infuses her characters with intense personalities that are prone to clashing with those of others. I loved Eve from the very beginning..." It‘s been nominated for The People's Book Prize 2018 too!

Learn more via the link in the BIO
6y
12 likes2 comments
review
Christine89
Wolf in White Van | John Darnielle
post image
Mehso-so

Jumping into the #readathon by finishing up this one. It is a bit like Invisible Monsters meets Ready Player One.

blurb
Christine89
Calling It | Jen Doyle
post image

Well my goal was 12 hours so I feel pretty good with my progress. My brain definitely reached a point where it needed a break. Thank you to everyone involved behind the scenes and everyone who posted the last couple of days. I loved reading everyone's posts 📚💖💖Can't wait until next time. @24in48

Varshitha 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
L_auren I reached 13 hours for my first one. Could not believe how difficult it was just to get that! 7y
Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
15 likes3 comments
blurb
Christine89
post image

Was reading The Door which is great but getting pretty intense. I think it is time to sprinkle in some short stories. #24in48

11 likes1 stack add
blurb
Christine89
Ready, Set, Go! | Nina Laden
post image

Ready to dive in. #24in48readathon

quote
Christine89
Sudden Death: A Novel | lvaro Enrigue
post image

"I don't know what this book is about. I know that as I wrote it I was angry because the bad guys always win. Maybe all books are written simply because in every game the bad guys have the advantage and that is too much to bear"

Laalaleighh I don't know what it was about either! But it was intriguing! 7y
15 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
Christine89
post image
Pickpick

So good. I know that I will re-read several of these essays. It is the perfect book to read today before heading out to the Women's March in Omaha tonight. First book finished for #24in48 #readathon

blurb
Christine89
post image

Getting my @24in48 TBR ready. Cannot wait to start!

RealLifeReading Great variety! 7y
14 likes1 comment
review
Christine89
post image
Pickpick

This checked a lot of boxes for me, folklore, art, ambiguous ending, siblings. (Also checked off my choice for "W" for the #LitsyAtoZ challenge).

KatePruiett I'm loving it! I keep stopping to reread passages that are just so beautiful that I need to absorb them a little bit more 7y
shawnmooney This sounds good! 7y
16 likes3 stack adds2 comments
blurb
Christine89
post image

Hopefully this will keep me sane while watching the debate tonight

moranadatter Best of luck! 8y
Notafraidofwords It won't. This is maddening but eye opening. 😳 8y
25 likes3 stack adds2 comments
blurb
Christine89
Dear Mr. M: A Novel | Herman Koch
post image

Bookmail! So excited to win this one from Goodreads. Can't wait to start it!📬

MrBook WOOHOO! Congrats! 8y
21 likes1 comment
quote
Christine89
Eileen: A Novel | Ottessa Moshfegh
post image

"I had all kinds of made-up hooks I'd have used to snag her. If Rebecca wanted to know what my interests were, my hobbies, I'd say I read books, and if she wanted to know which, I'd say it was personal. I'd say to me, reading was like making love, and I didn't kiss and tell." pg. 99

quote
Christine89
post image

"I recited the lines to myself. Something in them moved me. I tried to put the feeling into words: "It is like a gentle kitten is licking the inside of my heart. "

RealLifeReading Loved this story 8y
Merethebookgal I've heard good things about this and I'm planning to start his book The Grace of Kings in the next couple of days. 8y
21 likes2 stack adds2 comments
quote
Christine89
post image

"The point is the that the city of Kyoto has declared itself open during the war years, which meant that the Japanese promised, and promises were sometimes listened to during wartime, that there were no military facilities within its walls." pg. 99

shawnmooney This is one of those novels I read – about eight or nine years ago – that I remember almost nothing about except that I quite enjoyed it. Time for a re-read! 8y
14 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
Christine89
Pickpick

Entertaining Read. I thought that it was kind of slow in the middle, I would have preferred more about the individual crew members and the Berlin Olympics than the training and constant changing of members of the crew. Once they leave for Berlin, it picks up again and finishes strong (which I guess is appropriate considering the crew's racing style).

quote
Christine89
post image

"We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves." pg. 99

Soubhiville I read this around 15 years ago and loved it! I should give it a reread! 8y
ReadingEnvy I saw a character in a tv show reading this and looked it up and most of the reviews treated it like it was for hipster men. What do you think? 8y
Christine89 I went through a Tom Robbins phase in the 90s. I recently read his memoir, Tibetian Peach Pie which made me want to re-read his older stuff. I remember in the 90s it seemed like a lot of girls my age were reading Robbins, so it is interesting to think of it being a hipster thing now. Of course, it may not age well, but I remember loving how fun and crazy his stuff is. 8y
15 likes2 stack adds3 comments
review
Christine89
Mehso-so

I think this was a case of being over-hyped. I have heard so many people say that this is such a great book that I was expectIng something spectacular. It is good, don't get me wrong, but, I was expecting to be blown away and that didn't happen.

review
Christine89
Pickpick

Finally finished this one. It was really good once I got into it. It definitely is not an easy, light read, but it was worth the effort. Marlon James does such a good job of sucking you into this world - one night everyone in my dreams had a Jamaican accent - that it is a little unsettling to spend so much time with so many unsavory characters. I can see myself thinking about this book a lot in the future.

