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#jubliantjuly #readathon
Smashed two of my books very happy with myself.

Thank you @Andrew65 😊

#PoetryMatters Day 9: #Demon

Very interesting after just finishing Kaikeyi. A beautiful coming-of-age story. Heartbreak. Beauty. Love. Acceptance. Strength. Divinity.

Been working my way through this one for a while now and it‘s so beautifully written. Wasn‘t sure how I‘d get on with a novel in verse but I‘m absolutely loving it 💖

Thank you @Cathythoughts for my #poetryswap2021 - looking forward to reading these! @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

While the writing was absolutely beautiful, it just didn‘t “thrill” me in the way that Nikita Gill‘s other books did. Maybe it was because it was a novel in verse as opposed to an anthology, or perhaps I just wasn‘t interested in the subject matter. It‘s beautiful, just not my cup of tea.

“Paro: How do you cope with the pain of what once was?
Lakshmi: By thinking of the beauty of what will be”

This book has taught me so much about history, a religion outside my own, and still has deep overlaps to my own experiences of childhood to womanhood. I‘m curious if any of you have a fiction story you love that taught you something outside your own culture?

This is a novel in verse set in India during the Parition.

Let her be a little less human, a little more divine
Give her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mine! - Nikita Gill

Omg! Omg! Omg! What an amazing book!!

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 97
#BooksToRead #TBRPile #TBRMountain

This was such a gorgeously written collection of poems about growing up and how the Hindu mythical beings grant their wisdom. I don‘t know where to start with how deep these poems went, right from childhood to adulthood. Through trauma and overcoming it. From letting things just happen to actively taking control over where you are going.
I love all Nikita‘s books so much

This is beautiful. This is powerful. It almost brought me to tears with how this is stirring me up
Girls are like fire 🔥

Getting a face full of dog this evening. He‘s so happy to be in with us.
I‘m really enjoying this poem collection of life stories. Paro is a growing child who receives the gods and goddesses stories to guide her steps. Even as difficult it was to read the teenager selection of poem stories. Reminds me of my hard time socially in school

Part 1: Childhood
This is a nice flowing, growing up, settlement. Let alone how the story of the Pandava brothers and Arjuna correlate with this girl Pavo. The final piece, where childhood ends, strikes deep. The older girl caring for her younger brother makes her a good mother already. How she looses her sense of childhood, where he gets to be a child as long as he can

I had several book orders come in all at once...

One of the only things that has been keeping me sane throughout the pandemic is waking up at the same time every day, even if I don‘t get out of bed for a while. Early morning reading in bed is still my favourite 🥰

“There is a girl who is stubborn
and strong-willed and who makes
mistakes enough to fill an ocean.”

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

For the first time since before the lockdowns began in March, I stopped by one of my favorite bookstores. @aeeklund and I were there to pick up the new #nikitagill book, but we ended up with a bit more. Everyone was good about staying socially distanced, masks on, and shopping windows limited to 30 minutes. My heart is happy and now it‘s back to self isolation. #shoplocal #independentbookstores #auroraburning #sistersofswordandsong