whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 9::goal 25}

This book.

Wow.

This book.

This book broke my heart
into a million jagged little pieces
and then stomped all over them
with big black combat boots
and then
melted it all back together again
and left me a
jumbled crying mess.

I fell in love with this book…
the story, the intensity, the brutal descriptions
contrasting so sharply against the
tender moments….

Read this one.
(and when I rated it in the log I keep on my phone,
I rated it with five broken hearts).

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s

NEXT UP:  GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE - RACHEL HOLLIS

whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 8::goal 25}

I love when I am sad to finish a good book
(Where the Crawdads Sing)
but then my next rebound book is
so good
it takes away the sting of turning the
last page of the awesome book you just finished.

The Dry is full of great writing,
interesting characters, a quick storyline
that pulls you along
and kinda breaks your heart in places…
I read this one in a very short
period of time
because
I couldn’t put it down.

I would definitely read more by Jane Harper.

5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE NIGHTINGALE - KRISTIN HANNAH

friday i'm in love....

♥ I know I say this all the time but
I desperately love sunrise/sunset light…sigh.

♥ LOOK AT THIS PLAYGROUND! I NEED TO HAVE THIS
IN MY LIFE FOR REAL.

♥ EATING: wunderbars

♥ WATCHING: this show is totally killing me…

♥ DRINKING: chai tea (cause you know…it’s been almost 2 weeks
since I gave up diet coke! ok…I had one. Haha)

♥ COVETING: this totally sweet as sugar Alice in Wonderland doll…with the
her little “drink me” vial…sigh.

♥ INSPIRED BY: this youtube video of Diane Von Fursternberg’s Ted Talk
and I honestly know virtually nothing about her. I just happened across it…
and was happy that I did.

♥ BLOG-LOVE: I know I have shared this before…but seriously….this
blog makes me so incredibly happy….

♥ LISTENING TO: Billie Eilish

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sometimes...

a sunset drive and loud music
is all
you really need….
it fills in all the cracks in your heart
and stops the chatter in your head…

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tuesday truths...

i have a bad habit
of hiding
and avoiding
and procrastinating
and pretending
and creating distractions
and diversions
and delusions in my head
that everything is fine
when really
there are things i should be
facing…

i am an ostrich
sometimes
with my head in sand.

(ok. who am i kidding…
i am probably not as tall as an ostrich
and the thought of burying my head
in sand immediately makes feel claustrophobic)

(and now i am wondering if
ostriches even do that…is that a fact?
or did i make that up
somewhere along the line?)

anyway.

todays tuesday truth
is that i am trying to shake myself
out of this habit…
i am trying to make myself
face reality at least
once a day.
do one “grown up thing”
(preferably, one i have been putting off for a long time)
each day.
bills.
laundry.
groceries.
research an oil tank.
the not-so-fun stuff….

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but still allow myself
time every day
to lose myself in a good show
or escape in a book…
to write or draw or paint.

balance.
it’s all about balance.