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Two of the beloved OGs from my IRL bookclub past away in 2024, one after an extended illness and another suddenly. For 2025 on their birth months, we are discussing a book each nominated in year‘s past but ultimately not selected for discussion. This was Patty‘s book. A reread for me but all the more beautiful the 2nd time around knowing how often she spoke about and loved this story.

Tonight‘s hot cinnamon milk & a book.

What is louder than hunger? The voice in his head telling him he is a loser who shouldn‘t eat, doesn‘t deserve to eat. This portrait of a young boy suffering from anorexia and those determined to help him is inspiring. The voice feels genuine and telling the story in verse was genius.

#CoverStories #Barn

#coverstories
#barn

That's the best I can do for this prompt, not exactly a barn, but in this book Death is forced into retirement and starts to live and work on a farm, which presumably would have a barn somewhere😂😁🤓

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thank you so much @AmyG for the birthday gift. I just finished packing for a couple nights away and am tempted to switch out the books I am bringing because I have really been wanting to read this one. I am already bringing another book you gifted me that I part way through! I am so grateful and excited!

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

Alice Sebold

#CoverStories #jewelry

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Read for my “Death Becomes Us” bookclub with @Eyelit and @thestarlesscasea . We read books about death, all nonfiction so far, stemming from a common interest in Stiff by Mary Roach and The Mummy Congress (⬇️).

Because we‘ve read a lot on the topic, this felt like repetition to me, except for the exhausting details about presidential burials, casket and hearse materials, and grave robbery protective contraptions. A bit dull, unless it‘s a new ⬇️

After the heavy reading I need a light read … Jodi is always a good choice!