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Chronicle of the Murdered House
Chronicle of the Murdered House | Lucio Cardoso
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IndoorDame
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Cinfhen Fabulous week 3y
Hestapleton I second @Cinfhen !! Can‘t wait to see what you think. 3y
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Cinfhen Did you listen to the audio too @Hestapleton ??? 3y
IndoorDame @Cinfhen I can see why the audio would be excellent for this one. I borrowed it from Libby and the audiobook wasn‘t available at my library, but my copy is due back soon so I may buy the audio and switch to that. 3y
Hestapleton @Cinfhen I did both! I listened to the audio for half and read the ebook for the last half cause I get impatient with audiobooks 😂 3y
Cinfhen Hahaha...it‘s true @Hestapleton the only drawback to audiobooks 3y
Cinfhen Glad you‘re enjoying @IndoorDame 3y
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IndoorDame
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I haven‘t had the energy to cook this week, but I cheated and gotten delicious Brazilian takeaway to enjoy while reading my #foodandlit book. I had an açaí bowl for the first time?. And tried several other cool new things like an amazing coconut flan one night (not in picture). Plus a few favorites like those yucca fries?. @Butterfinger @Texreader

Butterfinger My eldest loves acai bowls. Will you be getting more? 3y
IndoorDame @Butterfinger yes. I want to try getting frozen açaí and making my own so I can customize them 3y
TheBookHippie YUUUUUUM!!! 3y
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IndoorDame
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Starting my #foodandlit read for Brazil this morning. I‘m not sure I‘ll actually finish it in January because I ended up putting five 500+ page books on my list this month. Clearly I possess no planning skills. 🤣 But I‘m really excited about this one so I refuse to swap it out for something shorter. @Butterfinger @Texreader

Butterfinger You persevere you. 😊 3y
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Tamra
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I am stingy with 5 ⭐️, but these two novels were my top reads this year. Both are heavy in character development and setting - I fell into and lived in them.

Cathythoughts I loved the tagged book too !! Thankyou for telling us about it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Tamra @Cathythoughts it was my pleasure! 4y
LeahBergen Really? I have Great Granny Webster waiting on my NYRB shelf. 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Tamra @LeahBergen yes, I loved it! Hope you do too. 🤞🏾 4y
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mklong
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Great idea @Cinfhen and thanks for the tag @Redwritinghood Here are my #Top6Reads so far this year. If I had to choose only one, it would be Lanny. It‘s the kind of book that reminds why I love to read.

I‘ll tag my recent swap buddies @Hoopiefoot and @erzascarletbookgasm

Cinfhen Lanny and Say Nothing are both moving up my list!!! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️ 5y
MicheleinPhilly This hashtag is making my TBR EXPLODE. Thanks a lot, Cindy! 😒 @Cinfhen 😉😘 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Thanks for the tag! I‘ve posted my favourite reads too. I‘m so happy you gotten me Lanny and Spring in the swap. 😘 5y
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sarahbarnes The Master and Margarita is one of my all-time favorites! 5y
Cinfhen I know @MicheleinPhilly it‘s RIDICULOUS 5y
Redwritinghood I‘m reading “Say Nothing” right now and it‘s pretty good too. 5y
Redheadrambles How did I miss this ! I am so bad at Litsy, great choices - I am looking forward to Lanny 5y
mklong @redheadrambles I hope you love it as much as I did. I read it all in one go on a lazy Sunday, and I think that's the right way to do it. I was completely transported. 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#ReadingEnvySummerChallenge Completed. I‘m stretching it a bit with Quick Sand for Something Swampy ( 😬🤞🏻) .. then Something Blue. Something Translated. Something True.

erzascarletbookgasm 👏 well done! 5y
TrishB Cool 👍🏻 5y
RohitSawant Awesome! 🙌🏼 5y
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Lindy Quicksand sounds swampy to me. Well done! (edited) 5y
ReadingEnvy You did it! Huzzah! 5y
Cathythoughts @ReadingEnvy I did ! I‘m delighted! And thankyou for a great summer challenge 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB thanks! It was a nice challenge 5y
Cathythoughts @rohit-sawant thankyou my friend 👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Lindy thanks! Yes sometimes quicksand makes perfect sense here ... I think I‘ll just go with that feeing 😬thanks X 5y
laurieluna Congrats ☺️ x 5y
Cathythoughts @laurenbescoby thanks ! 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Pickpick

All the Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I have no words to do this book justice. I am left full of images & feelings. A brilliant piece of writing, sacred & profane. A force of nature & unputdownable to the very last word.
Set in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Meneses family as they face into their final years.
#ReadingEnvySummerReading #SomethingTranslated

