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This was a pretty quick, easy read. Including the dogs perspective of events made my heart smile.

The death of a family member, 5 year old Jonah, throws his family into a tailspin and their lives begin to unravel. Told from alternating points of view, this story will fascinate you to the end.

I typically enjoy books with multiple POVs, however when one of those is the family dog's . . . I just can't take the story seriously. I also think (especially after reading this book) that if you are not an experienced children's book author, you probably should not attempt to write from the perspective of a five- or ten-year-old. Unfortunately for Ms. Thomas the end result here was contrived and a bit condescending.

Probably the #Poldark saga by Winston Graham. Read 7 of the 12 books with no signs of stopping :)

Couldn‘t even get through first Twilight book 🤮 #garbage

Odd question. Shelve if it belongs to me, though always happy to lend. Borrow a lot from local library so does that count as “passing along”?

Exclusively offline. Again - local library. Can‘t even imagine concept of an online book club. How do you interact - discuss??

#weekendchat @CSeydel

thankful for an early release from work to finish this...unputdownable! “mesmerizing” says the blurb, and i agree. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the first sentences Jonah (5yo) admits to being dead. The rest of the book details 1 day several weeks after his funeral, the therapy which the remaining family (father, mother, daughter & aunt) go through together & individually, the events the day before & the morning of Jonah's death.

It's a frustrating amalgamation of internal dialogues (like the DOG‘s!) which hindered what should have been a totally surreal & heart-wrenching ghost story.

Welp. I‘m a couple hours into this one and it started on a horrifyingly sad note and not sure if it‘s going to look up or get more morose as the book continues.

I‘m always game for an emotional story though. 👍🏻
My tear ducts are ready.

New Kindle First picks. And they actually all sound really good. I am having trouble picking one.

Anyone have Prime? Which book did you chose?