This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
My rating: 0 of 5 stars
Another one that didn’t keep my interest and I finally had to give up. This was fun for a while but also relatively formulaic 🙁
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Really enjoyed this one. I liked the narration, i liked the main character. It wasn’t as funny as Finlay Donovan but it was interesting and i loved all the food details.
I am not rating this story because I had to walk away from it about halfway through. Maybe it’s because I am not a millennial and wasn’t the target audience. Either way, this one did not keep my interest. maybe at some point i can come back to it.  Ok month three, here we go. Historically I am not a fan of March because it’s a long month and has no days off but this March I am looking forward to making some progress and shifting into a slightly different mode. Also, because I realized last month how not well I’ve been doing, I’ve decided the major focus for this month is going to have to be to regulate my nervous system. So I am going to work hard to not up the ante and set more and more goals because I want to encourage myself to learn to rest and regulate my system. Big Goal: The big goal for this month is going to be to do a big pass in the house, especially garage, but also my bedroom and living room and the dreaded board game closet to see if I can prepare for one more big item trash pickup. So much for not generating big work but I think this will make me so happy if I can do it. Let’s see.
Here’s to another month. Paying attention. Loving my people. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward.  Ok Month Two. Another crazy month in the world. When we think can things get worse, I feel like the universe is like yep they sure can. I don’t even know how to contain the amount of stress my body is carrying. My nervous system is at an all-time high for trying to figure out how to navigate the barrage of bad news coming every moment of every day. I feel like I reached a crescendo in February where my mental state is pretty broken and I find myself catastrophizing and going from zero to 100 in minutes. I am planning to spend some time regulating my nervous system. Even though I felt like February wasn’t super productive, in the end I got a lot done and I feel like it was a strong month for moving forward. One Big Goal: I did everything I needed to for the taxes. I am 99% done, just waiting for two updated forms and then I can file. So big pat in the back for this one.
Unplanned but did this month: got rid of car, did other taxes, started doing daily portrait challenge. I am super proud of all that I did. Good job moving onward, Karen.  Here we are, one more week to go before February is over. It’s the fastest of the months. Big Goal: Done with it all, except for the few things that won’t be ready until March. Done for this month on this one. It’s all just tiny details left now and then thankfully it’s on to the professionals.
So proud of myself and how much I am doing. Day by day, drop by drop. Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward.
Read this for an assignment. It was interesting but not as deeply interesting as I was hoping it would be. Fast read and some thought-provoking bits.
I love reading McAllister’s books. Once I pick them up, I always know I will not be able to put them down. This was no exception. I was reading another story during vacation where I noticed that my attention kept wandering so I switched to this story and within seconds I was hooked and didn’t want to stop reading until I was done. This is the story of what it means to be a family. A dysfunctional family that has become enmeshed through an early loss and now doesn’t know how to untangle themselves. Then the unthinkable happens and they show up for each other. Of course, they show up for each other. But then. Then, they can’t let it go. They start unraveling one by one, bit by bit. Their worst enemy is coming from within. The guilt eats at them. It colors everything and everyone they look at. And then they start questioning each other. And then it unravels even further. Until there’s no way to make it right ever again. Great story about the narrow narrow line between being loyal and being dysfunctional. with gratitude to netgalley and William Morrow for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
This little book has so much packed in it. It’s sad and hopeful and so thought-provoking. It’s what we’ve come to love from T.J. Klune about how it feels to be different humans in the world, what struggle looks like and the different shapes and forms it can take. And how we can love endlessly and still not always be able to help in the right ways. How we can’t really help those who don’t want to be helped and how it’s tricky to be a human on this earth. This book will break your heart over and over again and then really break it before it’s over. And it will stay with you a long time, like all Klune’s stories do. with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Meh this one dragged on forever and by the time the twists came, i couldn’t care less.
3.5 stars A lovely story that was joyful to read. Books about books, taking place in libraries is my happy place.  Halfway through February already. It’s like January crawls and February sprints. Big Goal: I did everything I can until the 21st. I also did the other two tasks I needed to do and I emailed the person who helps me with taxes so they know it’s coming. Nothing more to be done here until Saturday
I’m proud of all the progress I’ve made. Things are moving. Slowly but consistently. Here’s to another week. Paying attention. Savoring and living in awe. And taking steps to move onward. |
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