so-soVery very good book. Needs to be known it‘s for high high young adult readers. While there aren‘t any trigger warnings that need to be prefaced it‘s definitely on the cusp. Very heavy, very sad and then you celebrate the last 30 pages. Love the glimpse inside the palace also!
pick2nd book of 2024! So far have read some really great fiction with solid plot lines. Adored all characters in this and love that their were different point of views intertwined! Six-thirty has my heart and made me squeeze my pups extra tight💓
Oh Christmas break, what a spoiled view I have🥰
“ It‘s too late for me to help either of them, but I‘m not gonna let the truth say buried any longer. It‘s done enough damage already.” 333
“Now come on. We‘ve a murder to attend” 129 #gymlisten
Fall Break:
The most blissful times for teachers, my personal favorite break because I can shut down, recharge and catch up on life.
I am dog sitting so extra $$ for me
I have colored pages upon pages in my new coloring book all while listening to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (maybe I‘ll finally finish that series this year)
I‘ve crafted
I‘ve slept
and 2 days ago I dove into this quaint French love story💓
#happy fall yall
“Guilt walks on all fours. It creeps, encircles, and climbs. It presses its thumbs to your throat. And it waits” -14
“A lesser male needs to shout to be noticed” -321
“Be careful. Please. The border… The fucking border”. I feel wildness spreading through me. “It‘s nothing but a giant wound, a big gash between the two countries. Why does it have to be like that? I don‘t understand. It‘s just some random, stupid line. How can anyone else tell people where they can and can‘t go?” -280
pickWOW. Down to the last chapter you really had no idea what was going to happen. Anyone else really believe Eva got off the flight? Her character was painted so elusively I thought she for sure slipped off with ease. Also Danielle was another surprise character, although after that many years watching another woman get abused I can‘t imagine what that does to a spirit. GREAT READ!
“She‘d shed this life like an old skin, emerging newer. Better. She‘d done it before, and she would do it again” -74
pickOne of the best feel good books. Flora is a beautiful soul and I love the characters that rallied around her. Dicamillo connects nature straight to the feel goods!
“I was a weapon. I‘d learned to shoot after all. And I‘d vowed to be Slavka‘s father as well as his mother. In times of war, fathers go fight for their children” 58
Already obsessed and ready to dive in🫢
pickMy man got me this book journal for Christmas and I‘m ✨ obsessed✨
“Why did women have to confine themselves in order to stay safe?” 34
pickWOW. What a twist at the end. This was an easy, captivating read. I truly didn‘t flip my image about rose until 85% in, the MOM OVERDOSING really took me. I knew it didn‘t make sense!! Fern was a PERFECT character and the way she was written was beautiful, same with Rocco/Wally
“The only question that remains is: which truth was she manipulating?” Final
A beautiful reminder for a not beautiful topic 💔
He watches football, I make cookies and read💆🏼♀️
Really intrigued with this one🙊
pickVery quick read. Very heavy read. Very important that you memorize this family tree before beginning! A lot of characters with very deep scars loved seeing them back on the same side of the creek. Also omg Vonetta had me sobbing and I was worried sick 🤕
pickThis book was such a unique piece of history I am glad I was able to experience. The store she wove using this crazy story is beautiful, tragic and heartwarming. Reminds me of a Disney movie, truly. Will say it took a bit to pick up and start really going but definitely glad I read!
“Did Joey Pigza lose control? Was Ella Enchanted” -p125
LOVE that other fictional characters were referenced!!
“I could spend what I feel in my bones is my life‘s last clear hours to tell you of the dust bowl. Or the war. Or the French peonies. Or my wives, so many wives. Or the graves so many graves. Or the goodbyes. So many goodbyes”
-3
“The difference between the Muslim fathers request and the request make by Turk Bauer was like the difference between day and night.
Between love and hate.” -45
pickRead it. That‘s all I can recommend. The characters are built in a way where you can feel the different emotions that are written. Yes this was a 10/10
Reading in bed for this teachers Christmas break 💆🏼♀️ I am already hooked and only 6 chapters in
YALL
“My silence was his answer. He sat up blanket falling from his chest. Is she pregnant?”
“I‘m going to sit here and watch you die, Harry Potter. Take your time. I‘m in no hurry”
-321
“Ah go boil yer heads, both of yeh” ….. “Harry you‘re wizard”
-50
“What color is your ex-husbands energy?”
“Slut red”
-30
pickI have SO much I could say so I‘ve opted for ✨simple✨ Isabelle was a fighter and had the most beautiful personality that helped her survive such cruel circumstances. Vianne was a women pinned in a corner and still defied orders and still saved those babies. And Julian? Simply a father who realized his responsibilities too late. Yet they remained and were stronger because of it. What an absolutely devastating and beautiful book all at once.
the girls father just BLEW me away!! I had no suspicion just that he‘s this sad widow that drinks away his pain!!!
Book haul🎉 did you know Amazon has stores that are called Amazon 4 star??? They have amazing deals regardless (like buy 2 get 1 50% off) but if you‘re a prime member it‘s an extra 30% off. I was V excited this am, also finally picked up devil in the white city which I‘ve heard rave reviews on
pickWhile an ‘easy‘ read this was so well written it makes time travel feel believable. The love story between Dante and Abby was beautifully tragic and I‘m dying to get my hands on the second work. Side note: Jason as a bf? So incredibly dull.
“Going through the time machine once made him a prisoner…” “Going through it a second time would make him a god” #301
so-soVery so so novel. This is the quote I knew Mart was shady. And plus Cal really wasn‘t an anything guy. Just average with sharp detective skills 🤷🏼♀️
“No I‘m not going to sell the chocolates.”
Cities fell. Earth opened. Planets tilted. Stars plummeted. And the awful silence.
#112
Edna knows her man! Love how sassy and confident she is. Is this book slow moving for anyone else? I‘m only on 123 and I picked it up WEEKS ago :/
pickI‘ll admit this book started off slow, and eventually I downloaded it on Audible. Which 10/10 have this story ready to you. So worth it. Anyhoo the entire time I was pissed. Caleb Fang is the ultimate definition of douchebag and Camille is so brainwashed. I truly believe she loved Annie and Buster but was so desperate for his approval that she let them walk. Oh my god Annie and Buster. Talk about resilience. Talk about 2 badass kids. AMAZING PLOT
pickOk wow 6000/10 I was enthralled with the Pierce story from page 1. I truly believe Phoebe had no clue what was going on, she just accepted her role as foolish and that broke my heart so when she left I cheered! One thing for sure, I don‘t think that Noah‘s death should have only covered 2 pages. I really wish she could have said goodbye but that was probably the point😂
40 pages in... did Phoebe just do the f***** up thing I think she did!!!!?
pickOk yes. Definitely does not pick up towards the last 200 pages or even later and the action scenes could have been a tad more actiony but I will definitely put this in my classroom because any child would be thrilled by this story since I‘m an ‘adult‘ who loved it
pickThis was truly one of the best historical fictions I have ever read. The way Hicks makes you feel like you are actively a part of the Civil War at the Cranton plantation. Only thing I‘m disappointed about is that Zachariah was not actually real, his storyline was extremely compelling.
~ also gross gory fact, at the plantation apparently there are still blood stains engrained in the wood in the surgery room that are impossible to get out!
so-soI have been trying to think of the fair review I was going to give McLains novel but I can‘t decide! It was VERY slow and you could feel Hadley becoming more and more exhausted at Hemingway‘s BS and by the end when he killed himself I found myself saying thank you, he just wasn‘t good. And low key the entire time after Hadley lost all of his work I wondered if it was intentional 🤷🏼♀️
