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This is only my second Backman but I‘m looking forward to reading more. He can really make you feel for every character he writes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is my #bookspin. Now on to my #doublespin. @TheAromaofBooks

Timely quote.

I started this (for the second time) this summer. I hear so many good reviews that I picked it up again. Maybe I can finish it this time.

These are top of my list! #BookSpinBingo #BookSpin #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Normally I love Fredrik Backman, but I got about a hundred pages into this and I'd already had more than enough ice hockey talk. Did not care and DNF'ed it.

Never thought I‘d read a book about ice hockey but heard this was great so I read it. The story of the players, parents, coaches, politicians in a small town that lived for high school hockey. Questions or morality, love, friendship, loyalty and justice are explored in this novel. Great characters that I can picture in my mind. Will start watching the mini series on HBO tonight.

A powerful, stop-and-make-you-think story about what the culture of a club or place is, and the effect this can have on its individuals.
‘Culture is as much about what we encourage as what we permit.‘

Such a page turner! I love Fredrik Backman's writing. I loved how he so accurately portrayed small town sports fanatics.

Hockey isn‘t just a sport for the people of Beartown, it‘s a way of life.
Through heartache, joy, rebellion and loyalty Backman leaves you wanting more. Thus was a difficult story to tell, but one that needs to be told.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Completed my August #bookspin this afternoon. Backman does not disappoint and leaves me with all the feels.

As usual, Backman can do no wrong. Not my favorite of his, but still EXCELLENT. He could write a story about a paper bag and I‘d be first in line to buy it 😂😂

1. For book it would be Beartown by Fredrik Backman, for series The Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben.

2. Cricket, cricket, cricket!

#Two4Tuesday

#two4tuesday

1. I don‘t know if I have a favorite, but I loved the tagged book. It‘s fantastic! 📖
2. Football and hockey! 🏈🏒

If you want to play, consider yourself tagged! 🤗

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I finished the last 270 pages of this one in one go. Now I'm sitting here with my eyes all red and puffy after sobbing through the final 20 pages. This is my 3rd Backman, and I think my favorite. He really knows how to rip my heart out, that's for sure.

Book 5 finished for #AwesomeAugust
@Andrew65

Only halfway into this one, and I've had tears rolling down my face at 3 different points. I'd never have thought a book about hockey could be so emotional.

1. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
2. Falling by T.J. Newman
3. The Expanse series - Jefferson Mays is a brilliant narrator

#WeekendReads
@rachelsbrittain

Going to give this a second chance.

@BennettBookworm is hosting a #steamygiveaway. Post a pic of your favorite mug and your current read, and tag them to enter. 😊

This is one of my favorite mugs (owls, yay!), though I don't actually use this one for coffee. My daughter gave it to me, and I keep it with my books. And I have several books on the go at the moment. Beartown is the one I've made the most progress in.
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Middle kid has a doctor appointment, and I have to wait in the car for probably an hour or more. But that's ok because I brought Fredrik Backman to keep me company. 🏒

This was ok for me I liked it but didn‘t love it the narrative made it seem slow and monotonous at times,yet thrown in we‘re bits and pieces that kept you interested enough to keep reading.This was a atmospheric and character driven story that wound and unwound,and had a satisfying ending.

I think Backman is particularly good at character development and I appreciated the way he handled the darker aspects of the plot. Loved it!

Initially tough to listen to because it was difficult to keep all the characters straight. I did end up getting into the story and liked it a lot. Tried watching the show and didn‘t last even half an episode.

Another good one from Mr. Backman. I liked some of the repeating phrases throughout. I liked the puzzle pieces you had to fit together. I liked that it's a story about a town that loves hockey, but it's still so much more than that. I would have liked more about Benji, I think he was my favourite character.
Anyway, I'll read Us Against You next.
I know there's a 3rd book being released, so something to look forward to in the future.

Unpopular opinion, but I thought this book was overly sentimental and saccharine. The perspectives/actions of the boys were also much more well-developed and believable than the perspectives/actions of the girls, which I did not appreciate.

My May reading. I‘m reading less these days because of my new job at the library. Books, books everywhere, and no time to read them!

It's Friday Night Lights, but with hockey, except not really. It's about adults putting all their hopes and happiness on the kids of their small town sports team...but sort of not exactly. It's about what it means to be a girl in this small town...or anywhere. I don't want to give anything from the twisty, dark, cold novel away. But it was remarkable and I loved it.

