Somood's Updates en-US Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:07:18 -0800 60 Somood's Updates 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg UserQuote96929344 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:07:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Somood liked a quote by Sylvia Plath]]> https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/152009
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“ I feel good with my husband: I like his warmth and his bigness and his being-there and his making and his jokes and stories and what he reads and how he likes fishing and walks and pigs and foxes and little animals and is honest and not vain or fame-crazy and how he shows his gladness for what I cook him and joy for when I make him something, a poem or a cake, and how he is troubled when I am unhappy and wants to do anything so I can fight out my soul-battles and grow up with courage and a philosophical ease. I love his good smell and his body that fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do just that. What is only pieces, doled out here and there to this boy and that boy, that made me like pieces of them, is all jammed together in my husband. So I don't want to look around any more: I don't need to look around for anything. ...more ” — Sylvia Plath
]]> ReadStatus10064771118 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 05:14:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood wants to read 'Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8019115435 Slewfoot by Brom Somood wants to read Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
]]> Review7885620209 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:36:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood added 'Flawless']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7885620209 Flawless by Elsie Silver Somood gave 5 stars to Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1) by Elsie Silver
This is maybe what my soul just needed. Ok. Let's hop to book 2 now! ]]> ReadStatus9875859489 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:36:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood is currently reading 'Heartless']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7885624805 Heartless by Elsie Silver Somood is currently reading Heartless by Elsie Silver
]]> Review7885620209 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:34:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood added 'Flawless']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7885620209 Flawless by Elsie Silver Somood gave 5 stars to Flawless (Chestnut Springs, #1) by Elsie Silver
This is maybe what my soul just needed. Ok. Let's hop to book 2 now! ]]> Review7878466953 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:13:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood added 'My Friends']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7878466953 My Friends by Fredrik Backman Somood gave 2 stars to My Friends (Hardcover) by Fredrik Backman
I really don’t want to start this review by saying that I am genuinely disappointed, but I MUST.
I had been anticipating this book for a while and definitely had the highest of expectations, since the author is one of my favorites. Yet, while reading, I had several moments questioning my sanity because at times it felt as if I was forcing myself to keep going.

The book started really well, but as I read on, something felt off. Honestly, I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was, but I kept going. For me, the writing style felt overdone, with every line desperately trying to be quotable and inspiring, to the point that it no longer came across effortlessly.

The plot itself did not make much sense to me, and there was no chemistry between the characters. One being an 18 years old girl and the other 39 man. Yet neither of them acts their age.

The book follows two timelines: the present day and 25 years ago. In the past, we meet a group of friends: Ali, Joar, Ted, and “the artist” (whose name isn’t even revealed until almost 80% in) spending their last summer together desperately trying to include the artist in an art contest. Each of them struggles in their own way: being misunderstood, abused, or abandoned.

In the present day, we meet Louisa, a girl who is semi-homeless after running away from Forster care. She’s an aspiring artist, painting on walls. By chance, she meets the artist, whose last wish is for her to have the “famous” painting. From there, she and Ted embark on a journey to uncover the story of how it all began. The friendship, the art, the self-discovery, and how they all tie together. As these kids find refuge within themselves, it makes the story both sad and overwhelming. At its core, it focuses on the power of friendship and the impact of art.

Reading other reviews made me feel a bit isolated, since the majority adored this book. I did question myself at first, but this is definitely my personal experience. At the end of the day, not every book by a favorite author will land, and for me, this one just missed the mark.

Quotes I liked:

“Adults always think they can protect children by stopping them from going to dangerous places, but every teenager knows that’s pointless, because the most dangerous place on earth is inside us. Fragile hearts break in palaces and in dark alleys alike.”


"The world is full of miracles, but none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else’s belief in them." ]]> Review7878466953 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:12:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood added 'My Friends']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7878466953 My Friends by Fredrik Backman Somood gave 2 stars to My Friends (Hardcover) by Fredrik Backman
I really don’t want to start this review by saying that I am genuinely disappointed, but I MUST.
I had been anticipating this book for a while and definitely had the highest of expectations, since the author is one of my favorites. Yet, while reading, I had several moments questioning my sanity because at times it felt as if I was forcing myself to keep going.

The book started really well, but as I read on, something felt off. Honestly, I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was, but I kept going. For me, the writing style felt overdone, with every line desperately trying to be quotable and inspiring, to the point that it no longer came across effortlessly.

The plot itself did not make much sense to me, and there was no chemistry between the characters. One being an 18 years old girl and the other 39 man. Yet neither of them acts their age.

The book follows two timelines: the present day and 25 years ago. In the past, we meet a group of friends: Ali, Joar, Ted, and “the artist” (whose name isn’t even revealed until almost 80% in) spending their last summer together desperately trying to include the artist in an art contest. Each of them struggles in their own way: being misunderstood, abused, or abandoned.

In the present day, we meet Louisa, a girl who is semi-homeless after running away from Forster care. She’s an aspiring artist, painting on walls. By chance, she meets the artist, whose last wish is for her to have the “famous” painting. From there, she and Ted embark on a journey to uncover the story of how it all began. The friendship, the art, the self-discovery, and how they all tie together. As these kids find refuge within themselves, it makes the story both sad and overwhelming. At its core, it focuses on the power of friendship and the impact of art.

Reading other reviews made me feel a bit isolated, since the majority adored this book. I did question myself at first, but this is definitely my personal experience. At the end of the day, not every book by a favorite author will land, and for me, this one just missed the mark.

Quotes I liked:

“Adults always think they can protect children by stopping them from going to dangerous places, but every teenager knows that’s pointless, because the most dangerous place on earth is inside us. Fragile hearts break in palaces and in dark alleys alike.”


"The world is full of miracles, but none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else’s belief in them." ]]> UserStatus1117547771 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 02:43:57 -0700 <![CDATA[ Somood is on page 212 of 288 of Kindred ]]> Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Somood is on page 212 of 288 of <a href="/book/show/60931.Kindred">Kindred</a>. ]]> ReadStatus9799251277 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:19:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood is currently reading 'Kindred']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7831196793 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Somood is currently reading Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
]]> Review7822511484 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:15:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Somood added 'The Compound']]> https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7822511484 The Compound by Aisling Rawle Somood gave 4 stars to The Compound (Hardcover) by Aisling Rawle
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