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20260101 : there are so many things i wish to discuss. but, lines that have altered my presence so far.

"what i know of work i know equally of loss. and what i know of both i know of your hands." (79)

"through this careful bruising, you heal." (85)

"you could hear the water inside the stems as the steel broke open the membranes, the ground darkening as the plants bled out." (89)

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20251227 : third times the charm...? started in sarnia library. eventually purchased here. now picked up again.

20251208 : 57 min.

20251129 : 5 hrs , 40 min.

at 1.5x speed , the amount of information that's whirling through my head ... like , yeah , sure , i'll pretend what happened is just another day in lapvona. of course. 🫠 albeit , am disturbed.

20251128 : 2 hrs , 51 min.

as of 20251102

20251024 : 3 hrs , 17 min.

20251020 : 6 hrs , 13 min.

20251008 : so so good , i like this author.

20251008 : loan was running out of time , and i can't feasibly finish this audio in two additional days. the content is repeated punches to the gut every 2-3 minutes , it's a tough but very necessary & critical read. i'll be hitting the waitlist again when i've moved back home & settled in. so far : 4 / 5 ⭐️

20251005 : 7 hrs , 54 min.

20250930 : 2 hrs , 10 min.

20250928 : i'm 🤏*this close* 🤏 to a DNF. the first half of the book is wondrous. the second half ... eh. it's not boring , per se , but anticipated. repetitive ? maybe i'm a little too confident in thinking that i've predicted the plot // what-happens-after-all , but i've got some ideas that aren't far-fetched. stay tuned.

20250927 : 🤩 —> 😃 —> 🤭 —> 🫣🫣🫣 —> 💥🏃‍➡️

i started this book to take a small break from "the lilac people." and now i'm fleeing from ricki & ezra temporarily 😳🫣 it's too early in the day for all that. so i'm back to holocaust survivors. how beautifully written (TLP), but is shredding me to pieces.

20250923 : similar to what honorée faith jeffers has going on , which is exactly what i was looking for. spans across 3 generations of family members (mother — daughter — daughter's son). explores accounts of racial disparities and effects following hurricane katrina in louisiana. (mention of new orleans east , chef menteur ; coming back to "the yellow house," by sarah m broom. gosh.)

20250906 : so close to done , and i don't want this book to end. it's beautifully written , gut-wrenching , and spans across decades of multivariate experiences. i hope the finale of this novel ... reaches the well-deserved clarity and rest that's sought throughout the entire work.

20250825 : it's a bit fun balancing different books at the same time. a physical , an audio or two. so many materials & resources to learn from. so much , all the time. (!!)

20250821 : 26 hrs , 38 min.

so many plot shifts and reconnections , old story lines converging into new ones ... a lot to keep up with. the current ... place , is frustrating. does TD remain complicit because of high society? he could run anytime ... but i think , it comes down to hobi ... whom i want to adopt me, might i say.

20250820: 23 hrs , 35 min.

20250814 : i've just read some of the most disturbing things , and i'm thoroughly disrupted. the plantation owner / stealer / colonizer ... i'm hoping his downfall is beyond brutal. i hope he suffers every burning moment that he deserves in the deepest pits of hell.

20250814 : i'm only 10 min in. *what in the world am i listening to.*

20250813 : 17 hrs , 50 min.

it's due tomorrow. i'll have to renew (on-hold RIP) for round 2.

20250810 : 12 hrs , 45 min.