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It’s messy

Daily writing prompt
What book are you reading right now?

During my last trip to the thift store, back in September, I found three books in amongst the mess of books. And I mean mess.

The owner of the store has way too much of everything in there and the books that were usually lined up on shelves in a sort of organized fashion, were in huge Rubbermaid totes and randomly lying all over the place. Even the Rubbermaid tote was haphazardly situated on top of a pile of shoes. Thank goodness Bella-Lena was there to help hold books as I started digging.

Last weekend I started one of those books, it’s called Loaded – Women and Addiction and it’s written by Jill Talbot. I’m a sucker for autobiographies but so far this book is a tad slow.

I only got to chapter three last weekend and really didn’t have the want to pick it up during the week. The author seems to repeat things over and over, so it’s not super duper keeping my interest, but I will keep at it.

It might get better as it goes.

Cordelia taking a picture of Sid on the ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo in 2023

7 responses to “It’s messy”

  1. At least you’re reading and giving these books a chance, even digging through them all to maybe find something interesting is as lottery πŸ™‚ And I had to look up ‘Rubbermaid Tote’, so, a storage container, I had tote bags in my head! Good that you’re finding stuff to read anyway, I should read more but seems like too many other distractions these days.

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    1. Oh yeah lol well now ya know, maybe it’s Canadian lingo?!
      I should read more too really 😬

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  2. Do you have a fifty page rule, Carla? Life’s too short for books that aren’t excellent!

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    1. Not sure what that is?! 50 pages β€˜n quit if it sucks?

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      1. Yep–quit if it doesn’t speak to you. some people go 100 pages. But basically, if you’re not in school anymore, you never again have to slog through a book that isn’t speaking to you. And there are so, so many amazing books out there to read–why give away precious hours on a book that hits you as just mediocre?

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      2. You’re right, I’ll give one last try 😩

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      3. *give it

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