pickI picked this up for a Decolonize Your Bookshelf challenge. It‘s written by a two-spirit author about a two-spirit child who makes a ribbon skirt to wear to a pow wow. They are nervous about what others will think, but after speaking to the lake spirit and various animal spirits, they decide to do what makes them happy. It‘s a sweet illustrated graphic novel with a great message.
pickAfter reading Water I moved immediately to this book and for a short book (148 pages) it dealt with a lot of big issues such as sexuality, sex work, abuse, and guilt. Again, a difficult read (and at times I struggled with the timeline of this book and how it fit with the previous, loosely connected book). Still, I am interested in finishing the series.
ONE NIGHT IN BOUKOS is really good, but I‘m limping through it at a glacial pace because I can‘t seem to sit down and actually READ it. Blah. I‘m definitely enjoying it less than I should be. Reading slowly is the worst.
Today I figured I‘d give a big chunk of my afternoon to it, but I‘m dealing with one of those energy-sucking hell colds. I had to NAP. Napping is the other worst. Now I‘m gonna make another push, wrapped in tweed for warmth.
pickThis was a beautiful and moving coming of age novel. It's absolute perfection. I highly recommend the audio read by Lin-Manuel Miranda. He truly makes the book come alive.
This was one of the most banned books in my state (Michigan). It's heartbreaking that there are people cannot see the value of this book.
#withthebanned @Jadams89
(March and April were re-reads, so I went off-challenge.)
pickMy first SFF cozy murder mystery and it‘s a swift moving series opener featuring Dorothy Gentleman as a retired ship detective who finds herself abruptly returned to duty and a body (not hers) after an electrical storm causes damages to some memory books.
Looking forward to further adventures!
Litsyland and the #birthdayfairies are happy to be celebrating with two of our own today…HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage and @MommyOfTwo !! 🥳🥳🥳
Wishing you both a day filled with sunshine, laughter and #birthdaylove and a year ahead blessed with good health and fun surprises. 💙💚
Erika and Amy…it‘s PARTY TIME!
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#WeeklyFavorites
I just posted my review of the tagged book and it‘s definitely my favorite of this week and of the month so far too. Heartbreaking 💔
pickWow this was a very touching book about the boys (so young) who went to war in 1914. Those stories about the trenches always are so devastating. 60,000 men dying in the Somme offensive… in just one day. This book covers it all - and the lovestory between two elite boarding school boys, so English. A great read.
I‘m glad to have an A.J. Demas novel to read and a Casey to snuggle. France is great for dog watching but less great for random doggie interactions. They‘re all so well-trained they don‘t even come say hi to you when they‘re on a long leash.
I‘m sad to be back somewhere cold and brown, where most stuff was built in the 1970s or later and I‘ve gotta pay attention to my expensive food‘s country of origin again. 😔
