pickTJ Klune is one of the authors that has never disappointed me and I guess it'll take a lot for that to happen. Yes, this book is different, but at the same time it's still a truly Klune book. I thought the first 3/4 were stronger though than the end.
so-soI enjoyed the first few hours of the book, but the rest felt pointless, repetitive, and hollow. There's some good messaging, there's an attempt at discussing mental illness, etc, as well as good LGBTQ+ rep, but it wasn't enough to keep me engaged with the novel. I found the writing good for a while, until it just started to be overdramatic and attempting to build atmosphere by throwing words around that didn't end up meaning anything.
I went to the farmer's market and picked up some bacon quesitos and spicy gummies today. They are the perfect treat to have while reading 📚 😍
pickLow pick. The writing as always with Hollinghurst is gorgeous, but he has an old fashioned way of writing that makes me question what decade or even century we are in.
This is deeply a character study. It feels very slow moving but you go through most of this man's life He is bi-racial in England, a student an actor and a writer
It was a big too slow for me but I appreciate the beautiful writing.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was amazing! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I love the commentary on what it's like to figure out your future (I read this while researching for colleges to attend myself, and it really helped me see what it is I want). The storytelling is simply incredible, and it made me upset in all the best ways. I genuinely want to listen to Universe City now. I don't have a single bad thing to say about this book.
pickPagonis shares how they came to discover during college that they were intersex and reflects on the difficulties growing up, knowing they were different but not understanding why. They also recount their move into activism and advocacy work, eventually helping to stop unnecessary surgeries on intersex children at the very hospital where multiple procedures were performed on them throughout childhood. Very eye opening.
Daughter got a hankering to go to the bookstore last night. I cleaned up on books at Half-Price Books but she couldn‘t find the one book she wanted. So I cleaned up again at Barnes and Noble. 😁
These are mine. She got a few too
pickThis is from before his big hit and honestly it's right on par with his later books. Definitely recommend if you're one of his fans.
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Back home and back at it!
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I am 3/4 through Our Evenings
Want to tick off this Kundera that I dragged through Austria and Czech Republic and didn't open. Then Patricia Highsmith and I grabbed the audio of The Storm We Made which has been on my bookcase forever.