23 likes2 stack adds
review
Christine89
Pickpick

Finally finished this one. It was really good once I got into it. It definitely is not an easy, light read, but it was worth the effort. Marlon James does such a good job of sucking you into this world - one night everyone in my dreams had a Jamaican accent - that it is a little unsettling to spend so much time with so many unsavory characters. I can see myself thinking about this book a lot in the future.

quote
Christine89
post image

"Not something treasured and loved; something they might miss but would not grieve. No need to tear another hole, even a pinprick, in their lives."

19 likes3 stack adds
quote
Christine89
post image

"May I say, in all sympathy and love, that of all those who have passed through the veil since I have been here, not one has passed into Paradise leaving behind in our hearts the certainty of that future life more fully and realistically than was the case with your dear boy."

Christine89 I am in love with this cover (I really liked the hardback cover too) 8y
14 likes2 stack adds1 comment
quote
Christine89
Tenth of December: Stories | George Saunders
post image

"Rooster took a step forward and gave the wallet a kick. Wow, did it ever slide. Right under a stack of risers. Like a hockey puck. There were the keys, alone now, underscoring the absence of the wallet. Yikes. "

16 likes2 stack adds
blurb
Christine89
Copper | Kazu Kibuishi
post image

My reading buddy Copper. I was going to try an audiobook while walking him today but it was way too hot to walk very far. #24in48 #readathon

blurb
Christine89
post image

About 100 pages in and I am starting to really get into it. Not sure I would have had the patience if it wasn't for #24in48 Readathon. We will see how I feel when I am still reading it tomorrow night📖

Viji I started listening to this on audio and it was fascinating but I soon decided I'll have to read in print. It's so dense, I'll need to go back and reread a lot. 8y
13 likes1 stack add1 comment
quote
Christine89
post image

"Mabel stood and walked behind the girl, pausing for a moment to take in her fragrance -- fresh snow, mountain herbs, and birch boughs. Mabel allowed her hand to slide along the back of the chair, her fingertips barely touching the girl's hair. Perhaps it was not a dream after all."

SeeJulieRead I loved this book! 8y
18 likes5 stack adds1 comment
blurb
Christine89
post image

So I am thinking of starting this during the #24in48 Readathon this weekend. It sounds like it may take a big chunk of uninterrupted reading time to really start to get into it. Any Lovely Litsters have any suggestions for the best way to get the most from this book?

Lindy I listened to the audiobook, which I really like for writing like this that has a lot of dialect. Good idea to have uninterrupted time, but you might take breaks with lighter reading. 8y
BookishFeminist I agree with @Lindy. It's good to take breaks with this one bc the dialect can make it a slow, dense read (but well worth it.) I flipped back and forth between reading & listening but did get used to reading the dialect after a while. 😊 8y
Christine89 Thanks for the suggestions @Lindy and @BookishFeminist I have a bunch of short story collections that I have been meaning to get to, maybe I will rotate in a short story or two. I am usually not a fan of audio books, but @24in48 could be a good time to give them a second chance. 8y
20 likes1 stack add3 comments
quote
Christine89
Any Human Heart | William Boyd
post image

"The other guests were straggling up from the lake by now and as they appeared I was introduced (by Siggy, who remembered my name) and so I shook the hands of the Woolfs, Huxley and one if the richest women in England. "

11 likes3 stack adds
quote
Christine89
post image

"In the city, their apartment overlooked the Hudson River, but the patio was dark most hours of the day, pointing as it did into the cold backs of several taller buildings."

18 likes2 stack adds
blurb
Christine89
Sleeping Giants | Sylvain Neuvel
post image

Wow. Ebook is on sale today for $1.99 ( at least for Kindles)

blurb
Christine89
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power | Ryan North, Steve Ditko, Will Murray
post image

#funfriday. Usually I am of the "whatever is lying around is my bookmark" school of thought, but I do love this bookmark that I got on a trip with my sisters. And it is actually a really good bookmark, it rarely falls out.

SusanInTiburon That's such a nice one! 8y
21 likes1 comment
quote
Christine89
The Sea, The Sea | Iris Murdoch
post image

"Rosina speaks, off the stage, if such a woman can ever be said to be off the stage, with an odd slight, I suppose Welsh, accent which is all her own."

17 likes1 stack add