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I fucking love this movie and Keri Russell in it. Figured I’d give the book a go for my cozy Christmas reading.

These people are a MESS. Love it.

First chapter ends WILD. Wonder what this will be like. Was influenced by an actress I like to read this lol

Fuck this book is doing things to me. Feel the urgent need to cry.

“But when I see others walking with confidence down the sidewalk, as though they are free completely from terror, I realize I don’t know how others are. So much of life seems speculation.” - this is going to be good!

Victim blaming at its finest “it is partially your fault” (…) “if you didn’t smell so appallingly luscious, he might not have bothered”. lmaoooo this book is toxic as fuck

easy flowing narrative, good, but at this point I just want to know how it ends

Pleased to find this little snippet of migraine support in the book: “the truth was I wanted to die right there on the stairs and have done with it. Are there people who have such headaches not just occasionally but frequently? If so, God help them.” We do, Mr. King. Thanks for your support!!

Not sure why but I hear the narrator’s voice in a Southern accent..

*listening to Meryl Streep 😍

it’s fun (read the “to be worshipped” theme)

reads easily, entertaining so far

I’m back, bitches!!! Had a rough couple of months but trying to implement my healthy habits again. This novel though… I know Rooney is not going to give my tender, vulnerable heart the happy ending I deserve so I’m trying (and failing miserably) not to get too attached to these characters.

At this point I’m already very annoyed by the main character. She’s a naive, white, rich girl who needs a guy to tell her women can have dreams, too. Her naïveté annoys me IMMENSELY. The mindless war propaganda, too. But maybe that’s the point and now Frankie will enter the real world and grow up. Let’s see.

Oh Ivan.. ❤️

Loving it so far; the tension slowly building, Isabel’s character is just so very intriguing (I currently don’t have a better word for it), the setting..

on to this beauty; a debut written by my dear friend’s partner which was just longlisted for the booker!! so excited to read this

Joining Reese’s Book Club this month by reading this (used to love Rowell’s YA novels when I was younger); so far I feel the characters have something tragic about them and I’m invested!

oops I started this one without planning to - after my disappointment with the first installment I didn’t think I was going to start this one, but I’m in a bit of a reading rut lately and this is, although being 800 pages, a fast read, which I really need. Also, book Jamie is getting better in terms of misogyny ;)

at my one workplace i have coworkers who switch out books every week and my manager put this in my hand to read; let’s see what this is about

“I think about the feeling I’ve developed for the former German Democratic Republic (…) the romance comes from the dream of a better world the German Communists wanted to build out of the ashes of their Nazi past: from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. The horror comes from what they did in its name.”

This is yet another harrowing and haunting read by McDaniel. I have to put it down sometimes and think I might read it alongside something light

first time I’m reading a novel where the protagonist has chronic migraine; her struggles are too relatable!!!

what a beautiful but tragic story; poor Betty for having to experience all this loss

ooff this is a sad one. and beautiful

so sad already; not sure if I can continue. Without giving away any spoilers, I just lost it at the way Torie needs the horse to go home 😭😭😭

Gifted by my neihhbor. Two chapters in and I’m not loving the characters; very onedimensional

Ugh I’m not enjoying the dynamics between Belly and the guys at all. Also hating the way Belly, with her oversized t-shirts and ugly one-piece bathing suit, is juxtaposed against the girls who wear sundresses, tiny bikinis etc. (like Taylor). And of course this makes Belly “deep” and Taylor shallow and mean-ish. I see that this was written in 2009 which explains it a little but it’s very annoying to read.