Book mail of the day!
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This poor girl had to endure so much at a young age. Heartbreaking but well written and intriguing story that will stick with me for awhile.❤️
“I've come to think that's what heaven is-a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.”
#DaysDevotedTo
#Adoption
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickShe came from the most terrifying environment- a brutal orphanage in Ukraine. She was born with birth defects from radiation poisoning, including webbed fingers, no thumbs, and missing weight-bearing bones in her legs. She was given up for adoption and spent time in three orphanages before being adopted by Gay Masters. Incredible story of courage and perseverance 💔
#ReadAway2024
#Spookoween
@DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES @TheSpineView
pickAn incredibly interesting read, based on true events though with fictional characters, and one that truly felt like someone telling their story. Reading it very much felt true in that way where maybe these exact people weren‘t real but everything that happened to them almost certainly happened to someone. I highly recommend it, though if you‘re prone to tears I recommend keeping tissue nearby.
August is here! Fall is in sight! 🎉🎉The kids are back in school, which means more reading time for this mom. 😉I‘m keeping my kindle pick from last month since I never got around to it. My TBR spinner chose Orphan Train and the Morganville Vampires series (rereads). And of course, the whimsical reads bookclub choice OJAD.
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Successful sourdough class and loaf with my youngest daughter and my friend, feeding my starter daily with a new loaf in the works today!
2. My first #litsylove mail ❤️
3. After work party fun, really enjoying my DOC family in the home stretch
4. Laughing til I cried
5. Eldest daughter‘s successful oral surgery today🎉
Thank you the tag @Kshakal
pickThis isn't my favorite of Kjelgaard's book, but it's still an enjoyable read. 12-year-old Bud is “farmed out“ from the orphanage to an older couple on a farm. But it turns out that they're just lonely now that all their kids have moved on and while they do need help around the farm, they're mostly just wanting to help a kid who needs it. Bud is wary at first, but gradually comes to love the couple and their home. His first week there, he comes ⬇
Spending my work lunch snacking on some cheese and continuing The Dust Bowl Orphans. I'm about half way theough and enjoying it so far. I'm enjoying the chapters during the dust bowl much more than the present day chapters. I don't feel like the past-present chapters are always necessary.
#BookedInTime #DustBowl #Orphans #SmokedCheddarCheese #ColdBrew #LunchReading
