“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
2007 #PulitzerWinner
#Bibliophile
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That‘s true!! 3w
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“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
2007 #PulitzerWinner
#Bibliophile
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I started out this morning in Timbuktu. By the late afternoon I was in Northern California. But now having bailed on that, I am sitting in lovely weather in my dark backyard wondering where to go next.
#WhereAreYouMonday
@Cupcake12
bailedI had to bail after 50 pgs. I chose it because It was apocalyptic and set in California, two of my favorite genres. I looked at reviews before I quit and it didn't look like it was ever going to go anywhere.
But this particular cover is beautiful.
1. My whole house is a library. 😂 LibraryThing says I have 18,346 physical books but that‘s a little high since I‘m trying to rehome some (although this count doesn‘t include my husband‘s books, so maybe it‘s not too far wrong).
2. I was pretty much guaranteed to like this one because I loved the first one. This one wasn‘t quite as amazing but still good.
@TheSpineView
pickVol 4 out of 6, but so far there are no publishing dates for the last German volumes. I have a bad feeling about this...
This series is the one that tells me I'm not quite out of the manga genre. It speaks mostly through the artwork and shows us a dystopian world, that isn't quite that dystopian.
In this volume the girls learn about what humans are capable of doing. Like building weapons and destroying whole cities.
1. Yes. I‘ve always been a lover of books and a reader. I don‘t read as fast as I‘d like. With lots of interests, my days also run away from me, and I have to be purposeful with when I read.
2. Griz from the tagged book. May not have had great access to books in that post-apocalyptic world, but Griz read everything they did have or could find.
@TheSpineView And thanks for the tag @Sace
I guess that wraps up my #WeeklyFavorites for March. It's been a pretty good reading month, but moving into April, I feel like I need a refresh of how I approach reading. I've been using audiobooks as a replacement for putting my hands over my ears, and I would rather move *towards* books rather than *away* from reality. So we'll see if I can find a little more balance as we move into spring.
@Read4life
pickWhat a beautiful and immersive follow-up this novel is. I love the portrayal of the landscape and that Rice leaves dialogue in Anishinaabemowin untranslated, with context clues to meaning. While reading this novel, I have found myself observing the world around me differently and requesting from myself more attention in the moment. I find myself contemplating what's most important and how to center those elements in my life. It's a gift of a book.
After the 6th graders put me through my paces in class tonight, I feel like having something stronger, but I'm trying to convince myself that salad, nonalcoholic kombucha, and post-apocalyptic fiction will nourish me better in the long run---and disturb my sleep less---than a martini.
