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Another of my #oldlangspine2025 selections from @BennettBookworm this time one I least had on my kindle - honestly @monalyisha is so good at the pairing! I really enjoyed this swisty take on a reliable / unreliable narrator and stayed up far too late last night to finish it. If I had any complaint it finished quite abruptly. A note - set across the southern US states I loved the sense of place and clear love the author wrote with

Read this through audiobook and I‘m thinking maybe it would‘ve been better if I had the physical book? Lots of skipping around in time and having the book to turn back the pages would‘ve helped me keep up. I did enjoy the plot, characters, and ending. I just didn‘t love it or feel overly impressed by it. It‘d make a great movie!

I really liked this in the beginning. It grabbed my attention and I was excited to read it, but the story wasn‘t what I expected and it did lose my interest as the twists were revealed. I think it was a little drug out in spots and I just didn‘t love the premise of this one. Good ending. Not bad, but I didn‘t love it.

Started the show on Apple TV so wanted to read the book!

I‘ve been curious about Winstead for a while, so I finally dove in. I almost bailed very early when the main character discovered and fell in love with Twilight. (No, no, no.) Then I convinced myself that maybe she would start learning that women can have agency and aren‘t beholden to me. Now, just over halfway, her best friend/boyfriend “let her” do something and I‘m all done with this crap.

I was in the mood for a historical fiction read when I came across The Second Life of Mirielle West. I don't think I've read anything based around the leprosy colonies. It was interesting to learn about that but I can't say I really liked this book. Some of it felt like it was dragging on to me. Then the end felt so sudden almost like there should have been a few more chapters between the last and the epilogue.

“When the waters rise, so does our strength.”

“A storm may test us, but hope keeps us going.“

This heartfelt story captures a boy‘s survival and resilience during Hurricane Katrina, shedding light on the human impact of natural disasters.