This week I journeyed “north” to Essex, Vermont and visited Phoenix Books there. Among the books on the new paperbacks table? These gems. You really want to read GOOD MATERIAL and THE FROZEN RIVER. Also? I signed so many of my books! Thanks, Phoenix!
pickThe tagged book was a heartwarming tale of adventure and friendship. I adored the idea of bison being the wise ones everyone reported to in the park.
A big thank you to @MeganAnn for an outstanding #auldlangspine list. I read 6 books off her list so far and plan to keep going. I have full confidence the rest of the list will not disappoint.
Thank you very much @monalyisha for hosting and organizing #auldlangspine!
pickAhh! This was cute! Not quite what I was expecting coming from what I‘d seen on insta - but a lovely story aimed at a middle grade audience.
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Really loved the tagged book. Phoebe has decided her life is sh*t and there is nothing left to live for. As her plans get waylaid she is given a chance to find her true self. Great book!
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My StoryGraph January cover collage! I love that StoryGraph does this now!
Idlewild was definitely the best of the month. Second place to Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear.
pickThis is my favorite read of the month, and I‘m still missing Yale and his chosen family after finishing the book earlier this month. It breaks my heart that we treated a community of people like we did when the AIDS crisis was in its early days, and I wish we would learn lessons instead of repeating mistakes.
Wonderfully written. So glad to have finally gotten to it!
#auldlangspine
pickThis book glued together my broken heart. It was definitely the right book at the right time. The storyline and FMC were just soo relatable. Each character had such a unique presence. This book is so relatable to real life. It had me hooked and was an incredible way to start the year. I‘m sure it‘ll be among my fave books of the year! Thank you soo much @LiteraryinPA for the amazing recommendation! #auldlangspine
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Where was this book when I was a child. As a 46-year-old woman I am all in my feels about a book that makes me 11 again. I am lucky that I did not have Ellie‘s mother, but my aunt and my grandmother were just like her. Ellie is a girl who is not small. She‘s been big all her life. She‘s been picked on by people at school, people in neighborhood, and even her mother. This constant referring of “you could be pretty if you lost weight”.
