Hope everyone has a good 4th!
I‘ve read about ten historical fiction books this year, but so far, this one is my favorite!
Today‘s thrifts haul for $3.50
Did anyone else find this book slow at first? Does it get better?
Found this for 50 cents in a cardboard box at an outdoor thrift market (signed copy)
Anyone else read it and does it live up to the hype?
This is the way I feel about my new book. Ordered on eBay so I could get the pretty cover 🤣
Reading the news this morning has put my soul in a funk. Then I read this paragraph and it seemed so fitting for the current trajectory of our country.
If we don‘t learn from the past, we‘re doomed to repeat it.
Had to bail on this one. I read through Chapter 5 and just couldn‘t get into it.
Well, ok then…
Probably not the book for me. Seems a bit dark.
Local “Free Little Library” drop off! I hope someone enjoys this book as much as I did!
I like to play a little game called “purchase something from Anthropologie on back order, forget you ordered it and then surprise yourself three months later when it arrives” 🤣
It‘s been a minute since I shared a #thriftstack of books I found at local thrift stores. We have several different thrift chains here in Huntsville that carry a large assortment of really good books, for dirt cheap! Those Francine Rivers books I purchased for 75 cents each!
I told myself no more books until I read the others, but it would have been wrong of me to just leave them there 😉
I came across this meme on Pinterest. I‘m gonna need to know the name of this book 🤣
“I think you learn more if you‘re laughing at the same time”
So many good quotes coming out of #theguernseyliteraryandpotatopeelpiesociety
Started #theguernseyliteraryandpotatopeelsociety last night and I‘m already struggling to put it down. Loving this one!
I love FR‘s books, but this was a huge disappointment. The feminist tone in this story is extremely repetitive. I get it, you don‘t want a man telling you what to do or how to do it. Blah, blah, blah. When I devote my time to reading a book, I want to end it feeling all the emotions; feeling like I was with the characters and the experience left me wanting more. Today, the only thing I want is to get my money back from Barnes and Noble
I finished up “The Huntress” and now I don‘t know which to read next. I‘ve read mixed reviews on “A Flicker in the Dark”. Help a girl choose!
Great place to finish reading my book #thehuntress #colorado
Road trip reading. Anyone else find it somewhat confusing keeping up with the timelines in The Huntress?
I wrapped up “The Book of Names” last night. Such a beautifully written novel. Now, I‘m on to my next read but a bit conflicted; which would you read first, The Alice Network or The Huntress?
“I used to think that memories were less painful when you held them close. I think perhaps that isn't true though. Now I think pain loses its power when we share it.”
#thebookoflostnames
Just wow. What a quote!!
Started this one last night. I‘ve heard so many good things about it!
Page 237. This book wasn‘t for me. I understand the Great Depression was just that, depressing. However, I feel like Kristin Hannah took everything unfortunate thing that could happen to one person/one family and scattered the events throughout thirty-six chapters. I felt like bailing yesterday and decided I‘d finish what I started. Loreda‘s last outburst sealed the deal. There is no depth to the characters, aside from Elsa. I can‘t. I‘m out ✌🏼
Thrift store book haul for the month of March. I just started “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah. What should my next pick be?
A little dose of wisdom this Monday morning #beneathascareltsky
This book was incredibly moving, I literally sobbed through the last two chapters. There isn‘t anything I didn‘t like about it. Never, at any point did I feel bored, or like the story was lagging. This book is beyond beautiful and brilliantly written. If you‘re a lover of historical fiction novels, this is YOUR book! The story is heartbreakingly heavy, but worth it! It‘s definitely one that will stay with you forever. #thenightingale
This book. This book has pulled at every heart string I have. This book has caused the flood gates to open. This book has given me a deeper understanding of what sacrifice looked like 80 years ago. This book I‘ve had to stop reading three different times because I was so overcome with emotions. This book is one that I feel is going to stay with me forever.
I‘m so excited to start this one!
February Book Haul. All but one are thrift store finds! I‘m halfway through “Th Paris Library” and loving it!!
Which one should I read next?
This right here 👆🏼
As a stay at home mother of three, I sometimes listen to the world a little more than I should. It tells me I don‘t measure up to the strong “career” women my age. When the world and those around me get me down, my husband so sweetly reminds me of this quote from C.S. Lewis.
“The homemaker has the ultimate career; All the other careers exist for one purpose only, and that is to support the ultimate career”
“Knowing your personality and your sensitivities does not excuse you from ministry. It means that you need to prepare for it differently than others might.”
Talk about convicting #gutpunch
I lost my Dad the day before I turned 11 years old. This quote resonated with me deeply. It truly is a “go at your own pace” life experience. Those who have known grief understand.
Some days are just harder than others.
#theparislibrary #grief
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
C.S. Lewis
A quote we should all live by every day. The world would be a kinder place for sure.