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My Current Physical  And Kindle Reads!
♡ Death Is My BFF by Katarina E. Tonks ♡ Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak ♡ Library Of Souls By Ramson Riggs ♡ The Cupcake Cottage by Jean Oram ♡ The Fae’s Bride by R. L. Medina
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dolliciabaker · 2 years
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the London paper editor Francesca hornak
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emilies-book-club · 3 years
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Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄
Currently reading ‘Seven Days of Us’ by Francesca Hornak ✨
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imvintagenow · 2 years
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New Year, Same Old Me
Saturday
1 January 2022
12:20PM
Dear Diary,
I've done this song and dance so many times. Let's try to à la Bridget Jones. It's my 37th (or is it 38th) year of being single. I've decided that changes must be made. So, I've decided to start this daily blog. I had one that I used for two years, but I've decided to abandon it. The entries weren't daily except for the first year. Anyway, I don't want to be attached to it anymore.
Let's start back again though. I'm 37 years old. I'm single with no children. Never married. I work an office job and make enough to support myself (for now). That's a worry for my future. Will I ever own a home? Enough of that though. As of this morning, I weigh 243 lbs.
Aside from drinking a glass of rosé last night, I rang in the new year by listening to the rain and fireworks from neighbors, and watching HBO's new miniseries Station Eleven. I binged seven episodes. I remember seeing the book being acclaimed years ago, but of course I was too lazy to read it.
What do I plan to do today? If weather permits, I might be going to the cathedral to have confession and mass. We're supposed to have winter weather and I dread icy roads though. Maybe I'll update later.
Right now, I'm listening to Noel Gallagher's new demo called "Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone." Isn't that apt? Nostalgia has hit me so much lately. Even thinking of times I didn't enjoy, like college, will send me into a frenzied google search trying to find something that reminds me of then. What am I searching for? I've got to figure that out.
I have so many regrets in life: letting my fears of seeing doctors/dentists, etc. ruin my health, actually ruining my health by gaining an extra hundred pounds, avoiding learning how to drive, throwing away things I want now e.g. Grandma's blanket, my childhood bears, most of my diaries, etc., hanging on to people that didn't want anything to do with me except at their convenience, etc.
Every year I want to change, but don't. I regress. I get fatter. I lose even more money. My social circle is limited to two people.
So, what am I supposed to do? Fictional characters in movies and film always get it turned around. Something happens and their journey begins. Well, in my real life anyway, that never seems to happen. When am I going to get a second act?
It's hard to explain to people what it's like to be ignored for most of your life. When you're noticed, it's usually after the fact, like receiving a Seinfeldesque "unvitation", or even a comment for derision "you look funny wearing a dress." I've made efforts to have friends, but it never seems to work out. My goal this year isn't to make friends though. I want to just work on self-improvement.
What do I want from life this year? What must I do? Let's start with a little list, in no particular order.
1. Pray the rosary every day.
2. Go to confession at least once a month.
3. Read two books a week. (One a week if the book is nonfiction.) Review the books. I've never been articulate, so explaining what I liked or didn't like about something is very difficult.
4. Save every month unless the extra money is going to something I truly need.
5. Start exercising.
6. Stop overeating. It's embarrassing. Food is not your friend. It's not your emotional crutch.
7. Start writing again. Last year, I tried National Novel Writing Month and managed to get to seven-thousand words. I want to try and write a short story this year, even though I will never be a good writer.
8. Learn to drive. Be more independent. This is frightening, but it must be done.
9. Start learning Spanish. I want to do this, but it's intimidating. I tried learning French in the past, but my comprehension never increased.
10. Whenever I'm smaller, start dressing the way I really want to. Forget the criticism.
11. See the dentist, doctors, etc.
12. Donate or sell what I don't need.
I probably have more to add to the list, but I can't think of anything else right now.
1:15PM
I was planning to read Bridget Jones's Diary, but the copy I ordered for the 25th anniversary hasn't arrived yet. I really want to read that edition because I want to read every book I purchase this year. (Even though that was ordered last year.) I might not receive it until the end of the month. I can't tell exactly when, because the shipment has no tracking.
