Migrating from Mount Blanc.

[Nadia]

My name is Nadia and this is my third time joining Mount TBR. I successfully climbed back in 2014 (Pike's Peak) and 2015 (Mount Blanc).

This year I started on Mount Blanc, but since it's been a busy year and I've been reading slower than I used to, I decided to move my thread to Pike's Peak. I'm hoping to complete this mountain on time.

[Nadia]

This is what I started with on Mount Blanc:

1. "the words i want you to keep" by Gaby Compres (bought in October 2017.)

Really enjoyed reading this poetry collection, it was beautiful and so hopeful. I did however felt at some times that the imagery used was repetitive and that it might have been a tad bit too cheesy (i love cheesy and i don't think it's a bad thing at all, but i couldn't shake this for some reason, might be my 'dark and twisty'-ness talking here.)

3/5 stars.


2. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple (bought in December 2013.)

This story was wonderful! It was funny and thoughtful, I had a really good time reading it. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” it’s social satire, but also a heartfelt story about: family, being/feeling like an outsider, and finding your place.

4/5 stars.


3. "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy (bought in September 2015.)

Exactly the kind of cute and fun story I needed to get me to enjoy reading again. I feel like this book is gonna make a great movie.

3/5 stars.

[Nadia]

Progress I'd forgotten to track on my thread:

4. "The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender" by Leslye Walton (bought in December 2014.)

Written in a beautiful and lyrical way, I loved that it was a generational story because it added so much to the book.I was enjoying the book quite a bit until it got to the end, I hated what the author chose to do and represent, it wasn't okay.

unrated.

5. "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" by Jenny Han (bought in May 2014.)

Cute and relatable. Better than the movie.

3/5 stars

6. "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth (bought in August 2014.)

A quiet coming of age novel. I got used to reading about Cameron and her life in the morning before work, I miss it.

3/5 stars.

7. "Depression & Other Magic Tricks" by Sabrina Benaim (bought in October 2017.)

Sabrina writes in a beautiful way. Despite this I couldn't connect with the book in the way I was expecting. I didn't "feel" nor understood all the poems, and I know that might not be the point of the book, but for me it took away from my reading experience. Regardless of that, the author is very talented, and her slam poetry perfomances are the best.

3/5 stars.