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Milkman
Milkman | Anna Burns
Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time. - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'. The last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
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mjtwo
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17-21 Nov 24 (audiobook)
I loved this audiobook but can understand it would be a difficult read.
Set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, the story is narrated by Middle Sister, an apparently Catholic teenager who is negotiating entry into adulthood in a suspicious, conservative and fearful society. She is stalked by the lecherous middle-aged Milkman and unsure about her relationship with Maybe Boyfriend.
The Wee Sisters are wonderfully funny!

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Mirazzles
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I came home to this book at my door. My friend sent this to me from across the country. Time to get reading!

zezeki I've read this few months ago, and absolutely loved it! It is a bit slow to read, but it's really good! 2mo
Mirazzles @zezeki I‘m on chapter two and so far I‘m liking it! It‘s definitely interesting! 2mo
SamAnne Recommend reading the non-fiction Say Nothing about the Irish Troubles. Hard to put down. 2mo
Mirazzles @SamAnne I‘ll have to check it out. Thank you! 😊 2mo
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MaCa
Milkman | Anna Burns

best representation of the paranoia a politically dysfunctional society generates I've read. No person or no place is given its name. Life is in code (hence the dense language) It's about what happens to women in a culture where precedence is given to male-on-male violence. Every other kind of violence is considered inconsequential. to understand the Troubles read a standard history & then this as you need the former to decode this, but worth it!

CarolynM “Life is in code” - perfect summation of what Milkman shows us about living through the Troubles. Great review of a great book. 6mo
MaCa Cheers, @CarolynM ! 5mo
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Megabooks
Milkman | Anna Burns
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Exciting #roll100 picks for July! Milkman is from @youneverarrived ‘s #NYWD list years ago. I hope I get to it now, Katie! Marsh is an #aardvark backlog from their first month. I meant to read the sequel to Moloka‘i more quickly than 5 years later. 😂😱

Once again, completely surprised that I owned these three audiobooks. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ I know Moxie is a memoir, but otherwise I‘ll be surprised! 👍🏻

BarbaraBB Ooh Milkman! It‘s good! 1y
CarolynM I loved Milkman. You have to think about it, but it‘s worth it. Hope you enjoy. (edited) 1y
youneverarrived Ohh fab let me know what you think if you get to it! Like @CarolynM said it‘s one you have to think about but it‘s so good. 1y
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1y
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Blaire
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I loved this book. I listened to it and the narration really added to the rhythm of the book. 18 year old middle sister stands out in her community for many things, among them, reading while walking. Her descriptions of life during “the troubles” in Ireland captured the constant feeling of being watched and on alert and aware of even minute things are impacted by the conflict. The structure of the sentences was beautiful and surprising.

IuliaC I enjoyed this one too 👍 2y
Ruthiella I thought this was amazing. 👍 2y
sarahbarnes Yes! It‘s so good! 2y
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SamAnne I read this simultaneously with Say Nothing, Keefe‘s excellent book on the “Irish Troubles.” Entirely unintentional but such a great combination. 2y
Blaire @SamAnne yes! I read that last year and it was so helpful to have that historical background in reading this book. 2y
Blaire @IuliaC @Ruthiella @sarahbarnes 🙌 such a great feeling to discover a new author with a unique voice. 2y
Kangaj1 I have this as my next audiobook! So glad to hear it's a good one! 2y
CarolynM Such a good book! 2y
Blaire @Kangaj1 the audio narrator is so good. 2y
Reggie This book was so funny to me. 2 milkmen?!!! 2? I loved the wee sisters and their reading choices. And her writing was circular or something. I have fond memories of this book. 2y
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jenn0889
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Mehso-so

I am really torn on this one. Reading about The Troubles is always emotional and difficult. This book is somewhat stream of consciousness and moved very slowly. I didn't dislike it, and stuck it out to the end. But I can't say that I loved it. Curious about what others have thought.

TheEllieMo I read this 4 years ago and while I was reading it, I can‘t say I enjoyed it. But it has stayed with me longer than most books I‘ve read since. (edited) 2y
Cuilin I read this a few years ago and agree with the so-so rating. It was a good imaginative way of talking about The Troubles but I didn‘t love it. It‘s a subject I‘m really interested in. Say Nothing by Patrick Redden Keefe though non-fiction was amazing. 2y
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Kristelh
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#July2022 ##bookspinove Wife #doublespin Salem‘s Lot #bookspinbingo reading Milman to get 2 bingos

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 2y
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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If William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf had a love child who grew up in 1970s Belfast, they would write this book. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/milkman-anna-burns/

