Crying in H Mart book, orange cover, held in a left hand, from the window seat of a train.

Photo of All Our Yesterdays book and mug of tea on table

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Photo of A Life of my Own book by Claire Tomalin, yellow cover, on a table outside in the sun with a takeaway coffee

As I knew it would, Crying in H Mart ripped me to shreds but 5/5!  

I’m happy on this memoir track.

Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key was so great to read, articulated so many of the feelings I’ve had with adult-singleness (I hate how that sounds) and woven together with Joni Mitchell’s Blue album which means so much to me, too.

But also! To your point, are you enjoying Oku? I’m definitely not wedded to Goodreads!

Gonna thread my 5/5 books this year as I go along. Book friends: Agree? Disagree? Similar recommendations? 📚

All Our Yesterdays may be my all-time favourite now. I love Natalia Ginzberg!

I tried it when it first came out but have ended up sticking with Goodreads tho I also have made my own tracker 😅 jlord.us/reading

Claire Tomalin’s autobiography A Life of my Own.

There is a finding sunny spots to read and have a coffee/tea theme :)

Another Natalia Ginzberg, because I needed more: The Little Virtues. Hilarious to read her thought about England in these personal essays!

I love an essay!

This ones up next for me, glad to see it’s well regarded

Another 5/5! Though I thought, how could so many people recount their lives in such a learned way? Am excited to read the other 2 in the series.

Yeah I’m enjoying it! I’d recommend giving it a whirl, and you can import from goodreads too

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