4.5 stars! For the first 150 pages or so it didn't feel like much was happening "It's a hockey town, alright, we get it", but then I realized @backmansk is laying out the characters and the setting for what's to come. And that was well worth the wait! Beautiful, heart wrenching and throughly engrossing story that had me in tears on several occasions. Being a parent of a teenage girl definitely had something to do with that!

My fav read so far this year. What a book! Such fantastic characters. So many times a sentence caught me off guard and really stuck with me. As a parent I identified with so many things in this book! It is also a fascinating look at determination, team spirit, hypocrisy and believing in yourself.

1. Tie between teal and pink
2. BBQ hamburgers
3. Iced coffee
4. Reading outside

@Catsandbooks , @melissajayne . I look forward to your responses.

Wow. Devastating read. Backman does an incredible job fleshing out an extensive cast of characters that belong to a struggling-to-thrive community. Beartown is a hockey town, but to what extent? This book is definitely the most heartbreaking book I've read in a while; I cried a few times! @TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo April read ✔

Still #currentlyreading Beartown which is my April #Bookspin read. When I made this #BookSpinBingo list, I originally put June 🤦🏽‍♀️ I clearly haven't seen nearly enough JT/it's gonna be May memes. 😅🤣 I doubled up on my current library holds so hopefully I can make those count as a BookSpin or #DoubleSpin book! @TheAromaofBooks

I have mixed feelings about this book, and do not doubt it gave me lots of feelings. Most of those feelings are tied up in how much people suck, but not Benji. Benji is the best and needs to be protected at all costs. I loved the heck out of this complicated, but incredibly loyal teen.
I think what was written about and how people handled it is incredibly true to form👇👇

Very rarely does a book get an A+ in my mind. I loved this book!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
1. I was 17 with long, long hair and Lady Godiva was naked on a horse with long hair covering herself. I was born on the 7th. Used that as my email and username for over 20 yrs now.
2. I read during lunch/breaks at work, couch/recliner or patio (summer) at home.
3. Beartown was good!
4. 2 people, me and the husband, 1 cat and 1 dog🐾

On to the next! I am #currentlyreading my #BookSpinBingo book for April - the library holds can wait 😅

Book 15 of 2021.

Have you read a Fredrik Backman book yet??

1. All the time!!
2. I like to do both together so if i get to a good part I can still listen to it while I do other things.
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

1. Good question! Jem, Scout and Dill; Daniel Sempere and Fermin Romero de Torres, Harry, Ron and Hermione.
2. Lately more than one I listen to one and read one.
3. Beartown, Ireland, Washington @eggs #wondrouswednesday

I read a ton of plays for the committee I'm on that chooses the winner of the American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award. I'm done with that now and can get back to my regularly scheduled reading. I also returned to a few favorites, Sense & Sensibility, The Starless Sea, and Travels with Charley this month.

Amazing book! It pulled me in. This one was very different from Backman‘s other books, but it‘s my favorite so far.

Went to AAUW Used Book Sale in Racine, WI and this is my small book haul. Isn‘t my crossbody purse AWESOME???

#1001 #npr100sff #bookpurse
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This book broke my heart. From young kids killing themselves for parental approval or team acceptance to the parents who are aching w/the realization that they can‘t protect their children, there was so much to process. It has been a long time since a book made me cry.

Backman is so good at creating people who dance in the gray area. You make assumptions & then on the next page you empathizing w/them. It‘s not an easy book, but it will stay w/me.

I was so happy to see this when I went on HBO Max. Anyone else watching this?? I watched the first episode and it was pretty good!

Beartown is a city of hockey.

Honestly this book needs a trigger warning. It‘s a good story but be forewarned that it is at times very hard to take.

A novel that deals with important issues but on a mainstream level (reminded me a bit of Jodi Picoult books). I loved the beginning, the slow build up and getting to know the characters but the latter half didn‘t have the same impact on me. I was definitely just rushing through, & the end was too neatly wrapped up and put together for my taste. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was just browsing around on HBO Max and THIS SHOWED UP. This is an HBO series now?!! I didn‘t know! How did I not know???

Did anyone watch the tv version of this last night on hbo max? I‘m planning to - but I loved the book and wondering how the tv version is...

This book came highly recommended from a friend and a few people on bookstagram. I could appreciate some of the writing and storytelling, but it wasn‘t a book that I just couldn‘t put down. I could only read about 50 pages at a time before I was ready for something else. 3⭐️

Currently reading while it‘s snowing outside ❄️