whatcha readin'? {book 20::goal 24}

Oh.....this book.

I had no idea what this was about...I just picked it up
because I like the cover
and honestly...
I liked the title, too.

I imagined it to be about a little girl
in a make believe world of
cotton candy, carnival horses and
a battle between good and evil
with frogs that turned into princes
and mushrooms that made you taller.

But...that's not what it was about.
At all.

Which was totally ok!
Because what it was about was so fast paced
and terrifying and I couldn't turn the pages
fast enough....

I'm not going to tell you what it's about.

This is not that kind of review.

This is an "I frigging loved this book"
kind of review.

Oh.  But I will say that I loved Lincoln.
I loved how she captured his voice
and all the facets of a mother's love...
how it can cover pride and panic and exasperation and
worry and fear and gratitude all in any number of breaths...

This was a good one.

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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whatcha readin'? {book 19::goal 24}

In all honesty, I struggled a bit with this book.
I didn't really like it at the beginning, I found she had a
funny way with words that was sort of throwing me off.

I did like it more as I got further into it but,
seriously, it was a little too gritty and gruesome for me.

If I had read this when I was younger, I may have been more
enthralled...kind of the same way I was with the story of Charles Manson
and how people...girls...blindly followed him
whereas now, I just get irritated with the whole idea.

All in all, I thought it was good and after I finished it,
I did mark it as 4 hearts so I must have liked it but
I finished it back in May so I am wondering why my notes
don't seem to match up with my rating.  This is what happens
when I don't blog about it right away. 
:)

4 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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whatcha readin'? {2018::book 18 - goal 24}

I am honestly not sure
what made me pick up this book.
The cover is not my usual "cover"...
I am very drawn to covers
and will typically pick up a book
just based on that.

But I am glad that I read it.
An interconnected web of stories
set over a period of time
that sees the Great Depression and World War II...
it makes you think about how
everyone has their own story
but sometimes, when you don't know
another person's story...
you assume you know it...
and you make it fit into your own
so that it's easier to comprehend.

It makes me wonder how much I do that in real life.

An interesting read...but it bogged me down a little...
I liked it, but didn't love it.

Maybe it's the cover.

3.5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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whatcha readin'? {2018::book 17 - goal 24}

I have had this book
on my list of "books to read"
forever.

I have finally done it.

The book is heartbreaking and real.
Raw and poignant and brutally sharp.
There were many times that I found myself
identifying completely with her reasoning...
how in grief, you bargain, you deny, you pretend.
Or at least, I know that I have done so.

It's a story about loss but it's
also a story of coming back from that...
especially when you don't think you will ever
come out the other side...
of fighting your way through the emptiness.

I am so glad that this one finally made it
to the top of my reading pile.

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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whatcha readin'? {2018::book 16 - goal 24}

First of all...I did not realize that
this was Emma Donoghue's ninth novel.
I had thought that Room was novel
number one for her, for some reason,
otherwise I would have looked for more from her
earlier than this as I had really enjoyed Room.

The Wonder was very intriguing...
set in 1859 in Ireland,
about a nurse sent to "watch" a young girl
to see if she is really and truly
living without eating any food.

I love her style of writing and
the story was very interesting...
I would definitely recommend this one
and will be looking for more books by her!

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

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