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Cutting for Stone (Large Print)
Cutting for Stone (Large Print) | Abraham Verghese, A Verghese
Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles--and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
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JillR
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Marion is born a conjoined twin in Addis Ababa. Family life gets off to a very rough start and from there we follow his life, to adulthood and onwards to New York. The joy of this book is the family love and complexities, against the background of troubled Ethiopia, its own complexities, and its medical world. In summary, I loved this when I first read it 10 years ago, and I then loved it again. Be warned, it will break your heart.

Kitta Loved this 1w
TrishB A great read 👍🏻 7d
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Blueberry
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚 🌎 1w
Eggs Perfect 🤩 1w
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LittlePixels
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#readingwithcats is one of the best things in life. 🥰 It just feels wrong now to read my #kindle without Kindle Kitty on my lap. He‘s my favorite reading accessory.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Debra!! Thank you so much for my birthday surprise!! I love the bookmark and the toffee smells delicious!! The book!! I can‘t wait to read it!! Thank you so much!! ❤️📚🎈🤗

#LitsyLove

AmyG Fabulous book! 5mo
Deblovestoread Glad it arrived! Enjoy! 5mo
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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @TheSpineView
Movie: Beau is Afraid

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Christinak
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I finally got around to reading this while on vacation. This is a big book but worth every page. This book is definitely one of my top favorites! Why did I wait so long!

BookwormM Loved this one 8mo
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LaurenAsh
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I. Loved. This. Book. I loved it so MUCH.

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Yahui07
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Although it started slow and the medical terms slowed me down, the Africa history and the beautiful writing made that all up. My eyes were moist at some point when reading. Enjoy this book very much😘😘

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Lizwarnerpdx
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Mehso-so

This book tells the life story of Marion Stone…but it does it in a way where it is just dribbling crumbs of info along. It felt a bit slow at times, although I found the characters & their lives interesting. I didn‘t feel I really was excited about the story until like 80% through. It was interesting and I learned a lot about Ethiopia and the the many different people from I did that migrated there.

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Susanita
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A #generational story that I‘ll probably get around to reading one day. #maymontage

Tamra Oh, definitely!! 11mo
Bookwormjillk One of my favorites 11mo
MommyWantsToReadHerBook I agree, such a wonderful book! 11mo
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azulaco Yes, but please warn any pregnant friends, there is a graphic birth scene early on that I did NOT need to read while pregnant! 😬 Other than that unfortunate timing, I loved this book. Five stars. 11mo
Susanita @azulaco Oh dear! There‘s also a harrowing birth scene in 11mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 11mo
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Cinfhen
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#AlphabetGame Thanks for the tag @robinb Easily an all time favorite book of mine ♥️ Hi, Misty!!!!

robinb 👋 Oh, this sounds so good. Stacked! 2y
JenReadsAlot That is a good one! 2y
Cinfhen I almost want to read it again @robinb @JenReadsAlot and I almost NEVER re-read books!! Maybe I‘ll try audio 😊 2y
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BarbaraBB This was so good indeed. 2y
Kitta I also picked this for C! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Hey Cindy!! 💗💗 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Did you get my email? ❤️ 6mo
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melissajayne
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A really engrossing story #alphabetgame #letterc

GinaKButler I think about this book all the time! 2y
BarbaraBB Wonderful choice 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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Erin.Elizabeth10
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It took me a MONTH to get through this audiobook. It definitely put me in a slump and will probably set me back on overall # of books read this year. However, it was a beautiful story with complex characters, and I‘m glad it read it. The redemption and love, mixed with bitterness and betrayal, made for a moving story. I would recommend, but just make sure you have a lot of time! 😂

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Tattooedteacher
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Reading this for #readingafrica2022. Enjoying it so far. Set in Ethiopia.

Bookwormjillk One of my favorites 2y
BarbaraBB Such a good read! I hope you‘ll love it 2y
Librarybelle I have to read this one…it‘s been on my to read list for such a long time! 2y
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Bookwormjillk
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#12booksof2021 #12booksof21

March was the month where, thanks to #FoodAndLit , I fell in love with Ethiopia in general and this book specifically.

