Jennifer Sands

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:12:46 -0400

Finished reading: One Woman Show by Christine Coulson 📚

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 10:09:03 -0400

Finished reading: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab 📚

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:48:33 -0400

Yesterday I went for a walk before work, at a spot I haven’t been to since school started back this fall. Within the first five minutes TWO owls flew through the woods, crossing my path about 20 feet away. It was spectacular. It was breathtaking. It was a gift. No owl pic, but from the same walk.

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:56:17 -0400

Finished reading: Congratulations, The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Funny and reflective and real. Have not read his first yet ( Here For It) but I want to.

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:13:15 -0400

Finished reading: The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel 📚

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:17:18 -0400

Finished reading: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune 📚

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 22:57:01 -0400

Finished reading: Go as a River by Shelley Read 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:28:32 -0400

Finished reading: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Exactly the kind of light summer reading I love. Read this in one day. I loved The Guncle, and the author’s same wit meshed with heart was on display here.

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:48:30 -0400

Finished reading: Adrift by Lisa Brideau 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was a fun, swift read. Climate fiction, with a mystery edge. Takes place in a near future, and I always enjoy seeing where authors think we will be in ten or twenty more years ( it’s never good). This was a “ suspend disbelief and enjoy the ride” book, which I was in the mood for. Got this book in my adult summer reading program bag- my library offers about 20 slots for signing up to get a book chosen for you and crafts/treats, etc in the bag. They nailed my choice! 👏

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:10:39 -0400

Finished reading: Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:10:12 -0400

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:30:31 -0400

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved it. Came in with high expectations, and they were met.

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 22:39:11 -0400

Finished reading: Fox and I by Catherine Raven 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:00:45 -0400

Finished reading: Foster by Claire Keegan 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beautiful little novella.

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:00:04 -0400

Finished reading: If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:30:41 -0400

This guy won “Best Antennae” in the garden today. They are like crab or spider legs stuck onto his head.

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:27:33 -0400

These insects are sucking all the moisture out of the leaves of my butterfly bush, which is not cool. The pattern they leave behind, however, is.

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:24:02 -0400

Just realized that catmint is a very happy flower. Looks as excited about summer arriving as I am!

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:28:36 -0400

What is more daunting than a blank journal? A gorgeous blank journal with embroidered insects on the cover. Progress on my summer goal of writing more. Trying to change my idea that first you get a good idea and then you write, to first you write, and that’s how you discover your good idea. A work in progress for sure.

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 20:53:03 -0400

Finished reading: No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister 📚 Loved this novel in connected stories. Erica Bauermeister is a delight. Her books are well written, with sentences and ideas that make me pause, yet they feel somehow light at the same time. This one is a love note to books and readers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me.

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:59:36 -0400

Finished reading: Joy For Beginners by Erica Bauermeister 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed this one. It almost feels like connected short stories, one from each character in a group of friends. Well written but speedy to read. I especially liked that some of the characters were women past the age of young motherhood.

Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:53:44 -0400

Finished reading: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 This was a fun one that I had been looking forward to, and about maps, so that automatically bumps it up a star for me. There were some plot holes and some cliched moments and predictable dialog that got in my way, but overall I really enjoyed this book. My rating is not for the quality of the writing but instead for the level of fun reading experience.

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:21:53 -0400

May around here was for lady slippers and ferns unfurling. Now we are onto peonies and summer thunderstorms.

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:54:25 -0400

Finished reading: The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was a clever blend of cop noir and speculative fiction. It was totally creative, totally binge able, and totally unique. I’m not usually one for detective stories, but the idea of emotions being synthesized and weaponized in this alternate version of 2009 completely captured my attention.

Sat, 27 May 2023 15:04:53 -0400

Finished reading: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely beautiful. Wise and moving. I want to mail this to friends who are going through or have gone through the dissolution of a marriage. When a poet writes a memoir, you know they will find language that connects and transcends. Highly recommend.