Animal Dreams | 
pickCodi returns to Grace,her hometown in Arizona,because her father is struggling with Alzheimer‘s.She falls in love with her first lover Loyd,a Native American man.Codi‘s backstory&Loyd‘s character are well written&there are some beautiful scenes but there is too much going on:environmental issues,the Nicaraguan revolution,Native American culture&overall it reads a bit like a romance novel.I loved that it‘s set in the Southwest.Soft pick
River side reading after painting the old mill that will be our hotel for 2 days
@dabbe your lovely package arrived today…and as the shit is currently hitting the proverbial fan, it was a wonderful surprise. Thank you so much. 😘😘
Because when traveling it's more fun with cute bookstores. (Don't know how to tag a bookstore,but that's the Munich readery).
@CBee I‘m glad you are bringing #manicmonday back! And thank you @wanderinglynn and @sprainedbrain for tagging me!
1. Tagged. 2. Elizabeth Acevedo 3. Annie4. AHA 5. An Innocent Man
@PageShifter have you played yet? @Cinfhen you might have but tagging just in case!
pickI‘ve been reading by the fire all day as the ice comes down and I try to get well enough to return to work. A little dated politically but still applicable to today, Kingsolver weaves a good story around environmental issues, family, and a sense of home. Trigger warning for animal cruelty (but keep reading, there‘s redemption and powerful symbolism.) #authoramonth @Soubhiville
so-soWhile I didn‘t love this Kingsolver as much as The Lacuna, it was still an interesting book and showed off Kingsolver‘s early writing style. There were some points in the story where I found myself missing that the timeline had switched from past to present and vice versa, but otherwise and interesting story. #AuthorAMonth
so-soThis plot was wispy and unsatisfying. You can see hints of the writing style that made the author's later novel, The Poisonwood Bible, so good. However, the characters have little depth and don't seem to satisfactorily inhabit what, to me, is Kingsolver's great strength: her vivid backdrops. Her nature writing is gorgeous, describing the granite canyons, mountains and railroad towns of northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico.
#12booksof2020 days 6 & 7 @Andrew65
At the time, I rated The House of the Spirits 4/5 stars, but I‘m including it because it has really stuck with me. It made me think about governments, our beliefs, and mistakes. Both these books are slow-paced and have themes of family. Both amazing writers.
#3books #withanimalsonthecover
I am hoping an animal shadow and a bee count???
“The canyon walls rose straight up on either side of us, ranging from sunset orange to deep rust, mottled with purple. ..... The place did not so much inspire religion as it seemed to be religion itself.”
pickI feel like I forgot how much I ❤️ Barbara Kingsolver‘s books, & then I remembered while reading this one. I‘m glad I read it after seeing Arizona (last summer). A story of a family—a sister trying to find a purpose & a home, her other sister trying to help in another country, & their father who is ill. Kingsolver always brings nature & conservation into her stories.
This gives me a #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
Using for #readtheUSA2020
I saw @DaveGreen7777 post the #maskupbookstagram challenge & had to jump on board!
My message is in the titles of some favorite books:
W - Water for Elephants
E - Eventide
A - After Dark
R - Rosie Project, The
A - A Tree Goes in Brooklyn
M - Memoirs of a Geisha
A - Animal Dreams
S - Salem‘s Lot
K - Kite Runner, The
You could SAVE A LIFE by wearing a mask.
😷 I challenge anyone who wants to take a mask with a book picture to join in!
pickAnother beautiful novel by Barbara Kingsolver. She does not disappoint. Her novels always touch on the indigenous culture of the area she's writing about and they always contain a strong element of nature. Both are thumbs up for me.
1. So many, but will go with tagged.
2. Harry Potter, Bill Bryson‘s travel books, Bridget Jones‘ Diary, Sophie Kinsella, The Handmaid‘s Tale
3. Don‘t know. Between several lists, prob about 200, but I don‘t own all of those.
4. Searching for Sunday
5. @Catlover23 @brit91
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
pickLoved this book. I think I will be on a Kingsolver kick for a bit.
#ReadingUSA 2019 #Arizona
Three more states to go!
#31bookpics These are the tiny #shelves in my bedroom- I think they were made by my Grandad when my mum was little. They're small enough to justify a bit of rainbow filing, but a bit too small to have anything but the tiniest paperbacks shelved upright!
@howjessreads
pickNice story, well written and covering some interesting topics. Not mind blowing though and I doubt it'll stay with me.
1. Leia
2. Objectively Best? 10. My Doctor, always? 11. And nope, I‘m not sorry.
3. Team Daenerys, not Khaleesi.
4. #3. I like my plot lines resolved.
5. Tie between Animal and the Swedish Chef.
What keeps you going isn‘t some fine destination but just the road you‘re on, and the fact you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, and you see this damned-to-hell world you got born into, and you ask yourself, “What life can I live that will let me breathe in & out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?”
Animal #Dreams was my first Barbara Kingsolver many years ago. Poisonwood Bible is still my favorite, but I loved them all. Hubs & I lucky to pass through Meadowview, VA last week and ate at her farm-to-table Harvest Table Restaurant. He had this lamb sausage pizza & mushroom soup. I had local trout with Carolina Gold rice & greens. All so yum! #dinnerandabook #ReadingResolutions @Jess7
My very tall currently #reading (Animal Dreams and Zen) and #TBR pile. Zen has been slow going, but I only have about 100 pages left. I‘m super excited to read all of these, so I wish I could spend all my time reading instead of dealing with life! 😜 #nowreading #librarybooks #libraryhaul #bookhaul #bookstack
pickBarbara Kingsolver! 😍 #dreams #heartsandhardcovers
A previous #rainbowbookstack that I cannot help reposting - because I doubt I can ever do better 😉
#17rainbowbooks #rainbowbooks
I have more #orangecovers than I thought! My favorite is Animal Dreams, I think. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading #photochallenge
I went through a BK obsession during my 20s, and I think Animal Dreams may be my fave. The story is framed by her little Arizona town's All Soul's Day celebration (with a Day of the Dead chapter in the middle). You can also tell the period of my life I read certain books because I frequented this certain Chinese restaurant on my lunch break and would tape the fortunes to the inside cover. 😂😂 #AllHallowsRead
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
"The march of human progress seemed mainly a matter of getting over that initial shock of being here."
"This is my problem-I clearly remember things I haven't seen, sometimes things that never happened. And draw a blank on the things I've lived through."
"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof." It was hard to choose just one #greatquote for today's #septphotochallenge! This is one of my favorites, and something I need to remind myself of frequently. #somethingforsept
#FunFridayPhoto My #mostrecommended books by far are all by Barbara Kingsolver. Start with The Bean Trees and go chronologically to see her writing style evolve. I will never not love her.
@Liberty
What keeps you going isn‘t some fine destination but just the road you‘re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
"God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much."
This one was recommended to me by my mother, as many books that I read are. She devoured this one, so I look really forward to getting into it.
“What keeps you going isn‘t some fine destination but just the road you‘re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.” -Animal Dreams (Liz M.) #BookFuel
