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In the words of Michael Scott- there’s no doubt about it. I’m ready to be hurt again.

This book is incredible.

This book is making me emotional. I love it so much. Beautiful, compelling storytelling. It will absolutely be in my top books of the whole year!

Oop- couldn’t resist immediately jumping to the next book…

I’m discovering I quite enjoy books written entirely in letter/diary format that also happen to be set in England…

I’m part of the book launch team for this one and am so excited about it!

This book is necessary and so, so good. If you struggle with or are in the midst of a season marked by depression and/or anxiety, perhaps Scott’s art (which has been a favorite of mine for years) and Justin’s words can help. Save this book to your tbr!!

I love love love love love this little series. I wanna crawl into St. Crispians and live there

Davina Porter is making these books come ALIVE for me again!

Big milestone for me: im dnf-ing this!
It’s not terrible, I’m just horribly uninvested and it feels like a chore to read it right now. Plus, there are many other books I want to read, so that all feels like good enough reason to dnf!

I can’t tell if I’m invested in this book, but I think not so much if I even have to ask that question 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is so lovely and sweet and heartwarming (and also heartbreaking) and I’m just loving it so much

I’m only on chapter 9, but the first 8 chapters are dipped in gold and dripping in genius. Backman always manages to make me feel everything to the fullest in his works. WOW

This book is dragggggging on- thought it’d be a cute, quick read to help me out of a book slump, but I fear that has not been the case

This is one of my favorite movies and I’ve been wanting to read the book for ages. Happy to report that I’m loving the book as well (even though it often makes me teary-eyed)!

I’m enjoying this more and more as I go on, and finding myself going “yes!” often (or something similar) to her social, political, and theological commentary. I’m definitely going to be reading more of her books!

There are some incredible quotes and thoughts in this book, and I love her writing style. She’s painting such a beautiful and understandable picture of grief and I’m excited to keep reading and get into the meat of the story!

Help I can’t stop starting books

(This one felt like a good one for Holy Week, and I’ve been wanting to read Rachel Held Evans for quite a while now)

Consider me hooked!

Apparently I requested this on NetGalley and then proceeded to forget I did so… but I love middle-grade stories (and this one said it’s perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill, which I am), so I’m excited to get into this one! It publishes this July!

Me thinks Grady isn’t very bright

I apparently don’t have it in me to start our book club book more than 4 days before book club- a recurring flaw on my end. Wish me luck!!

21 pages in and I am HOOKED

Oh to go back to the joy of being a kid on summer vacation again. And to play with plants! And have a walkable community!

Melina’s chapters are near insufferable, but Emilia’s are incredible. The whole book should be Emilia!

The men in this book all suck!!

This is now a series where I will read every book available back to back to back because I want to walk the streets of St. Crispian’s with Emma nonstop!

This is very good so far and so, so interesting!!

What woman runs alone at night like this? And also, why do they talk about Naomi’s death like a regular line item in a list of things that happened in a day? Maya’s grief feels way less emotional than I feel it should.