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#12BooksOf2025

@TheEllieMo

I wanted to find every spare minute to read this. I forced myself to take a break from it as the raw emotion was so real that I became depressed myself. Not just a few tears, but no desire to get out of bed or do anything depression.
Hannah writes at a caliber all her own. The characters‘ personalities and motivations are molded from childhood trauma and experiences, and the story is deeply layered. This one will stick with me.

September 2025 Book #3

Another surprise. First book I read by this author and I really liked her style. Sage assists to a grief support center due to her mother‘s death. There, she share with Josef, an elderly man who everyone has sympathy. Josef has a secret that decides to reveal to Sage and ask her for an unusual favor. Then, Sage try to know why Josef asked her to do that task. This story was a roller coaster of secrets and emotions⬇️

It‘s my birthday this month so I chose Wally Lamb‘s River is Waiting as my free book! Very excited about it. #BOTM

I have a goal to read more physical books in 2026 to lessen screen time. Starting the year with The Griffin Sisters. (And trying to remember how to post on Litsy since it‘s been a bit! 🤭)

#12booksof2025 this one broke me! So so good, and it lasted a couple brackets in my books of the year. @TheEllieMo

#12Booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

Favorite June Read.

#ChristmasDays12Storiesand12Feastsfor12Days
Day 6 O‘Brien‘s First Christmas #fairy #stars #change
Dad‘s Sherry Trifle #forgiveness

I really struggled through this one. I was raised in a nondenominational Christian family, so I wasn‘t unprepared for the theology. Some of which I found interesting, some not. My struggle was with the writing, if I can be honest. The dialogue didn‘t feel believable. Things like “Boy, do I!” & having God the Father, who was depicted as a black woman, randomly speak in AAVE when they had not been doing that previously. Also, some plot points cont‘d