CarolynM Your full review is terrific. It‘s a remarkable book. 3y
IuliaC Wonderful review of a great book! 3y
keepingupwiththepenguins @CarolynM Awww thank you! 😍 3y
keepingupwiththepenguins @IuliaC Thank you so much!! ❤ ❤ ❤ 3y
BkClubCare LOVED this one 💛🖤💖 2y
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MallenNC
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I‘ve had this in my TBR forever, and finally its turn came! I think this is a love it or hate it book, and I loved it. I think listening to it is key. It‘s quirky in that none of the characters are called by names, but by descriptors like third brother in law and maybe boyfriend. It‘s got serious things happening but I also laughed out loud at parts. I don‘t normally love book prize winners but I see why this one won.

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suvata
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Booker Prize Winner (2018)
Milkman takes place in an unnamed city (probably Belfast) in 1970s Northern Ireland during “the troubles”. From the vantage point of the present, the obliquely named "middle sister" narrates the trials she faced at age 18 living in an urban war zone. She finds herself inexplicably stalked by a man called the milkman, a lecherous 41-year-old married man who threatens to wreak havoc on her life if she resists his advances.

BarbaraBB This was such a good book. 3y
rachaich Great story line but I found it a real challenge in terms of reading. 3y
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suvata
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I love listening to the audio while I am reading the text whenever I get a chance to. This is a really good book so far.

Suet624 This book is so good. I‘m so glad you‘re enjoying it. 3y
suvata @Suet624 I realize that it‘s probably not for everyone but I‘m loving it. 67% in it‘s a 5-star for me. 3y
CarolynM Such a good book! 3y
suvata @CarolynM Agree 3y
Ruthiella I thought this book was brilliant! Glad you are also enjoying it. 3y
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Andrea313
Milkman | Anna Burns
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I'm facing down a really busy couple of weeks, but a new #BookHaul arrived today- I'm thinking of these titles as both reward and motivation for making it through. 😆 Can't wait to come out on the other side and enjoy an indulgent few days with these titles. Any suggestions on where to start??

BkClubCare I absolutely loved Milkman! 3y
Andrea313 @BkClubCare I think it's the one I'm most excited to read! 3y
BkClubCare @Andrea313 - I read the eBook but then did a reread with my ears and that experience was terrific, too. 3y
Andrea313 @BkClubCare I might do both as well; I have a feeling the dialect of Northern Ireland might be an important part of the experience. 3y
CarolynM I'd leave Milkman until your mind is clear of distractions. It's wonderful but you need to think about what you're reading and what it implies. 3y
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JoJo13
Milkman | Anna Burns

it was perilous to focus on good things when there were bad things, all these bad things, she said, that could not be forgot. She said old dark things as well as new dark things had to be remembered, had to be acknowledged because otherwise everything that had gone before would have been in vain.

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vlwelser
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This book is freaking brilliant. It works super well as an #audiobook. It's a bit of stream of consciousness and the characters don't have actual names. The setting is The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 70s. A young woman is basically being stalked by a local terrorist referred to as the Milkman. Maggie Gyllenhaal recommended it in a podcast interview with The Economist. It wasn't on my radar previously.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

IuliaC I totally agree, a very good one 3y
CarolynM Such a good book! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Chars
Milkman | Anna Burns
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The characters, how they talk, and the small moments they pay attention to seem so subtle yet entirely unique that it‘s hard not to think that this was a memoir rather than a work of fiction. Ann Burns builds an entire personal world. She writes “to convey something about closed societies and how they work and to depict the very restrictive conditions that go on within them and how the inhabitants adopt these conditions as if they were normal.”

CarolynM Such a good book! She did such a wonderful job of creating a mood of claustrophobia and suffocation in that restrictive society. 3y
Chars I completely agree CarolynM ! complete suffocation and claustrophobia 3y
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janeycanuck
Milkman | Anna Burns
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The first half of this was a slog - I considering bailing several times but I struggled through. While I eventually settled into the style of the writing, I‘m not quite sure what all the hype was about.

Ruthiella I loved this one! It gave me a visceral feel for feeling trapped in Northern Ireland in the ‘70s as a woman. 3y
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Reviewsbylola
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A small corner of my stacks. 😍

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janeycanuck
Milkman | Anna Burns
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One tier! I‘ve finally dented this stack enough to have my #JulyTBR down to one tier! I have just 13 of the 40ish books I gathered up from around the house at the beginning of Jan, vowing to read them before pulling more from the shelves. I‘ve mostly stuck to that (there was no way I wasn‘t joining #14books14weeks2021) but library holds have slowed my progress fairly frequently. But I feel like I‘ll have cleared that pile soon!

