pickAfter getting fired Jasmine has one year of gardening leave to figure out her life among other things. Matt, her neighbour is in kind of a similar situation and decides to come home drunk every night. They strike a unique friendship all this while which helps them move ahead in their lives.
Feel-good, quick paced, simple characters, and a sweet story overall. The cover is just really cute and was the reason I picked the book
4/5🌟
“Stuff always happens, whether a day from now or years, stuff that will make a person glad to be alive, if you can somehow just ride through the self-hatred and the gouging and the bad.”
so-soMy mom bought me this book that she read in the 80s. It helped her overcome the damaging parenting that she went through, particularly as a kid of an alcoholic. Reading this book with that context in mind made me grateful she broke the cycle of not treating you children as human beings and the normalizing of abusive behaviour as 'good parenting.' I wouldn't recommend this book in any other circumstance other than the one I read it under, though!
pickI think the cover & title are awful, but I actually loved learning more about the enneagram in this book. It's full of humor & hard truths & helped me understand some of my own challenges & others' choices better. The structure worked well introducing each type & explaining how their childhood, work, relationship, etc. can be affected by their type. It wraps up each one w/ a list of ways they can work on spiritual growth & healthy decision making.
#AuldLangSpine
@KadaGul here are 10 random things about me. I‘m so happy we were matched for #AuldLangSpine by @monalyisha 🤓
In the spirit of #Auldlangspine, here are a few facts about me before we start this reading challenge ☺️ @Zuhkeeyah
Fall Break:
The most blissful times for teachers, my personal favorite break because I can shut down, recharge and catch up on life.
I am dog sitting so extra $$ for me
I have colored pages upon pages in my new coloring book all while listening to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (maybe I‘ll finally finish that series this year)
I‘ve crafted
I‘ve slept
and 2 days ago I dove into this quaint French love story💓
#happy fall yall
pickA contemplative read about finding your place and offering a way to be that, in light of the world today, seems to make a lot of sense. This read was in stark contrast to Blood Meridian that I am reading also. These two books couldn‘t be further apart- this full of love kindness and respect- McCarthy‘s book a stream of blood, betrayal and depravity. This is a read that fixes.
I never thought of it quite this way. I never really got to that part yet. I didn‘t think about being “on the spectrum.” I was still in the self-discovery, ah-ha stage. This speaks to me, though. It makes far more sense to say that spectrum is part of us, inside of us, than something we are on. It certainly makes more sense with the fact that every single autistic person is uniquely autistic.
#CassandraInReverse #HollySmale #audiobook #autism
