so-soI‘m not panning this only because I DID finish it, though I‘m not sure why I bothered😅 The majority of the book was just…dull? The characters didn‘t speak to me and the whole plot felt recycled and overdone. It just wasn‘t a compelling story to me. I‘ve heard the second book is better, but I don‘t think I can raise enough interest to try. This one was disappointing.
“Huh?” I say, not because I didn‘t hear her, but because I‘m not ready to go there.”
-I poke fun of my husband for doing this when he doesn‘t want to answer me. “Huh?” Some people will say “hmm?” Or “What‘s that?” Drives me nuts lol you heard me don‘t pretend you didn‘t!
You‘ve got to do something you‘ve never done, to have something you‘ve never had.
As a kid, you idolize your parents. You think they‘re perfect, because they‘re the yardstick by which you measure the rest of the world, and yourself. Then as teenager, they just piss you off, because you realize that not only are they not perfect, but they may be even a little more screwed up than you. But there‘s that moment when you realize they‘re not superheroes, or villains. They‘re painfully, unforgivable human.
“You understand this is not about your father and me getting back together,” she tells Dalton and his sister, but for kids of divorce, hope springs eternal.
😩
I saw this post on Instagram about being nostalgic and wrote a #haiku about it.
#haikuhive
Started this last night on Kindle.
#TBR #HauntedShelf #OneSnackToRuleThemAll
#Witchathon #SPNBookBingo2025 #Asylum
#AfterDarkBingo #ErasGhostBingo #Read2025
#PumpkabooHunt
+1 point #BlackCatCrew
pick#HauntsAndHexes: A positively #chilling adaptation of Atwood‘s classic dystopian novel. I found the graphic novel to be eerie, striking, and effective. It has allowed me to experience the story again in a more visually affecting way, amplifying my horror and indignation. See here on how I featured the original Atwood novel and this adaptation here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kt1
“I‘m sorry,” I said, bracing myself for the inevitable backlash. When my Selection started, I‘d pictured it ending this way—with dozens of my suitors leaving at a time, many of them unprepared for their moment in the spotlight to be over.
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