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It was fine.

This was A LOT, in all the best ways. Our narrator is deeply, obsessively in love with her husband. And with crafting every moment towards him, plagued by thoughts of his every slight, absorbed with thoughts of him and her love for him as she goes about her week at work, with the children, with friends. It's, again, a lot, but so deliciously wild to go along for the ride.

“And what more beautiful gift is there than a hiding place?“

The deceptively simple, unsettling prose in this one is so spot on. Unnerved and intrigued so far!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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I am ecstatic for Maud Ventura's new novel translated to English. May is going to be a great reading month with her, Fredrik Backman and Ocean Vuong having new ones (I am sure there will be lots of tears with both!) and I am interested in debut Awake in the Floating City.
June is all about SA Cosby
July I like the idea of The Phoenix Pencil Company- 'Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life'
And August is RF Kuang!!

This one is not in the Litsy catalogue yet, but it has shifted all of my most anticipated for 2025!

My Husband was my absolute favorite read of 2023 and I am so so excited I got my hands on a digital ARC of this one.

Has me thinking more and more about my most anticipated for 2025. I am going to do a round up!

I am looking for all the French novels you loved! Last year my favorite book was My Husband. Next year I want to read a bunch of French books. I have and will read all of the Valerie Perrin books that are available in English, I am working my way through Edouard Louis, and Philippe Besson. I need more modern day ladies!
All suggestions appreciated.
Photo from UK Vogue

Much like Sarah Dessen's Dreamland, I'm glad I didn't read this when it first came out, as it wouldn't have been as impactful. A little hard to read at times due to the emotions and trauma, but I appreciate the raw honesty and the ending, as well as the characters.

1. I get dressed in the morning and undressed at night. @Deblovestoread reminded me that I exercise 3/week and wear exercise clothes! Totally forgot this.
2. The wife in the tagged book worries constantly about what she‘s wearing, how her husband will feel about about what she‘s wearing, and how others see her in what she‘s wearing! Yes, she‘s as neurotic as she sounds.

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