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This book was seriously life changing for me. It was my first step into Intuitive Eating, and it was done so well and so positively. I loved listening to Megan encourage me day to day, and tell real and hard stories about what diet culture can do to people. One quote that really stuck out to me is about how women are conditioned to make weight loss a conversation topic, it's how we are told to relate to each other, and now I see it EVERYWHERE. Highly recommend to anyone who just wants to love themselves a little bit, fat or skinny or in between!
Possible Read Harder 2020 Prompts: Protagonist with a disability
Possible Pop Sugar 2020 Prompts: Main character in 20s, 7 deadly sins, 4 star rating, involving social media, author in 20s, more than 20 letters in the title
This book was seriously life changing for me. It was my first step into Intuitive Eating, and it was done so well and so positively. I loved listening to Megan encourage me day to day, and tell real and hard stories about what diet culture can do to people. One quote that really stuck out to me is about how women are conditioned to make weight loss a conversation topic, it's how we are told to relate to each other, and now I see it EVERYWHERE. Highly recommend to anyone who just wants to love themselves a little bit, fat or skinny or in between!
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This book came highly recommended to me by one of my closest friends, who said that when he was growing up in a pretty strict Christian household he absolutely loved this series. Even though he no longer identifies as a believer, he still maintains how much he loves these books, so I was very excited to dive in.
I started this book as the audiobook, and there were very dramatic sound effects between chapters which threw me for a loop. This book follows Thomas Hunter in a kind of dual story. The first, involves a deadly virus called the Raison Strain which will decimate the planet. He embarks on a high intensity dash against time to try and warn the correct groups about what is going to happen. Although the only way he knows this, is because he found out as Thomas in a completely different reality that comes to him in a dream.
One of the things I absolutely loved about this book is that you really can't figure out which of these realities is...real and which is a dream. In each reality, when that Thomas goes to sleep or is unconcious, he wakes up in the other world and remembers everything that happened in the other reality. The story is extremely fast paced, and I found it done really well. I've struggled with thrillers lately because they don't seem to move quickly enough for me.
I will say, that this book is written as a Christian book, so the metaphors aren't really disguised at all. You can see plainly exactly what the author is alluding to but it didn't ruin the book for me. It came off as heavy sometimes, but overall it seemed harmless. The way Dekker describes some of the basics of Christianity is actually really interesting to me, and gave me a different perspective, and a new way of explaining things to people who ask.
I wasn't sure if I was going to pick up the sequels, but I think I will. This book has actually really stuck with me surprisingly, and it strikes me a bit as a Christian Dan Brown, so if that's your jam...check this out.
This book came highly recommended to me by one of my closest friends, who said that when he was growing up in a pretty strict Christian household he absolutely loved this series. Even though he no longer identifies as a believer, he still maintains how much he loves these books, so I was very excited to dive in.
I started this book as the audiobook, and there were very dramatic sound effects between chapters which threw me for a loop. This book follows Thomas Hunter in a kind of dual story. The first, involves a deadly virus called the Raison Strain which will decimate the planet. He embarks on a high intensity dash against time to try and warn the correct groups about what is going to happen. Although the only way he knows this, is because he found out as Thomas in a completely different reality that comes to him in a dream.
One of the things I absolutely loved about this book is that you really can't figure out which of these realities is...real and which is a dream. In each reality, when that Thomas goes to sleep or is unconcious, he wakes up in the other world and remembers everything that happened in the other reality. The story is extremely fast paced, and I found it done really well. I've struggled with thrillers lately because they don't seem to move quickly enough for me.
I will say, that this book is written as a Christian book, so the metaphors aren't really disguised at all. You can see plainly exactly what the author is alluding to but it didn't ruin the book for me. It came off as heavy sometimes, but overall it seemed harmless. The way Dekker describes some of the basics of Christianity is actually really interesting to me, and gave me a different perspective, and a new way of explaining things to people who ask.
I wasn't sure if I was going to pick up the sequels, but I think I will. This book has actually really stuck with me surprisingly, and it strikes me a bit as a Christian Dan Brown, so if that's your jam...check this out.
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I came into this book expecting something like Gone Girl, and I got that, but I also got a little something else. My senior year of High School, our Spanish class was focused on border studies, and how the United States has interacted with Latin world in the past. Because this book took place in Argentina, in a time that is Post-Peron, it had a heavy impact on the characters, and it became less about what happened to Lisandra, but also, what happened to all of these characters on the side.
This book did keep me guessing as to whether or not her husband killed her, and the way it was written was very intriguing. Eva Marie is one of the most unreliable narrators I’ve come across, simply because you’re never sure of her state of mind when she’s talking to you. She’s an alcoholic, who has suffered a major loss in her life, so she seems to always be teetering on the brink of insanity.
One of the things that I really loved about this book was the writing style. I’m trying to read more writings in translation because of that, and this book was a great one to read. The writing was beautiful, and yet so different than what I’m accustomed to. The way Gremillion handles her characters, and the way we dive into their minds is something I haven’t seen in things I’ve read before and comes highly recommended. The only thing I wasn’t crazy about was the ending, I wasn’t super satisfied with it, but other than that, this book was a treasure. I would absolutely encourage people to read it.
I came into this book expecting something like Gone Girl, and I got that, but I also got a little something else. My senior year of High School, our Spanish class was focused on border studies, and how the United States has interacted with Latin world in the past. Because this book took place in Argentina, in a time that is Post-Peron, it had a heavy impact on the characters, and it became less about what happened to Lisandra, but also, what happened to all of these characters on the side.
This book did keep me guessing as to whether or not her husband killed her, and the way it was written was very intriguing. Eva Marie is one of the most unreliable narrators I’ve come across, simply because you’re never sure of her state of mind when she’s talking to you. She’s an alcoholic, who has suffered a major loss in her life, so she seems to always be teetering on the brink of insanity.
One of the things that I really loved about this book was the writing style. I’m trying to read more writings in translation because of that, and this book was a great one to read. The writing was beautiful, and yet so different than what I’m accustomed to. The way Gremillion handles her characters, and the way we dive into their minds is something I haven’t seen in things I’ve read before and comes highly recommended. The only thing I wasn’t crazy about was the ending, I wasn’t super satisfied with it, but other than that, this book was a treasure. I would absolutely encourage people to read it.
