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The New Book
The New Book | Allie Cresswell
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From the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling anthology 'The Book' comes a new collection of journal entries, original short stories, excerpts, reviews and articles. Contents include: Genesis; Saved; Tea-Drinking in America; Mrs Baggitt's Shop; Being Mandy Broadhead; The Last Passenger; The French Lieutenant's Woman; No-one Was Saved; Moving In 'Genesis' a writer begins a new work from scratch. It is to be her signature work and the main character will go down as one of literature's greatest. But the character has other ideas about the way the plot should go, and the writer has to decide whether to consign the whole manuscript to the bin or just let the story unfold. 'Being Mandy Broadhead' is a memoire of the writer's teenage years. The agony of being plain and not particularly popular crystallises into a fixation with the prettiest and most popular girl in her school. 'No-One Was Saved' is the outworking of the lyrics of a popular song. Who was Eleanor Rigby and why did she collect rice from the church grounds? What was the face she kept in a jar, and who was it for? 'Moving' includes excerpts from a diary written when the writer moved with her family from suburban Cheshire to rural Cumbria in 2000.
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sarahbarnes
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Well this is fun news! A new Sally Rooney novel coming out! 🤩

BarbaraBB Yay 🙌🏽 2mo
Reggie Yayyyy! 2mo
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ravenlee
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Learning Dangerously is from my secondary library, about homeschooling. I try to read at least one every summer, to refresh my approach. Nora was #BookMail on Monday; it‘s my first reward from the Penguin Random House Reader Rewards. Hope it‘s good!

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RosePressedPages
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I‘m pretty happy with how 2022 went, but this year I want to read more nonfiction. I‘ve started making tbr lists for the season/holiday and adding books that give me the right vibe for each list. I want to keep up with this and read more from each list. I also plan to do more book journaling. I need to catch up in my personal life with things like #LitsyLove and re-exploring my hobbies. I love my new B&N job! Thanks everyone for the well-wishes!

wanderinglynn Awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y
wisherwishinguponastar Congrats on the new job! May it bring you a plethora of new opportunities and good stories! 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎈🎉🎊 1y
DogMomIrene Congratulations on a great year. Working at B&N I‘m sure you‘ll find more than enough NF to read, along with all the other books! 1y
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Chelsea.Poole
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New books in our library 📚 ♥️

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LeshaMac
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My 12 year old daughter just published her book on Amazon!!! I am one proud mom💜 🥰🥰🥳🥳 #NewAuthorAlert

AkashaVampie Congrats 3y
Reggie Holy wow!!! Congrats to her!🥳 3y
LeshaMac Thanks guys! 💜 3y
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i.z.booknook
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The charity shops post-lockdown are LIT!!! Q9 each ? I am so happy and excited!!

Tanisha_A Wow 😮 4y
AmyG Wow is right! 4y
KarouBlue I second @AmyG! 4y
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BennettBookworm
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My classroom got a whole new shipment of books!!!! We are so excited!!!! Fiction and nonfiction. Nothing is more exciting than being the first to touch a new book 😍🤣🙏🏻

MelissaSue81 That‘s awesome! What a great day! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm 👏 Yay! 5y
Tamra Yay! 🎉 5y
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RealLifeReading Very cool! 5y
tracey38 How amazing!! 5y
Leftcoastzen Nice! 5y
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MallenNC
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This was the quote on my Novel Teas tag this morning. I‘ve never felt more understood. #TBR

Tamra 😂👌🏾 5y
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BeansPage
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I just ❤️💕 getting new books 📚📚📚
Don't you?
#NewBooks #BookSniffer #BookLover #BookMail

ladym30 That is adorable! 6y
GripLitGrl 😍😍 6y
Branwen Yes! That is the absolute best feeling EVER! 📚😍 6y
myellenbee It's the first thing I do with a new book, apparently not everyone does this. I have had a few times where someone says "did you just smell that book?" Why yes, yes I did doesn't everyone...? 6y
BeansPage @myellenbee Dude I thought everyone sniffed books 😜 6y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Spent much of the weekend finishing the many books I had going. Sitting down with a blank slate to pick a new read on #socksunday

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BeckyK
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Starting this from #NetGalley in between portfolio work 😫 why does work get in the way of life? So rude. 😂

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kstadt929
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This is one of the reasons I love to read!

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everlocalwest
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In January we do a physical inventory of all the books in the store. This means I touch all the books. Touching the books reminds me how much I want to bring them home with me; thus, in January I buy a lot of books! A few #blameitonlitsy picks in this stack! Also a couple for the #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon...

emilyhaldi Do you work in a bookstore?? So fun! I think this stack shows great self control, considering 👍🏻 6y
everlocalwest @emilyhaldi I stay pretty smug about my angelic levels of self control! 👼😸 But I also own like 300 unread books which does not include my ARC hoard which is downright shameful. I am a monster. 😂 6y
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jpmcwisemorgan
The New Book | Allie Cresswell

Today‘s #30daysofreadathon prompt is #new and I‘m not sure what they want to know. I feel judged because I‘m pretty sure they knew - weeks ago - that I‘d order from Book Outlet after months of being good! They haven‘t arrived yet so I‘ll have to wait until they make it into my hot little hands to show them off.

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jpmcwisemorgan
The New Book | Allie Cresswell

Today‘s #30daysofreadathon prompt is #new and I‘m not sure what they want to know. I feel judged because I‘m pretty sure they knew - weeks ago - that I‘d order from Book Outlet after months of being good! They haven‘t arrived yet so I‘ll have to wait until they make into my hot little hands to show them off.

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Mc_cart_ny
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So my husband just sent me this, too true!! 😂

Yeah_I_Read 🤣🤣 me😬 7y
Eyelit 🤣😂🤣 7y
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Birdsong28
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Amanda23 True story 7y
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DrJAdMerricksson
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Cresswell‘s The New Book is a veritable potpourri of personal musings. There are book reviews, short stories, journal entries. This is a fantastic example of writing shorts of any kind. Each was equally engaging and entertaining. While I enjoyed all of the offerings within, my favourite were the journal entries, where the author tells of her adventures managing holiday cottages in Cumbria.

🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 Highly recommended