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The Feast of Love
The Feast of Love | Charles Baxter
A superb novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. The Feast of Love is just that a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. Shortlisted for the National Book Award.
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Perfect 🤩 2w
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TheBookgeekFrau
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#HumbleHarvest #Feast

My cousin and I read this back when we were raising our babies, and all I remember about it is that we both fell so head over heels in love with Oscar that he was all we could talk about for months 🥰

Eggs Beautiful cover 💙🩵💙 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs 🤩🤩 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 5mo
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SarahBookInterrupted
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Mehso-so

I can see why it won awards. It‘s one of those books that are written differently. Its more artistic. I did like all the stories interweaved but it wasn‘t necessarily enjoyable love stories. Most were tragic love stories. The characters were all well developed and interesting so you were invested that way, but there wasn‘t really happy endings. Even the one that was, wasn‘t elaborated on. So, I give it a so-so because it just wasn‘t my book.

MoonWitch94 I totally agree with your review. I read this book at a time in my life where tragic love stories spoke to me—BUT not anymore. It‘s too sad for me. I thought it should‘ve been called “Feast of Pain” 🤣 2y
SarahBookInterrupted @MoonWitch94 Yes! Margaret was a good thing, but I was hoping for Aaron. It was mostly heartbreaking. Almost anytime there was hope it turned painful again. 2y
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EadieB
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plemmdog One of my all-time faves! I love Baxter‘s writing 4y
Klou Great pick! Sounds good! 4y
EadieB @plemmdog I haven‘t read it but I put it on my TBR list. 4y
EadieB @Klou Thanks! 4y
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Loreen
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Panpan

I guess it‘s fine. There were just so many things about the characters I didn‘t like. And I didn‘t care how it all turns out for them.

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MoonWitch94
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#LitsyLove #LitsyLoveSurvey. Can‘t wait to make some new friends 👭 🌺Cooking, Writing, Hiking 📚Historical Fiction & Fantasy 🐴No pets but love horses & dogs 📖Yes but needs an update 🎲Monopoly (I have a dozen different ones!)

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blondie
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I went to two thriftstores today and hit the jackpot.

TheFunkyBookworm I really enjoyed Station Eleven! 6y
blondie @TheFunkyBookworm Awesome! I've been considering buying it online for so long! I was so happy to find it. 6y
readordierachel Nice! I second @TheFunkyBookworm about Station Eleven. It's great. 6y
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Kerri_Lynn_BM
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The writing in this book can be hard to follow as it is extremely quick witted and has cleverly hidden hints of sarcasm. There are a number of characters that the writer allows you to develop a relationship with and just as quickly things go up they go down. Much like real life. I thought the book albeit depression and sometimes to quick for me was lovely and I would recommend to anyone who loves a good sarcastic sharp and sad drama.

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mauveandrosysky
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Bailedbailed

Eh...this seems a bit too cutesy for my liking. Also not feeling the book within a book narrative. Bailing at page 30.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Bummer! Title and cover look interesting. 6y
Suet624 But... the cover...it looks good. 😳 6y
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BarbaraJean
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A good friend, whose taste in reading I highly respect, gave me this book as a going-away present when I moved to South Africa for a year. It was one of the books I took with me. My friend told me how much she loved it, so I felt obligated to finish it. I very much did not love it--not a likeable or interesting character to be found! I left it behind in South Africa. #didntlikeitstillfinished #marchintoreading

BibliophileMomma Oh I forgot about how much I disliked this book. 7y
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Sandra
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"I don't think that most women have to prove that they're real women. You live long enough, you graduate to being real."

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Evrogers
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"Above me in the clear night sky, the moon, Earth's mad companion, is belting out show tunes."

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Sweettartlaura
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There was something so lovely & tender about this book. I just won't part with it. It will sit on my shelves forever.

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