pickMy book club read for the month… a soft pick 3.5* not my usual read but I‘m off work this week and it was actually a nice cosy holiday/beach read. Always nice too when a book is written from the perspective of and focused on older women 🤘 The main character is not very likeable at first but she did grow on my e by the end (and it‘s definitely intentional!)
Sadly, I no longer have my childhood copy of Beautiful Joe (those Whitman books were cute, but just didn‘t hold up with age). However, I do have the sequel. 🐶
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent
pickThis was a surprise! What a stunning little book about a family tragedy. A very sad story of loss and grief told from 4 different family member‘s perspectives and a rabbit during the COVID pandemic in 2020. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
My Saturday nights are now spent, beer in hand, watching my son on YouTube play cricket in the Netherlands. Technology is a wonderful thing sometimes. 🏏 ♥️
#OzFiction
#5JoysFriday
1) I‘m at the north coast for a long weekend with my dad. The weather‘s not great but had a couple of breaks so Pippin could walk me.
2) The Rhododendrons are spectacular
3) Our son brought over fresh halibut on Tuesday, so good.
4) Impressions of the Sea symphony with my daughter
5) Enjoying everyone‘s joyful posts
@DebinHawaii
pickI adore Rose Tremain‘s novels. I can‘t recall how I first learned about her, but I have been reading her for many years. This one is set in the 1980s in a small French village. A cast of excellently drawn characters navigate their way through life. Perfection 👏😍🙏
I‘ve really fallen behind in logging my reads - again! Enjoyed this window into a place, time, situation.. I really hope their journey to the big city worked out, but I suspect it won‘t be all fame and money. Val was so frustrating!
pickLook into their eyes. Really look. The eyes reveal the joy, the sadness, the layers of life experiences; every life is a story revealed in the eyes. Though some may not see the value of their own stories, those who do can then value the stories of others. When one person sees another with eyes of faith, hope, and love then that one will see the truth of the other's story. Especially when seeing through eyes of love. ⬇️
pickVery much felt like an elderly coming of age story for 70 year old Tommy who thought he could back to his old life. I kept hearing Billy Joel in my head, "then the king and queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again." It also felt Twilight Zone-y as Tommy walked around Downtown not understanding why it all looked so different, and feeling like an "old fool" for thinking it'd be the same.
34/80
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