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This was challenging. Necessary story about all types of love, but so used to this narrative with an older male pursuer. The anxiety and naïveté of the main character was heartbreaking and difficult to encounter. Likely because it felt relatable. The abusive scenes likewise were deeply uncomfortable

It truly is the perfect story - about Francie Nolan growing up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in the early 1900s.
I watched the movie years ago and loved it. This was one of the first books I added to my Litsy TBR 4 years ago - so glad I got to it!

Tried to finish this for a #BookSpinBingo for May, instead it is the first book for June 🙂

Make a great day everyone 🙂

Bracket Two of 2024 - already different with the layout. Should be interesting.

Bracket One for 2024

Just couldn‘t get in to this one

I love historical fiction and this was top-notch! Set in Italy pre world war 2 and beyond, it tells a rich story of family, friends, love, loss and of course food! You would never know that this was Scottoline‘s first historical fiction book and can‘t wait to read more like it!

A wonderful novella I own and don‘t remember acquiring. Thanks to my BookBuddy+ app for making it known it‘s in my Library, I finally read it and enjoyed it.

Set in the Appalachian Mountains, we meet Damon Fields, a Melungeon, on his first day of life. Born in a trailer to an dead father and a drug addict mother, the future is not bright. Damon is literal trailer trash.

Having not heard of this region or Melungeons and only having a vague idea of 'hillbillies', I learnt so much reading this. I love a book that takes me into a culture I know very little about and educates me.

First time reading The Outsiders and I‘m conflicted. At times, the fact that Hinton was 14 (or 15 depending on your sources) when she wrote the original draft works to its advantage.

At other times, Hinton‘s lack of experience is evident and it pulled me from the story in a big way.

Still, I liked it for the most part. I do question, though, that if it hadn‘t basically made the YA genre would it be as pertinent and beloved today?

Every bad thing that could happen to this woman does. Her journey is predictable. With each story beat, you wonder how it is going to sour. It‘s unclear what makes her see the light of day after years of oppression, and that is the flaw. This is a “woman ends victorious” / Bridges of Madison County kind of book. The readers have no clue as to why or how it reaches its conclusion; we‘re just supposed to be happy about it. Read a classic instead.