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Super heavy on the introspection. But I think I gained something from reading it.

I have been in Greece and was with my daughter for a week. I thought this would be the perfect travel book. Sadly, i found it difficult to get through. I can't recommend this one. 2 🌟

Decent but fell a bit short for my current reading mood. Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter travel to Greece, France and Turkey on a mainly religious / spiritual theme. What I liked were the thoughts about aging and how life changes as you move from one phase to another.
#greece #france #turkey

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1. Yes!

2. I would say that only about 10% of what I read is non-fiction.

3. History, Women‘s Studies, Politics. I read a lot of non-fiction related to the Holocaust.

4. The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal.

5. Tagged - but this was only a So-So travel memoir. My next non-fiction read will be The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu!

I thought I was a queen of introspection, but this book provided too much navel gazing even for me.

There were some beautiful thoughts and images, but overall I found the pace too slow and the themes too repetitive.

This was my third choice in a row that turned out to be not my cup of tea.

The next book better be the equivalent of a pretty darn good cup of tea.

❤️☕️❤️☕️❤️☕️❤️☕️❤️☕️❤️☕️❤️

“Every woman needs to become self-mothering, I remind myself. To learn to take care of herself, to love herself.”

Beautiful.

I feel this tension.

Daughter gets a new Barbie set. This gives me time to read my thrift store find!

I really liked it... Despite the facets I wasn't crazy about. I think if helps if you've read at least one of SMK's books on spirituality, like When the Heart Waits, just to understand her voice and way of looking at the world a bit better. As many other readers, I too started getting annoyed with all these trips these ladies can afford to take and how oblivious they seem to be of their affluence. ⬇

Things have been a bit rough and I'm so behind on reading Litsy updates that I can never really catch up. Been Facebooking too much and doing Litsy or actually reading too little when I have downtime... Not in a flourishing place right now. My husband is away for two nights until tomorrow morning and I know having spouses travel is normal for almost everyone but he's never been away from us! Anyway, my daughter was adorable today 😊

28/52 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - I ❤️ memoirs and I ❤️ travel, so this book was full of great stories about person growth, reflection, and finding ones self. It was full of great profound thoughts about aging and wisdom. I really enjoyed learning from Sue and Ann! Plus, I am going to Greece in 2019 so I read about some places I would like to visit.

Thought provoking quote.

90% finished reading, but way too tired to finish it tonight. It is a great book about a mother and daughter relationship, so I was hoping to finish it on Mother‘s Day - not going to happen unfortunately.

Trying to use my time wisely by reading on the train. Nap or read??? We shall see?????

Our final day in NYC and I have found a little downtime to read! I ❤️❤️❤️ NYC!!!

Everything leads back to Shakespeare! This is #myyearwithwill and when I am not purposely reading about him and his works, I am still reading about him in other books!!!

Traveling with FRIENDS from DC to NYC via Amtrak to see Hamilton tonight!!!! Woooo hooooo - so excited!!!!

We all need help at one time or another!

Give up all other worlds.....,I must do this! Very profound!

Another wonderful quote!

Being invisible to others??? Not sure I like feeling invisible, but maybe in 5-10 years, I will feel like author. Today, I am contemplating taking a sick day because I feel terrible and I really just want to nap and read before my busy weekend. Being invisible at work today sounds fine.

50% Read and really enjoying it! I ❤️❤️❤️ reading about places I am going and places where I have been! Greece 2019 - can‘t wait! Paris 2015 - my first, but not last visit! Travel really does change your soul!!!! Northern Italy in 5 weeks will continue to change me into a better me.

Great quote!!!

I wonder the same thing sometimes.

It's only 1.99 on kindle.
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A great quote! I can relate to this sometimes.

Spontaneous purchase for $1.99. I loved Secret Life of Bees and Mermaids Chair, so far I am liking this one, too. It is very different from her novels, a great story about her personal journey.

This quote... this quote!!! OMG!!!

I‘m flying to Istanbul in 5 days! I‘m so excited to explore a new country! #wanderlust
I also love how much uninterrupted reading time I get when traveling. So many TBRs are knocked out on transatlantic flights! #booksinflight

A mother and daughter memoir about finding themselves and building their relationship with each other as they travel through Europe #dontwannafight #tuneintonovember

#TBRtemptation post! While we're on the subject of writers writing about themselves... Here's another one to add to your TBR (I'm bad, aren't I? 😈😆). A dual memoir by Sue Monk Kidd & her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. A 50-something and a 20-something attempting to redefine themselves & rediscover their relationship with one another. Maybe I should re-post this before Mother's Day as a friendly reminder 😊. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

this book is hitting me right in the feels