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First,I‘d like to thank Goodreads for picking me as a winner to receive a copy of this book.Second-I‘ve decided to try really hard to never read the book reviews before I read a book.The reviews on this book almost had me convinced not to read it.I‘m so glad that I took a chance,because I ended up really enjoying it.It‘s a story about growing and leaning.Its about hitting rock bottom and bouncing back.This author did a great job on her first novel

Because books, the good ones, the ones you hold on to and come back to, they never disappoint. They're the best kind of escape because, instead of leading you away from your-self, they end up circling you back to yourself, nice and easy, helping you see things not just as they are, but as you are too.

My first Erdrich novel. I really enjoyed it. I don‘t mind books that mention the pandemic since it‘s such an important moment in history. Not to mention the impact it has on minority communities & their experiences with the medical community. I always continue to appreciate insights of communities that I know little about. I was a little unsure of the story at first but after a few chapters I flew through the book. #bookspin

I didn‘t review this book right after finishing it, which I always regret…but I regret it even more this time because The Sentence was FABULOUS & I should be doing it justice! The first chapter almost feels like it belongs to a different book (which is a pointed statement about how people change & how they stay the same); if you‘re not feeling it, keep reading. The writing knocked my socks off. First Erdrich for me and it won‘t be the last! 🤩

A rare B&N shop today! I had to have a paper copy of The Sentence to reread because I enjoyed the audio so much. I read the Forster so long ago I remember nothing and realized it wasn‘t on my shelves to revisit. (Culls happen. 😏) Ceremony has been TBR for quite awhile and Flatlands was an impulse buy, but seems promising. 🤞🏾

“When it turned really cold, I caught the disease of unfixed dread.”

“Five days after Flora died, she was still coming to the bookstore. I‘m not…strictly rational. How could I be? I sell books. Still, I found the truth of this hard to accept.”

It's a coffee and candles kind of reading morning here. Not up to much new stuff today, so just rereading sections of The Sentence.

I can't put in words how much I loved this. At one point my husband asked me what it was about and I said, "Prison; a bookstore; Covid-19; ghosts; Indigenous communities; and George Floyd." Then he laughed because he thought I was just saying random words to mock him. ? Now I'll add trauma/inner demons; systemic oppression; necessary uprisings; balancing harm with benefit; friends/family; shame/regret; and reckoning, to the list. Masterful.

Thoughtful and sweet graphic memoir. Kirby recounts his experience marrying his longtime partner in 2013 following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota.