.... and it's like letting her go in pieces. Selling off his grief. Addie knows that he sits down here because he's afraid of dying alone in his apartment, of not being found--- not being missed.
"I keel out over here, " he says, "at least someone will notice."
He is a gruff old man, but Addie likes him. Sees the sadness in his anger, the guardedness of his grief.

Saddened and angered over the events/decisions in the US today, so I'm comforting myself with a reread of a fav book, a snack, and some bitch beer

Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives---or to find strength in a very long one.

🎧 audiobook came in

Started my little free library find. I won't read the entire book as I've only watched a few of the franchises and only a couple seasons of those. But, a light hearted, easy read is just what I need right now. I feel a book slump coming on. (Happens to everyone at some point, right?)

Hated this book

Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs-- sounded like the kind of book I used to enjoy back in the day.
Snagged from my little free library when I stopped and donated a bunch of books

Stopped at my little free library the other day and donated 10 books.
Found 2 that look half decent.
Not All Diamonds & Ross by Dave Quinn (Real Housewives-- thought it would make a light drivel kind of read)
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs-- sounded like the kind of book I used to enjoy back in the day.

She was the sort of girl who lived in her thoughts

I picked this up on a whim after seeing a lot about it in my book groups on Facebook. It's not a book I would usually read, but I'm glad I picked it up. What would you do on your last day, if you knew it was coming?

Well, having waited since October for that to come in, I guess I'm disappointed. I think I would have liked it better if there would have been a reason or explanation for the sleeping sickness.

I've been waiting on this hold thru Libby since October, and it finally came in. Hope it's worth the wait...
I'm 100 pages in, so far not that impressed 😐

Beautiful evening to read out on the swing

Stopped at my library yesterday & picked up Reckless Girls and The Magnolia Palace.
I'm starting with Reckless Girls

"I lived within my own hurt feelings, in a cave that was too dark to see the outline of the trees that filled with green leaves "

It bothers me that my set doesn't match but now I can finally finish this series. I stopped after A Map of Days because I knew book 5 ended on a cliffhanger and I didn't have the last book.
Now I can complete the series

These fell in to my cart when shopping today
I've already read Night Road and it's been on my wish list to own. I have books 1-5 of Miss Peregrine's but stopped reading after A Map of Days because I knew book 5 ended in a cliffhanger

"I knew what it was like to fail someone."

Starting this on my Kindle

"Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows"
The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman

I had a hard time with this. It's drily written and there are so many people and names it's nearly impossible to keep track of who's who. One thing that is for certain is that it was a terrible crime against the Osage people who were murdered over their headrights and there was never any justice for them in the end. Another case of the white man screwing over the red man.

This is the third time my Libby hold has come through for this, both times I held it, as I was in the middle of other reads. I'm still reading Troy by Stephen Fry, but going to start this. Third time's the charm 🤞

I'm not sure I'm ready for the end of this series... but I'm starting Troy anyway

I saw this @ my bookstore recently and almost bought it, but then I remembered I had a hold on it from Libby. I bought The Lincoln Highway instead. My loan just came in 🙂

Oh man what a journey this book is! Towes has done it again. New fav from him for sure. This book gave me vibes like This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger also, probably from all the traveling. There's definitely some quotes I really enjoyed, and I loved the Greek mythology references, having made my way through 2/3 of the Mythos trilogy. 5 star!

Stopped at my local bookstore yesterday to spend my gift card from Christmas. It was hard choosing just one book but I settled on this one...Hopefully made a good decision.
100 pages in so far

Ugh this will stick with me a while. Poignant, sad, beautiful... all the things.

I can't help but think no animal, ever, should live in a cage. It's only humans that deserve that fate.

I wanted to like this book, it seemed right up my alley. Unfortunately something just wasn't clicking with me and it. 😐

Just finished Orpheus, now onto Jason

So pleased that I purchased this wonderful series. These editions are gorgeously illustrated and have great footnotes with plenty of explanations and I really enjoyed reading some of the notes about how modern language has been adapted from the Greek myths. Can't wait to read the rest of the books, after a brief reprieve, of course. My head can only tolerate so much Greek at one time! 😂

Finishing this up today. What a great series! I've even convinced someone else to get it due to my raving and the fabulous pictures within these volumes. Always makes a bookworm smile when you turn other people on to good books
Also, the footnotes are endless. I feel like I'm reading House of Leaves, or Crime & Punishment again 🤣 the difference is I find them fascinating as I love seeing the words that have their origin from ancient Greek

This is a damn pretty book!
Love the cover, and the beautiful pictures inside. These might be the prettiest books I have now 😂
I'm on The Third Order right now!

My #bookmail came 2 days early and perfect timing, as we're getting heavy snow and I called in the rest of the week already.

This was really good. 4 star

Started this last night, about 150 pages in.

Hoping to finish this today...I feel like I've been reading it for a long time!

🖤 The Pillars of the Earth
🖤 The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series
🖤 Anything by Markus Zusak
🖤 Song of Achilles/Circe

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Kinda excited to give this a go

I got this for free years back at my library. This book took me completely by surprise. It went much, much deeper and darker than I would have imagined. There's a lot to unpack in this one. A very interesting read for sure.

Where they burn books, in the end they will also burn people.

I haven't read any WWII historical fiction in ages. I guess I've been burned out on it. My other book was a DNF.
I got this last Christmas from my bestie and am just now getting around to giving it a go.

Starting this but I have serious reservations about it. 60 pages in... 😕😬

Wow, what a wild ride this book is, all the way through. I'm honestly not even sure I can really fully comprehend what I've just finished. This book is like no other. I don't even know whether to give it 4 or 5 stars. I will be chewing this one a while.

But as he reconstructs Zeno's translation, he realizes that the truth is infinitely more complicated, that we are all beautiful even as we are all part of the problem, and that to be a part of the problem is to be human.