... Yes I can choose better food to start off my day. My blood sugar levels certainly deserve better.

But let's work on extricating myself from the "I don't matter" narrative, dear Self.

I DO matter.

... and the whole reason I even have Ferrero Rocher balls to stuff my face with this morning is because someone from Springfield drove out of their way to BloNo to personally deliver a care package, because I matter to them.

Found the audiobook on Hoopla! Added to my TBR ❤️🙏

Alex Bledsoe:)
Stephen King
Enid Blyton
Isobelle Carmody
Frank Herbert

the bones beneath my skin, though, is gritty, and geared to an older audience.

I chose the story bc it was available immediately on Libby, I don't know if I even read the blurb for it lol.

I have no regrets reading this, but I am GRATEFUL I chose this for a long road trip without kids present.

Prior to reading this, I'd only read House in the Cerulean Sea and its sequel Somewhere Beyond the Sea. I'd describe them as whimsical even as it tackles some big subjects. Definitely a Young Adult reader audience.

My warning / heads up: there is a HOT sex scene in there. I listen to my books, so I'm driving and listening and wooowheee was it hot in the vehicle 😳😇

I feel like I've always been a keen reader, and any memory of the first fave from childhood has been lost in the mists of time. Marion Zimmer's The Mists of Avalon, though, retelling the Arthurian legend from the female perspective, and priestesses??! Blew. My. Mind.

Adding to my TBR list... I almost exclusively "read" audiobooks nowadays, and I don't see an audio version on Hoopla or Libby :((

Ditto