I've been wanting to read this for a good while now, and I guess tonight is the night. It was available on Libby, so I said, let's go
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

It wasn't nearly as enjoyable the second time around.

Ahh, sweet summer child... 😅 you've no idea what you're in for

Bailed after 200 pages. The book desperately needed a better editor, and after reading some Goodreads reviews, helped make up my mind to just forget about this convoluted story that needed condensing and a better ending. Life's too short for bad books.
I'll go ahead and start a reread of Rebecca.

I thought this sounded good and kinda spooky.. we're only a few days into November, so it's still not too late for spooky season, right? 🙂 hoping it's a good pick.

This was my first of Bernard Cornwell. It wasn't the greatest book, so I'm told, so I'll look for some others of his to enjoy. I was expecting more historical fiction rather than fantasy, and it took a while to really get into it because of all the dealings in war & with the gods. It, overall, was good but kind of so-so. I'll donate this to my little free library.

I love astronomy 🤩

Pulling out this gorgeous edition for a read today! I've read some Dickens before, but not this one 🥰

I won this in a Goodreads giveaway, and it was a pretty darn good book! Definitely gives you Project Hail Mary vibes. I will probably try and read the rest of the series sometime.

Won this Goodreads giveaway a while ago, and now that I'm finally finished with Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov it's time to dive in

I picked this up on a whim, and am pleasantly surprised to see how much I'm enjoying it so far. Unfortunately, it seems I've an abridged version, as it's only 500 something pages. I guess if I really end up enjoying it I will look for the unabridged version in the future

Because your hands tremble and your heart is full of holes

This book is pretty great, and the view isn't bad, either 😏
The Eighth Life by Nino Hararischvili
It's an epic 900+ page tome that I'm trying to read very, very carefully so as not to break the spine. I picked it up at a used book sale, and it doesn't look like it's ever been opened or read.

I love astrophysics/cosmology stuff, so I thought this would be a decent read, and it is. Sometimes, my eyes glazed over with some of the technical stuff, and it was published in 1997, so it's quite dated, but still a good read. I would enjoy a more modern version better now that we've got the JWST & a bit more understanding of some things we've since found thru that.

Yesterday my friends and i went to Detroit and visited the John K. King Rare & Used bookstore, and this was my haul. I took a lot of photos... wish I could share them here. It's the largest bookstore in Michigan and second largest in the country

Random used book sale haul #2
14 📚🤓 for $22

Random used book sale haul #1
14 📚🤓 for $22

Went to a used book sale spur of the moment today and got quite a haul. This is one of them

I've seen a lot about this book in some of my fb book groups 👀

Enjoying some outside reading on this lovely spring day

Despite being 467th in line for this book, it's somehow become available. The cover is kinda cut off for the ebook so I'll use this photo instead.
I had Cutting for Stone in my pile for years before I just read it and actually really liked it much more than I thought I would. So, I've decided to try this one out also

115 pgs in
Setting aside for now to start a book I was on hold 6 months for (Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison)

I waited on hold for this book for 6 months. Time to dive in. Putting aside my other read (A Beautiful Mind-- 115 pages into that.) for now

Everyone told me to get the tissues handy for this book, and they weren't wrong. I sobbed hard the last couple chapters. I needed a good cry, anyway, though, tbh.

Found a way to borrow from more libraries on Libby from my library today and already put it to the test. I went from 3 small libraries to 12. I hope I picked a good one.

Giving this a reread

Finally starting my Christmas present

Two non fiction books back-to-back? Guess I'm in that kind of mood.
Anyway, I'm gonna start this tonight. I saw the film and thought it was great. I hope the book is good, I've seen some reviews saying it's a bit dry.

This is pretty good so far. Heartbreaking, of course

Have wanted to read this for quite a while. I'm sick currently so can't concentrate on a physical book-- giving an audiobook a try.

I couldn't figure how to link my Goodreads review of this, so here's a screenshot of what I wrote there. I really dislike Litsy's limiting review length, which is why I don't usually write one 😶😬

670/776
Almost there! 😅

I'm surprised how quickly I've been going thru this 700+ page book. Currently 594/776 pages
Hoping I can finish it this weekend, and it'll be the first book down of 2024... started it out with a banger, and a biggin.

2023 wrap up. My lowest total since 2019. Most years I manage at least 50 books... I guess not 23... it was a struggle, in more ways than one...

"Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongues."---Haruki Murakami Hear The Wind Sing

Used my gift card and bought PHM for my collection. I've already read it but didn't own it, so now I do ☺🤓 I will give it a reread in 2024

The truth was that people made him tired.

Although we know the end of the maze holds death (and it is something I have not always known--- not long ago the adolescent in me thought death could happen only to other ), I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--- one of many ways---and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming."

"But then, I can't blame him because he doesn't realize that finding out who I really am--- the meaning of my total existence involves knowing the possibilities of my future as well as my past, where I'm going as well as where I've been

Finally going to start this. It's been on my want to reads list for quite a few years and I finally got a copy. I'm not sure I'm ready to get my heart broken 💔 but I know it's going to happen. I guess I better get the tissues handy. 🤧 😭

Love Backman but this wasn't a hit for me. A little too fantastical, way too many Harry Potter references [I've never read them, don't come at me] and I guess it just wasn't really my kind of story. I've read and enjoyed most of his books and this one was just so-so. 2.5 stars

An almost 600 pager? Count me in

Camping, beautiful scenery, a great book
#happyplace #camping #River #books

Can you tell I'm on vacation? 🤓📚
What Beauty There Is, Cory Anderson
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, Frederick Backman
The End of Always, Randi Davenport
8 Rules of Love, Jay Shetty
Old Babes in the Woods, Margaret Atwood
The King's Pleasure, Alison Weir

Starting my Goodreads giveaway book today. I have really wanted to read this... wish I had won a physical copy, but beggars aren't choosers, especially now that it's so hard to win anything.
Also, happy bday, America 🇺🇸

I just finished The Power by Naomi Alderman and now going to start this book by Bradbury. His works have been on my want to reads list for a while, as I've only read Fahrenheit 451.