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I found this book difficult to get through. The premise was interesting, but I didn‘t enjoy the type of writing. The book is written in a way where the story jumps back and forth in the timeline throughout the same chapters, with no real distinction. While I know this is done deliberately, I found it difficult to follow. I don‘t think this book will be for everyone.

#Bookaday Book 12.
Yay or nay?

My physical bookshelves are overflowing and I want to Marie Kondo them a bit.
So, I‘m posting #abookaday of my “maybes” and I hope you can help me decide.
Have you read this book? Should I? ❤️ or a hard pass? Is it on your wish list? Let me know below

I enjoyed this novel overall, even though I found the protagonist frustrating and not very likable. Anna is truly depressed but throwing herself into extramarital affairs doesn‘t help. You can tell it will lead to no good, but what actually happens is pretty shocking.

The quote from Crawford tells you all you need to know about this book.The character study of a depressed woman living in a foreign country with a cold husband was well done. I really liked the thoughts of a Jungian therapist noted throughout. This is not an uplifting book by any means, but it is an honest look at what some individuals go through. I recognized some of my own mid-life thoughts & the author obviously knows what she‘s talking about.

Day 6 - #7days7covers #coverlove

Day 2.
#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush

I‘m bad at tagging people, but if you‘d like to play, please consider this a tag. I‘d love to see your favourite covers.

This is so me. When I get mad, I clean! 😂🙋🏼‍♀️

Rainy day reading with my Dorkie 😍

#24in48 #Hour12 challenge #bookshelfie
Me in front of one of my shelves.

Didn't see that coming! I was getting bored with Anna's behavior, and then, kaplouey! Well done! I'm hooked again.

Anna is a housewife, and a mother but she is lonely and depressed. Her infidelity and the plot slowly unravels itself in this slow burn novel. Still on my TBR. Image from google.
#HeatofJuly #despacito

I just spent an hour (and $71) in 2nd & Charles. I feel a little light headed.
At least most (some) of it was for a few of my summer swaps.
#foodimentarywatson #SockSwap #makerswap

I can‘t imagine how lonely Anna, the MC of this book, must have been. With a cold husband, living in a strange country without speaking its language, with no ties to her homeland, no job and no friends. Except for her kids she lives a very empty life, too passive or frightened to make a change. Yet she wants to belong. A depressing, thoughtprovoking read.

Last view on Istanbul and the Bosporus River before going home. I‘m finally getting into this book (it took some time) so i am looking forward to some undisturbed reading during the the three hours flight!

I find it so negative and crude. The affairs are not romantic but trashy. not well written and if I read any further I will be as miserable as Anna. a waste of my freizeit.

“A want is desirable, though not essential. A need is something without which you cannot survive.” The Doktor added, “If you cannot live without something, you won‘t.”

First, I‘m in love with this cover. Second, I overall enjoyed this except the psychoanalyst sections (I started skimming over these parts). The story follows Anna, who is unfaithful to her husband and is overall pretty miserable. I found myself feeling bad for Anna even though she brought a lot of her problems onto herself.

Great start to #freakyfriday

Print book #tbr for April including the tagged thanks to @emilyhaldi and #FreakyFriday

#ReadingResolutions

Oops...BookOutlet is having a 15% off sale and in the process of buying 2 books for #FreakyFriday I ended up with 14 😳

This book is a hauntingly written, raw, tense, salacious, and incredibly sad look at the marriage of an American woman and a Swiss man living in Switerland with their 3 children. I was swept up in the story of Anna's self-destruction and couldn't put the book down until the chilling end. Beautifully written with so much insight and emotion. I won't be forgetting this one anytime soon.

I‘m going to tell y‘all something I would never say irl. My Christmas was disappointing. It‘s not that I expect a ton of gifts, but I love putting thought & creativity into the gifts I give, and sometimes that is not reciprocated. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I hope I don‘t sound like a monster.
That‘s why I gave myself permission to go on a bit of a book buying binge. This is haul #1, the second batch should get here tomorrow! Merry late Christmas to me!

Finished #paulocoelho and now onto this one. It's been on my TBR for far too long. I actually own the book, but I'll start it on audiobook tonight, seeing as how I'm not whiling to get out of bed.

