#alice sebold

[classycookiexo]

OMG

[twicedailyquotes]

Murderers are not monsters, they’re men. And that’s the most frightening thing about them.

Alice Sebold The Lovely Bones

[myclutteredbookshelf]

I've been inspired by @ofliterarynature to ask Bookblr for help with unhauling some of my TBRs. If you reblog this poll, feel free to explain your choice. I'd even be happy to hear your reasoning for why I shouldn't toss a certain book, as it might encourage me to get around to reading it.

I've copied the book blurbs below the cut for your consideration.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

On the eve of his death, Enzo, a philosopher dog with a nearly human soul, takes stock of his life with the Swift family: Denny, an up-and-coming racecar driver, his wife Eve, and their daughter Zoe.

Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler

When Moses Berger, writer, salmon-fisher and part-time drunk, decides to write a history of the Gurskys—a family of bootleggers turned legitimate—he becomes obsessed with the ubiquitous but evasive Solomon. As he shadows the family from the stews of Victorian London via the port of Stromness in the Orkneys to the frozen wastes of Canada, and from Canada's stock market to the fleshpots of London and Oxford, Moses finds himself hooked on a line of his own making.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

In the weeks following her murder, Susie Salmon watches life continuing without her—her school friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her family holding out hope that she'll be found, her killer trying to cover his tracks. As months pass without leads, Susie sees her parents' marriage being contorted by loss, her sister hardening herself in an effort to stay strong, and her little brother trying to grasp the meaning of the word 'gone.' And she explores the place called heaven. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. There are counselors to help newcomers adjust and friends to room with. Everything she ever wanted appears as soon as she thinks of it—except the thing she wants most: to be back with the people she loved on Earth. With compassion, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie sees her loved ones pass through grief and begin to mend. Her father embarks on a risky quest to ensnare her killer. Her sister undertakes a feat of remarkable daring. And the boy Susie cared for moves on, only to find himself at the center of a miraculous event.

[mametzwood]

quick study of saiorse ronan in the lovely bones

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

why is The Lovely Bones audiobook read by a middle-aged woman??? Susie is meant to be 14 😂

how have they not gotten Saoirse Ronan to re-record it??? her voice is still light and gentle enough to make it work, I’m sure

[halloweenvalentine1997]

Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble and grand. The word my grandfather uses is comfort. So there are cakes and candles and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can go and hold someone's hand and not have to say anything. Give no story. Make no claim. Where you can live at the edge of your skin for as long as you wish. This wide wide Heaven is about flathead nails and the soft down of new leaves, wild roller coaster rides and escaped marbles that fall then hang then take you somewhere you could never have imagined in your small-heaven dreams.

from The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[grungyhimonoonna]

I just finished reading the lovely bones for a second time and boy can I say it doesn’t get easier. 🥲😩

[oliviadoe]

[very-uncorrect]

I can't get the song Alice from The Lovely Bones out of my head aaaaaaaa

[tsundokutepils]

“Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman.”

Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

[siomaisstuff]

Current Read

A few thoughts as I read:

"I was the mortar, he was the pestle."

This quote from the first few chapters haunts me through this read—maybe it's because a mortar and pestle is commonly used in my culture. The vivid and graphic descriptions of a woman's worse fear being inflicted on a girl, a child. Truly, I cannot say what is worse, the sexual violence or the murder.

Before this quote, Susie recounts Mr. Harvey, her murderer, giving her a look, the look. It's the look that tears the innocence away from girls. No longer are we young with our eyes full of stars. Instead, we become painfully aware of our bodies. Lingering eyes that ravage young girls bodies like the starved at a buffet.

[pier-carlo-universe]

"Resta solo la tua voce" di Alessandra Pagani: Un romanzo di denuncia sulla violenza di genere

"Resta solo la tua voce" è il nuovo romanzo di Alessandra Pagani, pubblicato da Morellini editore nella collana Varianti, diretta da Sara Rattaro e Mauro Morellini.

Un potente racconto che dà voce a chi non ce l’ha più “Resta solo la tua voce” è il nuovo romanzo di Alessandra Pagani, pubblicato da Morellini editore nella collana Varianti, diretta da Sara Rattaro e Mauro Morellini. Uscito il 22 novembre 2024, questo libro affronta con coraggio e intensità il tema della violenza di genere e dello stalking, ispirandosi a eventi di cronaca realmente…

[halloweenvalentine1997]

The impenetrable barrier that surrounded the shingles, the chimney, the woodpile, the driveway, the fence, was like a layer of clear ice that coated the trees when it rained and then froze. Our house looked the same as every other one on the block, but it was not the same. Murder had a blood red door on the other side of which was everything unimaginable to everyone.

from The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Quick Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Rating: 5/5 (re-read, up from 4/5)

That awkward moment when you try to re-read a book once every 5 years but then find out you were meant to be reading it every 4 years 😅 still, I loved revisiting this one - via the audiobook this time. I found myself paying close attention to the mother this time around, because I noticed when watching the movie one night how her reaction to losing Susie is very much what shapes the story. And I also just found it very interesting how the female characters all talked about their womanhood, how they express it and how it shapes them throughout their lives.

Another wonderful read-through. See you in 2027, Susie Salmon.

[tsundokutepils]

“Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.”

Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones