Language of Flowers | 
pickI just finished reading The Language of Flowers. It‘s a coming of age story about a girl who has just been emancipated from foster care. Basically the only thing she likes besides food is flowers, and her knowledge of them steers her life in an interesting direction.
When I first started it I had a hard time putting it down. It had a satisfying conclusion.
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💐 Photo taken last weekend at the Desert Botanical Garden
so-so2.5/5⭐ This book is told from the perspective of a strong-willed, very interesting character. The first 60% was captivating, but the conclusion devolved into a complicated version of “having a baby solves all problems.“ The interpersonal conflicts aren't worked through at all, just solved automatically. Given the initial complexity of the main character, I expected something better.
pickMy favorite flowers for Mother‘s Day! Sending love to all my mothers, especially those who‘ve experienced loss, or who are trying, or are struggling— this day is for you, too. I love you 💜
bailedThe main character‘s (Victoria Jones) anger problems made me dislike her. I read spoilers which say that she becomes a mother, and I was angry about it to the point where I bailed on this book. I predicted she will be an abusive mother, so I couldn‘t finish this book.
pickI really enjoyed how the main character communicated with flowers in her personal and professional life using the Victorian language of flowers. It was hard to understand Victoria‘s choices most of the time, but she came from a very unstable background, so I had to keep reminding myself of that. I was very annoyed how she handled (or didn‘t handle) learning she was pregnant and many decisions after that. I‘m glad it ended well.
bailedI stopped reading this book because I hate the main character. Victoria has a huge anger problem. She likes to throw stuff at people. She batters the bus driver for being grossed out by her stealing food and eating it with her mouth open, and that was the last straw for this book. It looks innocent and cute, but Victoria‘s behavior is so horrendous that I lost interest in it. I found spoilers and hate the idea of her being a mother.
Love this book. Even though it‘s a tough subject that the author deals with in the novel, she does it in a way that is gentle. Noticed things on my reread this past spring that I hadn‘t noticed when I first read it. #alphabetgame #letterl
🌼Yes! I love working in my gardens. So relaxing!
🌸A little bit of everything! Daisies, herbs, peonies, iris, coneflower, shrubs, trees.
🌻Tagged
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday
Spring means flowers!
I don‘t garden at the moment, but I‘d like to grow herbs at some point.
I love to read on the patio anytime. Spring brings not only warmer temperatures, but also the sun angles are better than in winter.
Tea or lemonade.
#thoughtfulthursday on Friday
Mahalo for the #ThoughtfulThursday tag @wanderinglynn
1️⃣ It‘s the cover & all the 💐
2️⃣ I used to grow herbs but I‘m not good with plants. On my patio I have a thriving aloe vera 🪴that is only doing well because I don‘t touch it.🤷🏻♀️
3️⃣ We are warm here most of the year. If there are trade winds I love to read outside or the beach but not when it‘s humid. 😓
4️⃣ Good lemonade 🍋any time & plantation iced tea.🍹
Play if you haven‘t!🤗
so-soI loved the use of flowers as language, however, not a fan of young girl getting pregnant and somehow a baby saves her.
1) Daffodils (the Canadian Cancer Society has an annual Daffodil Campaign to raise funds in April and there seem to be a lot of daffodils around my area at this time of year)
2) The Language of Flowers
#two4tuesday
#bookreport Finished another two books this week; seems I need firm deadlines to get books completed.
#currentlyreading HP and the Deathly Hallows is my #doublespin for March and I should be able to complete it. Apples Never Fall and Booth are both library books and would like to get them completed by Sunday evening as I don‘t think I‘ll be going to the library for awhile after that.
#weeklyforecast nothing at the moment
#weeklyreport
pick4⭐️ I first heard about this book through Books on the Nightstand about 10 years ago and just like the first time I read it, I really liked it. There were many things that I liked about the book but I really liked the back and forth with what happened when she was 10 and the present day. #2022 #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #contemporary #bookclub
My plans for the #20in4 #readathon are to:
📚complete The Language of Flowers and An Impartial Witness
📚work on Apples Never Fall and HP & the Deathly Hallows
1. The tagged book. My book club was supposed to do this last March but due to Covid restrictions being what they were in 2021, we decided to postpone the book until this spring (we managed to get our March 2020 meeting in just in the nick of time)
2. Anything related to the Covid pandemic
#two4tuesday
After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, Victoria is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings….Loved this book🌸🌺
#Flowers #ItHadToBeYou @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickI loved this book about a girl in foster care who communicates through flowers. Not only a good book, but you will learn a lot about flowers.