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
MsMelissa I love your TBR cart. ❤️ 3y
CaroPi Where did you found those amazing stickers? 3y
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janeycanuck @CaroPi the social interaction one is from Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/mysecretcopy), the Jane one is a magnet that I got forever ago and can‘t remember it‘s origin, and the one in on the right is from the Reading Glasses podcast. 3y
CaroPi @janeycanuck thanks for the info. I will check on litsy and hopefully delivery to Poland will not be crazy expensive 😜 3y
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Caroline2
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/10/anna-burns-milkman-difficult-novel...

An interesting article about literary “difficult” novels. I‘m still in the ‘literary novels needs to realise they‘re just another genre and get over themselves‘ camp but this has made me think....! 🤔

GingerAntics I totally agree with you. It‘s a genre. They‘re not special. I think if a book is difficult, but it serves the story or is in some other way necessary, great, but don‘t go for that just because you‘re literary fiction. If that‘s the only reason you‘re making your readers‘ lives difficult, then get over yourself. 4y
Caroline2 @GingerAntics Exactly!!! 😆 4y
SamAnne I agree that readers who act snobbish about literary fiction over other genres should get a life. But I do appreciate difficult books. I struggled to get into Milkman. Took me a year to finish. In between I read Say Nothing about the Irish Troubles. And I started to audio the book instead. And then I got it and was floored. So glad to have read it. And I tackled The Sound and the Fury last year too. Enjoyed with a Goodreads group. (edited) 4y
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paulfrankspencer I enjoy difficult books. I don't really read for the plot, which I understand is atypical for a Litten, and I like when an author does something truly unique and creative with language. Now, that can go overboard. Ulysses is not an enjoyable read (at least I thought on my first read, maybe I'll change my mind if I ever read it again). That said, after I read dense literary fiction or philosophy. I generally have to mix in something much easier. 4y
paulfrankspencer Put another way, my primary motivation for reading is not to be entertained, so if a book has little value beyond entertainment, I'm probably not going to be interested. 4y
TiminCalifornia I like literary books as one of the genres of books I like. I get involved with the book in a different way. It‘s like I am more than just a passive consumer. Active participation from the audience is needed. Like every genre, it‘s a mood thing. 4y
Ruthiella I like to read a couple of books that are “work” a year. I think ultimately, I get a lot from them, even if they take a lot of effort. Last year, it was 4y
CarolynM Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. 4y
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Ididsoidid
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With Spring on the way, Milkman seems a good choice for the last of my winter reading. I could really identify with the emotions of this novel, it gives a background to the legacy I grew up with in the North and felt very sincere. A lot of darkness, suspicion, paranoia, escapism but just enough humour and force of personality to pull you along. Brilliant writing and so enjoyable for me to read something in a familiar voice. 9/10

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emilyhaldi
Milkman | Anna Burns
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I‘m going to go ahead and give this #bookspinbingo a try for March and see if it inspires more reading! Excited to see how many books I can cross off this list 🤓

merelybookish If you only read The Milkman off this list, it will be a good reading month! 4y
vivastory I think you should go for all 20 4y
MeganAnn You have lovely handwriting! Looks like a great list 😍 4y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Glad to have you along!! 4y
LeahBergen A Persephone? 👏🏻 4y
emilyhaldi It felt like a necessary addition @LeahBergen 4y
emilyhaldi That‘s what I hear!! I‘m looking forward to it 🤩 @merelybookish 4y
Reviewsbylola I‘m ready to see your bingo card!! 4y
nathandrake1997 MILKMAN ❤️ 4y
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veritysalter
Milkman | Anna Burns
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I‘ve finally finished. Although I‘ve called this one a pick, I cannot deny that I found it incredibly difficult to read, I think stream of consciousness novels are not for me. An 18 year old woman, living in 1970s Belfast becomes of interest to a man known only as Milkman. Milkman is to be feared, a renouncer of the State, a terrorist. As rumours spread throughout the community, the protagonist loses control of her life and idea of self.

