whatcha readin'? {2016::book 6 - goal 12}

one of my best friends
lent me this book
and said so many good things about it...
i couldn't wait to start it.

and i was not disappointed.

it is a beautifully written
sad and haunting book
that drew me in with a world of miniatures
(cause i think we have established that i LOVE tiny things)
and pulled me along breathlessly
even when i wasn't sure i wanted to go,
it is not a happy light book
but it is sweet and sad
and a little bit happy and a big bit heartbreaking...

i just realized i wrote this on a post it note when
i was done reading this book -
"all the light we couldn't see broke my heart
again & again & again...
the words were like lyrics,
the sadness was tangible."

but read it...you will not be disappointed...
you may be as mad at me as i was at my best friend
for making me feel things...
but that's a good thing.

{by the way...i'm halfway to my goal for this year!}

NEXT UP:  THE GRAVEYARD BOOK - NEIL GAIMAN

whatcha readin'? {2016::book 5 - goal 12}

i love gray's anatomy.
i love the characters, the storyline,
the music, the writing...
meredith bugs the ever-loving hell out of me
but yang always made me stick around...
and come back for more...even when she went through a wishy-washy phase
but karev & wilson?
i ridiculously
LOVE
karev & wilson...
if something goes wrong with them,
i may have to stop watching the show.

so it was a no-brainer for me to read
year of yes
by shonda rhimes...

i will admit that 2.5 pages into it,
i might have clapped my hands a little in
happy anticipation
because it was one of those books
that you just KNEW you were going to love
right from the get-go.

i will also admit that,
probably because i was knee deep and drowning
in the play
when i started this book,
i did have a small moment or two of thinking
wait....i should not be reading this...
i, of all people, should probably NOT
be reading something that will encourage me to say
YES
to more things.

but it was still a great book for me...
it is always reassuring to read about other
introverts pushing themselves out of their
comfort zone...and it wasn't all about yes...
some of her "yes's" were actually saying
yes to saying no to something...

i loved her sense of humor
and her words...oh...i love her use of words...
it was a great quick read
that made me want to take notes
and make changes in my own life.
 

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and this has nothing to do with the year of yes...except that i can never say no to taking photos of clementines basking in the sun...

whatcha readin'? {2016::book4-goal12}

I had heard great things about this book
and, in all honesty, they were TRUE.
Such a good book,
I just could not put it down.
Fast paced and constantly spinning,
making you wonder
who...what...when...who! ....where...why...WHO! 

it grabbed my attention right from the start
and it did make me think of gone girl
and how quickly I had gotten sucked into that one.

it's a good read if you are looking for something
quick and easy...which i know i need every now and then.

and then, when i heard that emily blunt might
be playing in the movie...well....YAY!!! :) :) :)
 

whatcha readin'? (or... this case...not reading)

i debated about writing about this.
i'm actually a little embarrassed.

i love books.
and generally, when i start a book
i see it through til the
painful finish
even if it's a book i hate.

and i really wanted to like this book...
i really did...
but,
i don't.
i just don't like it...
it irritates the hell out of me.
maybe i am the wrong age to read it,
maybe it's because i am not a traveler,
i am not spontaneous, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants...
so i find myself
shaking my head
thinking...oh my gawd...c'MON...get a job...
settle down...open a bank account...
and maybe,
that's exactly what draws other people to it.

but not me.
i can't do it.
and with the bitter realization
that i only made time to read
8
measly books last year,
i have come to the
conclusion that i can't
read it
just because i started it.

{and in all fairness,
i feel like i gave it a chance...
i am 125 pages in of 308 pages.}
i tried.

maybe i should watch the movie instead.

 

whatcha readin' {book 1} 2016

Furiously Happy:  Jenny Lawson

i loved this book.

why did i love it? 
because it was
honest - it was so god-damn painfully honest.
and funny - it was so god-damn painfully funny
and yet, right in the middle of
relaying stories
about live-possum-diving-attacks and
the merits of whether
one should
or should not
laminate a cat,
she will suddenly surprise you with a
gut wrenching glimpse
into depression and anxiety...
the way she writes about it is
like a veil being pulled open for a moment
so you can really see the inner workings
of an illness in all it's complexities
which i appreciate.

i will be honest-
and my husband will agree as i read
parts of the book out loud to him-
i identified very closely
with some of her quirks.
(but...we ALL have quirks, right?)
i wrote to my best friend about
partway through the beginning of the book
and told her it was like someone took
parts of her (best friend) and parts of me (me)
and smushed them into a person.
a quirky-weird-things-happen-to-them-
slightly-stabby-does-not-always-do-well-
with-other-people person...
with a fantastic sense of humor, of course.

{i hope that this is not insulting
to the author.
i mean...it shouldn't be...she doesn't even know us! :)
it is intended to be complimentary in a weird
i'm not good at small talk kind of way.
and Jenny, i feel like i can call you jenny now,
since i just spent two weeks with you, but
if you would like to know us,
c'mon down to PEI!  we're very fun, except for
the not-always-liking-people bit}

{this would be easier to write if the cats
would stop attacking my scribbler
and making me shout no at them
and making me lose my train of thought}

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all in all, i LOVED this book and
would totally recommend...
HAVE recommended already actually...
many times over.

PS...
i have a story that proves that
weird things just happen to me
but i feel like this is long enough already
and if i haven't already lost
the few readers i have,
i am about to shortly.
but really, weird things do happen to me...
and i have a witness this time.
:)