Christina

I was left completely speechless and crying. I'm crying while writing this. Compound that with having this been a part of my life for that last EIGHT YEARS!

Easily one of my favorites now. Simply beautiful and heartwarming story that definitely teared me up. It was a reminder of one of the greatest joys in my life: escaping the multitasking, rush, and chaos of life and choosing to read a book next to a warm, soft, and curled up sleeping cat.

While it didn't feel spooky in the terms most people understand, I felt psychologically unsettled. I don't think many people understand the mind of someone with mental illness (as opposed to how everyone defines therapy and mental health wellness these days) especially their perception of reality. The last major scene is what led me to believe (in my interpretation) this was the unraveling of Eleanor's mind potentially triggered by Hill House. As she left, the psychosis lifted but the house had already decided her fate. I am about to go on a Shirley Jackson binge...very good book but it did feel the other characters were muted and had gaps in their story. I also wasn't as absorbed as I normally am with a five star book.

Nearly as powerful as Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Quite unsettling. I felt on the edge the entire time and it feels like when you are trying to remember what happened in a dream (or nightmare) itself. My meds cause all sorts of weird dreams/nightmares and this book felt like I was trying to recall the details of one.

Why I do I like the darkest, most uncomfortable, thought-provoking books? Pretty stunned after reading this.

I devoured this book and made me curse myself for having this on my TBR list. I am very pick about non-fiction. It has to be thrilling and narrative-driven. David Grann freaking delivered. I don't know why I like dark books but this one offers a critical sobering history lesson on American greed, systemic racism against the Osage people, and the scientific investigative methods that led to the FBI.

A little disappointed in this one. I liked the idea of it but I didn't finish this book a changed human.

No book has helped me with the grieving process of our young sweet baby cat like this one. My husband and I sobbed our eyes out as we turned each page. It so eloquently describes what it means to love a cat deeply and what it means to be loved by one in return. Here's to you, Maverick. ♥️

“HERE'S THE HELL of it: madness doesn't announce itself. There isn't time to prepare for its coming. It shows up without calling and sits in your kitchen ashing in your plant. You ask how long it plans to stay; it shrugs its shoulders, gets up, and starts digging through the fridge.”

I cried and hurt while reading this. It's more than just a nonfiction about the realities of the border. It's the story of those who came before me and my loved ones themselves. A must read. And I'll save my snark towards American Dirt for another day.

So good but a bit too triggering. Need to find happier books...

While not my top Blake Crouch book, I love how seamlessly he integrates science, politics, and reality jnto his writing. Another fun read!

“It's not life I'm tired of, with its astonishing ocean currents and layers of ice and all the delicate feathers that make up a wing. It's myself.”

OMFG READ THIS BOOK NOW

Holy shit. This book hit so hard. Brilliant and heart wrenching.

A good chick lit book for light vacation reading

Quite real for those in male dominated fields. I absolutely fell in love with Elizabeth Zott and Six Thirty.

I hate when I can't get into books that in THEORY I should love

Few books have touched the darkest corners of my being. This is now one of them. Just beautiful. I'm still feeling it.

I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH

Finally read this after it being on my reading list for nearly 15 years. While I loved the historical account of the engineering development of some of my favorite fighter jets, it was a sobering reminder of the significant amount of misogyny, racism, machismo that filled and still fills the aerospace industry including the author's own view points. Never meet your heroes.

A remarkable playwright who created theater to show the Chicano struggle that is still so relevant today.

“If you're not white, you have to be brilliant, just to be considered acceptable.”
― Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit and Other Plays

This brought so much joy and laughter into my soul. The Ad-dressing of a Cat was hands down my favorite. So true! Recommend for all lovers of poetry or cats or both!

STOP LEAKING EYES.