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I had to say goodbye to Kili this morning, and I‘m heartbroken. He was in respiratory distress around 5:00, and I hustled him to the emergency vet where things escalated quickly. Long story short, the tests uncovered two serious conditions with completely opposite treatments. In other words, treating one would worsen the other, and vice versa. So for the sake of his quality of life, we let him go. 😭💔🐈‍⬛

Here he is working from home.

“There was a pie and mash shop and a butcher.”

#piemention #litpie #pieandbooks #booksandpie #ILovePie #BlackPloutPie

I wouldn't have chosen a pandemic novel at this point but it's what was available on BorrowBox.
I enjoy how Ali Smith plays with words and story, so it's a pick, but could I tell you what it all *means*? I'm not sure I could. Definitely feels like she's more interested in raising questions than answering them. That's fine by me, but what the hell was going on with the Pelf family?!

#CharacterCharm Day 9: #FairyElfPixie in this Lisbeth Zwerger collection entitled “Wonderment” - not on Litsy‘s database. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-b71

This was OK. It's the 2nd in a series and, as I read, I recalled that I didn't particularly like any of the main characters. So that obviously dragged the book down for me. The idea of the book- an unknown Van Gogh turning up- is a thrilling possibility. This book introduced me to the controversy around his death and

I liked the art, the island & even the characters for the most part. But most of it ends up being quite obvious and the pace was absolutely glacial.

My mom bought this for my oldest, so I read it before he took it. He‘s going back to RI soon for his senior year. He‘s studying Wildlife Biology & Conservation. He‘s become obsessed with birds. He‘s getting his applications ready for grad school. He wants to focus on birds (ducks or songbirds, still deciding, now that he‘s been reading about the research being done at different universities he‘s having a harder time narrowing it down). I learned

✨ july wrap-up ✨

📚 53 books read

📖 5 print books
📱 1 ebook
🎧 47 audiobooks

⭐️ 4 five-star reads: shield of sparrows, promise me sunshine, a dance of lies + betting on you

Isn't that a gorgeous cover? Finnish, if Google translate is right.

I'm attached to the characters, but I can see a day coming when I stop reading this series. :-( This is a bit overwritten and reuses some overly familiar themes. Still a good read overall.

#SeriesLove2025

And around and around we go! 😵‍💫 When the book started with a chapter about whitescapes, an apparent critique of minimalist architecture/interior design, I thought maybe we were going to consider individual colours, how people historically have reacted to them, how they might arouse fear, disgust, phobia, as much as praise, from an art-focused, rather than psychological basis. 1/?