Staying Open – 104
Another day spent with my beautiful sister before she leaves town. We had coffee and burgers and sunshine and laughter. A lot of laughter.
I love you Yonuka, miss you already.
#open #olw #stayingopen
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Staying Open – 102
Yellow is my favorite color. Got to spend so much of today with my sister again and it was such a gift. We sat in the sun and ate ice cream. We walked. We talked. We laughed. And it was sunny the whole time. #open #olw #stayingopen 
Staying Open – 100
I have been thinking about being open lately. And how the last two months have been a lot and how I feel closed. It’s time to work on opening up again. #open #olw #stayingopen  Staying Open – 99
I bought more flowers today. I am still working on recovering. While some parts were faster than I’d hoped, others are going more slowly than I’d like. Teaching me the value of patience. #open #olw #stayingopen 
Staying Open – 98
I spent most of yesterday sleeping and working with my kiddos. Forgot to post :). #open #olw #stayingopen
I love love loved this beautiful story of a lost girl who becomes a lost woman due to a terrible personal tragedy and then travels far far away to unintentionally start life all over again. It definitely did give me vibes of 100 years of solitude. I am a huge fan of magical realism and character-driven stories and this has both with the added bonus of a lush and beautiful setting. Unforgettable characters, love, betrayal, kindness, grief and remorse. And so so much more in this unforgettable story. I cannot recommend it enough. with gratitude to edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
While parts of this book were harder to read due to awkward pacing and phrasing, I really enjoyed reading this story about a woman whose husband doesn’t come home from an explosion in the building where he works. So she tries to figure out what happened and starts unraveling a giant web of secrets. Very interesting story and based on a real-life unfortunate event. It’s a quiet and yet gripping book. with gratitude to netgalley and Random House for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Absolutely fantastic feel-good book of the year. You’ll love these characters. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you won’t forget Tanner or Louise anytime soon!
I read this because it came up in different settings for me six or seven times over the course of a week so I decided that was a sign. IT was an interesting story even though I thought it dragged in parts a bit, I loved the slightly different take on the multi-verse and I really enjoyed the plotline.
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. |
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