Stopped by a Barnes & Noble and just wandered until something caught my eyes. Today‘s winners were the tagged book—I‘m not even sure I knew Bradbury wrote crime fiction—and a middle grade fantasy, the first couple of pages were very entertaining. Looking forward to the long weekend and some good reading.
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I expect I will also love Sittenfeld‘s writing and I actually quite like short stories. Some were of course more successful than others but all held my attention for the 30 or so pages they lasted. I particularly loved the final story which returned to the world of Prep for the characters‘ 30 year reunion. Made me very keen to read Prep again. And to order Eligible.
pickI‘m always hoping for something I have not heard before and this collection is definitely that. Superb.
Anyone else believe that organizing books is a complete hobby in itself?
Putting together my summer reading.
Pictured my physical TBR corner.
#BookHaul! I couldn‘t resist the NYRB children‘s book sale, and I #blameitonlitsy—specifically @TheBookHippie 😁
I‘m so excited about these! Three of them I‘ve been wanting to read for a while, and the Rumer Godden also sounded SO good—I justified buying it in order to get the maximum discount. Of course. 😆📚💜
pickFebruary 2025 Book #5
This is a collection of short stories, powerful ones in terms of topics. First book I read by this author and looking forward to read more books by her. However, my experience with short story collections is that I like some more that the others and this is not an exception. Also, some stories I saw them more narrative, informative than a short story per se. It was the same experience I had with In A Dream Hoyse ⬇️
I've been so busy making videos about the International Booker lately that I've neglected reading for myself.
So I'm going to use @Liz_M 's #14books14weeks challenge as an opportunity to read some stuff that I want to read purely for Rae 💙
I decided to choose only from hardbacks that I feel frustrated at having neglected for so long.
Here are my choices 💕
Now where to even start????????
pick*Not the tagged book* Joe Hill‘s Jackknife is a captivating tale about a uniquely vengeful tree. During a nature walk, Dennis Lange encounters a magnificent sycamore tree with an old jackknife stuck in its trunk. Dennis, who has always wanted to own a jackknife since childhood, is unaware of the dire consequences he‘ll unleash when he removes it.
Full review abookandadog.com/blog/jackknife
pickI read James last year and am reading more of Everett‘s books this month for #authoramonth. If this book of stories doesn‘t prove the versatility of Everett than nothing will. The stories are set in cold cowboy country. A man tries to save a girl surrounded by rattlers, an old woman rides off to what seems like heaven, and a father and daughter go on a quarrelsome hike but they bond over an unfortunate event. A mystery box is, well, mysterious. ⬇️
