I‘m really hoping that the #bookspin gods are kind to me and pick books that are already on my March TBR. Between library books with due dates that can‘t be extended, books clubs/buddy reads, NetGalley books that publish this month, and my library system‘s annual Community Reads program, my schedule is already packed. In fact, looking at this makes me so stressed, I may bail on everything and just watch Netflix. 😂
so-soThere‘s something stingy and mean in this collection, characters putting up barriers in self-preservation mode. But a few lovely ones: tender tourist in Hyderabad, urban tent housing vs. luxury safari tents, sentimental AI in Mall of America, Paul Yoon‘s mini-epic “Valley of the Moon,” Lori Ostlund‘s bubble family in “Just Another Family.” Preferred 2023 collection edited by Min Jin Lee. 2024
#weekendreads
I‘m primarily only reading the tagged Mother Doll. It‘s a library ebook and I am at 50%, will hopefully finish this weekend. 🤞
Nancy Drew ,is of course. for this month‘s #NancyDrewBR .
The rest are from my #10BeforeTheEnd pile and I have a t least read the first chapter of each. I will try to prioritize Altes Land since it works for November‘s #TBRTarot prompt.
It‘s Party Time!! 🎈
Please join the #birthdayfairies in wishing @TheAromaofBooks a very, very Happy Birthday today!!
Hope you feel the #birthdaylove all around you on your special day. ♥️
Happy Birthday, Sarah!!!
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Doing so little reading lately thanks to so much working! 😣 But this lovely bookmail from Mariner certainly makes me hope some free time magically appears soon!! 😍
pickI‘m so irresponsible giving this a pick. It‘s a mess. Directionless, rushed, sometimes incoherent. But it‘s a Faulknerian mess. It has its joys on flying, New Orleans (lightly fictionalized), Mardi Gras, drunkness, and lust…and its Macbeth themes/parallels. And its neologisms, words like yair, or smashed-together words like umbrellarib. If you can hack through, you might actually find it fun. I did.
The #birthdayfairies have a double reason for fun and celebration today…Birthday Twins!! 🎉🎉
@Laughterhp and @TaciturnWhenReading , we hope that you enjoy your day to the fullest and that it‘s filled with all that makes you happiest. #birthdaylove
Happy Birthday, Mikala and Andrea!!!
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pickIs it a novel or a collection of connected tales? I struggled a bit near the end when the tone became serious with the war. Certainly it‘s a unique exploration of sanity, culture, and art.