Andrew65 Always a popular choice. 2y
Cinfhen Yessssss 2y
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Bookwormjillk
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My #Top21of21
Cutting For Stone was my favorite the rest are in no particular order. Looking at these I can see how all of the great challenges like #FoodAndLit #PemberLittens and #ReadingAsia have influenced my reading year. Honestly I just kind of want to hug the books on this list.
I rated a lot of re-reads 5 stars this year but I left them off this list
The last two weeks of the year are typically my best reading weeks so this list will change

Cinfhen Cutting For Stone is definitely on my all time favorite list and I also loved this year 2y
Cinfhen Agreed, the challenges on Litsy inspired some AMAZING books I probably would never have read 2y
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Butterfinger I will probably put Cutting for Stone on my favorite list too. 2y
Texreader 👏🏻👏🏻 2y
BarbaraBB Beautiful eclectic collection! I loved Cutting for Stone too. And I also want to hug my favorites! Thanks for sharing 🤍 2y
Catsandbooks Awesome list! ❤️ 2y
TrishB Cutting for Stone is wonderful ♥️ 2y
Centique Oh I‘m so glad you loved Salvage the Bones - I love it so much. And Pachinko too! I have to get to Cutting for Stone I can see 😍 2y
Chelsea.Poole Oh I have had Cutting for Stone on my TBR for so so long. Maybe I‘ll read it in the coming year 😊 thanks for sharing! 2y
Librarybelle Lots of amazing ones on this list! And I loved Pachinko! 2y
tenar It really made me smile to see Why I Wake Early on your list. What great collections, both Mary Oliver‘s poems and your favorites of the year! 2y
Ruthiella The Only Plane in the Sky was almost on my list too. So powerful. 2y
merelybookish I read Gone Crazy in Alabama this year too! I love that trilogy. And Brown Girl Dreaming is a masterpiece. What a great reading year! 2y
megnews I love Gone Crazy In Alabama, Brown Girl Dreaming, and The Only Plane in the Sky. Salvage the Bones is the only Ward I haven‘t read yet. I own it and really want to get to it. 2y
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perfectsinner
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Stopped at my library and picked these up to read over long weekend
Cutting for Stone and Project Hail Mary

Bookwormjillk Loved Cutting For Stone 2y
perfectsinner I've heard great things 2y
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perfectsinner
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Hanging out with my best friend. We visited a used book store . I got 14 books for under $60. Lonesome Dove is for my mom for Christmas. Memoirs is a better edition than my mass market paperback copy. The Winter People is autographed.
#bookhaul

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LibrarianChels
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Made it through this one. The story and plot were fine; the prose was exhausting. Verghese could easily have cut out 1/3 of the text by removing the tedious medical details. I found myself skimming after awhile.

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LibrarianChels
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“The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don‘t. If you keep saying your slippers aren‘t yours, then you‘ll die searching, you‘ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.” (Pg. 286)

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BiblioLitten
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I love a good limerick. 😁

GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 3y
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BiblioLitten
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My morning started early with this book set in #Ethiopia. I love the pace of the story and I can find myself settling into it. 💚
#currentlyreading

Ruthiella Nice picture! Hope you enjoy the rest of the book! 😀 3y
BiblioLitten @Ruthiella Thank you😊. Have you read it? 3y
Ruthiella Yes, I read it earlier this year. It‘s was a pick with reservations. Definitely worth reading and wonderfully evocative of Ethiopia! 3y
Lcsmcat I loved it when I read it several years ago. 3y
Tamra This is a great read! It‘s been quite awhile so it‘s time for a reread. I don‘t do that with many books. 3y
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JennyM
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A stormy few days has brought some massive swell 🌊 But we have a beautiful day forecast ☀️ and I‘m finally getting round to reading this one after being on my TBR for far too long!

Megabooks Enjoy! 3y
Butterfinger Just finished it and loved it. 3y
Cathythoughts Still to read this one ! Enjoy & look forward to your thoughts 3y
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BarbaraBB Enjoy! It‘s very good! 3y
Reggie I need to read this one. I‘ve read his first two books and loved them. Glad you had a fab day at the 🏖 🌊 🦈. 3y
JennyM @Reggie @megabooks @Butterfinger @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB it‘s really good so far 👍Heading home today - been so good to take a break and enjoy family time x 3y
BarbaraBB Happy you had a break with your family! 💚 3y
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Butterfinger
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A medical masterpiece. Lives dedicated to surgery to help the poor in Ethiopia and each other. It is just brilliant. Marion is an incredible narrator who tells his parents' love story and his own relationships between a girl who could be called his sister and his beloved, yet infuriating twin. I want to reread it asap. Trigger Warning: There is a graphic chapter of female circumcision/mutilation. #FoodandLit #Ethiopia @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Tamra I recall this was a super read - engrossing! It‘s one I could reread. 3y
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Q84
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Started this one today
#FoodandLit

Texreader Great. It‘s getting outstanding reviews 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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This was a beautifully narrated story! A lot of it was about medical procedures, but somehow the narration made it seem more informative than overwhelming. This was a great pick for #FoodAndLit this month.

