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I just don‘t like anyone in this book.

Our recycling depot has a book hut. I donated a box full of books to make room on my shelves, but couldn‘t help myself and ended up picking up these four lovelies😍

A nice ride of a book. I couldn‘t srop reading, but can‘t say it is a really good book. The characters often feel like names with agendas. That is, Sweeny is great at writing conflict, but less good at personality. And though sometimes you can feel the “first novel” of it all, it is still a good read. I hope her next book is more focused on a smaller group of characters whom she can tailor better.

Lots of first-world problems amongst this dysfunctional family, but I liked this novel! Good writing. More characters than I expected, but the author didn‘t allow this to sprawl.

I can‘t remember the last time I‘ve ever seen my name Valerie or Val in a book, so it‘s odd to see that both this one and the last one I read (Possession by AS Byatt) have minor characters named Val!

How about you all — do you see your name often in books?

Current pool read. 😎 ☀️ 🏊‍♀️

Thanks for my goodies! @TrishBovell

#summersantagoespostal @BookishMarginalia

I really liked this one! The characters were flawed, but believable. I like how the family comes together in the end.

I'm into this new fast! I keep thinking to myself, why haven't I read this one sooner? #kindlereader

Not alot of people seemed to like this book, but I enjoyed it.

Filling in while I‘m waiting for my next library hold to come in. #audiobooks #library

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn‘t wait to read about the flawed characters and their dysfunctional relationships. It was believable, intriguing, and entertaining throughout.

I just can‘t with all this pretty! Rose gold and turquoise 💕💕💕

FINALLY finished this book. It was a long read. Hard to follow. But not awful. It probably would‘ve been better if I hadn‘t dragged it out for so long.

I had never been lucky enough to find a library book sale- I found two locally in two weeks. I think I‘m addicted! I picked up all these hardcover and one paperback for a grand total of $15! Which one should I read first??

Book sale at the library this past weekend...these are the spoils! Sigh! I only wish I‘d had more time 🤓

Yep, still reading this book. It‘s getting better though. But the jumps between characters are still super confusing. If this book wasn‘t a birthday gift from my hubby, I would‘ve bailed already.

Posted at the grocery store last night... Local #bookclub / cooking class. ❤️

If you‘re looking for a feel-good read that makes you feel better about your completely dysfunctional family that you love unconditionally (for the most part), this is it! 📖

“It‘s not your job to be anyone‘s mirror.” #thenest 💛

Lunch time routine. I‘ve been reading this book for nearly a month. Honestly, it‘s a bit slow. The characters jump around too much. Or maybe I‘m just reading it too slow. Who knows. Either way, I‘m ready to be done with this book. (Yes, that is a baby bump).

I‘ve been meaning to read this one for a hot minute! #thenest

Can‘t wait to start reading!!!

Taking me back to 2016! Remember what a big deal this book was? I like the narrator, but her male voices are just okay. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I just carried it with me around the house!

Anyway, listless day. Lots of pain but my mom was worse off, so I made fried rice for dinner 🍚 and did four loads of laundry. 👚 I feel pretty productive! 😁👍🏻

Bed time Reads #familydrama

Super excited to start reading this one.

This mixed-reviewed book looks at families and trust funds, money and power. I was anxious to read this, and yet it languishes as another #tbr book. One of these years I should do the #MountTBR challenge... #moneycitymaniacs #TimbitTunes

Killing time before bookclub. If I get out of here with less than 3 books I will consider myself the model of self-restraint. 😬

I noticed the other day that these stacks are all leaning dangerously close to falling over. But they're so pretty stacked up together.

Confession — I love finding things in thrift stores. This pretty hardback was in perfect condition (as were the vase and the shoes)! 🤗 #thenest #thriftstorefinds

1. Teleport, I guess because reading minds would be awful.
2. Loving tagged book but not finished yet, because I‘m reading 4 other books at the same time.
3. The usual, lose weight.
4. Nothing but want to start Derry Girls
5. 👌
#FRIYAYINTRO

Current reads, fiction and nonfiction.

