pickThere definitely has been a theme to my reading lately as I grapple with current events and view them through the lens of the past. Friedrich Reck was a conservative in Germany who was vehemently anti-Nazi and Hitler from the very beginning. His observations of Germany as they slid towards tyranny and horror are astute, cutting and incisive.
#StaycationinTime
Thank you @forestandcrow Tyler for my fantastic box. I cannot wait to try to goodies. Love the tote and bookmark and my new favorite ice tea glass. Thrilled with your book choices and an NYRB edition to add to my collection is next level.
Thank you for hosting @Chrissyreadit and @DinoMom Love this swap 💙
“I hate and fear the human race, I loathe people who have never done me any wrong, I see them always hating each other.”
#humanity
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
I journal. I don‘t journal before bed every night if I don‘t have anything to write about but recently, I reapplied for the St. Martin‘s Press Early Readers Program after being in their program for years and they rejected me. I wrote about it in my journal. It ended up being a 3 page journal entry. I realized what bothered me the most was that they never used to care about how many followers you have and now, they do.
#journaling
Part 1 of kiddo‘s haul: the tagged has been borrowed from the library at least a dozen times, the bottom two finish the series, the Daughter books is her cousin‘s absolute favorite series (she carries them around and calls them her children) and a birthday present for my kiddo, and the Calin just because (and author‘s first name is kiddo‘s first name so if that‘s ever a bingo square again she‘s set).
pickIn 1910-12, the author Ejnar and a boat mechanic Iver sledge along the west coast of #Greenland looking for notes from previous Danes whose exploration ended in their 3 deaths. Ejnar and Iver brave the coast for well more than a year trying to get back to their ship. They are good partners for this task who have one spat in all this time, over an imaginary girl. It‘s a brutal survival story with an excellent epilogue about how the author ⬇️
