pickSuch a refreshing, quick, and enjoyable chosen read after a long semester of assigned reading. Not as strong as McKay's previous works. The ending left a lot unanswered & I wanted more Eleanor, the strongest character of the book by far. As is always the risk with past character revivals, I found it hard to accept Moth's latest story line over what I'd imagined for her life after reading The Virgin Cure.
When a quiet read aloud with the kids turns into a super intense talk about colonialism. "Well my Peruvian name is a bit out there.... Oh don't worry, we'll give you an English one that insinuates your entire identity revolves around us SAVING you from this train platform" ... Come.on. Also I love this book.
Found this laying around at the cabin. It's awesome if you read it in your best Duchovny impression.
Maybe Beulah was seeing something more clearly on the nights she had these dreams, a little black child fighting in her sleep against an opponent she couldn't name come morning because in the light that opponent just looked like the world around her. Intangible evil. Unspeakable unfairness.
The world changes and we change with it. I am better off in this world. But the world is not better. I don't want that.
The eighth story nineteen years later. Now with more angst! 🤓
Someone left this by the comfy chair at work. It's like they don't want me to get this to-do list done.
I wish I had staged this for myself to enjoy but it's for the coffee shop's social media feed. I gotta barista.
Excited to find a shady grassy spot to start this much anticipated read. Also to catch some Pokemon on the way. 🙊
The house I grew up in is on this map, right by the 'Y' in 'by'. Nostalgia for $19.99! #SaskFestivalOfWords
I always think I'll get so much reading done in the long lazy days of summer. But. Kids. Haha. Going is slow but I love this book so far. The view point of Werner. A victim of the aggressors on the aggressor's 'side' is a story that needs to be told more often. Injustice starts at home.
Reading time has been elusive lately but hopefully that's gonna change because between my stuff and the kid's this library bag is like 30lbs this week. #ILikeBigBooksAndICannotLie p
My eldest son is obsessed with this book. Today we took him to a world class kite festival near(ish) us. He's beyond excited.
Jumping on this wagon. Because 40% off on my way to a crowded waiting room. I've heard mixed reviews so we'll see!
I am so excited for this book. As a birth worker, a reproductive health advocate, and as a parent, I'm so happy that Trevor is sharing his story. Despite the tragedy in Orlando we are all mourning today. Love always finds a way. Happy families exist in all different shapes. ❤️💛💚💙💜
Settling in at the splash pad for school day off.
The "perfect body" is a lie. I believed in it for a long time, and I let it shape my life, and shrink it - my real life, populated by my real body. Don't let fiction tell you what to do. In the omnidirectional orgy gardens of Vlaxnoid 7, no one cares about your arm flab.
Picking up another Gamache book was an awesome choice. I've been writing a little mystery but am starting to feel a bit stuck. Tag me on your fav mysteries! classic, new, or totally obscure. I need inspiration!
Loving both Birdie and Shrill but should probably clean up the currently reading pile. Finished Time Being (so good) and thinking I may bail on Bliss and All The Broken Things. At least for now.
Happening now
My eldest has been really into survival stories so I went rummaging the used book store for this one. I honestly can't remember much about the story so it will hopefully be fun to read together.
Just have to finish packing for a huge event tomorrow and then I can dive into my new read. I went shopping for Shrill and came home with Birdie. I'm told I won't be disappointed.
Checking in with Chief Inspector Gamache & the gang. I Love that Armand Gamache is written as a gentle, non-violent, thoughtful, and well cultured man while leaving no doubt of his leadership & masculinity. We need more characters like him in the mystery/police drama genre.
pickIt took me a longtime to chew through this book but I'm so glad to have experienced it. The premise is so gloriously original and I WANTED to rush. But something held me back. How very... Time Being.
Think about it. Where do words come from? They come from the dead. We inherit them. Borrow them. Use them for a time to bring the dead to life.
It doesn't matter who started it or what it's really about... War usually ends up sucking most for women. #TruthBomb
Tonight while attending an event at The Art Gallery Of Regina I stumbled upon a great exhibition. It took me a full lap & a half of the gallery to realize the subtle yet wonderfully executed Alice themes of size, perspective, transformation, and tea. Local friends go check it out!
Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to otherwise.
When my eyes aren't in a book they're in the trees. The bubbly salut of a house wren woke us up this morning. A sure sign of spring/summer.
pickGreat read. Though conscious of the fact that Young Harriet isn't meant to be a lovable character I never the less fell in love with her. I didn't connect as keenly with Irwin but found him intriguing as well. I liked the disfunction, drama, and all the colorful characters of the shangrila.
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? (...) it is not my intention to be fulsome, but I must confess that I covet your skull.
My children have given me the exclusive power to blow on a wound to make the pain disappear, to understand words unpronounced, to possess the universal truth, to be a fairy. A fairy smitten with the way they smell.
"Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader's eye. Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin." Ruth Ozeki 'A Tale For The Time Being' #currentlyreading #bookstagram
pickIntense and heart breaking. Cure for Death By Lightning is a raw coming of age story. The many ways in which Beth meets the evils of the world as she comes of age provide some great thinking on sexuality, racism, spirituality, and abuse. At times tough to read (emotionally), definite trigger warning
