So disappointed with Stephen King's copy editors...but I'm really enjoying the book!

A really quick, engrossing read. Would you protect your serial killer sister?

Interesting perspective from someone caring for a loved one who suffers from severe mental illness.

My hotel room had the perfect spot to curl up with a great book!

If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.

Definitely an attention-grabbing way to start a story!

I have just become the person who reads (a physical book) while they're in a restaurant. And that's cool with me.

I have never been so excited to receive a textbook as I was to get this one. #mslisgeek #futurelibrarian

"I want to go to Duke, he flaunts Carolina Blue. If we didn't love each other, we'd HATE each other."

Once I read this line, I knew I'd be pulling for this character! #goduke

My sentiments exactly!
#blackhistorymonth

The Hokies are well-represented in this stack of #blackhistorymonth books.

In my room, reading Giovanni's Room. James Baldwin is a perfect pick for #blackhistorymonth!

Great listen for Black History Month.

"People derive their sense of self-worth from all sorts of places -- that thing you did and that experience you had and that friend who tells you you're not terrible. What happened to me from quite a young age, and certainly as I got older is that my brain decided to use my body as the focal point from which all my value as a person had to be measured..."

I guess I'm not the only one who names playlists using a line from one of the songs on the playlist...

I'm generally not a fan of audiobooks (too hard to stay focused), but I don't mind a good celebrity memoir read by the author...and overall, I enjoyed this one.

She gets me...she truly gets me.

First read of the New Year.

Getting in a little classroom reading...

"Everything she had was better than everything the rest of us had. Not by a lot. But by enough."

"The illusion of control makes the helplessness more palatable. And when that illusion is taken away, I panic." #thisismylife

I'm pretty sure this was written for me... #motivation #youcantmakeme

It was a beautiful day to read a beautiful book.

This passage really stood out to me.

I'm not sure what's taken me so long, but I'm finally reading this classic.

I hope no one is fooled by my competence. The waters of sorrow continue to wash and wash.

#maybookflowers Day 1: #maymostanticipated

I generally don't plan out my reading, but I'm determined to finally read Modern Romance! As for the other...well, reading a grief memoir seems particularly appropriate after losing my mother a few weeks ago. With her birthday and Mother's Day coming up this month, May is going to be rough.

My TBR list is never-ending...this one had been on the list for over a year. #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge #LitsyRC20

Now that I've read the book, it's time to check out the movie. #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge #LitsyRC11 #latergram

Not in New York City, but in my nice comfy bed, where I can stay warm under the covers! #whereiread #RiotGrams #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge #LitsyRC3

Just a small section of one of my bookshelves (sorted alphabetically, of course!). #shelfie #riotgrams

We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.

Yay for books that fulfill requirements for multiple book challenges! #LitsyChallenge2017 #LitsyReadingChallenge #LitsyRC18 #ReadHarder2017

...if there are washer-dryer hookups, do not kid yourself into thinking you're actually going to buy a washer-dryer unless you are so grown-up as to be way beyond this book.

Going down the home stretch with two books left to finish the #2016ReadHarderChallenge. Can it be done??

I chose this to fulfill the biography requirement for the #2016ReadHarderChallenge. I actually didn't know much about the Kennedy family, and certainly nothing about Rosemary, so I was intrigued.

Lots of interesting information in this one... unfortunately, it was very dry. Considering the subject matter, I would have thought it could have elicited a stronger emotional connection, but it fell short.

'I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted? Just like that, and it didn't mean anything. What then?'

This feels so appropriate right about now.

An inspiring read...but in light of the recent election results, I'm terrified that the justice these men fought for will be erased.

Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it's fear.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love.