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Illustration by #StephenAlcorn for the poem “By Accident” by #JuliaAlvarez

Wow...it‘s been a while since I‘ve read a book by Julia Alvarez.

This is a #mustread about loss, grief, life, life after loss, love, family, sisterhood, mental illness, words, immigration, forgiveness, and self love. All of the intricacies of life, in a nutshell.

#YesiReads #JuliaAlvarez #diverseauthors #diversebooks #contemporaryfiction

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poetry. The poems were each three stanzas of ten lines each and covered a myriad of subjects. They usually took a surprising or poignant turn in that third stanza. My favorite poem was “Deathday.”

Yep. This is the only book I read in June. I had too much personal stuff going on to concentrate on a book. But July should be a bit more calm, so I‘m hoping for a lot more reading!

#junewrapup #junereads #monthlywrapup

Strongly disliked the author-insert frame story in In the Time of the Butterflies and this is promising to be an entire collection of self-absorbed autobiographical poems. Not interested.

The ones I read worked much much better as prose paragraphs. The line spacing has no purpose.

This Litsy bail marker is great. Am now committed to not reading this. No need to suffer through.

I loved this collection so much!!!! Sorry I‘m later than usual sending it out, but I‘ll have it in the mail today! #lmpbc @slategreyskies @HoneyBeeLee @thebluestocking

This arrived today!! #lmpbc @slategreyskies @HoneyBeeLee @thebluestocking

I‘m really impressed with this book! I found my way into the poems and saw parts of myself inside them, hidden parts of me that I hadn‘t known how to express. I related to a lot of her experiences, and I found that so much of the woman I am deep inside was validated through reading this. I didn‘t know that JA wrote poetry, as I‘d only heard of her novels, but these poems were by turns sorrowful, joyful and full of passion. I loved them!! 💚💙💜!!

I‘m sitting down by the river with my #LMPBC book. I‘ve been really enjoying this one. She seems to have written it through the lens of middle-age, and I‘m finding that I can relate to a lot of her experiences and thoughts and feelings. It‘s a lot of fun marking it up too! I‘m excited to send it on its way at the end of the month! I think you all will enjoy it too! :) #LMPBC8P

What do you all think of this choice for #LMPBC ? I found it on my poetry shelf while searching for a different one and thought it looked promising. #poetry