Sketching: today’s little house. Rushing a bit since I still have to pack for tomorrow’s trip. Here’s to drawing houses in Amsterdam.
#art #sketch #sketching #houses #draw
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 Listening: to this one for the trip. I hear it might be intense but hopefully also engaging for the plane.
#random #audiobook #book ##libby  Making: today’s collage for #fodderchallenge with @christinekarpiak I am traveling tomorrow and still need to pack but I thought I could get my next pages done in my #willajournal to prep for my #fivethings prompts coming up. I used all of the materials from the class this week. The background is the paper I put below my ribbon for day 6, the papers are from day two and the botanicals are from day one. What a joy. I’ll have to do the last two days when I am back from vacation. I’ll also get to journal on these pages when I am back.
And I signed up for fodder school one!! #art #fodderchallenge2023 #collage #fodderchallenge 
Watercoloring: here’s today’s fun page, the quote will go right there in the middle. I was going to cover the whole page but I thought it would be more fun this way and that I can write a big quote in the middle.
#art #watercolor #color #pattern #willajournal  Lettering: not my favorite lettering today but it’s important to experiment in different surfaces. It’s awesome how nothing is ever wasted, the gelliprint background is leftover from yesterday’s #fodderchallenge and the striped paper is from the day before. Love being able to use every piece.
#art #lettering #fodderchallenge #willajournal #collage #buddha  Five things: love the way this page came together with the #fodderchallenge ribbon and the letters. Even though the pen smudged a bit I love the color on this page.
#art #fivethings #lizlamoreux #fodderchallenge2023
I read this long, wonderful saga of a story in one and a half days. It’s the story of six sisters ( i guess i don’t know why it’s called seven sisters yet.) who are all adopted and their dad dies. I assume each book will be the story of one sister. In this one Maia follows a journey to find out about her birth mom, after reading a letter her dad wrote and finds herself in a journey that changes her life. 
Making: I had the most fun putting together day 8 of #fodderchallenge with @meganquinlanstudio . I loved making the tag book and I loved painting the pages with watercolors and acrylic and I loved writing all the quotes. It was pure fun from beginning to end.
#art #fodderschool #fodderchallenge #fodderchallenge2023 #meganquinlanstudio #quotes #lettering #watercolor #acrylic
This book was a nice and sweet love story. Sad and tragic in parts, too. I enjoyed the time I spent with it but I didn’t find it as amazing as many of the reviews seem to have.
“No one,” Fig giggled. “I’m just saying Mom’s mad now, but I still think calling Lewis was the right thing to do. Sometimes less is more, but not with family. With family, more is more.” Laurie Frankel’s “This is How it Always Is” was my favorite book of the year when it came out and ever since then I’ve been an avid fan. I could not wait to get my hands on “Family Family” and not only did it not disappoint but I am confident it will be my favorite read of 2023 alongside one other novel. This story was incredibly beautiful. “This is what parenting is, India. Solving impossible-to-solve problems while also experiencing deep crises of faith while also being kind of annoyed while also never getting enough rest. These problems only ever go away by changing into different equally impossible problems. This is how it always is for all parents, no matter how you came by your children.” I could easily quote the entire book. I love the way Frankel writes. I love the parents she creates. I love the combination of vulnerability and strength they always display. I find myself wishing deeply that these were real people and in my life. I love them so. “Normal parents who have their kids from birth so there’s no mystery, nothing about their children they don’t know or understand.” “In the entire history of time, India, throughout the wide vast universe, there has never been a parent for whom that is true.” This is the story of a super-famous actress, India whose life starts unraveling as a result of some comments she makes about a movie she was recently in. The story goes back and forth between two timelines, the present day after things start unraveling and the past when India is in high school all the way to present day. “You were five. Everything you did was gross. Then you’d cry because your fingers were cold. So I gave you a fork. Then you ate out all the strawberries and cried because it wasn’t strawberry ice cream anymore.” “What did you do?” “Opened a bottle of wine.” “About me?” “Waited for you to grow out of that phase and hoped the next would be more rational.” This book is about adoption, parenting, siblings, parenting in all of its forms and of course it’s all about love. It’s about all the ways we can love our kids, all the ways we can love each other, all the ways we can create family and we can support and be there for each other. “Not to,” her mother said. “With. Talk with them. Discuss what they’re scared about. Discuss what you’re scared about. Be honest with them. Tell them everything you can think of.” “Why?” “They’re family.” She could hear her mother’s shrug over the phone. “They’ve got a right to know.” It is one of the most beautiful books I’ve read. It broke my heart open multiple times and I fell in love with these flawed and loving characters over and over again. I don’t think there’s any way you will not absolutely love this book. Make sure to read the author’s note at the end, too, it made me love Frankel even more. Now I have to pray that she can write quickly because I can’t wait to read more of her stories. with gratitude to netgalley and Henry Holt & Company for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
What an unusual story full of magic that is bled into books and then read by the non-writers. I loved the premise of this book and really enjoyed the characters and the world that was built. I can’t wait to read the next ones in the series but this one was also fully satisfying on its own. Loved it.
I’m not sure why I postponed reading this book for so so long. It was interesting, lovely to listen to and touching in all the right ways. Friendship, love, betrayal, family. All of what makes a novel wonderful. |
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