Really enjoying this book from @bookish_wookish (#stuffedstockingswap).

I‘m listening and reading. Wouldn‘t recommend listening. It‘s easy to miss the depth of the siblings‘ neuroses. I do not like these people. I do like the book. 😁

They say don‘t judge a book by its cover...but that‘s how I always pick my books. Something about the colors and design on the book, I‘ve wanted to read it for a long time. It did not disappoint. It was a sweet story about the dysfunction among a family, it was hard not to feel emotionally attached by the end.

Good page turner about a family who are corrupted by the promise of a windfall that doesn't come as anticipated. Lots of good characters and life-like dialogue but at points it felt like the author was squeezing in too many stories. The best bits were the explorations of the sibling relationships to which so many of us can relate.

Deliciously dysfunctional family drama, well written with a satisfying ending. I liked it a lot.

I've been putting off reading this for so long. I must have known that I would be discouraged/disgusted by the characters' behaviors and treatment of each other. The ending was better; but I'm not sure it was worth the slog up to that point.

“If you want people to judge you based on your inside, don‘t distract them from the outside”

This book was the perfect mix of self-indulgent behaviour and family drama, & all without tying things up in a neat little bow at the end. Yes, some things do end fairly neat, but far from storybook, so I'm pleased. If you want to read about a bunch of dysfunctional adults and generally prickish behaviour, this book is for you!

And my unrelated pic - these mourning doves have made their 'nest' by my front porch. I've named them Harold & Maude ❤

Trying to finish one last book before school starts tomorrow - and yet still be rested. What will win out, book or sleep? 🤔

I‘ve been meaning to read this for a while now. I love that it takes place in NYC, one of my favorite places. I know this book is all about dysfunctional families and rich people problems. Seems like a nice escape. We‘ll see...

Trying to fit in 2 of my fav things, campfires & fictional family drama, before the rain comes!

I got together with some friends for dinner & discussion of tagged book last night. Dinner was at Wilde—yes, named for THAT Wilde & with enough bookcases to make you feel as if you are dining in a library which is fabulous—and the discussion was lively. About everything but the book. Ha! After dinner we hit a bookstore & all came home with a few books. We also agreed to discuss the tagged book next time!

Four siblings are beneficiaries of a generous trust fund left behind by their father to be divided up when the youngest sibling turns 40 years old, but with each sibling drowning in his own emotional and financial crisis, all the #moneymoneymoney in the trust fund can‘t save them.
#ABBAInAugust

“...he couldn‘t fathom how a group of adults could use that term [the Nest]... and never even casually contemplate the twisted metaphor of the thing and how it related to their dysfunctional behaviors.”

“...money - and the entitlement that often accompanied just the idea of money - could warp relationships and memories and decisions.”

Great picture of how money can corrupt relationships. Almost too similar to The Shell Seekers, but still a pick!

This is my lesson in not judging a book by its cover because I really don‘t like the cover. It makes me think that it‘s a silly frivolous not very well-written book (maybe it‘s the color?). The title doesn‘t help. But when I read it I found myself immersed in an absorbing story about adult siblings with $$ issues who are waiting for a trust fund to be available to them. This has been my jet lag-up-before-6 read as mynahs squabble outside.

On the upside, it‘s not raining this morning, hooray! (We arrived yesterday afternoon in the middle of a storm).
On the downside, after I took this photo I got bitten twice by a mosquito 😵

I loved the writing style. Sweeney is comfortable/competent switching between POVs & has a talent for descriptive language. But the audio was abrupt in the changes. Overall, it's an ambitious tale: after 1 of 4 siblings gets in a car accident w/ a would-be lover and has to pay her off from the “nest” the others expect to benefit from soon. The rest delves into the lives of each family member as their lives take a turn from what they‘d planned.