Practicing my sketching.
“When it’s over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.”
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Practicing my sketching.
“We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.”
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Practicing my sketching.
“Come let us all be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be lovers and loved ones. The earth shall be left to no one.”
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Practicing my sketching.
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?
Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?
Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.
Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?
Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.
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Practicing my sketching.
“Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.”
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How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I put off reading this book many many times, not sure why. But I am so glad I finally read it. It was beautiful. It’s about grief, it’s about mistakes we make and how we can forgive ourselves and others. It’s truly beautiful.
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The Wedding Vow by Dandy Smith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
fast, fun mystery, for me. I had read this type of twist before and yet still didn’t see it coming!
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
It was fun to revisit the Hunger Games universe. I thought I would dislike this one but I actually really enjoyed it and felt like a full circle moment.
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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
I love Emily Henry but this one didn’t keep my interest as much as I would have liked. I still loved the dialogue and the characters and I will read all of Henry’s books for as long as she publishes.
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Overdue by Stephanie Perkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book has everything I love: librarians, libraries, book stores, books! Sunshine and grumpy love. It’s sweet and joyful and I love that all the secondary characters are fleshed out, lovely and memorable. I love that the cat is too!
If you love books as much as I do, it will be hard not to love this book! My favorite part was how she knew whether each of her dates had a library card or not! 🙂 🙂
with gratitude to netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I know everyone is looking for their next romantasy read and I think they will find Of Flame and Fury scratches that itch in the best way possible. Strong, female lead, palpable chemistry and constant bickering, evil, rich geniuses and phoenixes! What more can you ask for?! Oh and creative, crazy races!
I really loved every moment I spent with this story, I loved the main characters, I loved the secondary characters, I loved the phoenix, Savita. I loved the creativity. I loved the pacing.
I know everyone will enjoy this one.
with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a really unique read, for me. I kept trying to figure out where it was going and I totally could not guess. Especially the last third of the book really takes it up a notch. I really enjoyed the dual-timeline of when these friends first got together to do the research and the current day dinner party. I liked how each of them seemed a bit off and yet not enough not to feel 3-dimensional. I felt like there were enough clues spread throughout to keep me interested and yet not so much that I guessed what was going to happen.
These stories always require a bunch of suspension of disbelief which is not a problem for me. It was entertaining and kept my interest, that’s all I care about truly.
with gratitude to netgalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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