You will get more of those as you get older. Like the strange small contentment that can sometimes be traced to grief or tears, living alongside the pain. Or the bittersweet knowledge that all things must pass.
— Matt Haig, The Life Impossible (Viking, September 3, 2024)
Notes: Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
I finished this book over the weekend. I love Matt Haig, though I didn’t love this one as I did The Midnight Library. Anything with a lot of number sequencing intimidates me🥴
Interesting. Your view aligns with professional reviewers.
Which goes to show that you should never trust professional reviewers – or non-professional reviewers too
Dear Mimi,
I obviously don’t know you well, but through your comments in this blog, my impression is that you are wise. 💕 Yet you are so modest about it! Many of us have learned a great deal over the course of our lives. Please don’t be hard on yourself or modest about the content of your comments. It is OK to be “Wise and Wonderful”! Blessings – Paul
Hi Paul – you offer me such high praise and I am pretty certain it’s undeserved. You are right though – we learn a lot as we travel through life and ideally we should wear that experience with greater pride. I’ll try – and in the interim, you have truly made my day…thank you
❤️
💕❤️💕
I have sent three replies to your comment Mimi, but none have showed up. Strange, but not unusual with WordPress. I am trying to send the following in response to your comment about “high praise.”…
My response is simply this: 💕❤️💕
Thank you ☺️
I just ordered The Midnight Library. I haven’t made up my mind about this one yet.
Sounds like a Pass from reviews.
I’m waiting for you to finish this one. In other words, using you as a point of reference.
Not finishing. I returned after reading free sample and the reviews. And after Mimi said it was not her favorite, I passed.
Let me know what you think- about either or both..
Loved Midnight Library. Passing on this one following your POV. I have a large stack of backlog to get after…
I know your book pile has to be huge, but don’t pass on this one because of me. It’s a quick read at worst, or one that you’ll love at best.
Ok!
loved the midnight library and I’ll check this one out
Me too Beth.
What a coincident. We bought that book yesterday – a signed first edition we are very happy about. But we haven’t read it yet.
I haven’t gotten through it yet. It has mixed reviews. We’ll see.
Ain’t that the truth!
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Proper English Sawsan!
Oh, please
An oxymoron used in the most perfect way.
An oxymoron used in the most perfect way. <3
who you calling a moron?
I would never. But… if you felt it was for you…..
I not only loved The Midnight Library and I cannot recommend it highly enough! So I most certainly would read this one too, if only I could – on the other hand it is highly improbably that you can re-create such a tremendous high-flyer like that Midnight Library. Which doesn‘t meant hat this new book might not be good. I would like to know your readers‘ opinion on both. The story sounds intriguing enough to spike my interest.
Hi Kiki. Mimi, in comments above, said this one fell short of Midnight Library and book reviews seems to indicate the same. So, I’ll wait for all of you to read it and let me know.
Got it! I’ll add my two cents once I’ve read it. Looking forward to discussing it with you.
But you DO have and make your own opinions?!
Just wondering…
I looked up some reviews and they made me rather want to read it. And we want YOUR views; readers can still decide otherwise than you. So please!
If needed, re-read Swasan’s comment 😉
Smiling. You are right Kiki. But with a huge stack of unread books, one has to choose!
but in that case, don‘t tempt us….
Ok!
For what it’s worth, I listened to the five minute audio intro of four of his books, and liked them all.
Maybe I need to reconsider!