It is one thing to lose people you love. It is another to lose yourself. That is a greater loss.Donna Goddard, Waldmeer Lost is the last post in the trilogy chronicling my unintentional absence from Lwile the Leo for 729 days. After introducing the trilogy with AWOL, I put up the first of the three … Continue reading Lost
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Book 26/30. My rating: DNF on page 69 I have not DNFd a book since August 2017 but yikes this was BAD! BAD!! BAD!!!In my review of We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates I said that it was THE MOST BORING BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!, but I take … Continue reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Book 25/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars This was okay for a debut, but in the hands of a more experienced author it would’ve, could’ve, should’ve been sooo much better. Lilac Girls is based on the real-life story of a New York socialite, Caroline Ferriday, who championed a group of concentration camp survivors known … Continue reading Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Crashing Down
I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive. I came across that quote in January 2021 when I was reading Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman and, macabre as it is, I … Continue reading Crashing Down
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
Book 24/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim. Mother’s Day is still sooo challenging for me 😢 so I deliberately chose to read this over the Mother’s Day weekend as I was confident it would be the perfect distraction from the usual … Continue reading All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Book 23/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI had been wanting to read this for YEARS and thought I would LOVE it because not giving a fuck is something I have always advocated for. Not giving a fuck has always been one of my mantras and I was dying to learn the subtle art of … Continue reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Cracks
The expression hindsight is 20/20 is a cliché with good reason. Retrospectively, I can see clearly that the cracks in the happiness I finally found in 2019 (after chasing it my whole damn life) started to show in 2020 before it all came crashing down in 2021. 2019 was the best year of my life … Continue reading Cracks
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Book 22/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsIn the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man.Hook, Line, and Sinker is book two in the Bellinger Sisters duology and I was … Continue reading Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
AWOL
Adjective (military): absent without official leave but without intent to desert. Two years ago I went absent without official leave from Lwile the Leo. On May 4, 2021 at 13.31 hours I put up my usual Mental Health Awareness Month post before handing over to the guest post writers. And unbeknownst to me and you … Continue reading AWOL
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Book 21/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsIt Happened One Summer is a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com from Tessa Bailey about a Hollywood “It Girl” who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she does not … Continue reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
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