so-soThis is a good book but not a good book for me. It explores some really heavy topics - medically assisted dying (known as MAID in Canada) along with depression - and with all the heaviness of the real world these last few months, I need light in my fiction. It did lead to some good conversation in #mummydaughterbookclub, though.
Our book picks for #MummyDaughterBookClub never cease to surprise me. Though, I think this is the first year I‘ve never even heard of my mom‘s OR my sister‘s picks!
pickAn all-around winner at #mummydaughterbookclub! Was this predictable? Yes. Was it more about the how than the what? Yes. Was the part with the FBI confusing and none of us understood the point? Yes.
Between work schedules and previous plans and travels, we were only able to have our annual #MummyDaughterBookClub book choice unveiling this past weekend. This is the first year I‘m excited for every choice - usually there‘s one that I‘m not super keen on!
pickSo I totally forgot I had to read the book for #mummydaughterbookclub until about 5 hours before I had to leave. So I mainlined this one - which was easy cause it was a page turner! It had a slow start and did drag a bit at the end but once I was in, I WAS IN! And I finished it with a half hour to spare so I got to shower before leaving!
pickIt was #mummydaughterbookclub tonight with this lovely little book that I summed up as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Thirteenth Tale meets Weekend At Bernie‘s.
pick#MummyDaughterBookClub! I think this is the second time in 2 years we‘ve been able to meet in person? We got delicious Greek takeout and talked about the book for approximately six minutes, as is our custom. This was the standout book of our book club year, with all of us enjoying it. Both stories moved quickly, keeping pages turning and I enjoyed how Caroline was searching for answers. What a debut for Penner!
Lots of #weekendreading ahead - I need to finish The Lost Apothecary in advance of #MummyDaughterBookClub and I‘d like to try to finish off The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh.
I should also get started (for the third time…) on The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for #ChunksterChallenge2022.
And I should start The Violin Conspiracy since it‘s due back to the library first but I‘m dying to read The Christie Affair.
My #NovemberTBR! I had a really good October so I‘m not feeling terribly daunted by what November holds - several library holds, my #GirlyBookClub pick, the #pemberlittens current read, my #mummydaughterbookclub book, the last #heycarrots that I haven‘t picked up yet, the #agathachristieclubr2, four more books as I try to #readmyowndamnbooks and only a few leftovers from last month!
pickBased on the author‘s own experience, this was heartbreaking. I definitely understand the mindset of someone with an eating disorder better but I still cannot fathom going through that? It made for an interesting discussion at #mummydaughterbookclub
