pickJust keep in mind these fairytale retellings are not for kids, they are the stories of a survivor that sees them through the prisma of abuse. They tell stories of domestic abuse, rape, alcoholic parents, eating disorders... Let the evil that abusive men throw into the world come back to hunt them, in the form of a princess warrior that defeats them, or in the form of a villain that has been broken too many times and seeks revenge. ⬇️
#Bookspin #Bingo
With only 4 months left in the year 😱 I hope to concentrate on challenge prompts #52Books24, #24in24, #192025 to name a few.
@TheAromaofBooks
pickI love a slow-burn romance but it's been a while since I've read one that I enjoyed from opening line to the last one.
Her Emmy and Brooks had me hooked. Sage has a great way of writing that really showed through the more I read, even as I tried hard to pace myself, but this one was too good and it gave me what I needed.
#pantone2024 #24in24 #taylorswiftreadingchallenge
I can't wait for my library hold for the next one.
pickBook #5 in #24in24. The writing gymnastics one has to have to have dry, witty and humorous, dialogue while still having this important weight of horrible history hanging over it is astounding. I found laughs bubbling through me on one page only to be so angry and sad on the next. The care certain characters got in here when it came to their murders while there was a whole century of people who sometimes didn‘t even get names to their bodies,👇🏼
#bookreport
read:
—17 books
—3 out of 9 forecasted
—all on audio
—5⭐️ for flight of the raven, signal moon + this spells love #botm
reading:
—? a curse so dark and lonely #24in24
—?? evelina #randomclassics #serial
—?? les misérables #serial
—? sarai
— ? the wonderland trials
pickBook # 4 for #24in24. This made me sad. I hate when kids are the victims of adult bigotry. We follow Rose Darling a 20yo member of The Kingdom of the Pine religion. Their claim to fame is Camp Damascus, a conversion camp with major results. It‘s funny because most of the book doesn‘t even take place there but it is no less compelling. Rose Darling starts to see scary apparitions and throws up mayflies every so often. What could be wrong? Pick!
pickWhew! My head is spinning over all the wild and crazy things that happened to Nancy Drew in this book! Lots of fun!
#NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle #SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView #24in24 @Jas16
pickFascinating, dual timeline family saga, exploring the ways a young woman‘s acquaintance with Pablo Picasso during the summer of 1936 influences successive generations of her family for years to come. Excellent storytelling, plus I learned quite a bit about Picasso and his art. Now I want to visit a Picasso museum. And the south of France! Another excellent pick by @TheBookHippie for #SundayBuddyRead !
#24in24 @Jas16
pickWhy would Andrew Carnegie, the ruthless industrialist, use the bulk of his huge fortune to improve educational opportunities for poor immigrants? This speculative historical fiction novel provides one possible reason, immersing the reader in an engaging upstairs/downstairs type tale. The details of Andrew Carnegie‘s life, and also those of his Irish immigrant maid, Clara, are fascinating and feel well-researched. ⬇️
pickMy first finish off my #24in24 list. #52Bookclub24 #MagicalRealism The story was ok but the descriptions of Italy were fantastic. I‘m ready to book my flight.
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"I have no regrets for using my words
like they are ammo to keep men like you at bay.
And if anyone asks me why I did it, I will tell them,
"he was asking for it, did you not see what he was wearing,
he wanted it that way" 3mo