I made Doro Wot (chicken stew), Atkilt Wot (cabbage and potatoes), and Himbasha (cardamom bread with raisins) for dinner the other night and it was all good.

Thanks @Butterfinger and @Texreader for hosting this great reading challenge!

Butterfinger I'm so happy you are enjoying it!!!! 3y
staci.reads This was a great read! 3y
Texreader I wish I‘d picked this one instead of The Shadow King. It‘s just ok. I haven‘t attached to any of the characters—they‘re unlikeable so far. 😕 Well, the tagged book is on my tbr so hopefully I‘ll read it someday. I‘m so glad you‘re enjoying this challenge. It‘s so much fun and educational and really gets me out of my comfort zone trying new foods!@Butterfinger was the brilliant author of the idea. I‘ve loved helping her with it. (edited) 3y
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Bookwormjillk
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This was such a beautiful book. At 23 hours it was longer than most books I listen to, but every minute was worth it. #FoodAndLit

TheBookHippie I agree, I read it long ago but it is quite gorgeous. 3y
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Bookwormjillk
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Loved cooking up a feast while listening to this audiobook. I made chicken in tej sauce from the pictured cookbook along with the Ethiopian honey bread that @TheBookHippie posted a few weeks ago. The Berbere wasn‘t as spicy as I feared, and the honey bread was delicious- sweet enough to be a dessert. I am really enjoying this challenge! #FoodAndLit

Freespirit Sounds delicious 3y
TheBookHippie That bread is sooooo good!!! 3y
Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie it is- will become a regular for us! 3y
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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk here as well. I love that cookbook and I‘ve read your tagged book a long while ago but I enjoyed it! 3y
tracey38 Oh, that looks good. 3y
Tamra Yum! 😋 I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! We use berbere by the tablespoonfuls, so you can adjust to taste of you want it spicer. Some cookbooks tone it down to cater to eaters who don‘t care for much heat. 3y
Bookwormjillk @Tamra what kinds of things do you use it for? I have a whole jar left... 3y
Butterfinger That makes me so happy that you are enjoying this challenge. 3y
Texreader That‘s just so awesome!!! 3y
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TEArificbooks
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Finally finished my #foodandlit pick for Ethiopia. I liked the complex characters and I learned a lot about Ethiopia history and culture and medicine. The pacing, length, and the graphic detailed explanation of medical procedures made it a slow read though. @Butterfinger @Texreader

Cathythoughts Nice review! I have it waiting , I keep think that it will be a slow read .. as you say 3y
EvieBee Yay! And this one‘s a chunked, I‘ve heard. 3y
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TEArificbooks
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Pick up line reading! Kids are not officially back in school yet, but they are doing state standardized testing in person. I missed this reading time.

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TEArificbooks
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Lazy Sunday reading for #foodandlit. I know the cookies aren‘t from Ethiopia but I am willing to make sacrifices. @Butterfinger @Texreader

Butterfinger 😆 3y
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CoffeeNBooks
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This is my plan for #FoodAndLit #Ethiopia this month. So far, I really like this book!
@Butterfinger @Texreader

brittanyreads This looks like so much fun! 3y
Suet624 Cutting for stone is do good. Enjoy! 3y
AmyG Great book. 3y
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TheBookHippie I enjoyed this read quite a bit. 3y
Tamra Wonderful read! Funny, I just bought Hambasha bread today - like the one you have pictured. 😋 (edited) 3y
CoffeeNBooks @Tamra That's awesome- I'd never even heard of it until I was looking up recipes for this month, so I'm looking forward to trying it! 3y
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Ruthiella
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This book was epic, though maybe with one to many grand gestures. The author thanks John Irving in the acknowledgments and I can see the influence - though Vergehse is much less quirky. Orphaned twins grow up in mission hospital in Addis Ababa in ‘60s & ‘70s. Definitely a good book for an introduction to Ethiopian/Eritrean history. The medical details were a little too much for me (wimp). #booked2021 book with doctor/nurse.

