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Category: Harper Perennial

July 10, 2021July 28, 2021 Amanda

Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

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Phew… Louise Penny’s Still Life put me in a major reading slump (which I personally thought couldn’t happen to me 😂). So I put it aside, and picked up The Silent Patient at the airport, thinking it would do the trick and I was 100% correct. We love a psychological thriller 🙌 ⁣Ya girl is back!
It’s spooky season 🎃 I’ve been reading this book while I eat lunch (on the occasions I’m not working through lunch). Stephen King is a master of short stories - among other things. This collection (so far) is incredibly creepy and eerie. A perfect fall read. ⁣
Lately I’ve been thinking a bit about the whole concept of this book (which I adored). I’ve been known to walk away when things get too messy or I’m feeling like I screwed up and it can’t be fixed or I just decide I want to be someone new. It’s pretty selfish honestly, but I think deep down I used to believe that people didn’t care. But there are a few people who have stuck around despite my propensity for just picking up and starting over without them. And I feel really really lucky to have those people in my life. ⁣
5 stars for the Last Girl, a deeply moving and equally horrifying account of surviving captivity under ISIS. Since finishing this book, I’ve been following @nadia_murad and it’s no wonder she won a Nobel Peace Prize. I devour survival stories, and have read other stories of women held in captivity by terrorists. When I think about how much the world tries to take from us, and the way that we have the superhuman ability to take all that trauma and turn into something meaningful, I’m simply awestruck. I’m equally awestruck by the inhumane capacity of others, but in a completely different way. I think there’s a part of me that believes if I keep reading stories like this, I will somehow be able to fathom those two ends of the spectrum. So far, I haven’t been able to. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand more deeply some of the lesser known and more specific details that headlines don’t capture when it comes to ISIS but also if you are looking for a comprehensive picture of human nature, for better or worse. And Nadia is the best among us. ⁣
I’ve been looking for a good series for a long time. Characters that feel like family and a setting that feels like home. I’m hopeful that the Inspector Gamache series will deliver. Do you have a favorite series? ⁣
September’s TBR pile! 📚 Although I almost never stick to it, I like to plan out what I’ll read next. I’m especially excited to start the Inspector Gamache series, with Still Life. I began reading it yesterday, and it feels like a perfect fall, cozy mystery. What are you looking forward to reading next? ⁣

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