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I really enjoyed this one. I won‘t forget Colette anytime soon.

Just started The 5 Love Languages—curious to see what my love language really is! Anyone else read this?

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Loved it!

I have two books to go from my #10beforetheend list - this one and I Who Have Never Known Men - and besides from the book on UPF they‘ve all been great! 🤍

And I have to share this quote because I‘ve heard this in my personal life. Men said they wouldn‘t date me because I‘m a virgin… so I lost my virginity… now all I‘ve heard is men want the virgin girls instead of the girls who date around, so my question is which is it? And clearly based on this quote from Ibrahim-Ibn-Jakub, this has been going around since 965. #marriage #relationships #history #normandavies #europeanhistory #herstory #feminism

Finished this early in the morning right before it was set to expire!

This was such a journey. I went into this fairly blind and I think that was a good thing. It was real and raw and doesn‘t hide the ups and downs of a seventy-year marriage.

I loved this novel set in County Donegal. It follows several couples and their troubled marriages at a time when divorce was illegal. Propulsive and engaging, the writing is clear and places you in the scene. The characters & the ambiguity & in their relationships rang true. Murrin does not judge but leaves us to ponder the effects of the Church & marriage for women. He creates tension, I kept wanting to turn the page. Great debut.

#WeeklyForecast

I hope to finish the tagged book today. I expected to hate it and I don‘t, so that‘s good. The Simpson mystery isn‘t grabbing me like her others but will give it a few more pages. A little progress on JAB.

Last Christmas my brother and I challenged each other to finish one book of the other‘s choice by this Christmas. The Lynch is that book which I tried to read a while ago. What misery! And I‘m only thru part 1. I will finish⬇️

I hadn‘t read any of Hatmaker‘s previous books. I found this to be a good memoir of a woman going through a sad divorce, reestablishing her independence and exploring her codependency tendencies. Her best work is her most vulnerable; her worst is when she flippantly brushes over her luxurious vacations given to her by her friends. It‘s a good book, lots to like, mild annoyance (or jealousy) for me.