It was between the tagged book and the first four books in The Babysitters Club that were my favourite books as a kid. Read those series more or less between grade 2 and grade 6. I read the Ramona books simply because it was the same name as my maternal grandma‘s. #sundayfunday
My plans for my #weekendreads
Broken Country - almost completed; am really liking the book. *completed*
Do Not Say - want to at least get a good portion of the book completed so I don‘t have to read too much on Monday.
The Secret Keeper - will read if I am feeling like I need to switch up things with Do Not Say.
pick4⭐️ Really liked this book; it was really well paced, had very interesting characters that were compelling in their own way. Had a bit of an issue with the last two chapters in that I felt that they were both a little too long. #2025 #fiction #bookerprize #feminism #bipoc #intersectionality #literaryfiction
so-so3⭐️ I really tried to understand what this book was about and while it was an interesting read, I really didn‘t understand it. I am really interested to hear what others in this #Canadianlit #bookclub I am a part of will think of the book. #2025 #fiction #sciencefiction #speculative #historicalfiction #fiction #canadian #mexico
pick4⭐️ I was quite surprised by this book and liked the descriptions of life in this remote Welsh fishing village prior to WWII. Read for the #literarycrew #readalong. #2025 #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #fiction
The only book I completed this week #weeklyfavorites
pick4⭐️ Really enjoyed this book and I am kinda glad I read it after all the hype had died down to read it. Looking forward to the next book in the series. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction #literary #friendship #comingofage
pick4.5⭐️ I really liked the book and it really lived up to the hype. I thought it might be a bit too schmaltzy, but I really liked how the characters were drawn and felt like the story ended well. #2025 #fiction #contemporary #wedding #literaryfiction
Working on all of these this weekend. Am almost done with The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. #weekendreads
pick4⭐️ I really liked this book, but I would have liked more explanations about how to challenge some of the more negative emotions. #2025 #nonfiction #psychology #mentalhealth
• Whale Fall - I‘m about 1/3 into the book in a little over an hour of reading and am liking it so far
• Daughter of Dr. Moreau - book club read; really don‘t like speculative fiction so this might be a slog
• Girl, Women, Other - another book club read; maybe the audiobook I requested becomes available?
• The Secret Keeper - another long book and book club read
#weekendreads
pick4.75⭐️ I really liked this book and I can see why so many people have really liked this book. #2025 #memoir #autobiography #nonfiction
A really good week of reading. Got three books completed (middle row). Working on the ones on the top row (almost done My Brilliant Friend), but think I may pause on Atlas and return my library copy and work some others I could put on the top row and also start working on those on the bottom row (I have a number of books in addition 2 the 2 on the top row that I‘m currently reading). #bookreport
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Worked on the tagged book during the 8-9 pm hour and just continued on reading #hyggehourreadathon #hyggehour
#threelistthursday #tlt
1) The school library. It was the place that I discovered some of my favourite books. Jane Eyre, Jacob Have I Loved, etc. it was also the place that I felt the safest @ school.
2) My three bookclub friends. It was the place where I met my longest friends, almost 30 years ago.
3) My English and socials/history classes. Also discovered some of my favourite books in those places. ⤵️
pick4⭐️ Really enjoyed this book. Even though it felt like it dragged in places, the story kept moving forward and I felt like I understood Auntie Em more. #2025 #greatdepression #historicalfiction #1920s #fiction
so-so
#whereareyoumonday While the book takes place in 3 different places, most of the story takes place in Liberal, Kansas
pick4.5⭐️ Really liked this book despite its horrific history that it deals with. I would have loved to rate this book much higher, if only the author had included an author‘s note at the conclusion of the book. I can guarantee you that most Canadians don‘t really know about the Duplessis Orphans. #2025 #canadianfiction #fiction #quebec #historicalfiction
I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed this book, despite the content being very disturbing. #weeklyfavorites
Fried Green Tomatoes - The secrets in the sauce
The Princess Bride - As you wish
Pride & Prejudice (‘95) - She is tolerable, I suppose
#threelistthursday #tlt
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pick4.75⭐️ I really enjoyed this book again, but not as much as I did the first two times . I read it when I was going through a difficult patch and so it didn‘t hit in the same way. It still was a very good read. #2025 #reread #bookclub #canadian #fiction #clifi #historical #contemporary #familysaga
Read a bit from my book during #fridayhappyreadinghour, while listening to a podcast episode on The Age of Napoleon
pick4.75⭐️ I can see why so many readers love this book. I really, really liked this book and I really connected with Martha and her family, especially her husband. Loved the strong sense of history that the book places the reader in and Martha‘s story really helps with that. It was my favourite book for July. #2025 #fiction #biographical #historicalfiction
July wasn‘t a great month; granted I lots of family events and am still working through my grandma‘s death (funeral was held this past month because family was in town for my grandpa‘s 100th birthday anyways) and my dad‘s cancer diagnosis and my own recovery from cancer diagnosis about 4 years ago. Read about 2500 pages, which was also the lowest read this month. Hopefully August is better.
pick4.5⭐️ Really liked the pacing in the book, but felt that Izabela‘s story took over too much of the book. I really did enjoy the book and am looking forward to reading the other books in the series. #2025 #fiction #bookreview #historicalfiction #historicalromance #contempoary #romance
pick4.75⭐️ I really liked the pacing in the book and I really liked the two main characters, Hannah and Mallory; also really liked the side characters. I thought that fans of dual timeline #historicalfiction would enjoy this book. The vibes of the book seemed to be one of female strength and the power of maternal love/instinct. #2025 #fiction #dualtimeline #contemporary #romance
pick4.5⭐️ Really liked this book. Am surprised that I am enjoying her books. #2025 #contemporary #romance #fiction #canadianfiction
The set of Two Gentleman of Verona at #bardonthebeach
1) Read
2) Listen to podcasts
3) play Zen Color on phone
4) go onto Finch and dress Bookworm or play around with her treehouse (DDTCMLJQHE, if you‘re interested)
5) swim in a lake
6) watch an episode of Downton Abbey or something on YouTube like TrekTrendy, where I can think about maybe possibly going on a business or first class flight and have champagne and caviar
#mentalhealthmonday
pick4.5⭐️ I really liked this book. Felt it was a bit too slow in places. I would recommend this book to people who like historical fiction and want to read more books that take place pre and post #WWII. Also for fans who like #lgbtqai+ themes. #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #literaryfiction