Cathythoughts @Tamra I wished I had some violets for my picture. The best I could do we‘re two purple flowers from the garden 💜 5y
batsy Love the pic! And the book sounds so good. 5y
Eggs Great tableau! Is that the murder weapon? 😳 5y
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Cathythoughts @batsy thanks! And yes it‘s very good ♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Eggs I‘m saying nothing 😉 5y
Tamra It is amazing isn‘t it?! 5y
Tamra What did you think about the twist re: parentage? I thought it was a tad cheap, like he just couldn‘t leave it as is bc it was too gross - with either intentional or unintentional destruction on her part to get back at the family. 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts 👍🏾😆 Perfect! 5y
Tamra Isn‘t it surprising we haven‘t heard more about this novel, given it was written in mid 50s? 5y
merelybookish Stacked! 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra yes that was quite a twist at the end. I still have to process all that now ... it adds another dimension I wasn‘t expecting! I see what you mean ... it makes Ana far more complex ... not that they are all extremely complex already 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra I can‘t believe we are only hearing of it now. Thanks so much for posting it up .... I really enjoyed (?!) it immensely ... brilliant book 5y
Cathythoughts @merelybookish I hope you like it. Will look out for your review when ever you get to it ♥️👍🏻 5y
TrishB Great review 👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra yes ! It is amazing ! I wouldn‘t have found it only for you 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts leaves a lasting impression. It needs to be read twice I think to get everything, but not back to back. 😆 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Wow all the ⭐️ s! Must investigate this! Nice review 👍 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh great pic too! 📸 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB thanks 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm maybe you will give it a whirl... I‘d be very interested to hear your thoughts if you ever do go there ♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra this writer !!!! I will always associate violets with this book. And that‘s what he does so well ... make images that stay with the reader 💜💜💜 5y
Tamra You can‘t even give a warning without giving the twist away! 😜 5y
JennyM That‘s a beautiful pic. And I‘m very curious about this. Great review! 5y
Cathythoughts @JennyM thanks 😘. It‘s a good book 👍🏻♥️ 5y
readordierachel Lovely review and photo 💕 5y
Cathythoughts @readordierachel thankyou for your comment 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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Cathythoughts
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This book is so like sipping a beautiful dangerous wine ... And I now have an afternoon to indulge myself ♥️👍🏻

Tanisha_A Love the analogy! Like a dangerous wine! Super, enjoy! 5y
Cathythoughts @Tanisha_A thanks 👍🏻I am really enjoying 5y
Tamra 🍷 5y
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Cathythoughts @Tamra 🍷Thankyou for this one 5y
TrishB Lovely 💕 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB 👍🏻💕💕💕 5y
readordierachel Sounds perfect! 5y
Cathythoughts @readordierachel it kind of is ☺️🙃 5y
Centique What a perfect description! 😍 5y
Cathythoughts @Centique only seeing this ! Thankyou for your comment 😘 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Finally , reading time 👍🏻. And ....I feel myself
slowly slipping further down the dark, narrow path that is the life of the Meneses

Tamra Be careful! 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra I know ... it‘s so mysterious 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra it‘s getting very heavy now .. very Freudian .... I‘m half way. I‘m reading slowly & re- reading parts ... the writing 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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Cathythoughts
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I‘m still on this one ... very little reading time this weekend. Great book , this writer is drawing me in deeply to this story & to this house ... this family The Meneses. It‘s dense & beautiful & strange & .... a page turner 👍🏻 ( if only I had more time to turn the pages ! ) soon ... hopefully later.
Happy Saturday lovely Littens 😘

Tove_Reads I enjoyed it! 5y
Cathythoughts @Tove_Reads Yes!! Me too 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Tove_Reads My fave book from Brazil! 5y
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JennyM Happy weekend lovely Cathy. Hope you get to sneak in a few pages soon 😘 5y
Cathythoughts @Tove_Reads it‘s so good on every level 👍🏻I don‘t know if I‘ve read other Brazil books , I can only think of Coelho & I don‘t think I was mad about him 5y
Cathythoughts @JennyM thanks Jenny 😘 5y
TrishB Enjoy your weekend 😘 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB thanks Trish ♥️👍🏻you too X 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Look forward to your review. Have a good weekend! 💕 5y
RohitSawant Hope your weekend is wonderful! 💜 5y
Cathythoughts @rohit-sawant ahhh thanks that‘s very sweet of you. ♥️👍🏻 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Just wanted to share a pic of our flower garden ( present read too) .. I think it‘s at its best at this time of year 🌺 💐

