The Memory Keeper's Daughter: Book Club in a Bag | 
pickThis book won me over. Towards the beginning it felt as if the plot, though interesting, was predictable. However, as the book progressed, the characters were complex and the story took some unexpected directions. This was a great book club pick! Lots to discuss.
🎶You wanna make a memory?
You wanna steal a piece of time?
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple lines🎶
An unforgettable book
#MakeAMemoryBonJovi #VolumesAndVocals
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-soThis was a great story but a very slow read.
so-soToxic secrets and damaged families. I read this for book club. I was dreading it but it was interesting (and depressing).
so-soI was torn between pick and so-so for this one. I really enjoyed the first half of the book but I found the end very rushed. I liked getting to know every character and seeing their struggles and accomplishments throughout the book. However, I know it was set in 1965-89 but the use of the R word really threw me off 😅
This is my book spin for July! It was #20 on my july list 😊 @TheAromaofBooks
“The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began.”
so-soI really enjoyed the first half of this book but the second half was a little frustrating and somethings felt confusing and hard to believe.
pickSad and beautiful. Fleshes out the listless housewife stereotype with much more. It‘s a voice you‘ve already heard, but you‘ll still enjoy what it has to say
#bookspin for September! #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks some new ones and some that just keep hoping they‘ll get read 😂
pickPoignant and atmospheric, this was a powerful and interesting book. When a past experience influenced a fateful decision made on a stormy, winter night it shapes the future of a family for the rest of their lives. And when a brave woman interferes and also makes a choice, that takes it further. It addresses growing up different, the damaging effect of secrets and the hope that grows with love. It will stay with me for a while. #recentlyread ❤️
There are other ways to spend a Friday night, but I cannot think of a better one. Spending time with my love, reading an interesting and powerful book, making memories. #covid19 #socialdistancing #fridaynightin #bookworm #currentlyreading 😻📚
so-someh. interesting plot line but a little drawn out. the way the characters refer to disability is kinda weird too, i get that the narrative is reflective of the prejudiced past but still 😖
pickRating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: This was my first time reading a book by Kim Edwards and I really loved it!!
There was times it pulled at my heartstrings made me ball like a baby and gave me all the feels but overall I really loved this book!!
Starting Book 6 of February and Book 19 of 2020!!
Enjoying a much needed vacation in Utah‘s National Parks. First stop: Zion. Nothing beats being enraptured by a good story in a hammock surrounded by these gorgeous red rocks.
Everyone goes to Goodwill while on vacation and buys a stack of books, right? 😉 I‘ve read the tagged and Cry, the Beloved Country before and am looking forward to the rest. #needanothersuitcase.
pickI know I'm late to the party that is this book BUT I enjoyed this book very much. There are so many complex emotions throughout this book and I think everyone's story is told well.
Wednesday morning reading with #Zeke . I started this a few days ago and like the writing style. Slightly nervous, though, since so many Littens have this a so-so rating. #catsoflitsy
🎶Something inside, that was always denied, for so many years
She's leaving home, bye, bye🎶
When twins are born in 1964, one is a healthy boy and the other is a girl with Downs Syndrome. To spare his wife, the father tells the nurse to take the girl to an institution. But the nurse is too compassionate to do that and moves away to raise the girl on her own...
so-so"The Memory Keeper's Daughter" is devastating and really makes you think about the effects of keeping a secret from those you love. With a promising start, I enjoyed the first half but began to lose interest as the pages went on. I'm glad to finally be taking this off my TBR list, it's 3 stars from me!
My full review is up on my blog now ?
so-soI was super excited about this book based on the premise, but it didn't come to life in the way I expected. Although a good start, it slowed down and never picked back up. Also, listening to the audiobook, the chapter breaks were a bit jarring as the guitar music didn't make sense until about 3/4 through the book.
#WinterWonderland #BabyItsColdOutside When a Dr.‘s wife goes into labor in the midst of a blizzard he decides to deliver the child at home with the aid of his trusted nurse. But the delivery isn‘t easy and it‘s not one baby but 2. Realizing one of the twins has a birth defect the dr thinks it will be better to say the child died 🙄and gives the baby to his nurse. The nurse then opts to raise the little girl as her own. Dire consequences arise👇🏼
so-soMeh.....
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
pickThis book took a little longer for me to read but it was worth it. The love and pain was palpable. I could see how the plot in this story could happen or might‘ve happened. I can‘t even imagine being in Norahs shoes. K j
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Twins Paul and Phoebe are separated shortly after birth...Phoebe had Down's syndrome and is sent away without her mom's knowledge
These past 3 months I‘ve really slowed down on my reading. Was going through anxiety and every time I would try and wind down and read, my mind would constantly wander off. I‘m having a really good week so far and my anxiety has eased a lot and found I‘m back to full concentration and this book is so damn good so far. Readers‘ block sucks!
so-soThis was 12/13 for #13books13weeks
I mostly just spent this book being angry at the father... I was hoping there would be some great redemption for him. That didn‘t really come.. and the ending seemed sort of rushed and not that satisfying. Also.. I downloaded an abridged audio version accidentally which actually left out entire characters, so when I tried to switch between print and audio I was really confused
Digging into my boxes of books. Switching it up from my usual Fantasy genre. This one will be a fast read but a nice change.
I loved the movie and the book is always better.
Catching up from yesterday‘s #ReadingResolutions photo challenge -Day 3 prompt was #Memory! ❤️❤️📚
pan#ReadingResolutions • Day 3|Memory • The premise of this book was good, but it read fairly slow and didn‘t bring me into the story. I read it a few years ago and the plot details have not stuck with me since. 🤷🏼♀️📚
Because of a snowstorm, Dr Henry must deliver his and his wife's child. It's 1964. A son is born, but to Dr Henry's surprise, a twin girl is born next. Recognizing that the girl has Down's and wanting to spare his wife pain, he asks his nurse to bring the girl to an institution. When his wife comes to, he tells her the baby was stillborn. Nurse discovers the institution is horrible, so she flees to another city to raise the girl...
so-soI loved the concept, but felt the book was overall pretty slow. It was bogged down with a lot of unnecessary detail. I loved the characters and their individuals trials, Phoebe and Caroline were my favorites.
Definitely can relate to Norah‘s loss. And I‘m sure the reactions of her acquaintances will be quite similar to when/if I am blessed with another child. “No one else will say a word about her. They act like since I have Paul, I ought to be satisfied. Like lives are interchangeable.”
Loved this book!! Definitely recommend it ❤️
pickThere isn‘t anything romanticised in this book. Life is laid out in all its tragedy and beauty and this book is all the more captivating for it. Some people make mistakes over and over again; trying to make up for other ones whilst others live as innocently as they know how; embracing life‘s beauty in a way that everyone should know how to. 💕
