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Mom Life. Work Life. How to feel a bit more balanced.

May 11, 2019May 11, 2019 ~ shegetsliterary ~ 7 Comments

In case you didn't know, I've recently returned to work after being on maternity leave for 1 year. This is my second time doing so which means I had an idea of what to expect. I knew I'd be extremely tired and a bit overwhelmed for a while as we work through new routines. But … Continue reading Mom Life. Work Life. How to feel a bit more balanced.

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Last weekend I went on an adventure to a local bookstore where I met this fluffy feline named Saku. . How do you feel about animals in bookstores? As long as they are chill like this one I'm all for it 🖤 Mind you I don't have any allergies so surprise animals don't make it hard for me to breathe. . . I'm going to spell the day in books because... Why not? And I've tagged a few Bookstagrammer friends to play along but all are welcome to!. . Sadie. An Anonymous Girl. The Adults. Us Against You. Red Clocks. Daisy Jones and the Six. A Woman is No Man. You Were Always Mine

Sadie book review – no spoilers – ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 . . CONTENT/ TRIGGER WARNING: child abuse . . . I tore through this book in 2 days and then had such a book hangover. Seriously. It was probably because of the subject matter. As a young mom reading about children and abuse, runaways, etc. is a stressful experience for me. My mind wanders too much and my heart aches too long for me to typically enjoy these kind of books. But this one was different. I think it must have been the way it was written. Jumping from interviews to past to present day. It kept things "light" in a sense without taking away from the importance and severity of the topic. . . We follow the main character Sadie a young adult in her search for someone linked to her past in a terrible way. She's recently lost her sister, her mother is MIA (again) and she's blinded by rage. The novel jumps between her perspective and a journalist taping a series dubbed The Lost Girls which is following her story. The timelines end up running parallel and it's interesting how everything collides. . . Overall I really enjoyed this one. The main character was on a mission, she had obvious but believable character flaws and a terribly painful past. I just wanted to hug her. Though I'm certain she would hate that. . . Though this is a YA book it does not read like one. I'd recommend this to fans of Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah. I'm so glad my bookclub chose this novel to read. I can't wait to discuss it with them next week. . . . . . . . . #bookreview #sadie #courtneysummers #readthis #ya #yabook #contemporary #thriller #yathriller #readinglife #idratherbereading #fortheloveofbooks #booksharks #sweetreadsbox #honestbookreview #honestreview #notjustaprettybook #backlist #bookstagram #backofthebookshelfbc

••••• REP SEARCH ENTRY •••••. . Hi there @the904store.etsy ! Let's get lit! . I'm Sarah, eclectic book fan and working mom of 2 littles under the age of 5 from Alberta, Canada. By day I'm a marketing professional and by night I am big into everything bookish: reading, participating a ton on Bookstagram, admiring my bookish goodies... and so on 😅 I read a wide variety of novels but my favourite that I always come back to is Outlander. Adventure, romance, magic, time travel and historical fiction: what more could one want?! . . Back to why I'm posting: I'd love to be a rep for your store. I admire the effort and creativity you put into your products and would be grateful to be able to introduce your bookish themed items to others. I post daily, return all comments, am very active in stories, run a few challenges and buddy reads from time to time and have my own hashtag. I also cross post to my bookish Facebook account, Twitter and blog site. It's busy some days but oh so fun! I have been a rep before for others so I am entirely comfortable and knowledgeable with what is required to support others and absolutely love doing it! . . Fingers crossed that you'll pick me! I'd love to work with you. Good luck to the other entrants as well 🍀🖤 . . . . . . . . #904repsearch3 #bookishcandles #readingismylife #bookishthings #booksoninsta #bookmerch #foreverreading #readersofinstagram

THROWBACK THURSDAY - FOURTEEN - . I can't believe I've done fourteen of these! Wild!! Speaking of wild, have you ever read anything by Christopher Moore? He always has a quirky tale to tell and A Dirty Job does not disappoint. This one sounds dark, which it is, but it's also extremely funny. A characteristic of Moore's books. . . Synopsis below: . Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death. . It's a dirty job, but hey! Somebody's got to do it. . . . . LETS PLAY A PREDICTIVE TEXT GAME! "I'm the new grim reaper and you can call on me to ..." . Here's mine: I'm the new grim reaper and you can call on me to do it for the opportunity of working with a dash of cinnamon.

Have you ever posed a reading challenge to yourself? . . This year I challenged myself to read 19 classics. You can read more about this on my latest blog post. The link is in my bio link tree or just visit shegetsliterary.com and you'll see it! . . Happy Wednesday! 🖤

I want to talk about one of my favourite genres today! Historical fiction 🖤. . . Thanks to @penguinrandomca I was given this beautiful edition of The Red Daughter by John Burnham Shwartz that was just released last month! It's seriously right up my alley. I love a tale with adventure, mystery, romance and history. Okay that kinda rhymed 😂. . . Here's the synopsis: . In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of the Soviet despot Joseph Stalin, abruptly abandoned her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story. By her side is Peter Horvath, a young lawyer sent by the CIA to smuggle Svetlana into America. She is a contradictory celebrity: charismatic and headstrong, lonely and haunted, excited and alienated by her adopted country’s radically different society. Persuading herself that all she yearns for is a simple American life, she attempts to settle into a suburban existence in Princeton, New Jersey. But one day an invitation from the widow of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright arrives, and Svetlana impulsively joins her cultlike community at Taliesin West. When this dream ends in disillusionment, Svetlana reaches out to Peter, the one person who understands how the chains of her past still hold her prisoner. Their relationship changes and deepens, moving from America to England to the Soviet Union and back again, unfolding under the eyes of her CIA minders, and Svetlana’s and Peter’s private lives are no longer their own. . . Fun fact: the author's father actually was the young lawyer who escorted her to the United States!! Talk about a connection to the story. . . Check out the link in my linktree if you need to add this one to your collection!

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