2 books that maybe everyone has read and knows about but I LOVED "The Correspondent" and "Theo of Golden." The former reminded me that there is always more to people than we think, and the latter let me believe that we all have the ability (even little ole me) to make the world a little better by making people feel seen and like they and their stories matter. Also about halfway through "The Calamity Club" and so into it!!
I wanted to add, I read that Elizabeth Strout spent eight years writing her first novel, Amy and Isabelle. (I just started this one yesterday). I think about this often. How long it takes to write a book & how quickly we can read it. It makes me think I should slow down, but there is such joy in not being able to put a book down.
I've been loving Matt Haig's work lately. 'The Midnight Library' is about a woman named Nora who finds herself trapped between life and death. That space is a library in which each book she pulls from the shelves transports her to a life path she could have followed. I just finished 'The Life Impossible' in which a retired math teacher named Grace is given a house in Ibiza by an old friend who mysteriously died. The book follows her quest to find out what happened to her friend, a journey which is magical and healing. I've found Matt Haig's books to be heart-warming and life-affirming. I can't recommend them enough!
Thanks for the recs! I finished The Things We Never Say in the middle of June. Always late to the party, it was the first of her books that I read. I have since finished eight others! They are just incredible! The way she weaves characters into the books, brings them back to you later, and shares their inner worlds is phenomenal & unique. I think I’ll read The Things We Never Say again after I finish them all to catch what I missed as a new reader.
Ok. Has anyone read J. Ryan Stradal?!? I just finished Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supperclub 🤩😍
Literally just finished reading "A Bit Much" by Lyndsay Rush. It is a book of poetry i very much enjoyed. Highly recommend if you haven't read it yet.
2 books that maybe everyone has read and knows about but I LOVED "The Correspondent" and "Theo of Golden." The former reminded me that there is always more to people than we think, and the latter let me believe that we all have the ability (even little ole me) to make the world a little better by making people feel seen and like they and their stories matter. Also about halfway through "The Calamity Club" and so into it!!
I wanted to add, I read that Elizabeth Strout spent eight years writing her first novel, Amy and Isabelle. (I just started this one yesterday). I think about this often. How long it takes to write a book & how quickly we can read it. It makes me think I should slow down, but there is such joy in not being able to put a book down.
I cannot help but devour her books! She’s incredible!
I've been loving Matt Haig's work lately. 'The Midnight Library' is about a woman named Nora who finds herself trapped between life and death. That space is a library in which each book she pulls from the shelves transports her to a life path she could have followed. I just finished 'The Life Impossible' in which a retired math teacher named Grace is given a house in Ibiza by an old friend who mysteriously died. The book follows her quest to find out what happened to her friend, a journey which is magical and healing. I've found Matt Haig's books to be heart-warming and life-affirming. I can't recommend them enough!
I loved The Midnight Library, too!
Alexis I never knew the plot of this book and it’s been on my shelf for ages! Maybe time to pick it up?!
Yes! It's a wonderful book!
Thanks for the recs! I finished The Things We Never Say in the middle of June. Always late to the party, it was the first of her books that I read. I have since finished eight others! They are just incredible! The way she weaves characters into the books, brings them back to you later, and shares their inner worlds is phenomenal & unique. I think I’ll read The Things We Never Say again after I finish them all to catch what I missed as a new reader.