dorking around with old books for work and reading new(ish) books for fun with strong opinions but an inconsistent rating system | you can find me most places as wynkenhimself including as @wynkenhimself@glammr.us | she/her
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37% complete! sarah has read 15 of 40 books.
Baldwin's classic novel opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans …
my library copy is back and I can finally finish this even though I'm pretty sure I don't remember enough to make sense of it, oops again
Immersive and gripping, an intimate story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a …
just one tragedy after another, and Thrall does an excellent job of exploring the many stories that he interweaves into Salama's search for his son, and connecting micro actions with the macro circumstances and decisions that created the conditions for this.
Though today’s LGBTQ people owe a lot to the generations who came before them, their …
book club choice, v excited!
Immersive and gripping, an intimate story of a deadly accident outside Jerusalem that unravels a tangle of lives, loves, enmities, …
The setting of this very funny novel, one of Barbara Pym's earliest, is an English …
Nothing wrong with this one, but it doesn’t reach the heights of Pym greatness.
The setting of this very funny novel, one of Barbara Pym's earliest, is an English …
back to Barbara Pym, my old friend, and my chronological read-through
Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet …
People kept telling me this series was great and I kept procrastinating, but I'm here to tell you that wow this book was everything I didn't know I needed. It's not only old-folks-solving-murders, it's old folks who are vibrant and believe in community who create lives for themselves that are so rich that they bring in others who also need them in their lives, and together they solve murders old and new. I don't know how to explain it, but it's wonderful.
Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet …
And this one I was on the waitlist forever, so perfect timing for me to finally read now!
Baldwin's classic novel opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans …
lol I had so many breaks while reading this that my library copy expired and now I’m back on the waitlist to finish reading oops
Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a …
I maybe shouldn’t read books about moms facing empty nests because it’s too real, but I liked the rapport between the two leads and the happy ending of romance and peace with who you are
Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a …
and some fluff during breaks from the not-fluff; the scene setting of the 50-ish single mom adjusting to her only kid going off to college maybe is hitting a bit too real!
Baldwin's classic novel opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans …
reading because my kid read it and liked it; absolutely amazing so far in my very slow read
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West …
I'm a big Tana French fan, and I especially love these last two, in which she really seems to be working through the moral implications of police procedurals when police violence is so omnipresent. Cal's less isolated here and that's only making his life more difficult when it comes time for him to sort out what justice means, and that's what makes this book work.
Can they solve the mother of all murders?
For Alice and her partner Joe, moving …
maybe a bit too madcap at times? but it's a cozy and she's pregnant and there's a commune, so it was fun enough
Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life …
oof so many bad choices being made in this book, but also so beautiful to read
