Sourdough: A Novel
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In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world...
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Discover popular local events, get event recommendations just for you, and see which events your...
Culture Trip: Explore & Travel
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Culture Trip travel app allows you to discover intriguing and exciting things to do in your...
My Baby Gets Organized
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The silly mouse is in the neighborhood again causing troubles everywhere. Let’s look for friends...
A Stranger in the House
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In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a...
Flaming Bags of Crap and the Rarity of Clarity: Not Your Mother's Romantic Comedy
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What’s worse? To want something desperately but never be able to have it or to have it but feel as...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Motherhood in Books
Apr 9, 2019
Thank you to Henry Holt and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.
I couldn't get this book. I read it from cover to cover and I just couldn't find the something that drew it all together. To me it seemed really repetitive and there was really no cohesiveness.
I wanted to read this book because from a young age, I didn't want kids. Everyone one in my family and all of my friends knew this about me. I love kids. I was the neighborhood babysitter, I was a Girl Scout Camp leader, I went to school to become a child psychologist, but I just didn't want to have any of my own. One year before my Doctor agreed to tie my tubes if I hadn't had kids I got pregnant, two years later came baby number 2 and 10.5 months after that baby number 3. So I was really looking forward to reading this book and hearing someone else's perspective on the topic.
I couldn't relate to anything in this fiction/non-fiction tale. I'm not even sure if the main character had a name. Was it the author? The boyfriend was Miles. I'm not sure what message was trying to be conveyed, but I didn't get it.
I don't know if I will read other books by this author.
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated A Man Called Ove in Books
Apr 10, 2019
I listened to this book and at first I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. But slowly Ove started to grow on me. He's the kind of guy who you know is stuck in his ways and there is nothing that you can say or do that will change that. But eventually you see a change, not one that is at first noticeable, but a slight softening.
Even though Ove is ready to leave this world, his neighbors, have a different idea. It starts with Parvana and her family. When they move into the neighborhood, they need help backing their trailer up on the street in order to move in. Then Parvana needs a ride to the hospital when her husband, Patrick has fallen off a ladder. Then another resident has to go to the hospital, then another neighbor needs help with their radiator and so on and so on. My favorite part of the book is toward the end **SPOILER ALERT** when Ove himself ends up going to the hospital and when Parvana goes to see him, the doctor tells her that one of Ove's problems is that his heart is too big. That makes Parvana bust out laughing.
At the end of this book, I cried like a baby and I highly recommend this book.
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