TOPS & BOTTOMS | FEB & MARCH READING WRAP-UP!! | Literary Diversions

[@amotleyartwkatherine]

🐝 Congrats on hitting your first full square!

[@k.s.thompson5766]

I am so grateful for your thoughts on "The Historian" because I DNF'd it and thought I just wasn't getting it. So many people raved about it and I love DA but that book just missed every mark for me.

[@kizzyneetyan]

In Memoriam was my top book of 2023. Just an incredible piece of writing.

[@rhondasruminationsonreading]

🐝 The Historian is on my TBR because both my sisters enjoyed it lol. I'm curious how I'll feel about.

[@leeh4343]

Well you have completely sold me on In Memoriam as I’ve been sitting on the fence about it for a while. 😊 although I’m a bit sad that The Historian didn’t work for you.

[@TheHexedLibrary]

Love the bingo updates! Getting ready to film mine now =) 🐝🐝

[@evam6961]

I added in memoriam last month on my tbr and now i know i have to read it before this summer

[@emmawheeler4624]

🐝 omg i’m so glad someone else disliked the historian as much as i did! i should have loved it going by the description but my god it was a drag. i had it on audible at 2x speed and it was still so slow 😩 and boring. i listened to the cloisters straight after and that was much an improvement. i might have to pick up in memorium, it sounds really good ❤

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

Could you do a try a chapter for some of the TBR vets? It might help weed out some that you’re no longer into ☺️

[@giselas2413]

I read Seventeen after you talked about it in your TBR I believe and I was crushed that book is so important when you think about how boys arent "victimised" in the same way. Just to have such a raw look into a very dysfunctional and toxic relationship was very powerful 🐝

[@AbiofPellinor]

You finished a square!!! Well done!!!!

[@stephanielohutko3085]

I'm so sorry that European Travels disappointed you. I had the same experience - loved the 1st one, struggled with the 2nd - but never managed to push through. I might wait until I hear your reaction to the 3rd before deciding if I'm going to bother trying to finish the 2nd.

[@elskabee]

🐝 I'm impressed by your ability to keep track of the bingo board! as a fellow adhder I could never lol

[@DebraDarkandTwisty]

🐝🐝Accountable & the 57 Bus just entered my TBR list towards the top - thank you 🍃

[@GiddyKnits]

I'm so excited to hear your positive review of In Memorium, I picked a copy up this week because it sounded great! 🐝

[@fishbowlwoman]

100% agree about European Travel. I kept thinking “Edit! Edit!!” The third one is a bit more focused, thank goodness. I hope you enjoy that one!! 🐝

[@subtlefire7256]

I'm so happy that you liked In Memoriam, I've been waiting for you to talk about it. This was one of my favourite books of last year, maybe my number 1. I read it at a time when I was very, uh, emotionally open, and I cried through sooo much of it. I was so positively surprised that the queer story isn't tragic, and how on the other hand the war story is just absolutely relentless.

[@jenny_readss]

Just bought Accountable, sounds like a fascinating read

[@RadellasReadingRoom]

🐝 European Travel was my favourite of that series (although I agree there was too much detail), so I'll be really interested to hear what you think of the third one, which I had serious problems with.

[@MarinaUz]

Love these! You hate math but I love these stats, thank you for doing them 🥰

[@TheGeekyandproud]

I'm so relieved to hear In Memoriam isn't just queer tragedy!! I want to read it but I'd been putting it off because I was afraid it was going to destroy my heart. definitely bumping it up my tbr!

[@verucasalt4535]

Did you ever read My Dark Vanessa? I know you were saying you had it but it is such a heavy book that you were holding off, which is totally understandable. I gave it 5/5. It was so important. I highly highly recommend it. The ending was very well done imo. A lot of people didn't like the ending but I felt it was realistic. 🌺🐝

[@chelsey8737]

Albany California where Accountable takes place is less than 2 hours from me! My high school had a really similar thing where a group of girls made a "Burn Book" Instagram page where they posted things about people's looks/ behaviors/personalities with the intent of mocking them and tearing them down. I didn't have Instagram at the time so I never saw it personally but I remember it being a really big deal when it finally was taken down because a lot of people got suspended.

[@dawnlizreads]

I really enjoyed the Historian but I must have read it about 20 years ago when I living in my relatively small home town. At that point, I hadn't read that widely (small town, small library). So I wonder what I would think of it now given I have read so many different books etc

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

1 re read to go AHHHH

[@amandainoak]

🐝Am I terrible for being pleased that you've now suffered through that longass book, too? 😂 I think I'll still read the final book but yeah. Over 800 pages?? Please fire her editor.

[@halesreadsandtravels4374]

When I saw you were reading The Historian I grimaced so hard, it is one of the worst books I ever struggled through and the ending is so frustratingly bad, never understood the hype.

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Beautiful neckless. I have a major depressive disorder. I was born with this disorder and it has been a challenge. I think some of my life purpose is to show people rising to the challenge of dealing with this disorder has been worth it for me. Thank you Lianne.🩷💚💜Sending love to you and Harry.

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