So, I'm going to start reading Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak. It's a Christmas themed novel. Every year I buy Christmas books and never read them. It's terrible. Here's to the first book of 2022! I'm using my Bookly app to track reading progress.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34019179-seven-days-of-us
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candidcover · 4 years
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(via Review: Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak)
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak is a dramatic novel that takes place over the Christmas holidays. The concept of being quarantined with your family for seven days during the festive season sets this story up for some interesting dynamics. While it is an enjoyable read with relatable characters, the book seems to lack the humour that is promised on its cover.
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Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for. (Books are in no particular order.)
All books featured this week will be released: OCT 17th
1. Dear Martin: Nic Stone (goodreads) (book depository)
Dear Martin is one of the top most anticipated reads of 2017, and IT’S FINALLY HERE! The novel follows Justyce McAllister as he tries to be himself in a world that continually tries to place him in a pre-made box. For advice, Justyce looks to the advice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and starts a journal. And then Justyce and his friend Manny go driving one day, enjoying themselves, when they incur the wrath of a white off-duty cop, and are caught in the crosshairs of prejudice, anger, and gun shots.
Another important book about modern day racism, just do yourself a favor and read it.
YA Contemporary Fiction; Crown Books/Random House, Hardcover (US)
2. It Devours!: Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (goodreads) (book depository)
I know very very very little about Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor’s newest novel It Devours!, but since I love their podcast Welcome to Night Vale so incredibly much, I’m okay with it. But, I do know that it discusses the intersections of faith and science as a relationship between two people grow, and those kinds of discussions fascinate me so much. Plus, it’ll have the extra strangeness that is always involved in the world of Night Vale. It’s going to be a fun time.
Fantasy; HarperPerennial/HarperCollins, Hardcover (US)
3. A Line in the Dark: Malinda Lo (goodreads) (book depository)
Jess and Angie are best friends, and Jess doesn’t want that to ever change. Well, she’d rather have Angie be her girlfriend too, but Angie is not aware of Jess’ feelings for her. So when Angie starts falling for Margot, a girl from a the wealthy boarding school, Jess is less than thrilled. As Angie and Margot grow closer, Jess and Angie are pulled into the world of wealth and privilege that Margot is a part of…as well as the darkness that follows.
YA Mystery/Thriller, LGBTQIA+; Dutton/Penguin, Hardcover (US)
4. Seven Days of Us: Francesca Hornak (goodreads) (book depository)
For the first time in years, the Birch family is all together a their country estate, Weyfield Hall. But when Olivia, who’s returning from treating an epidemic, is told that she and her family has to stay in quarantine for a week, one day together turns into seven days of mayhem, secrets, and family.
Contemporary Fiction; Berkley Books/Penguin, Hardcover (US)
5. A Skinful of Shadows: Francis Hardinge (goodreads) (book depository)
Set in England on the verge of civil war, Makepeace also lives with the constant threat of spirit possession. But when something forces her to drop her guard and she becomes possessed by a wild and strong spirit, the thing she feared most may actually be the thing that saves her.
This just sounds like a perfect Halloween-y read (like all of Hardinge’s works) and I’m in such a mood for a good possession story.
YA Fantasy, Historical Fiction; Amulet Books, Hardcover (US)
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crazy-pot-pourri · 5 years
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[Books] Riunione di famiglia di Francesca Hornak
[Books] Riunione di famiglia di Francesca Hornak
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Titolo originale: Seven Days of Us
Autore: Francesca Hornak
Prima edizione: 2017
Edizione italiana: traduzione di Silvia Manzio (Mondadori – Collana: Omnibus Stranieri, 2018)
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darienlibrary · 7 years
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I love Seven Days of Us and think you will too. @penguinrandomhouse
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relentlessescapism · 2 years
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Rules: tag nine people you wanna know better.
