Patron Saint of Ugly

DinoMom

Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla

Guess I won‘t be moving around to much so reading time it is!

TheSpineView You poor thing! Get better soon! 1y

BookishMadHatter Hope you feel better soon 1y

wanderinglynn Oh no! I hope your leg feels better soon. I mean, I hope you get lots of reading time. 😉 1y

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LeahBergen Oh no! 1y

Ruthiella Oh no! Wishing you a speedy recovery (but lots of good reading in the meantime!) ❤️ 1y

kspenmoll Oh no! What happened? I hope u recover soon! 1y

DinoMom @kspenmoll just a small sprain/strain. All good now. Got two days with my leg up, so lots of reading done! 1y

DinoMom @TheSpineView thanks all healed 1y

DinoMom @BookishMadHatter thanks, all good now 1y

DinoMom @wanderinglynn all@good now but got 2 days of reading in :) 1y

DinoMom @Ruthiella yes got two days of reading time! All healed up now! 1y

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slategreyskies

The Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla

so-so

I feel bad for saying that this book didn‘t work for me. I rate it as a so-so. I just got so mad at the characters. I wanted them to be different, to be kinder. Trigger warnings for sexual assault/rape and an enormous amount of racism. The racial slurs were in almost every chapter repeatedly, which really frustrated me. I can‘t say that I‘d recommend this book. I was glad when it was over. #unpopularopinion

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slategreyskies

The Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla

Up next!! :)

IndoorDame Very cool cover design 🤩 1y

kspenmoll Love this cover art. 1y

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Jerdencon

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1. Great Gatsby
2. Flying to Orlando for my sons 10th bday and leaving cold NY behind for a week
3. Tagged
4. Not really
5. ✋🏻

#friyayintro @howjessreads

Susanita 🖐🏻Florida! 5y

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Linsy

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pick

This book took a bit to get into — as there‘s a lot of backstory — but it was worth the build up. Loved it!

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Amabear

The Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla

My FAVORITE read of 2018. I had previously read a few meh books, this was such a joy! It got deep,it made me laugh, it was fascinating. A touch of fantasy, a ton of culture,unique well rounded characters that you loved or hated with passion.An amazingly well written book that I must own a copy of! LOVED it!And I never would have picked it up without #LMPBC
The Italian origins and funky superstitions were so fun. And I loved nonna!❤️

Amabear Headed your way Friday! Had to wait for payday @Jerdencon ❤️ 5y

Amabear @ads0123 @mariaku21 5y

Cathythoughts Mad picture 🤭 5y

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Amabear @Cathythoughts I know! I never would have picked this book up 😂 5y

mariaku21 @amabear, right?! I loved Nonna like I aspire to be a Mexican version of this Nonna 😂 5y

Amabear @mariaku21 omg yessss I just told my husband when our kids grow up and have their own, the grand babies are calling me nonna 😂 5y

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Blaire

The Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla

An Italian immigrant family living in the mountains of West Virginia with a granddaughter who is covered in port wine stains. People become convinced she is Saint Garnet healer of skin conditions and pilgrims begin coming to visit her to be healed. The Vatican eventually sends someone to investigate and the family history is revealed. #ladymadonna #heyjune

Cinfhen, GypsyKat

emilyhaldi I‘m intrigued!! (edited) 6y

CouronneDhiver I‘m curious too! 6y

Cinfhen I started this from the library a few years ago but I never finished...I can‘t remember why🙄 6y

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Cathythoughts What a crazy cover 😮❤️❤️❤️ 6y

Blaire @emilyhaldi @CouronneDhiver @cinfhen I read it for feminist book club about 4 years ago and we all liked it. I liked the relationship between the Nona and the main character as well as the back story about the family. It was a quick read if I recall. The details are hazy. I gave it 4 ⭐️ on goodreads. 6y

Blaire @Cathythoughts yes! It‘s wild and strange like the book. 6y

CouronneDhiver Worth a shot. I‘m not crazy about feminist themes, but you never know. 6y

Blaire @CouronneDhiver I don‘t think it‘s overtly feminist themed..,my book club will read anything by a female author that has the potential for discussion of how it addresses women‘s roles and the impact of feminism. 6y

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Natasha.C.Barnes

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Next up in the #NCBgiveaway is The Patron Saint of Ugly! This one looks so good (check on the Litsy book description)! A blurb on the back calls it "a vastly entertaining story of a reluctant saint, her indelible nonna, and their family's long history of love, trickery, and transcendence." If you want to read it, comment below! (US only ?) and I'll draw names on Tuesday.

CatLass007 This sounds interesting! Please choose me. 6y

KrystleTheBookSlayer Sounds good! 6y

amvs1111 Ooooh! 🤞🤞🤞 6y

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Giabow Interesting! 6y

MiyakoBunny I‘m going to comment on all of these lol 😂 6y

Natasha.C.Barnes @MiyakoBunny omg I love your comments, they're great 6y

mariaku21 I'm intrigued by Nonna already! 6y

ReadingRover This looks just weird enough for me to be intrigued. 🧐 6y

kricheal Oh my gosh this looks interesting 6y

melyndarae This sounds really interesting! 6y

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JoeStalksBeck

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minkyb 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

JoeStalksBeck @minkyb thanks!❤️ 6y

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JoeStalksBeck

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Lunch 🥗

StacksNShelves Broccoli 😍💚 6y

RealLifeReading Looks like a great lunch! 6y

JoeStalksBeck @RealLifeReading thank you! 6y

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MMenefee

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My fandom lies in West Virginia books - authors from or books about. I see my neighbors, family, and self in the pages of many of these reads which are beautiful and ugly, terrifying and comforting. "Is it any wonder then, that my heart with rapture thrills..." #octphotochallenge

LibrarianRyan

ReadingEnvy I remember this one! 8y

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