TheNerdyProfessor This one is sitting on my shelf. I've felt intimidated to pick it up but so many people rave about it! 4y
veritysalter @TheNerdyProfessor It is a wonderful, if somber, story; but the writing style demands your full concentration to keep the threads of plot, through tangents, repetitions and the colloquial turns of phrase. I am glad I read it and it is a story that needs telling, but it was a dense text that was difficult to break away from for me. 4y
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Reviewsbylola
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I have a serious book buying problem (don‘t we all?!) and I had to place an order for some Waterstones exclusives and the Faber Liberty of London books. Don‘t mind me, just sitting here stroking my new books. 🤪 #bookhaul

Cathythoughts Hamnet ❤️ 4y
Mitch That‘s a very beautiful stack ♥️♥️♥️ 4y
BarbaraBB Gorgeous haul 😍 4y
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Librariana That is a gorgeous cover for "The Bell Jar"! 4y
Librariana Also... I see you, "Utopia Avenue" spine! ? 4y
TheKidUpstairs I love that Bell Jar edition!!! Serious cover envy over here! 😍😍😍 4y
LeahBergen I have this edition of Milkman. 😍 4y
TheBookHippie So pretty😍 4y
Tamra Coveting Hamnet 😍 4y
Kalalalatja Such a pretty stack 😍 4y
Ruthiella I feel a little Gollum like too from time to time with my “precious” books! 😀 4y
batsy @Ruthiella Same 😂 4y
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Karmapen
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This book was relentlessly bleak and anxiety driven. The entire time you felt like the narrator couldn‘t let herself take a deep breath because to do so might set of a literal, not metaphorical, bomb. It‘s hard to imagine someone living in such an absence of joy— there is humor but no delight. The narrator and her community shun happiness, lest it be stolen from them. Hollowing.

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Rehesina
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I am posting one book a day from my extensive to be read collection. No description and no reason why I got these books. Some are really old and some are new; there are quite a few. Join the fun!

This is day 17.

#BooksToRead #TBRPile #TBRMountain #Bookstagram

TheEllieMo I read this one two years ago, didn‘t feel like I enjoyed it much at the time but it‘s still in my head now, where books I‘ve read since have drifted away. 4y
Rehesina @TheEllieMo That‘s actually great incentive for me to start reading it! Books that kinda float back are truly the best! 4y
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IuliaC
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Remarkable and revelatory approach to a contemporary political and social context I knew very little about. The turmoil of a young woman trying to lead a normal life in a patriarchal society during a period governed by fear, death and conformism, where day-to-day life is haunted by absurd rules, interdictions and threats, is outlined in a natural diary-like tone, with humour and a slight trace of sarcasm

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IuliaC
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Although I'm not a huge fan of the stream-of-consciousness genre, I find this one coherent and captivating, and along with the descriptive labels replacing the names of the characters, particularly relevant for the tormenting ethno-nationalist conflict behind the story, when certain issues were best left unwritten or unspoken of, and certain names not used or mentioned out loud.

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Jas16
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This book was work for me to get through. I nearly bailed more than once and was so happy to reach the end. But then I gave myself a couple of days to think about it and went back to read reviews and found myself nodding along and thinking,”Oh I loved that part too,” and “Yes, Burns does such a great job with that.” The longer I sit with it the more I appreciate it and somehow a so-so read has turned into a pick and one I want to revisit on audio.

SamAnne Agree. Took me a year. So glad I stuck with it. And right after read nonfiction Say Nothing about the Irish Troubles and is a fantastic read. 4y
Jas16 @SamAnne I read Say Nothing and agree that it is a fantastic book. It was one of my my favorite books last year. Glad I am not the one who had a difficult time with this one! 4y
CarolynM This book definitely requires effort and thought, but I think it repays in spades. 4y
Suet624 @SamAnne I read Say nothing after this one too. Both were so good. 4y
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Singout
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I really enjoyed this, as someone who did peace work in Northern Ireland in the early 90s. I learned more about the impact of the Troubles on Catholic communities, along with a vivid portrayal of how “polite“ girls can be manipulated by male stalkers. There's also a rich portrayal of mother-daughter relationships in tension. Some might not like the author's device of only using descriptive labels instead of proper names, but it worked for me.

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Tripex
Milkman | Anna Burns

And
I finished it.
15 weeks 5days.
110 days.
2 days shy of 4 months.

I should be given an award.

Sace 🏆 4y
Tripex 💪🏿 4y
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Tripex
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#TBT?
It's exactly 14 weeks ago I started this. I'm almost at the end! Victory would soon be mine! 😊😊

The book that stayed all through this rollercoaster period of a year/ of my life.

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Lcsmcat
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September stats. My favorites new reads were Milkman, Lucy Gayheart, and Over By the River
Pride & Prejudice was an umpteenth reread.
Least favorite was Lock Every Door, which I only finished because it was for book club.

