pickFinished this, and just WOW.
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pickFinished this, and just WOW.
I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr
Day 29
“Because the closing of the eyes was not something he wanted and the remaining human was” p.204
After months and months of a COVID-19 free state, we‘ve just been thrown into lockdown. Wearing a mask is new, so I thought I‘d make mine a statement, something in stark contrast to my little green town.
pickGrabbed this by accident, but generally enjoyed it & teared up a bit.
In a few places the writing felt a little too much, especially for some more intense/urgent scenes & I skimmed ahead to get to the meat of the scene, otherwise, I didn‘t find it manipulative (a criticism I‘ve seen often) and think it‘s valuable to consider the individuals involved in these major political events rather than as a homogenous unit.
(🐶 did snag a taste of ☕️ 😆)
My bookstore‘s “2020 Reading Resolutions.” What the book at the Bottom of your TBR pile. I bought “the Heart Is A Muscle The Size Of A Fist” in hardback in 2016 and haven‘t read it yet.
Hour 4 into #24in48 and finished my first book of the weekend! This one was a doozy - the writing was so vivid, I felt like I was right with each character. Strongly recommend.
pickI read 90% of this book in one week, in transit to or from or while resting in the evenings in Havana. I stayed two blocks from the Malecón, which Victor visits. Amazing amazing amazing book
pickLoved it! Super powerful and poetic language. Fast paced and punchy with interesting characters.
“Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist. Keep on loving, keep on fighting, and hold on, hold on, hold on for your life.” - Ramshackle Glory ❤️❤️❤️
pickAn outstanding novel about the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. Once you start reading this book, it is VERY difficult to put down.
#hearts #riotgrams
I hate Valentine's day.
Morning.
I had a little time before work this morning to play with my books...decided to get my Black Friday #bookoutlet order shelved before my After Christmas #bookoutlet order arrives tomorrow😛It will be nice to come home to a box of books after work tomorrow📚📚📚
#bookhaul
I think Sietje is happy to have a long weekend too. She can sleep in (she‘s actually snoring) while I catch a few morning chapters.
This book is really good! I‘ve had it on my kindle for about a year! So many books, so little time!
#Sietje
11 books read in October! This might be a personal best. 👏🏻🎉
I posted a version of this on IG yesterday and the comment I got was “11 books? that‘s insane!” (Which I took as not exactly a compliment considering the commenter)
Personally I find people who “don‘t have time” to read are way more inclined to be “insane” 😜
Next up: The Bear and the Nightingale - love it so far
Reading during a softball game break. Thankfully the rain and wind is holding off until tomorrow. Beautiful day ☀️🍂📖
pickThe writing style and metaphorical language is phenomenal in this book, it flows despite the seemingly overdone description. The romantic tone that is created by Yapa mirrors the sentiment of the characters. Yapa strives to answer big questions related to the 1990 Battle of Seattle, questions that do not have answers. Why does brutality occur? Who are the victims and perpetrators, and why do these events occur?
#catchingup on #septembowie #day21 - #fillyourheart
Gonna be blowing through a lot of these in quick succession, so I won't necessarily have much to say about all of them, especially those I haven't read.
I realized that I haven't read anything from my Nook in ages!! I need to make sure it is working before my vacation next month!!
pickIf connection makes life meaningful, how do we get past our own pain and be present to witness someone else's struggle? Reading this book reminded me that Iove is not easy, but it is worth the effort to expand our compassion and understanding of one another. This book offers many difficult and beautiful perspectives about the many ways love can grow and change the world.
Taking some me time at my favorite cafe. Enjoying the book so far. Taking it slow, as always 😉
I met him at a book signing and he is definitely an #attractiveauthor . I'm glad I really liked the book! 😄😍😂#junebookbugs
I really liked this #newauthor #splashingosummerreads
The novel follows several people during the World Trade Organization protests in 1999.
pickWow, this book packed more of an emotional punch than I expected. The book is told from the perspectives of multiple people in the course of a day of demonstrations and at only slightly more than 300 pages I wouldn't have expected this to work as well as it did. Definitely worth the read!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Started this on my kindle today, read one and a half chapters. Trying to break out of a long, busy, fun reading slump. :)
#maybookflowers day 13 - #eyesoncovers
Have had my eye on this one since before I saw an interview with the author on Seth Meyers. Was saddened to hear there was a 600 page draft that was stolen from the author's apartment, never to be seen again.
I'm glad this one is finally getting to the top of my TBR! 📚📚📚#maybookflowers #eyesoncovers
pickI like when I can say that a book was a lot better than expected! I wasn't sure what it would be like based on the synopsis and reviews, but it was moving and heavy but also - and I mean this in a positive way! - so simple. The ideas and the message ought to be so easy, connectedness and shared humanity and radical empathy and the need to be part of something larger than yourself. I wish there had been more from certain characters, tho! 4/5 ⭐
Something went missing, the weight that tied him to the ground. The world tilted and his son disappeared and he walked on floors that leaned and pitched, rooms turned upside down. Grief and its decaying orbit. He felt like a rocket gathering speed, inescapably caught in gravity, spiraling closer and closer to home, to return and death. The cool comfort of Earth's dark seas.
Last night's panel moderated by Sherman Alexie left me excited about three new authors: Patricia Park, Ariel Schrag and Sunil Yapa. As always, Alexie amazes me with his thoughtful intelligence, wry observations and wit. Explaining how he selected these three, it was important to discover authors no one else was going to recommend to him, so he can continue living outside his comfort zone. #seattleartsandlectures
She believed in the power of love. Love was the animating force that filled her body. She let it move her arms, her legs, her lungs. It was love that governed the workings of her mouth, the words called forth from her larynx.
My fists are pretty tiny. #nowreading
#THISISTHEEND Favorite book of last year, recommended by @Liberty on All the Books!
A perspective-changing read for me. And what more powerful thing can a book do than that?❤️
@Liberty
pickThis one started a little slowly for me, but quickly sucked me in. The interwoven storylines kept it interesting. I hate book jacket descriptions like "masterfully written," but this book truly was masterfully written. The prose was clear and beautiful, and the author kept all the storylines going. I see why this was on @bookriot 's end of the year best-of list. Recommend!
What we get used to. Do you understand? What we require of others so that we may live our lives of easy convenience.
And this was what made it so American--not that they felt compassion for mistreated workers three continents away, workers they had never seen or known, whose world they could not begin to understand, not that they felt guilty about their privilege, no, not that either, but that they felt the need to *do* something about it. That they felt they had the *power* to do something about it. That was what made it so American.
Son, have you ever asked yourself why Buddhist monasteries are built in remote mountains with walls thirty feet high? Love and compassion for the entire world, six billion selfish souls, Victor. Are you man enough?...
...Compassion for every living blade of grass, and yet walls thirty feet high, six feet thick from within which you meditate on the unity and beauty of all beings. Son, does this make my point?
pickThis was everything I wanted it to be & more: tender, harsh, heartbreaking, real. All told in gorgeous prose. I cried when it was over because the last page brings all of the stories together. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Started this one on Overdrive tonight. It ticks boxes for several reading challenges, and it comes highly recommended by @bookriot . Winning! #srcspring2017 #usareadingroadtrip
