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This started off as so much fun but then we got to the reveal of the big mystery and NO it just made me angry. I’d do a spoiler alert to explain why but this has already taken up too much space in my brain

Calling this as the final book of 2024 and posting my year-of-not-finishing-books blog reflection because it's been that kind of year sarahwerner.net/blog/2024/12/books-i-didnt-finish/

sometimes you just read whatever comes off the waitlist that you joined 6 months ago

Third-tier Pym, tbh, but even so a good read. (No Fond Return of Love is the best; Quartet in Autumn possibly second best but so much more grim)

I remembered there were still two Pyms I haven't read yet--the posthumous ones. In the spirit of reading is hard and Pym is great, I'm excited to start this one

And that doesn’t even count the drama of the murders. On the other hand, if you need something to devour, this might hit the spot

Cozy not like cozy mysteries but like cozy robots. It was very sweet and comforting, if you're someone who worries about how you fit into the world and/or how you are or are not separate from your work. I'm not a fan of the style of writing alas

It's been so hard to find books that are working for me! I think it's stress (I know it's stress). This is hitting the spot so far

I devoured, but slowly, because there's so much to absorb here. Not sure what coherent thoughts I have, nor am I sure how to think about the ending. But I'm so glad I finally read this!

I paused in the middle of this and then too much time elapsed to be able to pick it up and have it make any sense! Someday I'll have to start all over with it, because it was pretty great so far :(

Set in northern Michigan in the same area my parents had a cottage and so I was flooded with memories of Traverse City and Leelenaw Peninsula and the dunes and cherries. Maybe because of that, I was extra aware of how much their dysfunctional families were completely unlike mine and how much I couldn’t relate to how they respond to that in their adult lives. But also featuring a children’s librarian, so lots to offer! Not enough Cherry Festival!!! And weirdly ZERO Interlochen, which is a big omission.

even though I couldn't care less about baseball

This was amazing!! Most of the references I see to this book are how great it is as an early openly gay and sympathetic story (no small feat in 1953 England) but it’s also a beautifully written novel. Kinda had mixed feelings about who needed rescuing more but Laurie is the perfect boyfriend.