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What an absolute gem of a book. i love reading stories about strong women and these women who stick by each other, have each others backs is an exceptional story. I cannot recommend it enough.
I am a sucker for Groundhog Day stories and I love watching characters pay attention and learn and grow from experiences. Sometimes the trope can get old but in this story it’s done wonderfully well and there are parts that are so tender, so beautifully touching that this story will stay with me for a long, long time. It’s about fitting in, about family and sisterhood, about doing what we think we should vs what we want, it’s about sacrifice. Sometimes a story comes along that feels so deeply profound in its impact on me and makes me feel so tender and so seen and so deeply touched. This was such a story for me. I don’t know if it will have an equivalent impact on others but I am so grateful that I read this book and I won’t forget it anytime soon. with gratitude to netgalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
I loved reading this story of three friends navigating life and what it means to be a good Muslim woman and their friendship takes twists and turns as they each have trials and tribulations of their own. It’s a beautiful story and highly recommended.
This was a wild ride. It’s one of those stories where nothing is as it seems and the whole time you’re thinking that something more is going on but you can’t figure out what. This is the story about a couple where the wife signs them up for a week-long couple experience to help strengthen their marriage. But the tests and trials seem way over the top. The town is very unfriendly to the visitors and some weird, creepy folks are hanging around. It’s a fast paced story that you will read quickly. There are a lot of trigger warnings so if you’re sensitive to most issues around domestic turbulence, I would not recommend this one. But otherwise, it’s a fast and enjoyable read. And if, like me, you sometimes prefer to listen, the audio is excellent! with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. 
Staying Open – 97
My beautiful sister is visiting. It was such a joy to get to spend the day with her and talk talk talk for hours. What a gift. #open #olw #stayingopen 
Staying Open – 96
All I have are photos of flowers so I’m sorry if you’re getting sick of them. My life’s been mostly sitting on the couch so not much else to photograph at the moment. I had my check in today and all is going well. I have a while to go but I am recovering. I’m feeling a little numb with so much bad news in the world lately. Is it just me? Scared for my kids. #open #olw #stayingopen  Staying Open – 95
I believe the best thing we can do for other people is to make sure they feel seen and heard. it takes time and love and caring and kindness and patience and more than anything it takes being open. Open to your way not being the only way. Open to seeing others. It’s who I want to be. I want people around me to feel seen and loved and appreciated just as they are. #open #olw #stayingopen  Staying Open – 94
It’s been good to be back at work and talking to people and helping make some progress. #open #olw #stayingopen  Staying Open – 93
This is where I love now and I work here and I paint here and eat here and practice my letters and my Korean and read and watch TV. And I sleep here. I’ve lived on this couch for almost two weeks now. Today was my first day back to working. I took it easy and I am ready to nap now. One day at a time. #open #olw #stayingopen  Staying Open – 86
Grateful for another day of healing. I have nothing to report because my days are still lying on the couch and reading, sleeping or watching some TV. That’s about it. #open #olw #stayingopen 
Staying Open – 85
Flowers and paintbrushes making me happy. I am ready to be done with recovery. All the respect to people who have to do this, it takes mental fortitude and patience. I was also thinking today about how we are all really living our lives alone. I am lucky to have an amazing and loving family who have been taking care of me, checking up on me, sitting with me. Kind friends who message me, offer to come sit with me and bring whatever I might wish. I’m really lucky. But in the end I am experiencing this all by myself. Only I know how it feels for me and I have to make it through, no one else can do it for me. It’s easier to be alone with other people who love you around you but in the end all we really have is ourselves and that’s the biggest reason to love yourself, to know yourself and to have your own back. Because we experience so much of life on our own. It’s much easier if we can be our own friend through it. Maybe I’m not making much sense with the lack of sleep but it makes sense in my head 🙂 Trying to hold it together over here and still very grateful for lack of physical pain. #open #olw #stayingopen 
Staying Open – 84
Good news is that my pain is pretty low. I’m very grateful for that and hopefully that means I’m recovering. My sleep is quite choppy and I am tired all the time. I thought I’d watch a bunch of TV this week since I can’t do anything but I am not interested in anything at all. Ted lasso and shrinking aside nothing at all has held my interest so I am trying to read as much as I can and just doing nothing when I can’t. Doing nothing is not awesome. But alas it is what it is. #open #olw #stayingopen |
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