Everyone told me to get the tissues handy for this book, and they weren't wrong. I sobbed hard the last couple chapters. I needed a good cry, anyway, though, tbh.
Everyone told me to get the tissues handy for this book, and they weren't wrong. I sobbed hard the last couple chapters. I needed a good cry, anyway, though, tbh.
Found a way to borrow from more libraries on Libby from my library today and already put it to the test. I went from 3 small libraries to 12. I hope I picked a good one.
Two non fiction books back-to-back? Guess I'm in that kind of mood.
Anyway, I'm gonna start this tonight. I saw the film and thought it was great. I hope the book is good, I've seen some reviews saying it's a bit dry.
This is pretty good so far. Heartbreaking, of course
Have wanted to read this for quite a while. I'm sick currently so can't concentrate on a physical book-- giving an audiobook a try.
I couldn't figure how to link my Goodreads review of this, so here's a screenshot of what I wrote there. I really dislike Litsy's limiting review length, which is why I don't usually write one 😶😬
670/776
Almost there! 😅
I'm surprised how quickly I've been going thru this 700+ page book. Currently 594/776 pages
Hoping I can finish it this weekend, and it'll be the first book down of 2024... started it out with a banger, and a biggin.
2023 wrap up. My lowest total since 2019. Most years I manage at least 50 books... I guess not 23... it was a struggle, in more ways than one...
"Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongues."---Haruki Murakami Hear The Wind Sing
Used my gift card and bought PHM for my collection. I've already read it but didn't own it, so now I do ☺🤓 I will give it a reread in 2024
Although we know the end of the maze holds death (and it is something I have not always known--- not long ago the adolescent in me thought death could happen only to other ), I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--- one of many ways---and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming."
"But then, I can't blame him because he doesn't realize that finding out who I really am--- the meaning of my total existence involves knowing the possibilities of my future as well as my past, where I'm going as well as where I've been
Finally going to start this. It's been on my want to reads list for quite a few years and I finally got a copy. I'm not sure I'm ready to get my heart broken 💔 but I know it's going to happen. I guess I better get the tissues handy. 🤧 😭
Love Backman but this wasn't a hit for me. A little too fantastical, way too many Harry Potter references [I've never read them, don't come at me] and I guess it just wasn't really my kind of story. I've read and enjoyed most of his books and this one was just so-so. 2.5 stars
Camping, beautiful scenery, a great book
#happyplace #camping #River #books
Can you tell I'm on vacation? 🤓📚
What Beauty There Is, Cory Anderson
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, Frederick Backman
The End of Always, Randi Davenport
8 Rules of Love, Jay Shetty
Old Babes in the Woods, Margaret Atwood
The King's Pleasure, Alison Weir
Starting my Goodreads giveaway book today. I have really wanted to read this... wish I had won a physical copy, but beggars aren't choosers, especially now that it's so hard to win anything.
Also, happy bday, America 🇺🇸
I just finished The Power by Naomi Alderman and now going to start this book by Bradbury. His works have been on my want to reads list for a while, as I've only read Fahrenheit 451.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society
Nature, Knight clarified, is brutal. The weak do not survive, and neither do the strong. Life is a constant, merciless fight that everyone loses.
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Starting my second kindle book today. This has been on my want to reads list for a while. I see it's also pretty short, just a bit over 200 pages... so it shouldn't take me long to finish.
Woke up to see an email from Goodreads that I won a giveaway. I wish it was a physical book and not kindle, but that's ok. I'll take what I can get. I've really wanted to read this so I'm happy it's at least a book I'm really excited about. I don't enter them as often anymore since they changed the format... just seems like too much work
I really enjoyed this. Might have to look into the rest of the series
I was going to check this out from my library because I had it tagged in Libby as a potential read but when I saw it was almost 900 pages, I went with the kindle version instead to save my hands
I'm no stranger to big books and I love them, but my arthritic hands do not any more.. so kindle version won out this time.
Starting this. I picked up the 3rd in the series from a used sale a few years back, so thought I should give the series a shot
I've seen a lot about this book so when I found it at the library, I decided to finally check it out for myself.
This book made me mad, even though as someone interested in physics, I already knew of A Einstein's poor reputation as a husband.
I won this in a Goodreads giveaway and it's a great book. Easy to digest facts broken up by categories, and a very entertaining quick read.
Decided to finish up the Miss Peregrine's series. I read the 5th book summer of last year so hopefully I remember things, as it's been a minute.
The 6th book of Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's series: The Desolation of Devil's Acre.
Finally!! 11 books so far this year, and my first 5 star read 😍
I'm not sure why I was so on the fence about trying this book. I'm clocking over 100 pages a day, don't want to put it down. This might be my first 5 star book for the year 😊🥳
Grabbed some books for the weekend in case my date doesn't work out
A 300 page book usually doesn't take me so long to finish. I either don't like suspense books, or at least not by this author.
Upsides to this book were that it featured a MC who has a disability, which goes against status quo, and that it's the first historical fiction book I've been able to read in a long time. There's the Circus Train, there are Nazis, there are secrets long kept and stories of not just survival, but determination and even a love story. This was a really enjoyable book for me.
I stopped by my library because the book I'm reading is boring.
Picked up
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
The Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
I was going to read something else but my Libby hold came in for this