AmyG What a wonderful book! 3y
Come-read-with-me I‘ve had this on my TBR for ages! 3y
Cinfhen Oh GREAT CHOICE for #CovidHeroes 3y
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BarbaraBB Such a wonderful book 🤍💜🤍 3y
Cathythoughts I still havnt read ... great review & great choice for prompt 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
BiblioLitten Great! I have been looking for books set in Eritrea. 3y
Ruthiella @BiblioLitten It mostly takes place in Addis Ababa but the MC does briefly spend time in Eritrea and some of the other characters are Eritrean. I hope that‘s sufficient for you! 😀 3y
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carolpharmd
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Masterpiece ~ I enjoyed this book so much!! Details about medicine, cultures, religion, spirit, conflict, love & family were woven together perfectly. 💜

BookwormM It is a great book 4y
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Melkyl
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This book goes to show that I really need to read the amazing books that are sitting on my shelves. I have had this book for so long and just never gotten around to it. I saw a post about how good it is, so I decided to pick it up. Gorgeous writing and characters! I loved this book so much. The connections between the characters and the backdrop completely drew me in. I felt like I was there. Be prepared, because many points made me emotional.

TrishB I loved this ❤️ 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Our book club adored this one. We've been chasing after a Cutting for Stone kind of experience ever since we read it years ago!! 4y
Lesanne I loved this book too! 4y
Melkyl @TrishB @Penny_LiteraryHoarders @Lesanne It took me by surprise. I have looked at it and passed it over for years. I‘m so glad I finally read it! 4y
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Wannabe_Quijote
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Sitting in the shade in a parking lot waiting for a new windshield to be installed… #Covid

Cathythoughts I still have this book waiting for me .... 4y
Wannabe_Quijote @Cathythoughts Don‘t make it wait any longer! It‘s fantastic! 4y
smjohns @Cathythoughts if you haven‘t read this yet, you must! I just finished. This will be a book I purchase a copy of, to keep with my other all time favorites. 4y
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MynameisSnow
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Surprise mail from an awesome friend 🙃

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Wannabe_Quijote
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#Smoothie bowl, #coffee, and re-reading a favorite for #bookclub on the #porch

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HannaPolkadots
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Thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful story! Beautiful and painful and unexpected, and it ended just in the right place. Loved it.

This concludes my June #bookspin, albeit a few days too late 😅
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks haha no worries on being late, people tag me in books from months ago sometimes, so it's all good!! Love it when a book knows exactly when to stop, by the way - it doesn't always happen that way! 4y
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HannaPolkadots
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Reading while listening to and smelling the lovely summer rain, and thoroughly enjoying all of the above ❤ Hope you guys are having a good Sunday as well!

AmyG What a great book for a rainy, reading day. 4y
HannaPolkadots @AmyG - right? Am loving it so far 😃 4y
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bookandcat
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My sleepstack prompt from IG:
🌌A book that has your DREAM bookish crush: THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot
🌌A book that you've been SLEEPING on: CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
🌌A book that you're DREAMING of being adapted: A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanigihara
🌌A book that has you SLEEPLESS because you can't stop thinking about it: SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts.
🌌A book that put you to sleep: NINE PERFECT STRANGERS by Liane Moriarty.

bookandcat Someone on IG was hosting a giveaway with this prompt and I loved the idea! Had fun coming up with my list. Harder than it looks! 4y
Suet624 I‘m with you about shantaram. 4y
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Had I read this book before lawschool, I would have desired more instead to study medicine. Cutting for Stone is an epic, heroic, vastly entertaining work of art set in the tumultuous times of mid-century Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With emphaty and wit, Dr. Verghese has a knack for creating characters and scenes that stick in the mind, mixing humor and pathos. A grandeur read! 👏

yargul_khan ♥️♥️👌👌 4y
thevagabondlawyer @yargul_khan 👏✋👏😊 4y
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Cuilin
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After years of reading books I didn‘t like I made a rule that if I do not like a book I will bail by page 73, arbitrary I know. But this was for IRL book club so I stuck with it and I‘m so glad I did. This was wonderful. One of the rare few that improved and completely took me in. Not all book club books have fared well. #sunset #magicalmay @Eggs

Cinfhen I had the same experience/ I wasn‘t feeling this book but it was for bookclub and it‘s now on my favorite all time list 🧡 4y
bio_chem06 My cut off used to be 50 pages, then I bumped it to 100. If the book can't get me by 100 pages, I'm out. 4y
violabrain One of my favorite books of all time! 4y
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Eggs I like your bold method! But I see there are exceptions for many rules-all‘s well that ends well 🤗 4y
Lcsmcat I‘m glad you stuck it out. It‘s a great book! 4y
Tamra It‘s sooooo good! 4y
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This book is every bit as good as everyone says it is! Beautiful writing, propulsive story, memorable characters. ❤️❤️❤️

Glad I finally read it thanks to March #bookspin.

violabrain One of my favorite books of all time! 4y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Oh this book!! ❤❤❤ 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo! Great review! 4y
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