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“Curious about this thing … that is worth leaving me behind for.”
Gulp 😢

A quote from Galileo “ I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use”

Whew…. I was expecting that little steamy scene 🫣

Wow - that is one crazy mom. 🫣

Ugh -the foot binding - absolutely barbaric.

Well my brain cells are more engaged then my last two reads. But now they are scared 😬😳
Regan is doing a great job weaving this plot.

Hello braincells, I hope you enjoy this little break.

“Ruby could be right profound when she wasn’t looking to stab you in the neck”
Okay this book is crazy long… but the use of words is entertaining.

“ The opposite of loneliness - full was how it felt. Like I’ve eaten too much of something rich, on the verge of turning, but it was still better than not having eaten at all.”
I really enjoyed this authors writing style.
And this book is absolutely making me realize I’ve never really known true hunger.

Tannins - exactly.
And lol about all involved in just tasting a wine.

I didn’t realize this book would be funny too. A description of a Sauvignon Blanc - “asparagus fart-water with extra grapefruit “ - 😂.
To be fair - I am skimming past the more technical stuff coz I don’t care.

Love Henry’s word choices. Especially like how Alice is remembering an interview she did with her dad and his description about the 3 times in his life he felt true wonder.
This read feels good after my last two reads.

The way you recognize something… “by the shape of its skeleton”…… 😬

I really love the authors use of words. “Your mother and I both have a small shard of glass in our hearts where the other is concerned…… this helps pry it loose.”

I got to chapter 21 and I’m switching to audio as a last ditch effort for this book to not end up on my DNF shelf.

I’m struggling getting into this one. This was one of the books on the GR summer reading challenge. TBH that might be the only reason I push through.

“Secrets control us, shame stifles us, silence implicates us, and love plays a role in the everyday violence and casual sins of the powerful”
Wow - quite the introduction. I’m excited to start this one.

I love Daphne!! Although I am a bit afraid - for my friends and family’s sakes - that I am going to be her at that age. 🤣

I’m find this book pretty easy to walk away from. Not exactly a glowing endorsement. I’m hopeful though….

I might finally have earned the right to hope again.

“The good Lord does not call you to your feet with hymns from the cherubim, and Gabriel blowing his horn. He calls you to your feet by making you feel alone and forgotten. For only when you have seen that you are truly forsaken will you embrace the fact that what happens next rest in your hands, and your hands alone.”
Wow - another really strong book!

I’m enjoying this one. Which I admit is surprising me.

Said Sally “time is that which God uses to separate the idol from the industrious“… Oh Sally I think you’re missing the point here.

That was what policing a small town felt like some days….. just a janitor tasked with picking up the pieces of someone’s broken life

“The grapevine in Charon county was as invasive as kudzu.”
And
“ the bottom three buttons of his shirt were performing a labor of Hercules as they kept his belly from spilling out.”
Love Cosby’s use of words.

This one is gonna be a tough one. But I like Cosby’s writing style and I’m enjoying his use of colloquialisms.

“From a Himmel Street window, the stars set fire to my eyes”
This book - not an easy one or a fast one - but wow! Such a great one!