How‘s everyone coming along? I stayed up late last night and got a fair amount of reading done. Slept in this morning and feel refreshed and ready to spend all day with my head in a book! Except I‘m hungry so maybe a bowl of cereal first. Happy reading! #24in48
Helloooo Littens! I‘m super stoked for #24in48 this weekend and my boyfriend is going to participate with me for the first time! His stack is on the left and mine‘s on the right. I think I‘m going to start with the tagged book and after that I‘ll see what grabs me. Happy readathoning!!
pickLoved this one! My first from @Pronounced_ing and a big winner. I wrote a little more personally about it on goodreads (link below) but the tl;dr version is that it really hit home for me and I‘ve once again experienced that feeling as though perhaps some unseen forces compelled you to pick up a certain book at a certain time in your life. (That‘s not just me, is it? haha)🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I just had to stop for about 15 minutes and reflect on these two paragraphs and how freaking *perfect* they are, how perfectly they relate back to the title of the book, and how they encapsulate everything that terrified me about adulthood when I was young. I thought you had to sacrifice what‘s inside you to live a normal adult life. Thank goodness I embraced my inner rebel before I got completely brainwashed lol. Can‘t imagine living like this.
Next up! So excited about this one. Not sure how much I‘ll get read tonight because Saturday nights are boxing nights at my house lately (not sure how this happened exactly but I am deeeeep in that rabbit hole lol). 💪🏻🥊
pickI‘ve had this on my kindle forever. It‘s not a particularly uplifting collection, though it‘s not really sad either? Beautifully written collection of short stories featuring some really lonely people who end up connecting with other really lonely people. This was my first van Booy and I‘ll definitely read more of his work.
pickOutstanding. I always try to lower my expectations when a book seems to be universally loved (skeptic at heart and all) but it wasn‘t necessary here. Everyone should read this vitally important, engaging, enraging, and at times downright hilarious book.
A few weeks ago I listened to a long podcast featuring this author and when I got home I immediately ordered her book. Excited to dig in and learn!
pickIt‘s been easily 33-35 years since I read this and I‘m happy to state it still holds up! Reread in preparation for the movie next month, which looks FABULOUS. Can‘t decide now if I should read the next one or come back to it later. Happy Sunday! #bookout
😂 Y‘all. I asked my now 20-year-old daughter if I could borrow her well-worn copy of A Wrinkle in Time (she read the series when she was about 12, I think?) to reread before the movie comes out and I just opened it and found this. DYING. #childofalawyer #sueallthethings
pickyou guys, I DID THE THING! I will forever be envious of those who get to read House of Leaves for the first time. what an adventure! terrifying, funny, infuriating, and just gorgeous. definitely in my top 3 favorite books of all time, and MAYBE the #1 spot after I cogitate a few days (weeks). this will stick with me forever. “Of course, real horror does not depend upon the melodrama of shadows or even the conspiracies of night.” 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
UPDATE I fell asleep watching TV earlier (thanks to the dulcet tones of David Attenborough) but only for a couple of hours, and I cannot put this book down now. Right at 9 hours of reading time for #24in48, 7 of which I‘ve devoted to this book. I am so hooked. Also may never sleep again? I may not reach 24 hours of reading but I bet I get close.
UPDATE Lap 2 is how much time I just spent on House of Leaves without even looking up omg 😮 Gonna take a TV break in about an hour to watch Blue Planet II and after that I may be up all night with this one. I am hopelessly invested to the point I‘m getting irritated at my poor boyfriend every time he dares to speak lol. This book is hypnotizing! #24in48
Gonna dip back into this for a bit Only on page 55 and it‘s slowwww reading for me but I‘m loving it so far. And how‘s this for a first line? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, GOOD SIR. #24in48 #firstlines
pickAny book with a shark on page 2 is my kind of book! Nimona is precocious AND precious, and I enjoyed her banter with the villain Lord Blackheart. The only better named character in the book is the “hero,” Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin 😂 Super fast read, lovely artwork, and an ending I wasn‘t expecting. Loved it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (first book finished for #24in48)
pickFinished this morning after an extended hiatus and am so glad I picked it back up again. Feminism is complicated, and I appreciated how honest Roxane Gay was about competing interests and her own difficulties in finding a balance. She labels herself a “bad feminist,” but I think she sells herself short. She struggles with it, just like the rest of us, and if she‘s a bad feminist, well, then so am I. Aren‘t we all? We can always, always improve.
