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The Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.

The Sunday Post #292

On The Blog Last Week

• On Tuesday, I showed off the books I got for Christmas.

On The Blog This Week

• On Tuesday I read popular books and see if they deserve the hype.
• On Wednesday I show you February book releases.

In My Reading Life

Last week, I only finished one book because I spent way too much time at the vet, but it was my first 5-star book of 2022! Home by Toni Morrison seems simple on the surface. It's about a brother and sister who are learning to cope with major changes in their lives. The brother has just come home from the Korean War and is living in a mental hospital. The sister has left her husband and accepted a new job. One day, the brother gets a letter from a stranger that says his sister's life is in danger. She'll die if he doesn't go to Georgia and rescue her. That's where the story begins.

How did I make it through 11 years of college without having this book forced upon me? If you want to learn how to write, you have to read Home. The writing style is poetic. The author is able to accomplish so much with so few words. This is a tiny book that feels huge. Every sentence is necessary. There's no fluff or filler. My copy is only 150 pages, but I feel like I know these characters. I badly wanted them to overcome their problems. I was scared and frustrated by their ignorance. They're so real that you love them and hate them at the same time.

Home doesn't have much of a plot, but the characters and writing style make it worth reading. Parts of it are extremely bleak. It's a book about racism, poverty, war, and mental illness. Not happy subjects. The characters knowingly and unknowingly get themselves into a lot of trouble. If you can handle depressing, character-driven literature, please read it! It's worth your time, especially if you want to be a writer.

I'm still reading The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. This one is adult historical fiction about a group of young men who have just been released from a work farm. They're trying to figure out what to do with their new freedom. I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. It reminds me of the adventure stories I read as a young teen. The characters are gallivanting around the US and making bad choices. So far, it's an entertaining novel about a road trip gone wrong.

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. Baby Brooklyn's arm has healed! She spent Christmas at the hospital because she was jumping on the couch, fell off, and broke her arm. She had a cast for a month and learned nothing from the experience. She still jumps on the couch every chance she gets.
2. Doughnuts!
3. I got new sunglasses.
4. Who watched Archive 81 on Netflix? I had a hard time getting interested in it, but I really liked it by the end.
5. I started playing Wordle. It's fun, but I'm bad at it. I need to Google strategies because it always takes me all 6 guesses to figure out the word. What are your favorite words to guess?

I won't annoy you with my wordle victories

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