My husband's out of town, so I decided to spend my Friday evening reading this book for 7 hours straight and making myself miserable 😂😭 It was like being transported back to Christmas 2008, when I was 14 and had just received The Hunger Games as a gift from my dad, and I stayed up all night devouring it. Much more so than the other prequel, this one enthralled me and broke my heart.

Me: "I should finish some of my long currently reading list before 2025, so I can start the new year with a clean slate."

Also me, in the airport having visited the Strand Bookstore in NYC: "Time to dive into the 900 page masterpiece we just bought! ?"

#BookHaul

#BookSpinBingo time! I haven't participated in a while, but I'm reading more again, so this is the perfect month to jump back in. 😊📚 @TheAromaofBooks #BookSpin #DoubleSpin

$2 was a fantastic deal for this book! Looking forward to reading it! #bookhaul #newin

Loving reading The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling on my Onyx Boox Palma. It's so funny and such a fast read for such a long, old book! (Published 1749!) #projectgutenberg #free #ereader

Finished Sipsworth on a #readathon date with my husband while he was finishing up A Man Called Ove! A perfect pairing. ❤️ I wanted a book that would make me feel like I did when I read A Man Called Ove years ago, and this did that. A touching story where we get to know and love the characters and relish connection and hope. #deweysreadathon

For what this is (an A2-B1 graded reader for Spanish language learners), I found it consistently at the advertised level and written well enough that I wanted to keep reading. It's a single story of a mysterious theft told through 101 short chapters consisting of a contextual blurb followed by a conversation. Available on #Hoopla. #Spanish #gradedreader #languagelearning

#Audiocrossstitching with next month's book club pick - a heavy, insightful #audiobook read by the author (and available on #Hoopla!)

#audiocrossstitch #audiostitching

A charming story with beautiful illustrations and good narration. I liked the authors' note about traditional Mesoamerican stories of the sun & the moon, rabbits & opossums, and ceiba trees & agave. #hoopla #espanol #spanish
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Una historia preciosa con bonitas ilustraciones y buena narración. Me gustó la nota de los autores sobre los cuentos tradicionales mesoamericanos del sol y la luna, el conejo y el tlacuache, y la ceiba y el maguey.

Saturday reading on a coffee shop date 💕
#bookandcoffee

#audiopuzzling #AuthorAMonth #AAM @Soubhiville

One print book, one audiobook (#AuthorAMonth #AAM), and one ebook (#CampNetGalley #NetGalley #ARC)! I think I'm officially back to reading, after six months of barely reading at all. 😊📚

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain
@Soubhiville

This devotional interweaves the author's personal experience with lung disease, Bible passages, prayers, and reflection questions. As a leftist Christian minister with chronic illness and disability, I didn't find this book particularly helpful or ground-breaking, but I absolutely believe it would be really helpful for conservative Christians struggling with their experiences of chronic illness and disability, especially...

This is a GREAT beach read, fast-paced and easy to read. I hated the entitled, self-centered unreliable narrator and enjoyed rooting for her downfall. The critiques of the racist, toxic publishing industry and online book world (Twitter, etc.) added something deeper to the book, although part of me wishes the book were far more complex - maybe with multiple versions of the narrative like Hernan Diaz's Trust. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #AuthorAMonth #AAM @Soubhiville

"Judging the book to be much better than we remembered it, another possibility occurred to us: that the fading faculties that kept him from finishing the book also kept him from realizing how good it was. In an act of betrayal, we decided to put his readers' pleasure ahead of all other considerations. If they are delighted, it's possible Gabo might forgive us. In that we trust."

Switched to audio for this one; it's a little dense for audiobook format, but I wanted to finish reading it and just didn't have capacity for sitting and reading the print book right now. Thankful for the accessibility that audiobooks provide!

#audiopuzzling

#audiopuzzling with this 2018 disability justice classic ❤️ #disability

After almost six months of visiting Middlemarch, how strange that it‘s over. There were many parts of this #tome that I didn‘t love, but I did love Dorothea, and also the final sentence of the book, and I‘m still thinking about all of it. I understand why it‘s considered one of the greatest English novels, and I also feel like this didn‘t quite hit five stars for me personally, although I am so glad I read it.

Another Middlemarch-accompanied puzzle! #audiopuzzling

#20in4 #Readathon @Andrew65

I finished my puzzle and reached the 75% mark in Middlemarch, so I'm happy with my weekend of reading!

#audiopuzzling

#20in4 #Readathon I've been getting some good reading in this weekend, amidst work and social commitments! A little bit of time with Cross-Stitch, and tons of lovely time listening to Middlemarch while starting a new puzzle. 🥰🧩
@Andrew65

Today I started the book I spontaneously checked out from the library yesterday while out doing a "Berkeley Walks" date downtown with my husband! I love the Berkeley Public Library. ? And so far I'm enjoying this book, which I picked up simply because it was in the "New" section and is titled after one of my favorite hobbies. ? #libraryhaul

I've hardly read this year, but I'm getting a little bit in on a visit to my family in the forest! The cicadas and birds are singing and the dog is napping and I can feel my brain slowing down. 🌳🐦😌🐕🌲

I loved my second book of 2024, and I'm still thinking about it! The main character has such a distinct and compelling voice, and the setting comes alive as a character in its own right. It was fantastic on audio! I read David Copperfield in 2023, and I'm glad I did, because I absolutely loved how Kingsolver engaged with it and added depth and nuance to it while bringing it into a modern context. A tough read, but not without tenderness and hope.

