My next read is another re-read. I think I have a pretty good memory of this one, but we'll see! (Don't mind my phone charger in the way of the picture) #BookElevenOf2025
pickThere are a lot of really good things about this novel, including how it made me think about life, mortality, and destiny. It probably would have hit me differently at another point in my life, but between beginning and ending the book, I lost my father to cancer. It really affected how I received the story.
Today I feel spring around the corner- reached 71 today. I feel exhilaration after attending a protest in Hartford, always coffee, the “ Robert Tree” our Magnolia is starting to bloom, kitties, tonight‘s sunset, Litsy friends, the ocean at Banks Street Beach, Harwich Port,Cape Cod,books!, my first porch day with coffee & a book, sisters, hummingbirds yet to visit my garden. #hope #joy #love #gratitude #resist #nature #moodboardcontest #mbc
pickSuch a great author. It always feels weird to enjoy books that are about death, but this is written in such an entertaining and comedic way.
pickWhen my father was dying a friar at work would check on me and tell me stories about when he was a hospital chaplain. I am not religious but those stories provided me much comfort. I thought of them as I read this. Clover is a death doula and ensures a positive end of life for her patients, whatever that looks like for them. Her own life could use help as she has cut herself off from the world. Reflective yet still light, this was a joy to read.
Today‘s Book Nook scores to entertain myself over my quiet Easter weekend. Yin yoga this morning really helped with my dicky hip. I need to get myself sorted as I got myself a showgirl gig. It may just be the greatest achievement of my life! The Angelica Banks and Judy Blume are for my book crazy niece. I could have filled another bag but it may not have been a good look. Libraries are the best invention ever. Medicine is great but books are fab.
pickOh, this feels weird. I've certainly read other books by people who have already passed, and even one or two by people who knew they were dying, but I'm not sure I've encountered one where the act of dying was so much the focus. Critiquing a dying man's words feels...wrong.
For the most part, I'm not certain what might be viewed as a critique is anything more than a difference in option on two points. 1/?
#5joysfriday #gratitude #Joy
Top row: 3 days on Cape Cod, MA with my 3 sisters! 💕💕💕💕
Bottom row: all today- in the 50s, my first day of the season on my porch. Neighbors out walking, bikers cycling by, birds singing. Coffee & a book! 🚶🏻♀️🚴♂️☕️📘 🪶🐦⬛🎶☀️ A taste of spring…