thanks for the tag @13shadesofanni 😊
Three ships: 
Lucy Chen x Tim Bradford (The Rookie)
Bonnie Bennett x Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)
Anne Shirley-Cuthbert x Gilbert Blythe (Anne With An ‘E’)
First ever ship: 
the one that brought me to tumblr was maya x lucas
Last song:
i’m so blessed you’re mine by james blake
Last movie: 
love tactics (the turkish netflix one)
Currently reading: 
seven days of us by francesca hornak
Currently watching: 
rewatching ek hazaaron mein meri behna hain (🙈) (will be rewatching ipkknd afterward ofc)
Currently consuming: 
i had some vanilla wafers earlier
Currently craving: 
chicken enchiladas from a restaurant near my house with so much extra cheese
Tagging (but of course, no pressure to do this): 
i can’t think of anyone to tag but if you see this and you want to do it because you want an opportunity to share more like i constantly do, consider it a tag! 😉
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Books to read if you liked Schitt’s Creek 
The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent - and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together. Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to China and attempt to reclaim his family's ancestral lands - and his pride. Charles pulls Andrew, his aspiring comedian son, and Grace, his style-obsessed daughter, out of schools he can no longer afford. Together with their stepmother, Barbra, they embark on a cross-country road trip from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the upstate New York hideout of the eldest daughter, disgraced art world it-girl Saina. But with his son waylaid by a temptress in New Orleans, his wife ready to defect for a set of 1,000-thread-count sheets, and an epic smash-up in North Carolina, Charles may have to choose between the old world and the new, between keeping his family intact and finally fulfilling his dream of starting anew in China. Outrageously funny and full of charm, The Wangs vs. the World is an entirely fresh look at what it means to belong in America - and how going from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings one family together in a way money never could.
The Windfall by Diksha Basu
For the past thirty years, Mr. and Mrs. Jha’s lives have been defined by cramped spaces, cut corners, gossipy neighbors, and the small dramas of stolen yoga pants and stale marriages. They thought they’d settled comfortably into their golden years, pleased with their son’s acceptance into an American business school. But then Mr. Jha comes into an enormous and unexpected sum of money, and moves his wife from their housing complex in East Delhi to the super-rich side of town, where he becomes eager to fit in as a man of status: skinny ties, hired guards, shoe-polishing machines, and all. The move sets off a chain of events that rock their neighbors, their marriage, and their son, who is struggling to keep a lid on his romantic dilemmas and slipping grades, and brings unintended consequences, ultimately forcing the Jha family to reckon with what really matters..
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
It’s Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be joining them at Weyfield Hall, their aging country estate. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming home because she has to. Having just returned from treating an epidemic abroad, she’s been told she must stay in quarantine for a week…and so too should her family. For the next seven days, the Birches are locked down, cut off from the rest of humanity—and even decent Wi-Fi—and forced into each other’s orbits. Younger, unabashedly frivolous daughter Phoebe is fixated on her upcoming wedding, while Olivia deals with the culture shock of being immersed in first-world problems. As Andrew sequesters himself in his study writing scathing restaurant reviews and remembering his glory days as a war correspondent, Emma hides a secret that will turn the whole family upside down. In close proximity, not much can stay hidden for long, and as revelations and long-held tensions come to light, nothing is more shocking than the unexpected guest who’s about to arrive…
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors -- but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman. Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends"). But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go -- a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.
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emilies-book-club · 3 years
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Can you prescribe some books for me (Fiction) By the way, i am a begginer in reading english so pls don't prescribe me books with avery high level:)
Hi there! Sure - I don’t know what your preferred genre is, but I will try to make a list of some of my all time favorites - English is not my first language either, so I will list the ones that I read when I first started 💕
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell  - Turtles All The Way Down by John Green - Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith - Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak - The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han - Again, But Better by Christine Riccio
Enjoy! 📚
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“To clear his mind he played a long game of online Scrabble,”
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justsatt · 5 years
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Book Review: Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
Title: Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
My Rating: 4 Stars
Publisher: Platkus
Source: Pansing Books
Goodreads Synopsis:
It’s Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be joining them at Weyfield Hall, their aging country estate. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming…
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tgbreviews · 6 years
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Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak #Review @FrancescaHornak @BerkleyPub
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Staying at your parents’ home for an extended Christmas visit can be stressful, particularly if you haven’t spent the holidays with them in years. Can you imagine how much harder it would be if your family were under quarantine?
This is the situation Olivia Birch finds herself in upon returning home after helping to treat victims of a dangerously contagious (and often deadly) epidemic. For the…
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