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A YA novel about a girl who loses her mom and then her dad remarries a woman who lost her husband and has a son so they move from Chicago to LA and she has to assimilate to all the changes in a school full of new people who are not big fans of her. Until a secret boy starts emailing and texting her and they start connecting through shared loss. Beautiful story.
This is a quiet, slow moving coming of age story about grief. There’s some modeling but really it’s mostly about grief and finding your way to yourself. I loved it.
3.5 stars I read Brenner’s “Drawing Home” a while back and this book gave me the same feeling of immediately being swept up and lost in someone’s world with characters that are interesting and all lovable in their own way. A perfect summer book, for me.
3.5 stars Liked this romance between two women, Delilah and her sister’s best friend. Interesting, fun and layered characters with some family drama thrown in.
Really well-done story about Georgie who goes back home to where she grew up to briefly collect herself after losing her job. She discovers her middle school dream book where she’d written down all the things she and her best friend were going to do and decides this is the perfect task for her as she figures out what to do next in her life. Thrown together with the older brother of her high school crush, she forges ahead and tries to find a way back to herself. This story is filled with interesting and layered characters who surprise you in delightful ways and worm their way into your heart. Loved the time I spent with it. with gratitude to Kensington and edelweiss for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review  Daily Joys – 186
A little bit of ennui. But really grateful I got sleep study moved up and all is healing well.  Daily Joys – 185
Wonderful family time. Grateful for a quiet day and remembering that everything is bonus from here on out.  Daily Joys – 184
Tired and in pain today. Grateful for a walk with a friend.  Daily Joys – 183
I feel quiet and grateful and content.  Daily Joys – 198 Wonderful time with my son. 
Daily Joys – 182
Grateful to have things to celebrate.  I was supposed to go back to work early July but my doctor recommended I take a few more weeks off so now I will be resting all of July and will go back to work early August. I have been intentionally making sure my todo list for July is completely empty except for taking care of my people. I wake up every day reminding myself that I don’t have to do anything today. Eventually I exercise and paint and journal and read but I don’t even have to do those if I don’t want to. The idea is to rest. This months intention is: Invite Joy: Create some adventure. Go places. Do things. Hug your people. Take chances. We will see what this means for July. I think I will focus on rest instead. Here are some goals for July:
This is my list for now. July, here we go. Let’s do this. Let it be full of joy. |
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