A gorgeous fall day (for Savannah) to start a new book!

So excited to start this stack!

Such a good choice for #eshaverbookseller classics book club, Tequila Mockingbird !

Describing the 2025 elections and I'm like, too true 😵😱

Did some serious damage to this Nutella latte before I start this new book from The Otto Bookstore!

My favorite bookstore, E. Shaver Booksellers, started a new book club, Tequila Mockingbird, where we discuss classic works of literature and enjoy the 🍸 named after said work. It's my new fave.

After reading "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," I needed to decompress!

Moving from the Troubles in Ireland to a not-so-far future dystopia.

An INTENSE read/listen, but very well narrated.

I am sick, so it's time for a trashy romance!

I love how Cather always creates complex female characters.

What can I say? I love a giveaway, and here @LazyDays is organizing one! #listylove2019

A do love hand written notes in my used books, especially when the penmanship is this nice!

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one - it started out as a seeming combo of "High Fidelity" and "Serendipity", but, around chapter 16, it started to pick up. #audiobook

I HATED this book in college, but a reread gives me a new perspective. I can't say I love it, but I do admire Ishiguro's character and narrative development. I still have major qualms about the butler's views, ideas, etc, but he is a complex character, and that I appreciate.

Totally bailed on this audio book.

Half way thru, and still not convinced?

Haunting. A great performance. I promise I'm not exclusively listening to audio books.

Loving this audio adaption! Brenden Fraser is a wonderful narrator and a talented voice performer. I'm really enjoying it!

Just finished this audio book today and will definitely need to revisit it!

Excited to start this for a book club. May be the first "self-help" book I've read?

A gripping book that made me feel all the feels! The characters grew and developed over the course of the narrative; I found it intriguing that a few of them didn't become better people, despite this growth- it kept them complex and realistic. Kayla is definitely the unsung character!

I really enjoyed this memoire, especially as narrated by Noah; he has a voice for everyone! And that last chapter... Not only is it an unbelievable true story, but it's a testament to Noah's storytelling skills. I went from crying to laughing in just minutes.

I always pick the most un-beach beach reads!

Sweet and sad, but, for all the room surrounding the family, things rather work out.

N.B.: a closer edit would've cut down on the repetition of certain details.

Still listening to Roxanne Gay, but I had a mini road trip recently that needed a bit more flare!

It's been a hell of a couple of days in the States, so I'm arming up. #feminist #feministlit #feminisms #radicalfeminism #intersectionality

Halfway through the book, the pace and cohesion really dropped off. I skimmed the rest of the book and find myself being disappointed with the conclusion. The final chapter read especially disappointing.

If I weren't on a 13+ hour road trip, I'd have ditched this audio book a while ago. I was hoping for a Diane Harkness or Alice Hoffman vibe, but alas. Despite the content, I'm enjoying the narrator's performance; it makes for good company.

What is this fuckery?! Hello, female essentialism. How this novel ends up becoming a trope-reliant coming-of-age narrative while heavily commenting on the Bosnian War astounds me. Like a couple of Goodreads reviewers, I think I'll be skimming the rest of this one.

While I have more than a issues with this novel, she hits the nail right on the head here. #believewomen

One beach read down, and on to the next!

Binge reading a series I haven't touched on a decade. Way campier than I remembered and total brain candy reading!

Perfect beach read!

Magical realism that re-centers the stereotypical refugee narrative. The author's reading of his work is lovely. Highly recommend!

I *just* hit the sci-fi section of this novel! I'm really enjoying heading Hamid read his own work.

This book mysteriously appeared last December. No one in my family owns it, nor did they bring it as a gift. A beautiful work of prose that you see in her fiction.

A great read! Spoiler: the monsters are people.

I don't have an image for this review because I left it at my sister's- on purpose! I had just finished the novel on the flight up for the weekend and talked it up so much that she asked to borrow it. The narration is lush and the characters layered. A beautiful, if tear-jerking, read.

This book is so beautiful that I'm sending my copy to my sister with a childhood memory as an inscription.

Starting a new #eshaverbookseller bookclub selection in their lovely tea shop.

I can see why this is a seminal work for early sci-fi, but I bailed near the end. All the main characters are slightly different versions of two archetypes (smart science guy, limited vision guy). But more importantly, THERE ARE NO WOMEN. Why create an entire universe and only mention women in passing twice as wives?

I finished this right before the new year. I was so impressed that I put down the book with 40 pages to go and never picked it up again.

Veronica Fish's artwork alone makes it worth the read!

Back to important things!

Exactly what the (negative) reviews on Goodreads promised. Some interesting things to learn, but really repetitive.

Great, fun, fast read. The ending felt rushed, but I'm really excited for the sequel!

I felt this image really connected with the novel! Credit: https://blatterbury.deviantart.com/art/Black-Witch-and-White-Witch-340463859

So excited to start this book, especially after @SassenachTheBookWizard reviewed it. AND it's for E. Shaver Booksellers' YA book club.

It's 11 p.m. I'm on page 247/337, and I'm bailing. Scanning ahead, there's nothing that will save this book for me. Ove is a douche and pretty sexist, and I just can't muster up any sympathy for him.

Barreled through the first 120 pages yesterday, and I'm still not sure if I like it.