"The last embers of the fiery sunset danced across the surface of the Solway Firth, with the tips of its fingers illuminating the great stone fort at its edge."
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
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"The last embers of the fiery sunset danced across the surface of the Solway Firth, with the tips of its fingers illuminating the great stone fort at its edge."
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
I won this in the Library Thing #EarlyReviewers program.
Bodek's grandfather, Zaidy, survived WWII and the Holocaust. We know this going in, and I'm hoping that this is a sustaining light in what is clearly going to be a passage from a dark chapter of history.
The introduction is light, focuses on the author's relationship with and happy memories of his grandfather, but within a couple of dozen pages of the book proper, I'm learning about the ⬇️
pickThis was a fast read, an intriguing thought experiment, a philosophical sci-fi book. What if we could revisit our memories? How powerful would we be? Could we be? Would we choose to be? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #earlyreviewers #arc
Also excited for this Derry series!
Aaaand the pumpkin express!! 🚂🚂🚂
And reading & enjoying this #LMPBC cozy! Just need to find more time… 🤪
AND rec‘d my cozy-cozy #fffs package — sorry for the late post @BeaG !!! 🍁🍂🍁🍂♥️
pickI was lucky enough to get a copy of this from the #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewers program back in 2020, and I‘m so glad I finally picked it up. A moving family memoir but even more remarkable for the gorgeous, dense writing and for its meditations on California. I now have a long list of things about my state, past and present, that I need to know more about! I will absolutely read more from Atleework if she writes it.
Joining #AwesomeApril #Readathon hosted by awesome @Andrew65 . 🌸
My goal is humble: making a significant dent into (or possibly finishing?) my #Doublespin book I just started - the e-ARC for #LibraryThing 's #EarlyReviewers.
Won't have much time over the following weekend (birthday of someone special 😊), but big parts of next week look good for reading... 📚
pickThis was quite good. Written by a journalist but super grounded in a whole bunch of social science research. I like the framing of first showing how bias works and then examining some bias-countering practices that have actually worked in areas like education, policing, the workplace, and healthcare. I read this via audio and highlighted key passages in an ARC that I was fortunate enough to receive from #LibraryThing. The author ⬇️⬇️
#BookMail from #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewers
I love how the dandelion in the crack on the front is echoed on the spine. 🪨🌼
The #Bookspin #Bookspinbingo list for March! 😎☀@TheAromaofBooks
A few recent buys as well as some that have been sitting on my shelves for years
(1, 11, 17, 18).
4 and 6 are e-ARCs from #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewers #ER
Let the reading begin!😁
This past week I‘ve read at a pre-Litsy pace, slowly enjoying The Little Drummer Girl, and not letting NetGalley or library due dates create stress. I have to admit that I‘ve loved the relaxed pace and being able to just enjoy the process of reading. The only stress is coming from needing to finish my #EarlyReviewers book, but I doubt I‘ll finish anything today. That‘s okay. #bookreport
This was a slow to no reading week and I‘m not sure why. I didn‘t picked up another audiobook after I bailed on Hawkline, which is not like me, but I just couldn‘t pick anything. I did finish A Psalm for the Wild-Built, which will probably make my Top 10 list for the year. 💚 Still plugging away at Little Drummer Girl and I started my #LibraryThing #EarlyReviewers book, but I doubt I‘ll finish anything today.
#bookreport #weekendreading
I'm only a dozen pages in, but so far the writing is decent, and for a self-published, print on demand book, only two typos so far is encouraging! 🧐 1w