Did some #audiocoloring today listening to and finishing this book. Jacob looks an awful lot like Dylan Thomas in my coloring version lol
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Did some #audiocoloring today listening to and finishing this book. Jacob looks an awful lot like Dylan Thomas in my coloring version lol
Started this this morning. Only 40ish minutes in and it‘s not bad.
Day 18 - #yourbestamericangirl #nofemmeber
Best American girls - my daughters, Meredith and Kristin!
What I wanted most was to feel that moment when you‘re on a plane and everyone around you is in their own world, anxious to stand up and open the overhead bin and get ready to start the life they‘ve only ever dreamed of, or renter whatever life they left behind: that moment before the plane hits the ground, when the air starts to hum and it seems like if the impact doesn‘t kill you, the possibilities are almost too much to bear.
On to the next. I don‘t have a lot of expectations about this book, haven‘t seen or read much about it. Happened upon it accidentally and took it out on a whim. Here goes.
pickI really enjoyed this book. It felt different from a lot of YA books. I didn't always love Anna but I really liked her story.
I planned to read all weekend but have spent a lot of time reading the news today. It has broken my heart and I hate the state of my country these days. I am going to try to read a little before bed but my heart is heavy.
pickI really loved this book. Something about the tone and feeling that it brought up was just perfect for the time I read it. I just love books that are set in LA and deal with the deal with the strange juxtaposition of the city.
pickI enjoyed this enough. It was a (mostly) light and quick read. Definitely chick lit, but it pushes the boundaries with some pretty dark portions of the story.
ROGER. ?
(Text reads "Roger smirked. He considered all shopping other than his own bourgeois.")
Newest read on tap- heard the author speak at a conference tin the fall. Intriguing concept.
so-so3.75
As a teen growing up OBSESSED with the Manson murders I was excited to pick this up. However it was less about our protagonists delve into the years old case as it was her exploring her relationship with her mother, her sister and herself. Still an enjoyable read overall. Just not quite what I expected.
Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined.
She spends her days on TV and movie sets, and she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls. Soon she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present.
#TBR ??
pickThis book reminded me of Emma Cline's "The Girls." It's a dark look at LA culture and the need for girls to feel accepted.
Love it when you pick up a book off of the "Lucky Day" shelf at the library and it turns out to be great! My first in the #bookolympics
T Minus ten minutes and counting until #24in48. Took my nap, have plenty of water. I am ready to go!!
pickAmerican Girls by Alison Umminger is a debut that breaks all the rules and turns the contemporary YA genre on its head!
pickMy digital library stack. Just finished American Girls, which I enjoyed very much. Between it and The Girls, this feels like my summer of reading about the Manson family.
pickWhile this book isn't for readers who crave a strong plot, I liked the drifty feel and LA setting. Anna is young for a YA protagonist and her takeaway of the Manson girls as regular girls who made bad choices is questionable. Overall a book I enjoyed.
pickI worked in film and live in LA, so I'm pretty suspicious of stories set here. But AMERICAN GIRLS, which is about a girl who researches the Manson girls one summer in Hollywood, surprised me with its darkly humorous, subversive tone. It's not huge on plot, but setting, tone, and writing are stellar.
