Pack up the Moon?
Yes. Sorry… Kristan Higgins not Kristin Hannah.
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Oh, I see what I did. I looked it up by title but didn’t verify the author. There is another book by the same name in which a child dies, apparently. Pack Up the Moon by Rachael Herron | Goodreads
Yours sounds better! 
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Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts - Becoming the Person You Want to Be by Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter
Goldsmith is yet another executive coach with a few books (“What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”), but this thin book is much better than many of the others I’ve read. It doesn’t claim to have much that is unique or groundbreaking, and it doesn’t claim that if you just use this particular set of techniques you will magically have compliance and behaviour change. It acknowledges these things are hard and doesn’t give glib answers, just a bunch of small tactics to try.
I’ll look for it second hand (since it’s only available in hard cover at the main book store for $37, so I don’t want to put it on the MIL wish list).
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Brave New Work includes this gem:
Yes - the surgeon scrubbing up is just like a martial artist bowing. Just another ritual to mark transitions.
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I have heard nothing about this work but now know that I’m not particularly interested in reading it.
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there were some decent bits, and then again, saying that the salary gap for women is due to childbearing/childrearing gaps that they never make up. They do acknowledge that ‘minorities’ also have similar salary gaps, and it’s complex, but by dismissing the real problems as being mostly about childcare. sigh
Oh, and now the problem with the gig economy is that the the gig workers are not serving the larger company vision. “If we thin slice the work too much, we’ll watch as “that’s not my job” becomes a mantra and a way of life.” Of all the things to discuss that are problems with the gig economy, that one is not one I would have prioritized.
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am I finishing this just because I’m one book behind schedule in the 52 new books in the year challenge? yes
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Hnnnnnnnngh
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These are all the books I’m reading for the Read Harder challenge ATM:
Non-European novel in translation
Breasts and Eggs - Set in working-class Japan dealing with women’s bodies; weirdly compelling
Book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die
House in the Cerulean Sea (children’s) - I keep hearing good things about it and the holds list is super long but so far I am distracted by descriptions of older women as bitter old harpies and all the talk about eating salads because you’re fat
OwnVoices* YA book featuring Black main character that’s not about Black pain
Roman + Jewell - pretty entertaining so far; it’s about a teenage girl who is a Broadway understudy to a famous R&B singer and they both have a crush on the male lead. The play is, of course, a hip hop Romeo and Juliet.
*This term fell out of favor since the list came out
Read a book with a cover you don’t like
I think this is kind of a stupid challenge because I don’t choose books by covers, I usually hear about them somewhere and then order them at the library, but they had suggestions of books with stupid covers so I am reading Hidden Figures. It’s a great bedtime reading book because it has short sections and sometimes I only have like 5 minutes.
That’s one ebook, one upstairs book, one downstairs book, and one audiobook 
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Realized I’ve once again not updated with new books in a while…I’m not even trying for books I already own anymore, but from recent library returns–
Beyond (Mercedes Lackey)–start of a new Valdemar series. Some of her older books were a big part of what got me started on fantasy a long time ago, but I haven’t been impressed with a lot of the new stuff, and this one is more of the same. Includes sentient plot devices to move things along (I think they were supposed to be characters, but as of now they aren’t) and a ‘twist’ that literally made me say ‘sure, why not.’ But on the upside no one talks like Scooby Doo at any point.
Shadows of Hyperion (Ryk E. Spoor)–Fourth in the Grand Central Arena series and a nice way to pick it up after a long hiatus. Definitely leaning more into the Hyperions vs the Arena, but there are some interesting threads set up for later books, especially the one with the primary alien antagonists.
The Best Thing You Can Steal (Simon R. Green)–First in a new series, pretty standard worldbuilding for him with a cross of horror and fantasy leaning hard on the horror side, but I like the new characters and the setup. Although I will say Lex/The Damned and Johnny/Wild Card have way better chemistry than the official couple of the book, and that’s from someone who’d rather people keep their romances out of my fiction.
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)–Nonfiction about life in North Korea from the stories of refugees. Not my usual reading material, I actually prefer documentaries for nonfiction, but it was definitely interesting if more than a little depressing. Which is reasonable given the subject material.
I read one Valdemar series as a teen - Arrows of the Queen series I think? Now I’m going through another of her series.
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Yep, Arrows is one of hers…I think it might be the first of the Valdemar trilogies in terms of publication date. At this point I think I’ve read most of what she’s written, although a few of the series I never got into enough to keep up with after the first couple books.
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I’m listening to Whiskey in a Tea Cup by Reese Witherspoon. It’s a lovely easy fun read.
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Just picked up the last bromance book! I’m sure I will love it just like the others.
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I know there are a few of us that enjoyed the Bromance books. I guess it’s coming to Netflix sometime?
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I have not finished this book yet (page 234) but I have complete trust in this author I have never read before.
I firmly believe almost all of you want to read Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki.
A violin teacher who made a deal with the devil to deliver 7 souls (6 done, and she is on deadline for the last)
A young runaway whose parents don’t accept her for who she is
And a refugee starship captain who purchased a donut shop and who is trying to protect her family as best she can
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It looks very good. Thank you for the rec!
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I just put this on my to-read pile the other day!
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Just read One and Only by Jenny Holiday, and thought it was cute. Just a nice fluffy story. It’s the first of three in a series.
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