A Map of the World: A Novel | 
pickThis was a difficult read in a way, not just because of the subject matter, but because none of the characters were particularly likable. Not like, Gone Girl unlikable. But confusing, un-relatable characters. Yet, some of the ideas she explores really resonated. It‘s hard to explain. And the map, it doesn‘t figure in nearly as much as you‘d think from the title. 🤷🏻♀️Glad I read it though. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
Picked these 3 up from the "take-a-book, leave-a-book" community bookshelf today
I'm not sure what A Map of the World is about as it doesn't have a blurb, but its got Oprah's Book Club stamped on it so I'm intrigued
The Blessed is historical fiction, my bag, but why is there a Handmaid on the front? ?
The Road From Coorain by Jill Ker Conway, another Aussie read. A memoir of an Australian childhood on a sheep farm & her adult life in the U.S
#getoutthemap
#lilithjuly
One that I read many years ago.... I don‘t remember anything about it, so maybe it‘s time for a re-read....
Who would have thought #because would be a difficult hashtag?!
I‘ve gone with the lyrics....
‘Because the world is round it turns me on
Because the world is round, ah‘
#beatlemaynia
panFirst, I feel so bad when I don‘t like a book that someone else picks. This isn‘t my typical read, so that‘s part of it. The book was just so depressing and tragic. The premise of the book was weird. I would‘ve bailed, but it was a #LMPBC pick.
I skimmed the last half of the book 🤦♀️🤦♀️ the trial and jail scenes were just soo long! But I finally finished the book from Round 3!
As promised, here‘s my #bookhaul from Book Planet‘s sale. All these for $18! The Joy is to replace my paperback copy from the early 80s, which is falling apart. See anything I should bump up on my TBR?
#BookMail is the best mail!
Hopefully they aren‘t damp or damaged. My mailman is so lazy that they left one package on the ground and the mailbox open in the rain... 🙄 I had one package soaking wet!
Anyway, got the last book for #LMPBC and the Lisa Jewell was a great for myself! 💕
Happy Friday!
so-soI‘m not a fan of this type of psychological word fest/character study but I‘m glad I read this one. I love that about #lmpbc - it gets me to read books out of my comfort zone. Today‘s lazy day reading partners are Georgia and Fiona 💗💗
Tragedy strikes Alice while she‘s babysitting her best friend‘s children and she spirals into such a deep depression, all she wants to do is be in a #deepsleep to escape the horror. This book is dark and heartbreaking.
#septemberdanes #lmpbc #groupd
My current read with my current view. I‘m not usually a fan of “Oprah Books “ so fingers crossed.
#lmpbc #groupd #roomwithaview #septemberdanes
so-soI finished my current #LMPC read in the car just now (sorry group members, my handwriting got a little wobbly 😅). This was a little too melodramatic and overwrought for me, which seems to be a theme for Oprah‘s book club in my experience. I didn‘t always understand the characters and the way they closed in on themselves.
My favorite kind of morning—at the lake, with a book, a coffee, and some fresh, warm donuts. 😍
#gotogether #septemberdanes
I‘m about halfway through this and today‘s #abbainaugust prompt, #doesyourmotherknow, instantly made me think of the mother/daughter relationship in this book.
Emma is only five, but there is a lot of resentment, anger, and hurt in her relationship with her mother Alice. A lot of Emma‘s behaviors scream autism to me, and it breaks my heart that her mother feels such a lack of connection to her. The picture is of me and Genevieve at her baptism.
@Reviewsbylola this book took me wayyyy longer then I planned to get through it, but it will be in the mail to you ASAP! So sorry I‘m late!
I loved the way the writer “talks” I can‘t wait to see what everyone else thinks about it! Hopefully your a semi fast reader 😂 sorry!
This book is pulling all of my mother heartstrings. ❤️
Iv been so busy this week, but reading this and listening to Jodi picolets leaving time book along the way! We were randomly hit with a wave of financial issues so I‘m behind on sending my #jb mail due to lack of stamps- but they are coming soon!
Waiting on my sushi with a good book and a long day of rest. Does anyone else organize things when they sit down? I only do this when I‘m alone, like the sacred and rare time deserves to be organized or something 😂🤷🏻♀️
Colouring this giant map of the world at the cottage with the family.
This has been on my shelf for longer than I can remember. I'll get around to reading it one day. #maps #lyricalapril @Cinfhen
Day 23 of #MarchIntoReading
#BestLastSentences
I don't know if this is the best last sentence (as I haven't even looked at all your posts yet this morning) But this one is pretty good.
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"I had that miraculous clarity for an instant and so I understood that the forgiveness itself was strong, durable, like strands of a web, weaving around us, holding us."
pick#somethingforsept #mademecry I don't own this book because I'm pretty sure it disintegrated from all the crying. First I cried all over it, then my bff cried all over it, then we cried all over it some more together. But it was so good!!! I'm going to make it my #Recommendsday and my #WWW too. I was a faithful Hamilton reader for many years. She really made me care for, and cry over, her characters. @RealLifeReading
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