The Daily Joys – 178
White birds in the sky, sparkling. So grateful for the ordinary today.
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4.5 stars I haven’t read YA in a long time but this was a fast and involving read. So much angst. Drew was my favorite character. He surprised you. He grew. He was funny.
Not sure why I postponed reading this for a long time but I am glad I finally read it. I didn’t see the twists coming really and i really liked them.
I know most people liked this book but it not only annoyed me but it also left me feeling uneasy for a whole day after i read it. This is not really a mystery, it’s more like a slasher movie in a novel. Not a lot of time for any of the characters to be developed. It wasn’t for me.  Daily Joys – 177
Love is love. So much joy today.  Daily Joys – 176
Felt antsy most of today but outside now and finding joy in the music of birds.  Daily Joys – 175
What a day. Wonderful time with a friend but a devastating day for women in America.
Like others in the series this book is full of exercises to help you connect with yourself, figure out your values and what guides you, figure out how to cope with things that make you anxious or get in the way of your peace and figure out your purpose and goals in life. There are many many different exercises so at least one is bound to appeal to anyone who is on a journey to find and cultivate more peace in their lives. Each exercise is relatively short and impactful. Recommended. with gratitude to edelweiss and quarto group for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
Unfortunately this one wasn’t a good fit for me. I know Banville is an excellent writer with an incredible command of the English language. And yet this story was full of unlikeable characters, 2 dimensional women, really long run-on sentences that became indecipherable. It might easily be that I missed something and that this novel is smart on some level that is beyond my understanding. Alas, it did not meet the mark for me. with gratitude to netgalley and Knopf for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is a rich and layered novel with a long cast of generations of characters that span 150+ years and revolve around traveling through the country and a train with passengers connected in seemingly non-obvious ways. There are a lot of characters in this novel and yet they are each layered with rich backstories and it’s easy to get attached to each and every one of them. An excellent excellent novel.
I tried but finally DNF’ing at 39% so I will not rate this one. While some of the ideas in the book are interesting and welcoming to me, the style in which this is written is really hard for me to follow and causes the ideas to lack depth in a way that makes my mind meander.
I discovered Kolbie Blume randomly on Pinterest and fell in love with her art and her videos. I then signed up for her two 10-day challenges which was life changing and filled up all my days with beautiful art. And then I finally tracked down her books and got them. I think doing it in that order was actually the best fit for me and allowed me to hear her voice as I read the book and completed the projects in this book. I highly recommend doing it this way. I liked the seascapes one a little more than this one, just for the projects but both of Kolbie’s books are awesome. |
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