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- they were destined to be together these two. There is a Chinese legend called Yum Lao, when we are born, the gods tie invisible thread around our little finger, that connects us to our one true love.

"It its a girl," Bess said, "I'll name her Genevieve. If it's a boy, Ronan.
That means 'little seal! Do you have seals where you come from, Nan?"
"No.
I came from London. My mother's daughter Not my father's.
"Whenever trouble comes to land, Ronan will swim away. Whenever touble comes to water, Ronan will return to shore"
"Why Genevieve?" I asked.
"The patron saint of young girls. So she can look out for herself'".

Have I read this?
Very. Eerily similar.

Love that she loves Morgan’s❤️

That fuckimg dad

The dad in the cat with no tail
MAKES ME SO MAD. and is so self absorbed

Reading as book club is reading, The Women in Suite 11 in Jan- after meeting Ruth Ware.
Need to read, Women in Cabin 10 before

He was a Jaycee❤️

Started out long like a podcasts.
Now into the second book, The Bodies. Liking this part much more.

Is on Netflix. Will have to look for it.

Part of my November, read a book with neurodivergent character. Enid, a quirky, neurodivergent lesbian who works at a space agency, uses space facts as a communication tool with her depressed mom, and navigates phobias (especially of bald men) while trying to connect with her half-sisters, highlighting themes of trauma, difference, and connection through her unique perspective and interests in space and true crime.

NOT what I expected.
Read as September Reading challenge with Kahra, read a HS book.
Never read in HS.
Excited to see the exhibit at the MIA.

Nicks neighbor, Gatsby is full of life and parties.
Loves Daisy, could never marry her.

Tells the American Dream- and money along with the desire for more
can get you anything imaginable.
but also has deep regrets- and never able to find true happiness.

LOVING this book. So much.
Is the MIA October book Club challenge.
Every daughter- mother- sister- wife- NEEDS to read this book.

Do they make it?
I can’t look ahead to find out before I finish the book

I LOVE U of MN Press. I should dedicate a year of reading exclusively their own books. :) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald kept a memoir, called Thoughtbook of ...
What an excellent idea to call your own story.
Set in St. Paul, where he resided. His mom, Molly. Daughter, Frances or ScottieNow is deep below ground in a humid- sensitive room protected by fingerprints. I wonder if they give tours to the curious.

A memoir to his first love. His dog. Their story.

Got this book when we were in The Little Mermaid. Then we quit.
Now I have the book, and not anyone else in SSP that was still in the play. 🧜🏽‍♂️

Prince Eric’s book. From his Step mom.
To keep him on land and out of trouble in the sea.

** can mermaids cry- tears like the book suggests. Or not cry a tear- like the book also suggests?!?

That mom👎🏽
“Thinks his blindness is a defect. “You should never let people see you’re defective. They will think less of you”.
In the same paragraph he described his parents- essentially decent people.
Idk. They think you were born. With a defect.
Not cool.

He changed, but you came into this dark place filled with mysteries beyond your imagination.
To save him.
and to learn about yourself.

Going to see the three fates.

Lots of other Fairy Tales- In this one.

A retelling of Hans Christen Andersen, The Snow Queen.
Takes place in Minneapolis.

Love it!! Reading after a cousins wedding in Rhinelander. Cant wait to go back to catch them all