“Our culture‘s skewed idea of normality is the single biggest impediment to fostering a healthier world, even keeping us from acting on what we already know.” 💡

This book is everything I need right now. #currentlyreading #lifeinshanghai2021

Slowly re-reading this. Major difference in my own enjoyment and appreciation for the story after living and experiencing #lifeinchina for the last year and a half. The craft, creativity and characters are remarkable.

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I have no idea what this book is about but I‘m keen to see where it takes me. #latenightbusridereading

This months #bookclub book. I don‘t think I‘ve ever read it.... 🤔 #lifeinshanghai #currentlyreading

I loved every moment of this book.

I am loving every moment of my reread of Station Eleven.

Going in for the reread.... #lovethisbook #fictionislife

Struggling to get into this one and after reading so many weak reviews, I‘m not wasting any more time. #toomanybooks

#lifeinshanghai is composed of long, exhausting days & busy weekends. My work-life balance has been severally compromised since moving here &, even before now, adjusting to this new life has been hard. I‘m struggling to see the positives now that my family & I are #stuckinshanghai but trying to focus on books, challenges & journaling, hobbies that help me grow but which have been too long neglected. #soberinshanghai #currentlyreading #readinggoals

“... alcohol is the only drug you have to explain not using.” (70)

Funnily enough, since moving to Shanghai I‘d been drinking less but I also feel I‘m in overlapping cultures (China, foreigners) that have socialization foundations grounded even MORE in drinking. And that‘s obviously only heightened since #startingsober

#lifeinshanghai #seriouslysober

As I look to be more honest about my ‘not-a-problem-but-its-caused-problems‘ relationship with drinking I came across this book and author. McKowen‘s openness is encouraging & enlightening as I struggle to accept my worth despite my shame. I‘m really glad there are books and voices and woman who have the courage to be so vulnerable in sharing their stories. May I too, be counted among them, no matter how minor. 🙂

Really enjoyed this book and the insight into one aspect of the self. It‘s helping me better understand my own identity in all its roles and my actions and responses in those roles. It‘s also helping me realize how I can better interact with others whom I sometimes struggle to communicate well with....

Definitely highly recommend it.

Finally reading this popular book and reading it with one of my favourite kids. 🥰 The short chapters are exactly what he needs to be motivated to move from more graphic novels / short text to more sustained reading. #proudmama #familyofreaders #booksbindus

This book is already speaking so deeply to me. And I‘m piqued and ready to actively listen. 😍

Imagine that? 🙄

I‘m very 😎 with this 🌅 Keep it coming #mothernature ☀️ #canadianspring2019 #moosemoose

Sign me up for this adventure.

#humanity #community #humane #balance #feminism #intersectionalism

Curiosity peaked. #currentlyreading

Y.E.S.

#feminism #hardwork #singlemothers #mothersandsons

Loving this book. It looks like it‘s going to be my first book finished in 2019... 😳🤯😬🙃

Agree.

🙏🏻🙍🏻‍♀️🤬

🤞🏻this is the book that pulls me out of my summer-long reading slump. 🙏🏻 #currentlyreading

I‘m having all sorts of feels related to this.

There is such brutal honesty in this book and I love it. This has me thinking of all the “why didn‘t she just leave him?” questions/attacks and the damaging reality of how hard it is for woman to do so.

Eager to start this one. I‘ve never read this author before but I feel as though she‘s someone I‘m going to admire. #currentlyreading

@BookishTrish Sorry for the late post and thanks but we went off camping just after this parcel of #moosemoose fun arrived! What a lovely gesture. The ‘moose mints‘ have been a great hit and the mug is adorable.

Seriously, this has gone from great to brilliant.

I am loving this book and while this chapter was violent, the final violence was well earned; this final line was well played.

I enjoyed the read and I was curious to see how this would unfold but I wasn‘t gripped by the mystery or the characters.

It‘s been a long time coming.... #currentlyreading

What?? Second page in??? And in a pivotal plot forming note (I‘m assuming)?? 🙈

Sometimes I like her books, sometimes not. But they‘re easy read nature + my reading slump = a hope that this pulls me back into my TBR. #timetoturnoffthenews #readmore #currentlyreading

One of these is very, very good. 🍻 #localbrews #canlit #currentlyreading #moosemoose #lmpbc

I‘ve read and taught some of his poetry and background but that‘s the extreme of my interactions with his work. However, I don‘t disagree with this claim. 😎🚗✈️🚶🏻‍♀️

#moosemoose I‘m so sorry!! I‘m way behind and haven‘t even finished this yet 🙈. @FantasyChick I hope you‘re not 🤬 me out right now. I‘ll have it mailed out early next week. Promise!

Not a bad spot for a good read. #currentlyreading

Unfortunately, this seems appropriate for many of today‘s places / climates. At what point does complacency = guilt of involvement?

River read #2. I can‘t remember why I picked this out but I‘m keen to dive in.

Loved this thin treasure of outlaws, inclusion and hippos! A fun read starring my favourite animal, what more could one ask for?!?

Perfect reading for a long weekend 🇨🇦 on the (hippo free) river.

SO excited to start this! #hugehippolover

This is collection of interconnected stories, revolving around families in a newly built suburban neighbourhood. This is one of those books that I find hard to review; the stories are entertaining enough to keep me reading yet they‘re also somewhat blasé. I enjoyed the book but wouldn‘t go out of my way to pick it up now that I‘ve experienced it.

Not great, not horrible but nearly late. Gotta finish it but mostly because I‘m 2/3 of the day through it and it‘s not bad enough to warrant leaving it incomplete.

I‘m not sure what I think exactly but I have a lot of thoughts. Enlightening read. Would have liked to have the insight and strength to wrestle with this, like this, earlier; happy to have them now. 😊

It‘s the ‘thinking aloud‘ of all the thoughts so many (all?) woman have over the course of their existence that is 🤯 as I read this book. And more personally, it‘s me connecting with this quote and book as a single parent whose path to parenthood was externally motivated. Regret is pointless and changing the past is impossible so how do I reconcile the life I want to live with the life I have (which is a ? deeper than just mothering)?

🤯😳🤔