Here‘s my November #readingwrapup from The StoryGraph. I‘ve decided to step back from ARC reading and just mood read for a while. I‘m happy to be accepted for more ARCs to read even though I‘m behind on them but I‘m not going to be in a hurry to read them any time soon. I‘ll read them when I read them.
pickLet's say I've selected Madeline as 1939 for the #192025 Challenge in the spirit of diversifying genres with a children's book. It was absolutely not chosen because I'm running behind with the challenge.
This was one of my childhood favorites so it was fun to revisit Madeline - a true influencer, way before social media! 🤣 I couldn't just borrow one from the library, so i picked out two others. A cute, spunky girl and beautiful illustrations.
“No deception lasts forever. Truth rises like good bread dough.”
HF
#Bread
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Today‘s read. #ChristmasCrimeChallenge #freechoice #8
pickAccording to the introduction it‘s slightly autobiographical in terms of how the mother treated the daughter in order to seem younger, but I‘m not sure I can follow the author all the way to feeling sorry for the mother and excusing her crime. I finished it not sure how I feel about it. But I‘ve read my October #doublespin now, so there‘s that. @TheAromaofBooks
Buddy reading tonight. Isn‘t my buddy the cutest? ♥️🐈⬛
My next audiobook for #Algeria #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickWhile I learned a lot, and went on internet dives to find all the pictures, there were a few things that took it down to a soft pick for me. The writing became so repetitive at the last few chapters that I at first thought my playback had jumped back to a previous chapter. The narrator spoke good French most of the time, but there were moments of mispronunciation (Mai pronounced “mah-ee”) and cadence (reading “independently wealthy and beautiful”
