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pickA career police woman with a travel bug to balance out a work environment not quite ready for women, but Mae Foley isn't waiting for society to catch on, she just makes up her own rules and takes to the street bringing down the worst of the worst in some of the most unsuspecting ways.
pickIt's not what I was expecting. At.All. but more like a metaphor Zootopia/Animorphs world where some people just happen to mutate into wild animals and the world keeps spinning. Talking it through with my husband, he asked if each animal represented a different mental health issue and then I couldn't unthink that as I kept reading. Either he was spot on or I just took this intro scifi book and made that theory work...
Alternating early chapters draws readers into a word where women are mere objects. Learning the upbringing and marriages (forced, trades, or sometimes in love) not only humanizes a culture I still know so little about but also allows me an opportunity to praise their monumental achievements and drive for change. I learned so much reading this book.
so-soReread The Unhoneymooners (originally read in 2019) in prep for the audio original sequel of The Honeymoon Crashers (submitted to Litsy for add 9/19/23)
Very cute, but not sure I loved the audio version, felt forced or something but the story was a cute open door romance (first was closed door) and written from Ami's perspective instead of Olive's.
pickAt its core this is a story of forgiving yourself and others and letting God do the rest. Historical Christian fiction × international and East Coast domestic circus settings.
First Prize in our local festival parade!
pickThis book, on audio, consumed most of the last couple days for me. Rotating between the victims, readers begin to feel as if you know them and their motivations for selling themselves until it is too late. Now to Netflix and compare.
pickMornings. Powered by coffee and endless giggles.
pickFeeling like I've read this story before... a smash-up of Eleanore Oliphant (Gail Honeyman), The Lido (Libby Page), The Authenticity Project (Clare Pooley) and despite all that, I'm bamboozled when the uphill trajectory nosedives and I found myself emotional on behalf of the multigenerational crew of fictional characters. Sigh.
pickExtremely long in parts but so interesting. I knew very little beyond the childhood education, let alone that Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan remained close for 49 years living, working, and traveling together. In all my readings about Vaudeville, I never knew they traveled with the circuit for nearly 4 years nor how versed Helen was in current events and was so vocal of her stance throughout her life.
pickMad props to this author for writing this diversity positive book that it is visually accessible! No hyphenated words, dyslexia font/size/spacing choices...BAM! Super well done and should be a considered choice by more publishers. I also liked the fresh perspective of a male bookworm, that doesn't show up often in rom coms....
pickZipping through these books while recovering from sickness.
pickThis third book gave me strong Sheryl Wood Sweet Magnolia feels. Very quick books, the series together reads as one whole book.
pickGah. It's gonna be a 4 book series! I missed the memo jumping into the first manga version. Convinced myself it was going to be a duology immediately reading the second, by now I've prerequested the third and finished it in one sitting and yet again I find I must wait. Odd to jump illustrators half way through an adaptation. Only shooting myself for not waiting and reading all 4 at once.
so-soNot my favorite from Katy Birchall (5⭐ed The Secret Bridesmaid) but still cute. Just very, very, very s.l.o.w.
Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Let's play "Name that Lego Book Cover"!
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Highly recommend reading this series in order. Not doing so would leave more questions about character development. Super cute womens fiction.
pickSigh. Multigenerational womens fiction with several POV featuring lifelong friendships, loss, addiction, drama, romance, overcoming, gah.... Just a perfect combination.
pickIt's been about 5 years since my family gave up watching the news for the side-ed-ness that we felt we were being spoonfed. Having a journalist call out her own occupation only further emphasizes how far society has allowed reporting to go. It's not about sides, the country deserves to hear both sides of the news and be allowed to come to their own conclusions. Leave the narratives to authors of stories, not current events/news.
so-soWell. That was a trip. The only other book I can compare it to is Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here. Odd yet relatable is the strangest of ways.
pickWelp, my copy is thoroughly highlighted and marked up. Golly, I want to travel. Until then, following along in cross continent adventures is beyond satisfying. "You know it will be you, Todd. It's always you. Only you."
pick4.5 hours to read the book
6 hours of book club to discuss
Golly I love this group of ladies and how one author has brought us all together. ❤️❤️❤️
pickThis book took me three weeks to read because I'd be so riled up at his antics. DO NOT READ IF YOU NEED TO MONITOR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE IT WILL BOIL!
Anthony Comstock can be described in a lot of ways and many, many adjectives in front of those ways. 8 women pushed back- a publisher, an editor, a doctor, a writer, the first female presidential candidate, a birth control activist, and others, and paid the price for their feminism ideals.
I got to explore the recently remodeled St Joseph County Public Library Main Branch today. It's beautiful, creative, and I want to copy & paste it into my own community. ♥️
I got to explore the recently remodeled St Joseph County Public Library Main Branch today. It's beautiful, creative, and I want to copy & paste it into my own community. Stamp collection in their local history department pays homage to former book processing. ♥️
pickSecond series read through.
pickBiggest cliffhanger of the high school years. Even as my third reread I feel all the emotions as if these fictional characters are real life forever friends who walk among us.
Found a handy place to stow my husband while I went book finding ♥️
pick"God isn't a fantasy. His love is more real than anything,"
Maybe God, in His love, had provided an abundance, but people didn't share with those in need, so things became worse until the world ended up as it is today.
As seen en route from hotel to ILF Youth Services Conference. ♥️
Checked in with my favorite lil' Bookworm today. We appreciate good thoughts, happy mojo, and healing vibes as the doctors aim to get to the bottom of what ails him. 😭
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