Daily Joys – 164
Grateful today. D loves his job. I love summer.
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 Daily Joys – 163
Early morning snuggle. Love the fresh air.
Loved this story of a transgender woman, Maria, who decides to take a cross-country trip after losing both her job and her relationship in one day. It’s an excellent look into some of the issues transgender folk experience, told in a clear, engrossing style. I loved it.
What an interesting book. This is about a dysfunctional Korean family who is running a restaurant in Hawaii. their oldest son runs into the demilitarized zone when he’s in Korea (while inhabited by his grandfather’s spirit) and it wreaks havoc with the family. So much about the history of Korea and Hawaii. This was a very interesting and engrossing read.  Daily Joys – 162
A quiet Saturday and a lot of reading. Grateful and trying to stay slow.  Daily Joys – 161
Grateful for time with Kelly. Grateful for friendship. Grateful for another successful school year.
3.5 stars. Sweet, touching story of Albert who finally decides to open up and live the life he wishes he had been brave enough to live. Wonderful, sweet story.
I read this in one swallow. It was super fun, lighthearted but sweet and just a really enjoyable summer read. If you want something light and fun, I highly recommend this one.
Billie Starr’s mom has made a lot of mistakes in her life. She’s always saying she’s sorry. She’s trying to make better choices but keeps getting caught up in things she doesn’t mean to. There was parts of this book that I really enjoyed. I liked Billie Starr and wish there was a bit more of her in the story. I liked the best friend and the next door neighbor. But some of the story didn’t make sense to me. Why would she not have gone back for her raincoat this whole time? Even though I understood how that circled back in the end, I couldn’t understand someone who wouldn’t go back to get her things. She just seemed to be jumping from one unwise decision to another. There were a lot of characters to keep track of and many of them didn’t feel as fleshed out as they could have been. Similarly the sub-plot lines came and went and didn’t all feel relevant. I still enjoyed the time I spent with it. with gratitude to netgalley and Flatiron Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
“By here, he means somewhere on the western edge of the United States. It’s possible to grow up in the wrong house, on the wrong street, in the wrong town, in the wrong part of the country. It’s possible to go to the wrong school. To have the wrong dad. To be pushed to do the wrong things. But it is also possible to survive all these psychic indignities if you have one, maybe two people who recognize you for who you are. His mom saw him. By seeing him, she saved him.” I loved this book. Shapiro’s latest explores two families, going through tumultuous times, as she weaves back and forth in time to show us how they ended up here and the journey they took both in the past and into the future. The book opens up with three teens in a car accident, where one of them dies. And of course, that moment changes the lives of the parents (and the kids) forever. Then it shows the neighbors next door, with their 11 year old son, who decides to run away from home. Then the story goes back in time and it goes forward in time and by the end of the book, you are in love with every single character and your heart has been broken and put back together in a million little ways. This story is about family, resilience, being there for each other, and marriage. It’s so very beautiful. I absolutely loved it. with gratitude to edelweiss and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
3.5 stars I think the only reason this doesn’t get more stars from me is because I enjoyed the first book so much and this one wasn’t as interesting, to me, comparatively. If I hadn’t read the first one and read this as a standalone I am confident I would have loved it even more.
This was a quick read but since I am not particularly a fan (or not) of JFK Jr. this didn’t really speak to me. I liked the audio and the voice of both of the characters but I found the book to be mostly boring to be honest. |
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