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Nothing stood a chance with Something in the Woods Loves You. That said, all of these memoirs are excellent and I highly recommend them all. #bestbooks2025 #memoirs

I have not read this author's novels, but something about the memoir appealed to me, probably that I related to her troubled relationship to a strong mother. Roy writes beautifully, in a very easy to read manner and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. As well as being a gifted writer, I admire her social activism, and the book opened my eyes to some of the issues she was involved with. I have added “The God of Small Things“ to my “to read“ list. 4.5/5!

Just a few books I purchased this year that I didn‘t get to read. My 2026 reading list is off to good start. I am looking forward to every single one of these books! #2026

Looking forward to these!

#ArmchairGardener
#Memoirs

A clinical explanation for one of the most memorable parts in the book: the severed leg in the bed.

I began violin lessons with a private instructor. Once a week, I was taught how to tuck the instrument under my chin, curling my thumb against the underside of the neck. Over and over, I raked the bow across the strings, trying to achieve a sound and not a screech. I learned the names of its various components: the frog, the bridge, the tailpiece, and the pegs. And while I was proud to be able to name the parts of its anatomy, it was the smell⬇️

My top books of 2025 a.k.a. my 5⭐ reviews as recorded throughout the year on StoryGraph:
📚 Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith
📚 Poyums Annaw by Len Pennie
📚 Diavola: A Novel by Jennifer Marie Thorne
📚 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
📚 Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
📚 My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss
📚 The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
(Last 2 not pictured as they were library books.)

Eli Sharabi spent 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza. His wife and teenage daughters were murdered in the October 7th attack. We all fought for him and other hostages to come home. And not only he did, he kept his light and he shared it. This is my next read #Hanukkahchallenge #imthatjew

I love Claire Dederer. She‘s cool but open, and therefore vulnerable: eminently likable and unlikable at the same time, needing to be seen and validated. Even when she‘s not like you (see: her entire edgy adolescence), that need and that combination of liking her and not liking her at the same time is so familiar; it‘s very much how you feel about yourself — or how *I* feel about *myself,* anyway — which makes her likable all over again. 👇🏻