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I work alongside people who are struggling with addiction and have witnessed many moments when people have shared their pasts, some in personal conversations with fear in their eyes that they would see judgement in mine and some publicly when they were in a place to give hope to others. Hardin‘s memoir about her journey with addiction, jail, and shame really touched me. Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for sending it my way.

I‘m adding this one to my list of favorites. This is a chunkster (917 pages) but so worth the time. We follow different survivors after nuclear missiles have ravaged the world. As they move across the country, some will come together to rebuild and some to destroy, but they will all meet to fight for good or evil. I loved many of the characters and even shed a few tears. #Booked2023 #GiftedbyaLitten

Another deep, quiet book this month. This exploration of grief and forgiveness was very good.

Patsy wakes up hungover in jail. She figures it‘s just another DUI until she finds out a mother and daughter are dead. She joins AA in prison, and you follow her there and then after she‘s released and in a sober marriage. The last bit 20 years later was quite a surprise, but I wish Huneven had dug more deeply into Patsy‘s time with the victims‘ family.

Loved this book to pieces. Beautifully melancholy, and quietly chilling, I was swept away by this heartbreaking story. In a near future, an environmental dystopia where few creatures remain, Franny finds a ragtag found family of fishermen, to take her on her journey. Whilst following the few remaining Arctic terns on their final epic migration, we slowly learn of the trauma of her past. The writing is so gorgeous, I couldn‘t put this down.

All the love for this one ♥️
It‘s about grief, parenting, racism, colonialism, mother/daughters and then intermingled with a literary tour. Learned so much, without it being preachy or annoying. Really made me think. And so much love for Della.
#booked2023 #giftedbyalitten thank you @CarolynM

#spring #booked2023
Thoughts so far-
Wrongly incarcerated - Just Mercy
New in 23- ? I‘m sure there will be many!
Modern take- The Weight of Blood- meant to be a retelling of Carrie- which is a horror classic 😁
Short story- ? - I do have many choices, so will just have to pick one nearer the time
Set in 2 times- This is How
Starts with W- Widowland

Here are my books for #booked2023 that I already have on my physical shelves. As well as these I‘ve managed to find a ‘free‘ book for every prompt, either through Scribd or the physical or digital libraries.

I‘ll tag those below in comments. For a few of the prompts I have many to choose from, so haven‘t tagged those. Those prompts are; #propernounintitle, #newin2023, #titlestartswithvorw, #inmemoriam and #giftedbyalitten

As you said @Caroline2 , this was a lovely cosy read. Perfect for evenings by the fire!

I just had to share the fabulous back of the cover, which I hadn‘t even noticed until @LeahBergen pointed it out!

I‘m using this for #booked2022 #makeyourownprompt, which is #giftedbyalitten. This was my Blind Date with a Book from @CGainor3 when we had our Litsy meet-up #readingretreat at the end of last year -thank you Catherine!

What in the absolute fuck did I just read? Seriously...I have no words. None.

I'm not sure if this is humour or horror but it's a whole lot of cringey mind-fuck wrapped in a messy "wait....what...seriously?" candy coating. I have no idea if I liked it because I have no idea what just went on. @BookishTrish Did you read this? I'm so confused ??

#bookspinbingo #TBRDeckofCards #QueenOfDiamonds #GiftedByALitten
@Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks