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I did not expect to spend the afternoon wrapped up in this! I HATED Before the Fall, but this is so different. I‘m enjoying it for the same reason I enjoyed The Blinds - an unusual take on a thriller.

Also, I‘m loving the new Libby look. 🎧

In love with literary romance! The author believes you bring the love that made you to each new relationship. Fly‘s father fled the 1989 SF earthquake with his first love. We learn about Fly‘s mom and then Fly‘s first love. Stela‘s family is from the Virgin Islands and we meet her mom and dad, too. My fave story is Stela‘s first love and how it unspooled after a semester abroad. Then, Fly & Stela find each other in spite of the pandemic. #botm

Dava Shastri, a billionaire philanthropist, is dying but none of her children or grandchildren know. She has brought them to her private island to say goodbye. So obsessed with controlling her legacy, she leaks the news of her death a few days early, and the family learns about two long-held secrets, mom would rather bury. A great family drama about controlling and letting go. I would‘ve read more!

#AboutASecret #pop22
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“Like this country, I am a child in extremis. That is why my parents named me Maya -- illusion, the one whom we believe is, but who is not.”

Maya grows up in poverty on the island of #Mauritius, near a luxurious tourist resort. When she falls in love with its manager, she dares to dream but in the end the gap between their two worlds is too big. Her love turns into fury.

#ReadingAfrica2022 🇲🇺 #19822022 #2004 #pop22 #ReadInOneSitting

I really loved this book. It's the first 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 book that I've read in awhile. It's a Norse mythology retelling of the witch Angroboda who married Loki and prophesied Ragnarok.
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#WickedWords #winter (there were 3 years of winter before Ragnarok) @AsYouWish
#TheSupernaturalYear #Prophet @AkashaVampie
#Pantone2022 #Daffodil @Clwojick
#Booked2022 #religion @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

I finished this advent devotional & I feel as though I have encountered Christmas itself. Moving, soul searching, thought provoking. #christian #scribd #advent #christmas

The sisters find themselves on the run after the events of Phoyongsa III. Picking up a refugee & a new postulant only add to the difficulties they have to deal with.

This feels like a middle book. A too short middle. The big plot isn‘t resolved, only deepened. Our story is split between 2 parties that don‘t reconnect. We get more worldbuilding, more secrets & confusion. This is less philosophical than the first, but still interesting. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

This was a pick for me, mostly for the incredibly vivid writing, but beware- its a heartbreaking, gut-punching portrait of aging, decline, and dementia. We get the POV of our MC, who succumbs to memory loss, mood swings, and paranoia, as well as that of her cook, her live-in companion, old friends, and a doctor. Nobody gets off easily; there is suffering all around. But there's also real wit and an up-close look at humanity at its most vulnerable.

Yesterday I went to a little Free Library by me to drop off some books. I saw this signed copy in there. I have had this on my TBR list for awhile. I finished it in a day. Sometimes we need something like this to make sure our roots stay strong.

This story is making me cry. So you know it has to be good.