pickChose this bleak but enjoyable read because it is on this years #womensprizelonglist. The MC is an almost wholly unlikeable character fixated on the fact that life has shortchanged her at every turn. She has to reckon with some of the trauma of her past when police discover bodies at her family‘s former house.
2 #bookspinbingo
Read #bookspin
but didn't get to my #doublespin
I was trying to get through the #WomensPrizeLongList before the short list came put didn't quite make it, have 2 books from there to read next month.
Overall an okay month. 13 books read.
pickIt‘s hard to say I enjoyed this book because it is so full of hurt, so full of ordinary human failings. It‘s raw and unflinching in its portrayal of a family who experience a horrific event, going back to the beginning and thru to the other side. 4.5 🌟
#WomensPrizeLonglist.
pickTough subject matter but I loved this book so much. I loved how it spoke to chaos and trauma in your growing up years. I loved the journey to growth the MC made. It will stay with me. 5 🌟
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TW: Suicide, Disordered eating
so-so#womensprizelonglist
A bit of a disappointment to have this be my last 2023 long list read. It was fine but not memorable and compared to the other books on the list not nearly as creative or well crafted - though not as bad as Pod!
It felt as if the author was trying too hard to find cute silly ideas to bring in, and overall the atmosphere made me feel a bit grimy, but nowhere near as visceral as Children of Paradise.
It's late Sunday afternoon and I am going to drink some off brand Irish cream with my coffee while digging into my next #womensprizelonglist title.
Sponsored by Bailey's but drinking Costco 🤣
#weeklyforecast
I am trying to get to one last #WomensPrizeLongList before the short list announcement on Wednesday. -Trespasses
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone is my #DoubleSpin for this month, still waiting on the library for my #bookspin title.
I am doing 1 reread of my favorite books each month to see if they hold up, Bel Canto is my April reread.
Finishing up Quietly Hostel which has been hit or miss 4 me.
I also have the tagged on audio.
so-soI am a bit disappointed? There are many, many characters. If you are not familiar with the story this may be hard to follow. I had to remind myself a few times about who was who and how we got here. Overall I think Haynes was trying to do too much, but that might have been my own expectations not being met for what this book is. I went in looking for Medusa's story from her perspective - along the lines of Circe but you are thrown from story 👇
so-so#womensprizelonglist
This is one I am going to have to ruminate over for a bit. It makes me want to take a shower, sort of like how I felt after watching Sid And Nancy. The drugs and drinking and grime is so well described I personally feel gross. Which I guess from a writing standpoint is the author doing a wonderful job. The narration is cold, and the characters are distinct but not in depth. I think the book did what the author set out to do
pickParadise is one of this city‘s oldest cinemas, and its employees are really something. They have created rules for themselves at the cinema; watching movies after hours, taking whatever drugs they find and keeping jewelry. Into this comes new employee Holly who finds it hard to be accepted.
A book about fitting in, making new friends and how fast life can change.
4th book read from the #WomensPrizeLonglist