#NetGalley #ARC Pastors Cowles and Roberts work primarily with folks who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness and/or addiction. I found their theology very concerning: (subtly) anti-LGBTQ+; too individualistic (focusing on individual choices to the exclusion of systemic analysis); suggesting folks experiencing domestic violence can/should "save" their abusive spouses; constantly calling those they serve "broken people"; etc. 1/5 stars

I think I might finally get a #bingo this month🤞Somehow every month I'm one book away from a bingo, and even this month I've finished 10 books and am still one book away from bingo multiple times! 😂 I noticed I finished books on the first two even days of the month and decided to see if I could keep up that streak, and it's been great motivation to finally finish lots of in-progress books! #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

400 out of 119,700 stitches 🪡
38 out of 90 colors 🎨
10.5 hours of work out of -
who knows how many total hours/years it will be 😂

Really good audiobook accompaniment! (Tagged)

#audiocrossstitch #audiostitching #crossstitch #strawberrythief #audiobook

Will probably rate this book 2/5 stars when I finish it, but it was a fine companion for a beautiful walk! I'm hoping to do more audiobook walks now that my health allows it again, and I think this was a really lovely start. 😊 #audiowalk #hoopla

"At what point do we escalate? When do we conclude that the time has come to also try something different? When do we start physically attacking the things that consume our planet and destroy them with our own hands? Is there a good reason we have waited this long?"

Audiobook + bobbin winding for my newish cross-stitch project! This short audio is the perfect supplement to a print reading (I read the edition that includes The Battle of Maldon and is edited by Peter Grybauskas). What a rare treat to hear Tolkien's work narrated and dramatized by himself! Even using his study furniture to add sound effects. Christopher Tolkien's narration for the essays is also a delight. #Tolkien #Audiobook

Ending my #Readathon with audiobook + crochet in bed! I'll post a wrap-up tomorrow + can't wait to see other folks'. It was a great readathon, I read over 9 hours and had a lovely day! 🥰 #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Another book finished! I love that this volume had a story that we didn't get in the anime 😍 #hour18 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Finished my second book of the day with a bubble bar from Lush (courtesy of my husband - the theme of today is that he spoils me 🥰) #hour17 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

After a little nap and dinner with my husband, I'm back at it, reading one of my Independent Bookstore Day purchases! #Hour15 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Halfway through the readathon, here's how it's going! I've almost hit 7 hours of reading, plus I've finished 1 fantastic book, plus hit bingo on my board! 🎉
#hour12 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

#AudioWalk by the Bay! 🌁 I continue to adore Miss Trotwood and Mr. Dick.
#hour11 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Took a reading break to visit 2 bookstores for Independent Bookstore Day with my husband! He spoiled me with three books. 😁 I started the tagged with lunch + coffee but mostly chatted about books with my husband. 🥰 #hour10 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon #IBD #IndependentBookstoreDay The husband: @CounterfeitNickel

Wow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ this one stole the show so far!
#hour7 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

"the poem is sorry for ever glamorizing the struggle. enough of work. enough of struggle. the poem refuses to be a good worker. the poem vows to never
be productive. huevón y flojo y qué? the only work the poem is interested in is working on a tan.
the only struggle the poem will glamorize is the struggle of cracking open a coconut without spilling any milk."

#hour7 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

#Audiobook and cross stitch for hour 5 and probably some of hour 6 of the readathon! #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

In hour 4 of the readathon, I continued reading Dracula. The stakes are high and it's hard to put it down, but I'm going to take a little break to listen to an audiobook soon! #hour4 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Time for a short story break from Dracula! #hour3 #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Hour 2 of the readathon - checking off "book + tea" on my personal bingo card for the day! I'm enjoying the part of this book where the group's all teamed up and ready to take on Dracula, let's gooo ? #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Who else is joining in Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon today? I'm joining from the SF Bay Area in California, U.S. and starting the readathon with Dracula, which I've been chipping away at since October. I'm most excited for reading Babel and eating blueberry scones 😋 and hopefully finishing up some of the many books I'm currently reading! #openingsurvey #readathon #deweysreadathon @DeweysReadathon

Birthday reading in my new favorite socks 🥰 I love Talia Hibbert and am excited to dive into her first YA! Thankful for skip-the-line loans being introduced on Libby 🍀 #bookandsocks #BlackHistoryMonth #ownvoices

I wanted to love this book, but I had to bail on it. Proulx echoes many ecofascist talking points in these 2 pages (and in other pages I read before DNFing). E.g. suggesting that overpopulation (particularly in Asia) is to blame for pandemics like COVID-19, insinuating that humans are the virus, etc. On ecofascism:
https://today.uconn.edu/2022/09/a-darker-shade-of-green/
https://earth.org/what-is-ecofascism/

Photo taken in a naive moment, not long before this book had me sobbing 😭

Cozy way to recover from being soaked through with cold rain in the city today while doing ministry! 💕
#bathandbook #bookspinbingo

I was so close to bailing on this pulp fiction/noir novel, but I'm kinda glad I didn't. I found Maite dull, and Elvis slightly less dull, but what really held my attention was learning more about 1970s Mexico - the Hawks, student protests, corruption; the Mexican Dirty War. The atmosphere of the book is powerful. ⭐⭐⭐/5 from me! November #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville #AudioCommute

Let's go! So excited for this bingo card. And my #BookSpin (tagged) is my #AuthorAMonth pick, which I didn't even realize was the December author until after my brother-in-law loaned me his copy last week! Really excited to read that one. 😊 #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #AAM @Soubhiville