Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
Lost in the Never Woods - Aiden Thomas
Afterland - Lauren Beukes
Lore - Alexandra Bracken
Winter, White and Wicked - Shannon Dittemore
Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
Lost in the Never Woods - Aiden Thomas
Afterland - Lauren Beukes
Lore - Alexandra Bracken
Winter, White and Wicked - Shannon Dittemore
Updated: Jul 5, 2022
“There is beauty to be found everywhere… even in the things that scare us.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“I’m right here, with you, and I’m still holding onto your heart. Please don’t ask me to give it back.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“Like every star in the galaxy tumbled to Earth and crawled beneath my skin.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“But not all love is meant to stay. Sometimes it only serves a temporary purpose.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“Love is a paradox.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“The Lotus will bloom into the most magnificent flower, even when its roots are in the murkiest of waters.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus
“We don't get better when the weather is calm and things are all unicorns farting rainbows. We get better when we fall apart and pick the pieces back up.”
“I'd be a monster to hold her in the shadows when she was obviously meant to walk in the sunshine.”
― Katee Robert, Desperate Measures
“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“I wished I could go back there then, back before I knew of a single bad thing.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“Life is unfair, and sometimes it helps to irrationally blame someone for it.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“Even then I must have known that no one would ever love me as much as she would.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died until it was buried with me.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“The lessons she imparted, the proof of her life lived on in me, in my every move and deed. I was what she left behind. If I could not be with my mother, I would be her.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“I want to tell him how much I miss my mother. How he should be kind to his mom, remember that life is fragile and she could be gone at any moment.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I’m colliding with a wall that won’t give. There’s no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again. —”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe
Started: December 5th 2021
Finished: December 5th 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Art Style, Romantic Chemistry, Gods
Dislikes: Sexual Assault...
Notes: None
In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren
Started: December 17th 2021
Finished: December 19th 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Everything
Dislikes: None
Notes: Second Time Reading
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
Started: December 22nd 2021
Finished: December 22nd 2021
Rated: 4
Likes: Illustrations, Prose, Connections
Dislikes: Missing Details I Wanted to Know
Notes: Read From Libby
Shy Willow - Cat Min
Started: December 22nd 2021
Finished: December 22nd 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Cute, Wholesome, Reminded me the world is pure to children
Dislikes: None
Notes: Borrowed from Libby for Audiobook, Ebook Picture book from Kindle
The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson
Started: December 23rd 2021
Finished: December 27th 2021
Rated: 4
Likes: Mysterious Groom, Interesting Different Perspectives
Dislikes: What Makes it Christmas?
Notes: Reread 10 years later
The Letter - Richard Paul Evans
Started: December 23rd 2021
Finished: December 29th 2021
Rated: 4
Likes: Heartbreaking, Honor, Love
Dislikes: Ending seemed fast
Notes: Finished the Trilogy
In Real Life - Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
Started: December 29th 2021
Finished: December 29th 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Illustrations, Plot, Characters, Economics?!
Dislikes: None
Notes: Borrowed From Libby, Read on Kindle
The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman
Started: December 30th 2021
Finished: December 20th 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Hope
Dislikes: None
Notes: Special Hardcover Edition
Love That Dog - Sharon Creech
Started: December 30th 2021
Finished: December 30th 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Poetry for Children
Dislikes: DOG DIES!
Notes: For God Sake Remember That The DOG DIES!
The Road to Ever After - Moira Young
Started: December 31st 2021
Finished: December 31st 2021
Rated: 3
Likes: Dog
Dislikes: Confusing, No Point? I Didn't Understand the Plot
Notes: None
I Am The Rage - Dr. Martina McGowan
Started: December 31st 2021
Finished: December 31st 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Powerful, Raw, Strong, Eye-Opening
Dislikes: None
Notes: None
The Tea Dragon Tapestry - Kay O'Neill
Started: December 31st 2021
Finished: December 31st 2021
Rated: 5
Likes: Illustrations, Characters, Tea Dragons
Dislikes: None
Notes: 50th Book for 2021 :)