#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Flowers
2. Family BBQ this afternoon
3. Watched Hamilton on Hulu (wow!!)
4. Three days off before I go back to work!
5. Tiny glimmers of hope for kindness and rational thought plus empathy
Took me this long to find 5 things 🎆🧨😐
so-soA family saga centered around young runaway Felice, who is drop dead gorgeous but insistent on punishing herself for a traumatizing loss she experienced. Avis, her mom, is heartbroken and loses herself in the tenuous work of baking. The dad struggles with health, how to navigate brokeness and feeling adrift, and Stanley - the stable& sensical older brother- who just is always overshadowed by the phantom of his sister. The family reunites in hope
pickRebelling against a restrictive and rigid faith, mad support for the LGBTQ+, a girl inspired by art, and a literal musical triumph over the high school alt-right? What's not to love?! Sure, Hope's mom's turnaround in perspective felt a little too good to be true, and OK, I skipped most of the sci-fi story-within-a-story, but overall, so enjoyable. I can never resist self-discovery, good friends, and great music. #BooksAndBlooms
It's been a while since there's been a Dulci sighting on Litsy. She's nearly 2.
I haven't bought from Book Outlet in ages and I went a little crazy during their last sale...
pickLoved it! After Hope‘s younger sister Charity outs their older sister Faith, their ultra-conservative Christian parents plan to send Faith to a conversion camp to “fix” her. Instead, Faith runs away. Nearly a year later, when a fellow classmate, Danny, is kicked out of his home and ostracized by his friends for coming out, Hope gives him a place to stay. Their friendship deepens and they form a punk band to counter all the hate in their community.
pick#RunAway #HarlanCoben #BookSpinBingo
You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, quite by chance, you see her busking in New York's Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is wasted, frightened and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs.
Short but interesting read on hope punk, novels that focus on hope and redemption. Hope is something we can all use a dose of now and then.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220113-the-sci-fi-genre-offering-radical-h...