My good deed for the day. 🌸
Our Cataloger at the library has been stuck at home for an entire year. She‘s someone who thrives in a social environment, her husband is in a nursing home, & she‘s been isolated & lonely since last March. She finally returns tomorrow & I want her to know that she was missed. I also got a small, quilted owl decoration for her husband who has a particular penchant for the wise, little birds. 🦉 Too pretty not to share!
1. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, An American Marriage, Shuggie Bain and The Lamplighters
2. Tagged book
3. HP and the Philosopher‘s Stone
#weekendreads
1) the longer days and the promise of warmer weather
2) the change in weather doesn‘t really change my reading habits
#thoughtfulthursday
The flowers/trees blooming and warmer weather.
My reading choices don‘t change.
Thanks @Chili for the tag!
Tagging @Jerdencon @MySharonaK
#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
Watching the trees and flowers bloom.
No. I just take my monthly books off of my TBR pile.
Can you play? @LibrarianRyan @emmaturi @Ash.on.the.line @mandarchy @Chili @Nute @cleoh @JacintaMCarter
@Eggs Thanks for the tag!
pickI‘ve had this on my shelf for years now, so I‘m very glad to finally have read it. I did like it, but some parts more than others. I wouldn‘t say it‘s a new favorite. But I absolutely am thinking about flowers and their meanings differently now! It makes me want to go back and remember what flowers I had at my wedding and then decode what they meant. 💐🌺🌼🌸
Here is my #bookspinbingo list for February 2021! The ones marked with a T are from my TBR pile. They are books I‘ve owned for a long time and am making an effort to finally read this year. I‘m all ready for tomorrow‘s number draw, though I‘ve left 3 that are for whatever I feel like borrowing from the library and of course the 5 free choices, so that should satisfy this mood reader. 😋
After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, Victoria Jones is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. This book! So #enchanting 🌺🌼🌸
#floral #fallfinds
#wordsofoctober @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
pickI read many reviews about how the main character troubled people, but I felt I understood her. I wasn't angered by her, but felt compassion for her. I really liked this sweet, gentle story of learning to accept love, kindness, and connecting from others.
so-soIm not sure how I feel about this book. I'm torn between thinking it's beautiful and hating the main character. I can't blame her for doing what she does because she never had a support system but still it makes me upset. I almost bailed a few times but I am glad I finished. Sorry for the lame review but I don't think I have words to describe it fully.
Just finished a wee bit of garden tending, and about to settle into reading this....
#flowers #gardening
pickI really enjoyed this novel. Chapters alternated from past to present and the stories build beautifully on each other. It‘s a story of a young woman learning about love and forgiveness; how to receive love; romantically, familial, and for herself. It was enraging and frustrating half the time, but the protagonist is a damaged underdog you can‘t help but to love and root for. Not to mention, this book really does educate you about flowers.
The was such an emotional story. Have Kleenex handy! Loved it!
#KeepLitsyPositive #BloomingLitsy #litsywalkers
@Eggs tagged me last night & it‘s dark & rainy this early morning so I‘m going with flower photos or photos with flowers in them already on my phone. Top right is a corpse flower I saw/smelled at the botanical gardens a few years ago, bottom left is a bowl of broccoli stems with flowers (an inside joke we made for a coworkers going away party) & the cattle egret is in a flowering hedge in my yard.
1. Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. 2. Reese Peanut Butter Eggs, jelly beans. and PEEPS! 3. Violets 4. Ummmm...a card my husband got for his birthday. It has a cupcake on it with yellow frosting.
#SetDuringSpring
#MagnificentMarch
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⭐️language of flowers is a beautifully written story. Personally I love flowers & gardening hence I could relate more. It‘s about an orphan girl & roller coaster events of her life. At places her character is annoying but overall a gripping story. 4⭐️
⭐️There is nothing left to write about Ove. I started this in Jan but read again n again in Feb. It‘s a perfect blend of all emotions 5⭐️
⭐️ Real #tearjerker 💔 memoir
#readwithmrbook
#ReallyRandomFebruary @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
Beautifully written story about a woman who had a talent for growing flowers and she uses that skill to help others. Set in Victorian times you get a glimpse into the mundane lives of people.