This book, which is still unread 🙄, has been described as an ‘erotic‘ novel dealing in themes of depression, #marriage, fidelity, and mortality.
#noteworthynovember

I prefer the other cover for this book, this is the one I was able to grab at a book sale. Jack‘s the book lover of the fur family. 😻📚 #catsoflitsy

I‘ve wanted to read this since it was published. Finally ordered a copy on Book Outlet and while the copy is worn, I still love the cover. Started last night and excited to continue this evening.

I‘ve been busy busy lately but wanted to share today‘s round-up and GIVEAWAY — my recommendations for audiobooks for your holiday travels plus a giveaway of *10 audiobooks* (USA / Can). Thanks to Audio Publishers Association. http://www.bethfishreads.com/2017/11/5-audiobooks-for-road-trip-giveaway.html?m=...

Found this on the bargain table at B&N today. I lived in Switzerland for a while on an expat assignment so the setting and storyline piqued my interest. Mixed reviews on Goodreads though. Anyone familiar with it? #moreTBR

#librarybookstorepicks #riotgrams #bookandlibrarycard #damitiboughtmorebooks #chocolatecake

"A frustrated housewife in Zurich drifts from bed to bed in this uncompromising page-turner about depression." Well, it's much more than that. What I most liked about this book is that the MC is about my age, older than 35/40 (I don't remember exactly); the story takes place in Swiss, and Ana (MC) is full of flaws and the writer doesn't hide this. I just enjoyed a lot the sarcasm, the veracity of her feelings. Top Favorites.

I have spent the entire day preparing the house for when our best friend, our pseudo-god-daughter, her autistic brother, plus the unannouced yougest daughter and the latter's _never-invited_15yo_boyfriend_ arrive to stay until Sunday. Dining room, living room and basement cleared. Home office reorganized. All to accommodate beds. Kitchen and food acquisition are not done yet. I'm dead. So is the dog.

The cover drew me in...& when I was finished, the cover was still my favorite part of the book. Anna's desperately lonely life unfolds in a complicated manner, as chapters combine present, past, and psychoanalysis sessions in a timeline that is neither linear or easily discernible. Though I initially sympathized with Anna, her desire to remain miserable through repeated selfish choices began to grate on me. I felt distracted most of the read.⭐️⭐️

I have one comment about this book that I'll put as a spoiler comment below. "Anna was a good wife, mostly" starts off the novel and the reader follows her through an isolated yet steamy existence in her husband's country, but despite interludes with an analyst (my least favorite parts) she does not always make the best decisions. I started feeling a bit bothered in the last 100 pages, hoping it would not be a "bad woman lives consequences" novel.

I love how removed Anna is from everything that happens to her, and how the writing is constantly just one degree too cold to be completely normal. I really enjoyed this one, especially the last third of the book.

Dollar store find! AND five days of work to go ☀️☀️#TBR

Trying something different this weekend. 😊

Sneak reading at work. I'm only 5% into this book but I'm already loving it! Dry humor about the shittiness of life is always a hit with me. (And my desk is seriously drab.)

I didn't buy it because it just didn't seem like a book I'd get into, but I'm in love with the cover! 🌹

I had a hard time finishing this one. I did not enjoy the main character, Anna. And I have to say, the ending did
not surprise me.

I really enjoyed this book, but man, it really kind of hurt my feelings. I'm not a housewife, but I'm married, have kids, and a job. The day in/day out that wears you down is a real thing we all deal with. It was hard reading how the main character dealt with it all, but I totally related to her.

I realized it wasn't the infidelity that bothered me about this book. It was the shallowness of characters. Anna keeps making the same choices over and over yet does not understand why she isn't happy. 🤦‍♂️ 🙄 Not for me.

I do not like the main character. I'm just starting chapter nine. While we are similar in age and lives, still not liking her.
I doubt it will change but I do not feel the need to bail.
Maybe the it is the infidelity which is a sensitive topic.
I shall proceed after my vent post!

Wonderful nap and then extended time on our deck reading this afternoon. Brutally jolted by kids telling me the dog chewed a bunch of stuff, including emptying the bathroom trash and destroying two books 😭, then immediately after done cleaning finding out the girl got into wild parsnip and is having a skin emergency and we need to call 911 due to her reaction. Deep breath, frozen pizza for dinner.

@josie281 I just saw your post and laughed as I was watching April while reading your post. Had to show you. 😄

The cover is lovely. Not sure if I will love this. But it was available on Overdrive! #litsyloveslibraries

Psychological thrillers are right up my alley. This should be challenging, but memorable.
😍💙📚 @Amy-Laura you did a fantastic job!!