The bingo gods were not with me for this month‘s #bookspinbingo! I did get bingo, but look at all those almost ones!!
That‘s what I get for reading my feelings more than ever in February. At least I finished by #bookspin book
pick“I understood that he was offering me a thread and, if I pulled it, my entire world would unravel.Mother would never live it down.Johanna might never see me again.And if I left the thread where it was, refused to touch it—what then? James would eventually remarry…Andrew would continue to work away as much as he did, and I would be left at Carrick House to stain my fingers with my oil paints and oversee peacocks being stuffed into pies.”
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A very blue library haul. I cannot for the life of me remember who or what had me request the tagged book! But I guess we will see how it goes.
Everyone seems to hate Extinction of Irena Rey so I thought I would give it a try 😂 I feel I enjoyed her last book more than others and I love to be a contrarian
I read about Vanishing Treasures in my research for possible Women's Prize nonfiction books. Not sure if essays count there
#12booksof2024 @Andrew65
March saw me finishing the very good Laidlaw trilogy. Laidlaw is a curious detective who makes few friends within the Glasgow police force where he works. I am curious to read the Ian Rankin book in which he reimagines Laidlaws early days.
#12booksof2024 @andrew65 February and I picked up a book I had left unread in my huge tbr pie in anticipation of seeing the film adaptation. I'm still not sure why I didn't read it sooner as it was a brilliant piece of gothic comic writing that far surpassed the movie, albeit they made a good attempt. I then bought Lanark, so I plan to get to it in 2025
Combination of 2 Little Free Library scores the last Thursday of the school holidays when I treated myself to a Stockton op shop. I caught the ferry over and had a lovely morning to myself.
pickI haven‘t seen the movie (& don‘t plan on it tbh) but this was fun— unreliable, framed, epistolary narratives make me happy, as do the illustrations. Recommended for general weirdness & ✨vibes✨
📸featuring my fave new creepy snow globe— is it tiny bats w/ a normal-sized crow or normal-sized bats w/ a giant crow boy? You decide 🪦💀💗
bailedMuch to my disappointment, I‘m not enjoying this at all. I can see how it would be funny, but it‘s not working for me. Anyway, I wanted creepy, not funny.
#WeekendReads #WeekendReading
🤓📚Weekend Reading Goals:
- Finish ‘The Rainmaker‘ (Grisham)
- Finish ‘Not That Fancy‘ (Reba)
- Read 30% of ‘Robin‘ (Itzkoff)
- Read 20% of ‘Cork Town‘ (Hutchinson)
- Start ‘My Own Word‘ (Ginsburg)
“I walked into Haddows , took a cheap bottle of wine to the till and counted out most of my money .”
