it's love, held with lonely hands

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falling - t.j. newman (☆☆☆☆½)

the picture of dorian gray - oscar wilde (☆☆☆½)

the silence project - carole hailey (☆☆☆½)

the art of fielding - chad harbach (☆☆☆☆☆)

the yellow wallpaper - charlotte perkins gilman (☆☆☆☆)

the long game - rachel reid (☆☆☆)

when the cranes fly south - lisa ridzén (☆☆☆☆½)

rest and be thankful - emma glass (☆☆☆☆)

the power of geography: ten maps that reveal the future of our world - tim marshall (☆☆☆½)

the pursuit of love - nancy mitford (☆☆☆☆)

when among crows - veronica roth (☆☆☆☆)

the ex vows - jessica joyce (☆☆☆☆)

a grief observed - c.s. lewis (☆☆☆☆½)

in the dream house - carmen maria machado (☆☆☆☆)

shuggie bain - douglas stuart (☆☆☆☆☆)

lost lambs - madeline cash (☆☆☆☆)

white nights - fyodor dostoevsky (☆☆☆)

in writing: conversations on inspiration, perspiration and creative desperation- hattie crisell (☆☆☆☆½)

the book of lost hours - hayley gelfuso (☆☆☆☆)

songs in ursa major - emma brodie (☆☆☆¾)

the wedding people - alison espach (☆☆☆☆½)

the correspondent - virginia evans (☆☆☆☆)

the midnight train - matt haig (☆☆☆☆)

heart the lover - lily king (☆☆☆☆☆)

the murder of roger ackroyd - agatha christie (☆☆☆☆☆)

the paper palace - miranda cowley heller (☆☆☆½)

into the blue - emma brodie (☆☆☆☆☆)

the odyssey - homer (trans. robert fagles) (☆☆☆¾)

What's the first "big news story" you remember from when you were a kid?

It's something I love to ask mixed-aged groups sometimes because I think it's really interesting to see the responses. I've gotten answers from the Olympics of [whatever year] to Watergate to more recent stuff from my niblings.

No one wants you. You deserve nothing. That's what a winter lamb hears over and over until one day he starts to believe it's true.