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MattieH

MattieH

Joined January 2018

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Reading from the person‘s own perspective post stroke with locked in syndrome. Heartbreaking.

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Page 1. I probably won‘t be able to read through this at work. I‘m a sucker for beautifully written words.

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Heartbreaking to know this is truly how it is for some kids

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Still Alice | Lisa Genova
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Very highly recommend this book. Heartbreaking. Interesting to hear it from Alice‘s perspective.

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TheBookKeepers Such a beautiful story 6y
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Why Not Me? | Mindy Kaling
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Quick read. Very good, very disturbing.

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1. Pretty much anywhere.
2. Random piece of paper. I like to write down anything that really sticks out to me from the book. I save those pieces.
3. I like to have a good stopping point.
4. Nope
5. I like to listen to film scores while I read. Absolutely no words or I get distracted
6. Just one
7. Everywhere
8. Silently
9. Yes! Sometimes I just HAVE to know what‘s going to happen so I peek, but then I go back and get the details.
10. Heck no!

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Classes for me and my kids were cancelled today so I‘m thinking sitting between 2 sleepy kitties (and their favorite green dinosaur) with a new book is a good way to spend an afternoon.

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I thought about this last night as I read about a 14 year old boy who died of cancer yesterday. He had suffered tremendously. I watch him deteriorate on Facebook through his mother‘s posts. I wonder how she will go on now with her baby being gone? Did she really realize this was coming or did they just fight one thing at a time? One complication remedied and another in its place. Was the big picture lost in all the little things? Myopia.

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Starting The Bright Hour this afternoon. I just opened the book and immediately love the pages. The actual pages. I‘m not big on reading on a kindle or phone or any other way, I like to hold the book in my hands and turn each page. And I LOVE when the pages have a little texture on the edges!

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The Book Thief | Markus Zusak
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Page 8 was when I knew I would love this book. I love that it‘s written from death‘s perspective. I found myself in tears as death talked about his job and how it was hard for him too. I love in the middle of the book how The Standover Man is something beautiful written over the pages of a book by an evil man.

TheBookKeepers Same!! Beautiful story 6y
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