Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search (Movie Tie-in) | 
pickMore about Philomena‘s son than her. I wanted to know more about her life and her search for the child that was essentially stolen from her. I saw the movie years ago, and from what I can remember, I liked it better. This is letter “P” from my #AlphabetChallenge from my shelves. 3/5✈️s I‘m on to “R” since I read “Q” out of order.
pickA sad and often times enraging story about Irish mother and baby homes, paid for adoptions and the Reagan administration's homophobia and response to the AIDS crisis.
Well-told, this focuses on the humanity and complexity of Michael Hess and his mother Philomena who spent their whole lives searching for one another.
Minor quibble at times the recreated dialogue sounds very British/Irish to be coming out of the mouths of Midwesterners.
#Movie2BookRecs #judydench 12. I loved this movie so much that I didn‘t want to read the book, just in case it ruined the movie for me. But I think this story would hold its own, so I will go on a limb and say that the book is probably great.
#thejeangenie #Septembowie. I went searching my stacks for covers with pants 👖. I haven't read them but I loved the movie based on the tagged book.
2 stories to do with #truth @RealLifeReading #maybookshadows
so-soSo, is this fiction or non-fiction? Fairly intriguing. Preferred first section of book. Horrified by the way young women were treated by the #Catholic Church. Annoyed by a) the repetition of the phrase 'shoo-in' and b) what the weather was doing.
I've also just started watching this on Netflix. Very good start so far!!
panThis was honestly one of the most boring books I've ever read! It was so hard to get into and it actually never drew me in completely. It dragged on and felt like I was reading this book forever, the story is quite sad especially since it's a true story, I don't think the book did the story justice.
I didn't want to get too far ahead in the buddy read, so I switched to this read.
My to-watch pile will soon rival my to-read pile if I keep getting gifts like this. Can't wait!
