And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
This was fun and joyful and entertaining even if predictable. It brought me joy.
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This book is compared to Moore’s The God of the Woods which I thought was an apt comparison. It’s about an event that unearths a mystery from years ago. It’s in a small town. It’s a quiet story which ends up not being about the mystery. All of these I think are reasonable parallels. This is a slow burn but, for me, it was an excellent read from beginning to end. I loved Callie from the very beginning and was invested. The audio book was truly excellent. The narrators brought the story alive and made it so there wasn’t a moment of boredom in this slow moving story. I loved it from beginning to end. with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
2.5 stars For some reason even though this was indeed Winter’s Redemption, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others. It felt more stilted and I didn’t like the preacher so i hated having his POV.  OK almost ten days into March. Not sure if I’ve made enough progress, let’s see. Big Goal: Ok spent a few hours in the garage already and it’s looking better. It’s a lot of work but I am taking it day by day.
So proud of myself and how much I am doing. Day by day, drop by drop. Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move
Wow this was quite the political thriller. If political thrillers are your genre, you will absolutely love this rich and thoroughly intriguing story. It was fast-paced with really interesting characters. Layers of plot that kept you on your toes the whole time. I am confident that if you like this genre, you will love this book. The audio was absolutely outstanding, making the story come to life and adding so much to the experience of reading this book! with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I’m a Veronica Roth fan. I loved the Divergent series and loved having more of her voice and storytelling in this novel. For me, this was a much bigger undertaking and took a lot longer to connect to. I loved the intricacies and creativity of the world-building. Loved the strong and smart main character and loved the love interest, too and especially loved that neither the story nor the love interest were there as a token. The story in of itself was interesting and the characters were, too! I do assume there’s more coming and it’s a series. I am excited to read more of it! with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Another one that didn’t keep my interest and I finally had to give up. This was fun for a while but also relatively formulaic 🙁
Really enjoyed this one. I liked the narration, i liked the main character. It wasn’t as funny as Finlay Donovan but it was interesting and i loved all the food details.
I am not rating this story because I had to walk away from it about halfway through. Maybe it’s because I am not a millennial and wasn’t the target audience. Either way, this one did not keep my interest. maybe at some point i can come back to it.  Ok month three, here we go. Historically I am not a fan of March because it’s a long month and has no days off but this March I am looking forward to making some progress and shifting into a slightly different mode. Also, because I realized last month how not well I’ve been doing, I’ve decided the major focus for this month is going to have to be to regulate my nervous system. So I am going to work hard to not up the ante and set more and more goals because I want to encourage myself to learn to rest and regulate my system. Big Goal: The big goal for this month is going to be to do a big pass in the house, especially garage, but also my bedroom and living room and the dreaded board game closet to see if I can prepare for one more big item trash pickup. So much for not generating big work but I think this will make me so happy if I can do it. Let’s see.
Here’s to another month. Paying attention. Loving my people. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward.  Ok Month Two. Another crazy month in the world. When we think can things get worse, I feel like the universe is like yep they sure can. I don’t even know how to contain the amount of stress my body is carrying. My nervous system is at an all-time high for trying to figure out how to navigate the barrage of bad news coming every moment of every day. I feel like I reached a crescendo in February where my mental state is pretty broken and I find myself catastrophizing and going from zero to 100 in minutes. I am planning to spend some time regulating my nervous system. Even though I felt like February wasn’t super productive, in the end I got a lot done and I feel like it was a strong month for moving forward. One Big Goal: I did everything I needed to for the taxes. I am 99% done, just waiting for two updated forms and then I can file. So big pat in the back for this one.
Unplanned but did this month: got rid of car, did other taxes, started doing daily portrait challenge. I am super proud of all that I did. Good job moving onward, Karen.  Here we are, one more week to go before February is over. It’s the fastest of the months. Big Goal: Done with it all, except for the few things that won’t be ready until March. Done for this month on this one. It’s all just tiny details left now and then thankfully it’s on to the professionals.
So proud of myself and how much I am doing. Day by day, drop by drop. Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward. |
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