“A long time ago I stopped wondering why there were so many crazy people. What surprises me now is that there are so many sane ones.”
30 yo Ruth quits her job, and goes home to help her aging parents who are losing their memory...so human, spliced with humor.
#Dad #DynamicDs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickThis was fantastic! A young teen meets her father for the first time when she goes to spend the summer with him in the brownstone he‘s renovating. They navigate language barriers and she feels like a major outsider in the neighborhood. Very sweet story.
pickA good, sink-into, partially estranged family story. I really liked the characters, the pacing, the writing. I will definitely be reading more this author.
23/80
March #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader
pickWhat a nice story! Post apocalypse but make it hopeful. It had me crying on a plane.
2 days ago my backyard was covered in 6in" of snow; today outdoor reading--gotta love Colorado! ?
Starting March's #doublespin
pickI loved this book ❤️. It's a beautiful story about fathers and daughters, love and loss, choices and fate. Oh, and it has time travel 🤔😁. It's lovely, and I poured through it. This was my #Doublespin for March @TheAromaofBooks
pick@CSeydel this was such a winner for me - thank you for including it on your list! It was written in such a unique way, but I found it beautiful. Sad, yes, but also hopeful, funny at times, and so many wonderful characters. Ruth was the best. Funny story - my oldest son has a little cup filled with misshapen M&M‘s, like her almonds ♥️😊 #auldlangspine @monalyisha
I thought I couldn‘t read books with characters who have dementia (due to plenty of personal experience), but I‘m loving this one. And this quote really struck me. Is anyone really “sane,” though? 🤷♀️🧐😂 @CSeydel #auldlangspine #ALSpine
bailedI‘d never thought I‘d bail on a Niall Williams but there you are. I am a hundred pages in and have read about dozens of people whose names and background I can‘t remember. The book is so slow, the sentences so long and the promised child hasn‘t even showed up yet! It‘s probably me but I feel too impatient to stick with it. #FoodAndLit 🇮🇪
#WeeklyForecast 10/25
I am completely absorbed by Wild Dark Shore. I am reading it slowly because I don‘t want it to end. It‘s so good again!
The tagged is my choice for #FoodAndLit 🇮🇪 and Help Wanted is from the #ToB longlist. Road Ends I am mixing audio with print.
In the mean time I am waiting for the ordered #InternationalBooker longlisted books, for the #WP #fiction longlist and for the start of the #LitsyToB25.
Living the life 😜💕