I‘m going in, you guys.
pickFinished this today. I liked it and am glad I read it, but the writing was a bit annoying in places. Read my 4-star review of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2008564343
pickI just finished this book and y‘all, my heart. Read the whole thing in 24 hours (RIP reading slump?!) and it will be with me forever. Absolutely beautiful writing and character creation. The terrible thing I knew would happen at the end was more terrible than I even imagined and yet it was beautiful in a way I can‘t find the right words for. Must read. 💔😭💔
Y‘all I have not read one single word in about a month, maybe longer. I was rereading It and I made it to about page 900 ish and I haven‘t looked at it since. And I‘ve read it before! And I love Stephen King!!! But not wanting to finish It made me feel like I also couldn‘t start something new (#DNFguilt). Well, I‘m done with the guilt and starting this today while I wait for my mom at the doctor. Hope everyone has been well!
ok life update (1) yes I am still working on this book and (2) yes I am still swooning over everything Roxane Gay writes
I'm not even gonna get close to reaching the goal in #24in48 and its mostly my own fault but I also blame Stephen King a little because I can't stop laughing about this ❗️❗️❗️
Getting a SUPER late start on #24in48 but better late than never! I'm mostly going to be reading It this weekend with a little Roxane Gay interspersed throughout.
so-soI mean, it wasn't a bad book at all, and parts of it really resonated with me. Lots of good ideas and probably a wonderful way to live. It just wasn't great? idk 😬
pickWell, hmm. I was SO into this book & its poignant portrayal of teen angst & first love & wanting so much more out of life... until the plot twist. I had a suspicion about the mom but as I got closer and closer to the end I kept thinking I must've been wrong because SURELY it's too late in this story to introduce a Munchausen by proxy element, RIGHT?! Alas. That really took me out of the story. 🌟🌟🌟🌟bc the first 2/3 of the book is just precious.
stop and read it again
I have some minor quibbles with this book so far, but this part really speaks to me.
Starting (and probably finishing) this tonight. The movie trailer makes me sob so I have high hopes! Love a good book cry.
panFinally finished this two nights ago and meh. Meh. MEH. I had a ton of (mostly negative) thoughts about it, so many that for a minute I considered starting a blog just so I could write about this book lol. I didn't, but if you'd like to read my Goodreads review, here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1988572872
About halfway through with this book and so far I'm not a huge fan, but I definitely appreciate this message, to the extent that this book delivers it. I'll wait to detail my quibbles with it until I'm finished.
things your eyeballs do at hour 23 of @DeweysReadathon: instead of re-adjust, you see read-just. 🤷🏻♀️
Just about finished with this one, but I keep rereading this paragraph bc omg. Perfection. #readathon
Folks I am so excited because this weekend I'm going to participate in my first ever @DeweysReadathon! I picked out these books, wayyyyy more than I'll get through, but first up will definitely be Bad Feminist. Thoughts? Am I being too ambitious??
pickWell I've been in a terrible reading slump for the past several weeks, but tonight I finally finished Akata Witch. It is such a cute story and I loved learning about Nigerian folklore, which was all new to me. The sequel is scheduled for an October release and it's already on my wishlist! Bonus: I think my slump is broken!
pickWrapping up this bittersweet memoir tonight on audio. So glad I chose to listen to it; it's so good to hear her voice. I know some were turned off by her journal entries, but I found them to be so poignant, especially as read by her daughter. Carrie Fisher was an absolute treasure. I feel like she kind of meant this as a farewell book, or at least it seems that way now. She references her own passing so often it's eerie. Teared up more than once.
had to look this one up. palaver: (n.) prolonged and idle discussion; (v.) talk unnecessarily at length #vocabisfab #themoreyouknow 💫
I just had to share my Valentine's Day gifts from my manmeat, who tooooooootally gets me. Happy Valentine's Day, friends!
pickI mean, of COURSE this is a pick. If you haven't read it, pick it up immediately. I think I copied about half of it into my reading journal. Essential.
About to devour this real quick-like. I've seen her TED talk and was so inspired and moved by it, and now I have the print version to read and reread a million times. Lucy cat is also a feminist, naturally. #feministcats #catsoflitsy #feministorGTFO
late night reading with Lucy cat 😻 and yes, there are two comforters on our bed (that do not match) because I get too hot if my bf and I are under the same comforter 👵🏼😅🔥 #elderly
definitely a #slowread for me because I'm taking notes as I go. I want to savor each word! and boy, can Stephen King turn a phrase. I don't care if my shelves (and flat surfaces, and kitchen cabinets, and floor) are chugging with books; I will always #makeroommakeroom for more!
