Middlesteins | 
pickI adored this quirky novel about coming to terms with parents‘ late-in-life divorce. It‘s set in the Chicago suburbs against the backdrop of the twin grandchildren‘s b‘nai mitzvah. I especially loved when Attenberg glimpsed the characters‘ futures. 4⭐️
#booked2019 #foodordrinkoncover Halfway there! 12/24
PS Did y‘all get me for #featuresamusician for Daisy Jones? 🤷🏻♀️😁🤘🏻
I‘m reading these two for #24b4monday tonight. I‘ve napped after dinner, and I‘m ready to read! I‘m hoping the tagged book counts for #foodordrinkoncover for #booked2019.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! 📚👍🏻🎉
pickAttenberg paints such a vivid portrait of this quintessential Jewish-American family, with observational writing both hilarious and touching. The different characters‘ perspectives are all given their due, allowing for a rich and nuanced understanding of the family dynamics.
This is one of those books where not a lot happens, yet you still end up in a much different place than where you began. Attenberg is a master of the human condition.
pickAttenberg knows how to write realistic, flawed characters and compelling storylines. It's like reading a sitcom with a somber undercurrent but lighthearted approach.... and a sincere life lesson thrown in for good measure 👌🏻
pickI will admit to being an avid viewer of My 600 lb Life. As much as I like the show, this book is better. It uses multiple perspectives to show the challenges an extended family faces when one person has an eating disorder. Edie is a compulsive overeater and this book explores how that illness affects her estranged husband, children, and grandchildren. 4⭐️
pickI really enjoyed this book! I am grossly intrigued by the act of obsessive and excessive eating. I just can‘t imagine consuming so much and yet being unable to satiate the senses. Edie‘s situation made me sad, Richard made me angry, Emily made me want to hug her. I admired Rachelle and somewhat pitied Robin. So many feelings in this book for me.
Going back to #MountTBRchallenge for my next read. I‘ve been slow lately and hope this catches my attention!
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so-soI have wanted to read this for SO LONG and it was so hyped up. After finishing I felt like my life was disorganized and I had an intense desire to fix things (like my eating because the book focused so heavily on it). Robin was definitely the best character in the novel and I wish a little more of the spotlight was on her.
Got to love how close great #bookstores are to each other in DC. #dcbookstoretour
so-soI selected this book as a quick read for the #24in48 Readathon. I did breeze right through it, but there was certainly more character depth than I had anticipated. I enjoyed getting to know this quirky cast of Jewish suburban Chicagoans and their complex family dynamics. Overall, it was an enjoyable read, but probably not one that will leave a lasting impact on me.
And now for something completely different...
My husband took the girls to the children‘s museum and I‘m giving this fun book a go!
#24in48 #Readathon
Books for $1
pickKenneth stood in the kitchen pulling noodles quietly, holding the dough in the air and then twisting it, folding the dough in half, then stretching it again. The action was mindless, yet infused with love....nearby sat cumin seeds, lamb, garlic, and chilies. These foods would warm her up.
This gem is five today. Happy birthday, Middlesteins! You‘re delightful. 🎁 🎂 🍟
Day 28 #AugustGrrrl Edie Middlestein is killing herself by overeating, and her family can‘t bear to watch. Her #constantCraving for junk food, Chinese takeout, sweets and everything else leads her family to stage an intervention. Told in MPV we learn the how's & why's of Edie's food addiction and the Middlesteins complicated relationships to each other. I liked All Grown Up better but this was still a solid read.
Stopped in The Yellow Dog Bookstore when I was in Columbia, MO and picked up a few books.
One of my bookish goals this year is to get my physical TBR down to 75 books. I've been buying quite a few books lately. So I currently own 96 unread books. I would like to try to resist buying books until I get down to 85. I've pulled 16 books to try to read from to reach that goal. I'll still read ebooks, library books, and audiobooks. Just hoping to prioritize these. Does this weird gamefication work for anyone else? What should I read next?
Roaming Readers book club books are starting to coming in! 🚶🏻📚
pickYay!!! I loved how this was written. The multiple viewpoints, the scenes from the past, present and future all sandwiched together and great neurotic and obsessed characters. From a therapists viewpoint I enjoyed seeing how the different individuals look for comfort and stabilization during a family crisis and how it affects multiple generations. I'll admit.. I'm the controlling daughter in law ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Finally getting to settle in for the night with some books. First up 👆🏼
#libraryhaul ..but first time to catch up on #hpchapteraday
pickI'm glad I circled back around to this one! I like books about families written from more than one perspective so that appealed to me immediately. Attenberg makes her characters human - unreasonable, anxious, angry, sad, funny, kind, sympathetic. It's hard not to relate to each of them.
I think I'm going to like this book, but it's not working for me as a beach read. I'll give it another try at home.
My husband is way more minimalist than me. WAY more. And he keeps an eagle eye on me when we're at the book store together so that I don't buy too many books. Well, when I go to the book store alone, I leave my purchases in the trunk of my car and slowly bring them in and add them to my shelves book by book so he won't notice. Don't tell on me. #riotgrams #bookishconfession
pickOverall a pick but near the end a couple new narrators were introduced which I thought took away from the rest of the book.
Listening to this book while exercising is kind of a weird experience. The matriarch of this book is food obsessed and the descriptions about what she eats both motivates me to keep running while also making me hungry.
2012 was a big fuzzy career-shifting year for me, so I'm catching up on what I missed.
pickThis book is SO utterly absorbing. I was right there with this story of kids trying to help the matriarch and not knowing quite how to do it. LOVE!
