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1.
i feel like the summer
is flying by
and i am missing it
a little bit...
it's rushing past me
and
i just
want it to
slow down
and let me
savor it.
2.
everything matches robot shoes.
3.
summer on pei
is beautiful
no matter
how fast
it seems to fly by.
they tell me that tomorrow
it will be 26 years since you have been gone.
i tell them
that cannot be.
i look at this photo
and it's like yesterday.
i want to build a time machine
in my back yard
out of cardboard boxes and styrofoam,
rubber bands and sheets of bubble wrap.
I'll fuel it with turpentine & vodka, paint it bright red and purple
and blast back to yesterday
with the dual cassette ghettoblaster singing
she sells sanctuary & you give love a bad name...
♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥
oh alice hoffman...
you have done it again.
you have pulled me in
with vivid colors
and beautiful words
and imagery...
so many lines in this book
that i just wanted to read
and reread...
to sink into and absorb...
her writing is lyrical and evocative.
the story is based on some true elements...
Camille Pissarro, a famous artist of the 20th century,
is one of the main characters but she
brings you into the life of his mother...
and all of the beautiful messiness
involved in being a family
and loving/letting go.
i am hoping there are more books
by her that i have not yet read...
and if there not,
i may have to re-read what i have already read,
she is that good.
5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s
NEXT UP: THE KITCHEN HOUSE - KATHLEEN GRISSOM
i LOVED this book
i could not put it down.
the writing, the imagery, the story line, the characters.
i don't know if i was partial to it because
it takes place by water
and there are many references to small town living
and lighthouses
and ships and sails and fishing,
that made it feel like home to me...
but i do know that it drew me in
right from the very first sentence.
read it. you won't be disappointed.
(and...if you are, you probably shouldn't follow my advice any more
when it comes to books...i will lead you astray.)
and i just gasped cause i just realized
it's coming out as a movie!!!
and yay!!!! i have surpassed my
(somewhat measly) goal of books
to read in 2016!!!
Yay me!
(and if truth must be told,
then you should know that i have
read TWO more since this one...
but i am very behind on blogging.
it's summer, you know...i hope you
can cut me some slack...if anyone is
even reading...heeheehee)
5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s
NEXT UP: THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES - ALICE HOFFMAN
well.
i didn't love this book.
it was ok. it was interesting.
but
i didn't love it.
the idea was interesting
but the writing didn't draw me in,
didn't carry me along...
i wanted to love it...i mean...it's Margaret Atwood!
but
it was ok....
just not really my thing...
elvis and marilyn,
end of time,
livin' in your car,
fear and conspiracy and futuristic and fatal...
i'm sorry, Margaret Atwood.
i didn't love this one...but it's because of me, not you.