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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) created a poll

Mar 18, 2020  
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When the quarantine is over, what will be the thing that you look back at and smile? What will be the best thing you do that you normally wouldn't?

Binge watching that ENTIRE TV show of 7+ Seasons in 5 days

6 votes

Movie Marathons: All the Marvel Movies in Chronological Order!

2 votes

All Day Video Gaming Sessions

6 votes

Day Drinking because: Wine Not?

3 votes

Solo playing Board games: Viticulture with Automa

0 votes

Playing Board games with Non-Infected family: Teaching your kids Azul

4 votes

Spending more time on the phone with Parents and Grandparents who were at risk, and couldn't visit

0 votes

Curling up with a good book and not having to put it down unless you wanted to.

13 votes

Finally getting to work from home like you always wanted to.

1 votes

All the internet things.... all the rabbit holes you got to explore.

2 votes

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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Imaginary Things in Books

Feb 21, 2018  
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Imaginary Things
Andrea Lochen | 2015
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
***NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review***

Normally, books categorized as women’s fiction aren’t my favorites. The premise for this one sounded so intriguing though, that I wanted to give it a try as soon as I’d read the description. After losing her job in Milwaukee, Anna Jennings and her four-year old son, David, return to her grandparents home in the rural Wisconsin town of Salsburg to make a new start. As they settle into their new home, Anna is surprised and startled to find that she can actually see David’s imaginary friends, two dinosaurs that follow him almost everywhere and act as his playmates and protectors. Her grandparents’ neighbor, Jamie Presswood, who used to play with Anna when she would visit as a child, has also returned to Salsburg to care for his ailing mother. While Jamie seems intent on keeping his distance at first, the two eventual manage to resume their friendship, and start something more. Not sure if she is going crazy or if what she can see is really her son’s imagination, Anna struggles with her fear of not being a good enough mother to David, and of not being good enough to be loved again after her failed relationship with David’s father.

This story was magical, suspenseful, and heartwarming. Ms. Lochen has done a wonderful job of inserting fantastical things into mundane situations in a way that makes you feel that they utterly belong. The characters were so real, that I almost felt as thought I knew each of them personally by the end of the story. Anyone who is a fan of women’s fiction or sweet romance novels, or has ever tried to raise a child will love this book.