The Ratline was interesting and depressing.
Then I read Wow, No Thank You (essays) by Samantha Irby. It was kind of cute.
Now I have The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. So far it's only annoyed me once, something her editor should have caught: there's no way a British person would use the term "sneakers".
April! (the month not the person)
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Trainers right Blush?
A bunch of reading lately...
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand - I don't usually go for her books regularly but i had heard great things. It was good - I cried. Fluff but I think I needed it.
Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson - this was good. A solid 4 star until the end where I had to drop to 3.5.
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth - another 4 star.
I haven't started anything new since I finished Mother May I on Saturday.
A bunch of reading lately...
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand - I don't usually go for her books regularly but i had heard great things. It was good - I cried. Fluff but I think I needed it.
Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson - this was good. A solid 4 star until the end where I had to drop to 3.5.
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth - another 4 star.
I haven't started anything new since I finished Mother May I on Saturday.
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Yes, trainers! (I call them runners).
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I grew up calling them "tennies," like a shortened play on "tennis shoes," but as an adult it now seems like that is a pretty uncommon term.
"The Giver of Stars" was pretty quality, and I gave it 4 stars. The existence of the packhorse library system was brand new information to me! What a cool project; yay, Roosevelts and progressive thinking!
Am now reading "Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right," by Arlie Russell Hochschild. I am trying to wrap my brain and heart around the more conservative line of thinking, and so far that seems to be a main objective of this book too. She is a social worker and talks a lot about approaching this with a metaphor of an "empathy wall," which I like. Actually, as I type this it occurs to me that this one reminds me a bit of "The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker," by Katherine J. Cramer. That was also a really good read.
"The Giver of Stars" was pretty quality, and I gave it 4 stars. The existence of the packhorse library system was brand new information to me! What a cool project; yay, Roosevelts and progressive thinking!
Am now reading "Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right," by Arlie Russell Hochschild. I am trying to wrap my brain and heart around the more conservative line of thinking, and so far that seems to be a main objective of this book too. She is a social worker and talks a lot about approaching this with a metaphor of an "empathy wall," which I like. Actually, as I type this it occurs to me that this one reminds me a bit of "The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker," by Katherine J. Cramer. That was also a really good read.
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I started Ready Player Two awhile ago, trying to get into it. So far, it's just sad lol.
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Ro, I loved 28 summers! Have you seen the movie it was inspired by? (Same time, next year)? It's cute. There's a short sequel coming out in June. I also read The Good Sister and mentioned it upthread.
I'm reading another Kristan Higgins... whose title I forget... Always the Last to Know. I'm enjoying it. Her books are just the right amount of fluff for my taste.
I'm reading another Kristan Higgins... whose title I forget... Always the Last to Know. I'm enjoying it. Her books are just the right amount of fluff for my taste.