Crazeedi Great job! 4y
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Tripex
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Yes I've been reading this since the 9th of July
Yes 77days it is
Yes I should be whipped 😊😊

Bookbroad You join a long line of people (myself included) who did the brave thing and decided to sack if off 😂. Happy reading (of something much more enjoyable)!! 4y
Tripex @Bookbroad I actually like it though, it's just that I've been struggling with anxiety for the past couple of months and it's kind of affecting everything including reading. It's a pretty decent book in my opinion. 4y
Bookbroad @Tripex that must be hard. Hope you are feeling better and back on the books soon. 4y
Tripex Thanks @Bookbroad I'm trying to get my feet little by little. I've been reading a little more pages than usual quite recently too. 4y
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Lcsmcat
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Cuddles over, she went to play and I got to finish the last 10 pages. This was an amazing read. Very different style, perfectly suited to the story. I found it best read in large chunks, but once you‘re into it, it flies along. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
Suet624 A book definitely worth the time to sit down and spend time with. 4y
CarolynM Such a good book! 4y
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Lcsmcat @Suet624 @CarolynM I loved the cadence of it. My kids‘ piano teacher was Irish and I could hear her voice in the character‘s speech. 4y
Graywacke Oh, glad you enjoyed and were in that voice. Cuddles looks adorable...and like kitten?? 4y
Lcsmcat @Graywacke She‘s one of 2 kittens we got this week. Her name is Amélie (her sister is Cordélia) and she demanded that I stop reading and cuddle her 10 pages from the end! 4y
Graywacke @Lcsmcat well, she has her priorities. Beautiful kitty. 4y
Lcsmcat @Graywacke Thanks! 4y
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Lcsmcat
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Only 10 pages to go, but Amélie doesn‘t want me to read. #littenkitten #catsoflitsy

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Lcsmcat
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“The day Somebody McSomebody put a gun to my breast and called me a cat and threatened to shoot me was the same day the milkman died.” #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Graywacke This line made no sense to me and it I wondered about for the longest time until the actual scene came up. 4y
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Lcsmcat
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Kind of a low bar there. 🙂 I‘m loving the language and unusual style of this book!

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thebluestocking
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#3books with one-word titles

I loved all three of these very different books: (clockwise from the top) coming of age while writing fanfic; political intrigue in a zombie-infested world; being stalked by a milkman during The Troubles.

Megabooks I still need to read Milkman! But Fangirl is a fav. 4y
thebluestocking @Megabooks Milkman is a difficult but rewarding read. And Fangirl, sigh, is the best. It‘s one I reread often. 💙💙 4y
OriginalCyn620 Loved Fangirl! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💞📚👍🏻 4y
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Tripex
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Still reading this. It's been two months now, 2 months of thinking I have COVID so my anxiety has been off the roof. I only manage to read a few pages maybe once in 2 or 3 days and I hardly visit Litsy. I never got tested, I feel okay now but who knows how I would feel in the morning.
Let me not bore you guys, maybe I should go read a few pages before I go back to sleep.(BTW it's a nice novel, only wish I were Ok enough to really enjoy it)

CarolynM Sorry to hear you've been ill. Hope you go on feeling better 💐 Milkman was a slow read for me too, but a really good one. 4y
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Lcsmcat
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Both my #book spin and #double spin books have a pink tinge this month.

CarolynM I look forward to your thoughts on Milkman. It's a challenging but (I think) worthwhile read. 4y
Lcsmcat @CarolynM I‘m intrigued by it. And I‘m ready too for something I can sink my teeth into. 4y
Tanisha_A Echoing what @CarolynM said. Worth it. 4y
Cathythoughts I thought Milkman was excellent 👍🏻 4y
Lcsmcat @CarolynM @Tanisha_A @Cathythoughts I‘m only one chapter in, but I‘m loving it so far. Such unique writing! 4y
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MinnieTimperley
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Powerful, distinct writing. Anna Burns ensures the reader experiences the paranoia, claustrophobia and fear of Northern Ireland during the troubles. These feelings are compounded with the pressure of being a woman. This makes the novel relatable in a broader feminist exploration of the fear and pressure women face and battle against in patriarchal societies. It also explores the devasting effects on men.

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MinnieTimperley
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Anyone else a 'reading-while-walking' person?

Ruthiella No. I am clumsy enough as is! But I know others who do this! 😀 4y
swynn Yes, and have been since I was about 6. I am puzzled that people find it unusual -- especially now that almost everybody stares at devices while walking. It's not that different. 4y
wanderinglynn @swynn I get the same confusion from people—I get asked how I can read and walk. 😂 I just say decades of practice. 4y
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KVanRead Definitely 😂 And it always makes me smile when I encounter another. (edited) 4y
Reggie Lolol this book. I loved it. 4y
eeclayton When I meet with my husband somewhere in the city, this is how he spots me from a distance: he looks for the one reading while walking 😀 4y
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