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This is my 3rd O‘nan in2 months and I love him. Here, we hear Marjorie Standiford tell her story as she sits waiting for her death row execution. Her story is peppered with Stephen King references because the person she‘s telling the story to is the author who bought the rights. Who is it? Mr.King himself. Her life goes from small, normal Midwest town to a boyfriend with a hot car to drug spirals into murder. It‘s great. I‘m an O‘nan fan. Pick!

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

This novel is a treasure in American Literature.

#reread

roaring good times to
be had by all — sequins, feathers
and little glass balls.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #flapper #roaringtwenties #Christmas

Grief. Loss. Sadness. Drugs. Alcohol. Madness. Hollywood. All the crazy haze of the late 1960s. Wow… this was a lot.

My November choice for #AuthorAMonth. So glad I have finally read something by Joan Didion, but not sure I‘m eager to read more. Time will tell. She really plays with your head.

@Soubhiville

I'm so excited for my #auldlangspine list from @CSeydel. The only book on the list I've already read is My Friends by Fredrick Backman.

I'm going to prioritize reading In Cold Blood, Tress of the Emerald Sea, We Solve Murders, Mickey7, and The Stardust Grail in January, but there are so many other interesting books on this list that I'll hopefully manage to read at some point!

Thanks @monalyisha for organizing!

This was my favorite quote from the book. I guess I find it comforting, because I often feel like a jumble of terrible feelings doing its best to somehow be a decent human being anyway.

Gilead was a bit of a slog at times, but ultimately very beautiful. There's so much kindness and thought in it.

#DoubleSpin

My fabulous #AuldLangSpine list from @Billypar — submitted mostly without comment for the time being. Obviously, I love it! I‘ve read a few…but many weren‘t even on my radar (which is exactly how I like it). I‘ll post about my pretty little plans sometime soon.

Thanks, Vinny! I‘m looking forward to January! 🖤

Unless you‘re an indigenous person in America, your ancestors are from somewhere else. Authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne wanted to establish a uniquely American voice. However, it was hard to escape their European roots. (Also, I don‘t remember if there were any POC authors/tales represented in this collection and I know they existed. So I‘ll offer up Julius Lester‘s edition of Brer Rabbit tales.) Feathertop was probably my favorite tale.

I picked this book for #ISpyBingoNovDec promps. It was a collection of stories. Some were good, most I found so so. #Read2025 #SnowyDecemberReadathon
@TheAromaofBooks @DieAReader

2-30 Nov 25
Highly recommended by Jaclyn Crupi, for good reason. Leo recounts many decades of his life, his long friendship with Bill and Violet and the relationship between their two sons. From about midway through, I felt quite uneasy, not sure where the story was going but anxious and quite disturbed. For me, this was a psychological thriller.
An exceptional book dealing with the nature of art, mental illness, depression, addiction and marriage