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A good book is an event in my life.
The Red and the Black, Stendhal (b. 23 January 1783)
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Coffee and books make me happy ❤️
this should be on a master post of things what make me happy.
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This year is already so different than other years when it comes to books for me. I went back to the beginning of my to-read shelf on Goodreads and I have books from 2013 on there that I know I will never read. I either was never actually interested in it, I moved out of that phase, or I don’t really read the genre anymore.
And that’s okay. Reading evolves as we evolve. Sometimes you’re going to put 100 thrillers on your tbr and then a year later realize that you are reading only classic literature or erotica. It’s okay to take those books off your Goodreads (or irl) shelf if you don’t find them interesting anymore.
2018 is the year that I only read books that sound interesting to me. I’m not going to make myself slug through books just because they are on Goodreads shelf. So who’s with me?
I love this point. For years (years!) I ran a fairly succesful YA review blog, focused mainly on my bread and butter, contemporary YA. But recently I’ve noticed that many of the contemporary YA books I’m picking up are disappointing me. I’m more drawn to science-fictiony YA, semi-suspenseful adult novels, middle grade, and nonfiction “documentary” type books. I’m trying to not be so hard on myself for turning away a bit from the genre that used to be my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE, and instead trust that it is just a phase of life, that I’m more interested in other things right now.
I truly love contemporary YA and I keep seeking to find books I’ll enjoy in that genre. It’s my favorite and I do trust that I’ll return to it, even if it’s not with the same voracity I had a few years ago. My views on many things have changed (not always for the better) and sometimes that isn’t in line with what contemporary YA tends to offer. But I’m working at it.
Let’s rank Liane Moriarty’s books, eh?
- What Alice Forgot
- Big Little Lies
- Truly Madly Guilty
- The Last Anniversary / The Husband’s Secret
Three Wishes I ended up abandoning. And I haven’t even read The Hypnotist’s Love Story yet...
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You can judge a book by its cover. Theres a title and author there. Flip it over for even more information about the book!
I want to read another Krakauer book, but I’m not sure what one. Any suggestions? UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN sounds fascinating, but maybe a bit much much for me currently. I just loved MISSOULA so much and I think I’m debating between Into Thin Air and Into The Wild.
Thoughts?
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Sitting in a Starbucks in the middle of a city I’ve never been to, reading and thinking and buried in this amazingly well-crafted book. 9/10 so far, would recommend.
Originally posted this on the wrong blog, dammit!
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My Christmas present to myself - LOTR 60th anniversary edition 😍
Source: deepdelver
light falling over books will forever be one of my favorite things.
this just in:
i love reading
review: the last boy and girl in the world, siobhan vivian
Thoughts. Okay. Gonna have to bullet-point this one because I'm having a hard time thinking in a coherent, linear fashion. This will have MILD spoilers, soz. Also I’m just copying it from my GR. * Going into it, I didn't realize this was a book about a town being actually turned into a lake. I was expecting more of a natural-disaster type of scenario, and was disappointed by the bureaucracy and logistics of it all. I get how the whole flood thing was explained, and it makes sense, but it wasn't what I thought I was signing up for. (And this includes the massive subplot involving Keeley's dad's conspiracy theories.) * Vivian's writing is solid, but it's a slow burn. It took me well over 50 pages to get into the book, but it did eventually happen. * Keeley's character was... different. I didn't understand all the reviews calling her selfish, terrible, and unlikable until I was deep into the book and she just. wouldn't. stop. She was such a relentless partier, obsessed with having a good time at the cost of pretty much everything else, including and especially her friends' feelings and very major, and legit, life issues. She was a good daughter, and trying to be a good friend. It's just that she was - and remained, until close to the very end - so completely oblivious to what others around her needed or wanted from her. She was so oblivious that it almost felt willful and purposeful, as if she was stubbornly refusing that anyone could possibly feel differently than she did about things. * She clearly didn't like Elise. * I liked Levi so much; he was so much more interesting than Josh (that was his name, right?) and I kept expecting him to be a bigger part of the story much, much earlier than he did. And even later on, as he became a bigger part of things, there still wasn't as much of him as I felt like the story warranted. * The ending! The ending took forever, but then when it came it felt quick and unfinished. I wanted more. For a contemporary YA book of 400+ pages, the ending was so short and I felt like after getting through SO MUCH I had earned more.
Mah friend bought me this new notebook!