Wow!!! It‘s been a long time since a book has gripped me so much. Live the characters, love the writing, love the twists.

I absolutely understand why this might not be everyone‘s cup of tea but I just love the absurdism and trying to figure out what it means. I picked this up because I am enjoying the short stories in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours and wondered what a novel by this author would be like. Think I want to read a more normal book next but I want to read more Oyeyemi eventually! The scenarios just stick in your mind and don‘t let you go.

I‘ve been reading this for years and finally finished! Definitely a pick for anyone as fascinated with Richard Nixon as I am. I realized near the end that the day I‘m planning to leave Japan after 17 years here is the 49th anniversary of his resignation, so the last part about his departure particularly resonated. #chunskter

While cozy, this was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes several times. Once again, putting up covers of some other books I read this year for posterity—I‘d like to keep track of all of them. Love my Kobo!!💕

I‘d been so busy with work that I wasn‘t reading much for so long.
These are the books I read during my vacation home! (Aside from The Mysterious Benedict Society, which I read last fall-ish.) I‘m tagging the one I liked the best. It was really a narrative style that I love—want to read more by John Green for sure! I didn‘t love ACoTaR or EHaD, but a lot of reviews say the sequels are better—thoughts on whether I should give them a chance?

My first time participating in #bookspin! It‘s exciting anticipating what it‘s gonna be! @TheAromaofBooks

#BFC2022 update! @wanderinglynn
I am vastly exceeding my walking goal; we had such a long snowy winter and I missed walking so much! Now that the weather is good I just keep wanting to get outside!
But my reading has screeched to a stop this month. I am enjoying the tagged book, and while I could just go with the flow and keep reading, I have been stopping to look up every word or reference I don't know. I'm learning a lot, but progress is slow!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. The setting!
2. More character development. There is a sequel, but I didn‘t quite like the first book enough to feel compelled to read it.

“The Bone Orchard” is unfortunately encountering delays in shipping😢 So I started this, thinking it would be sufficiently different. I‘ve already added some words to my previously-unknown-vocabulary list!

This looks like fun, @wanderinglynn ! I‘m going to try #BFC2022 in April. I‘ll set my goals a bit low as I sometimes get discouraged early if I set them too high.
1. Reading goal: Get to page 791 in The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (100 pages of progress) and read 2 other books in addition.
2. Fitness goal: Take a walk outside for an hour at least twice a week.

Just watched this fabulous reading by and interview with Sara, looks like the replay is still up!

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/virtual-event---sara-a-/1

Sara is part of my writer's group back home so I was lucky enough to hear her read chapters of this book while in progress, but I left before I could hear the ending. I pre-ordered and can't wait till it's delivered!!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

I love seeing everyone‘s beautiful shelves!💕📚

2. Hmm, I haven‘t read that many yet. I think the fact that I‘m reading this much at all is the most important! It‘s a big deal for me😊
3. I rarely DNF but last year I stopped reading “The Shadow of What Was Lost” about 1/4 of the way in. It just didn‘t work for me at all and I‘m still surprised by how few negative reviews I can find! Maybe it was just me😅

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView 1. “Hogfather”… guess I like the actual book more than the title itself😆
2. Not necessarily, but a good one-word title can sound mysterious and intriguing and make me want to know more. I agree about “Divergent”!

1. The tagged book “The Diamond Age”
2. A family friend gave it to me for my birthday when I was still in my early teens. I was more into fantasy than science fiction but she told me what rave reviews this book had gotten. I think I felt it was above my reading level and looking now it does have a lot of small print. I‘ve kept it with me but never actually started reading it! Maybe I‘ll read it next…?
3. “Akata Witch”

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

I love coming into a book not knowing anything about it. If someone I trust raves about a book, I'll just read it without even reading the back cover--I love being surprised! Is it just me or does everyone compare this to Harry Potter? Not just the premise, but all the zany magic too. I can't wait to finish it so I can look at reviews--always afraid of seeing spoilers, so I tend to read reviews only after finishing a book😁

I tried deactivating Facebook and Instagram as an experiment in February and it's going great. I feel much more at peace, and thanks to that I ended up buying this book. I had to wait for a prescription, and with nothing to look at on my phone I wandered around and happened to find a shop where they were selling English books! I chose “Life of Pi“ because I'd seen the movie years ago and liked it.

This was my first book by Naomi Novik, and wow! Wow! This was a unique interweaving of the stories of several characters, and I was particularly impressed with how different all of the the characters' voices were as she switched perspectives between them. A great winter read as this is still the view out my window.

Thanks for tagging me @RamsFan1963 and @BethM ! My first #Two4Tuesday, belatedly: 1. No, but I was lucky enough to get some chocolates!
2. I like a good friends to lovers premise when it‘s done well. Or just a good friendship story even if it stays platonic!

Reading at a cafe—for the first time in I don‘t know when! I deactivated both my Facebook and Instagram today, as a sort of experiment. I want to be free of them. I want the space to think my own thoughts… and space to read books. This one is delicious.

My first Star Trek novel! At first I was thrown off by the omniscient third person point of view, a style I haven‘t read in a long time, but it worked for the ensemble cast. Occasionally the characterization was spot on, but sometimes it had me scratching my head, particularly how Data was constantly represented as having emotions. All in all, an amusing read with several fun twists.

This book had me switching from “wait, what‘s going on?” to moved to tears in mere moments, several times. Also, for some reason Farouk reminds me of the movie version of the Nome King.