Making: another 5 things page today. Love this simple and meditative ritual.
#art #lizlamoreux #fivethings #collage #willajournal
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 Reading: Last day of vacation and another ARC: “Day” by Michael Cunningham whose writing is like honey.
Loving it so far. #random #book #arc #netgalley #reading #read 
Listening: to The Whispers. I loved her previous novel “The Push” and I hear this one is excellent.
#random #audiobook #book #reading
3.5 stars. Beautiful and sweet LGBTQ story about two college freshmen who team up to help each other get their dates and end up falling for each other 🙂
What an absolute delight and joy this book was to read!! I listened to it on audio and it was so very excellent that I did not want to stop reading it even for a moment. Might be the read I most enjoyed this year so far.
3.5 stars Beautifully written. Some musings about who we are, how we become who we are, and thinking about the lives we didn’t live. Short but profound and beautiful.
For some reason I kept waiting for this book to be like many others where Silicon Valley is full of evil, terrible people who are plotting some sinister way to exploit the main characters. I think I hadn’t fully read that it was a romance story. So while there was a little evil-ness, it was mostly a story about five kids who win an opportunity to participate at a special program hosted by a big tech company (that smelled a lot like a combination of Apple and Google). As someone who works at one of these companies, I laughed at some of what was true and some of what was clearly exaggerated but all in the spirit of fun. The writers are both from the industry so there’s nothing here that was egregiously ridiculous except maybe that they couldn’t predict the 2023 slow down of tech. I enjoyed each of the five characters. They weren’t super complex but they also weren’t cartoons. They just weren’t deeply developed but it didn’t bother me. This was a fun, entertaining read. with gratitude to netgalley and Hyperion Avenue for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
A beautiful and touching story about a family, kids who lost their mom at a young age and had a dad that was brilliant and yet difficult to grow up with. Complicated relationships as they are preparing for their dad’s seventieth birthday and more and more secrets start unraveling. Brodeur writes with subtlety, compassion, and kindness. Her characters are complex and you can’t help but feel for them. This is a touching and beautiful story about how complicated our relationships can be with those closest to us. with gratitude to edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. 
Painting: today’s fun with watercolor. These pages are meditative and joyful and simple.
#art #watercolor #willajournal #willajournalscourse #color #joy  Writing: today’s quote with thanks to Gibran. A good reminder of choice.
Love lettering in my @willa.wanders journal. Highly recommend both of the classes. #art #lettering #collage #willajournal #gibran #khalilgibran 
Making: another page in the @lizelayne five things signature of my @willa.wanders journal.
So grateful for summer and quiet moments. #art #collage #willajournal #fivethings #journaling  Reading: City People
New vacation day, new ARC. #random #book #netgalley #mystery #reading #arc |
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