pickI got one more audio in for the year, after figuring I wouldn't finish any more 🙄 but I had to post about this sweet little novel, I really enjoyed it. I loved how the MC's maternal feelings grew throughout the story and how she realized the kids are making her a better person than she was without them, it was really a heart warming story.
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This is a book made for reading slowly over time, an earnest request to meditate on the rhythms of nature and life. I imagine it would be great to read over a full year, season by season. The artwork adds a lovely touch. #reesesbookclub
@KadaGul how did I not realize you got me twice?!?!? Another amazing box that I 💯 opened when my old lady dog woke me up at 5:45 this morning 🤣 thank you so much! And thank you to our organizers! You all made my (very early) morning!
pickI'm a sucker for this sort of combination of nature writing and personal essay, so it's no surprise that I loved this one. Renkl does a wonderful job of narrating, you can really feel the joy and wonder she finds in the natural world around her. But if I could go back and do it again I would probably choose print, and savour it slowly as it moves through the seasons. This is written as a sort of secular devotional, and is best treated as such.
"The world would count itself lucky if we were vultures or crows. An actual vulture turns death into feathers, and actual crow turns flesh into flight."
pickAll the trappings of a romance novel, a grieving widowed wife crosses path with a well-known artist, Ian while trying to escape in a tiny town. With her nursing skills, she helps deliver a baby in town but loses the mom during labor. After promising to raise the baby, Wren, Tess finds herself immersing herself into the community and dancing her way out of grief from loss & possibly falling head over heels for Ian, too.
“Wasn‘t that what life was about? To know and be known. To offer encouragement to others and share the burdens we all face. No matter the color of one‘s skin, weren‘t we all supposed to care about each other?”
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pickMy third book by this YA author and another 5 ⭐️ read that made me cry. Cash and his best friend Delaney are leaving behind their lives in Sawyer, TN, to attend a private school in CT on full scholarships because of an amazing scientific find. Delaney has nothing to stay in TN for; her mother is a drug addict. Cash lives with his grandparents, because his mother died of an overdose. Friendship, poetry, love, family: it‘s all here. I ❤️ Zentner.