erzascarletbookgasm So pretty! Flowers in abundance! 💐 5y
Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm thanks! They are coming along nicely ... there‘s still more to come ♥️ 5y
TrishB Lovely 💕 5y
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Cathythoughts @TrishB thanks! Nice weather today. I hope ye are getting it too 👍🏻 5y
JennyM Beautiful flowers...and I especially like the plant that seems to be growing books! I need one of those 😉 5y
Cathythoughts @JennyM thanks! 😂yes we have a book- growing plant ... it‘s a great addition to the garden 5y
Cinfhen Stunning!!! Such a happy spot 🥰 5y
JennyM @Cathythoughts ah, we can only dream 📚😘 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Looks lovely!! 5y
Lindy Wow! 5y
Freespirit So beautiful!! 5y
Eggs It‘s lovely Cathy ❣️❣️ 5y
Tamra So pretty & cheerful! (By contrast to the Menses household 😜) 5y
Cathythoughts @BarbaraTheBibliophage thanks ♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Lindy yes! It‘s lovely now , the weather ♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Freespirit thanks ♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Eggs thanks Sherri X 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra good point 👍🏻♥️. Thankyou for this recommendation... loving it. It‘s so readable 5y
LeahBergen It‘s looking lovely! 5y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen thankyou, we love our flower garden. You have to stop & see the flowers !! 5y
catebutler This spring has been so lush and verdant. Your garden is beautiful! 5y
Cathythoughts @catebutler it has. Where are you in the world ? 5y
Lynnsoprano Oh, so beautiful! I miss traditional spring flowers. 5y
catebutler @Cathythoughts I‘m in Salt Lake City, Utah. We‘re a semi arid state, but this year we‘ve had quite a bit of rain. So everything is green and beautiful around here. 5y
Reggie So beautiful!!! 5y
Cathythoughts @Reggie thanks Reggie♥️👍🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @Lynnsoprano thanks! I think it will be a good year for the roses 🌹😉 5y
GripLitGrl Bueatiful💐💚 5y
Cathythoughts @GripLitGrl thanks X 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Centique Oh wow - it‘s so beautiful! 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#MayMovieMagic #WhereIsMyMind Chronicle of the Murdered House .... the Meneses are suddenly torn from their innermost thoughts ! This book ! This book is where my mind is these days 👍🏻♥️ I love it.

Cinfhen Sounds great!!! Nice interpretation of prompt 5y
Cathythoughts @Cinfhen 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Tamra I could definitely read it again! 5y
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RohitSawant Love this! Awesome picture 💙 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra well that says it all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Cathythoughts @rohit-sawant Thanks 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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Cathythoughts
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This book is so readable! A novel ! The characters are so exciting & the drama !! I love it @Tamra

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 it is beautifully written (edited) 5y
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Cathythoughts
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My picks for @ReadingEnvy ‘s 2019 Summer Reading Challenge
Something Swampy
Something Blue
Something Translated
Something True

See @ReadingEnvy ‘s page 👍🏻♥️

LeahBergen I liked Delta Wedding and 84 Charing Cross is one of my all-time favourites! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen oh that‘s great to hear ♥️👍🏻 5y
ReadingEnvy Ooh good picks! I just read 84 Charing Cross for the first time this year. 5y
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Cathythoughts @ReadingEnvy 👍🏻I am looking forward to it. I‘m starting with the tagged book ☀️📖 5y
Reggie Oh, @Cathythoughts, I hope you love So Much Blue. That book was wonderful!! 5y
Cathythoughts @Reggie that so good to hear because I no nothing much about it & it‘s the one I‘m unsure of in this square ♥️👍🏻Thanks. 5y
Centique Those look great! 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Oh @Tamra 👋🏻... look what I have !! I‘m settling in for an early reading night AND first on my list is .... Chapter 1. Andre‘s Diary ( conclusion) ....
the first part , the Biographical Note was very interesting...

Tamra Yay!! I hope you don‘t hate me by the end. 😬 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra I will not 😂!! I‘ve only read the first chapter... I love it ! I hope to get some reading done later ♥️👍🏻 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts you weren‘t surprised at the reveal in the first chapter? 😳 5y
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Cathythoughts @Tamra his relationship with his mother is a shocker ... what is to come next as the diary is only starting now 😳. I loved the writing- it‘s beautiful 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra that‘s it in the spoiler ! Yes it‘s heavy material 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts totally agree! 5y
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Tamra
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Pickpick

5⭐️ Supremely screwed up family. Be forewarned this is not a story for the faint of heart. The writing is dense, thoughtful, beautiful, and reminds me of Marquez & Faulkner in style. Engendered feelings of wretchedness, disgust, pity, loneliness, loathing, fatalism. Eye popping!

It has a plot line you must read to the last entry in order to fully grasp.

I‘m shocked I haven‘t seen/heard of this novel before since it was written in 1959.

Julsmarshall Great review! I‘m so intrigued 😄 5y
Cathythoughts Brilliant review! My bookstore texted & mine is there for me when I go home from hols 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts please tag me right after you read the first diary entry!!! (It‘s the first entry of the book, but is actually the conclusion of the diary.) Then tag me at the end again because I‘m dying to talk to someone about one aspect in particular. (edited) 5y
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Cathythoughts @Tamra I probably won‘t get it till next weekend ( 6 days ) but I promise I will tag you 👍🏻♥️I‘m good like that 😊😉 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts 👍🏾 5y
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Tamra
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So very close! I need to start thinking about review descriptors now, because it needs a lot of them.

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Mediocrity pales everything.

I could post a quote from nearly every page.

Tove_Reads I liked the book! 5y
Tamra @Tove_Reads 👍🏾👍🏾 What a way to start the novel, by suckering a reader into the deep despair of loss by death and then WHAM. 😮 (edited) 5y
Cathythoughts 👍🏻♥️ 5y
BiblioLitten 👆🏻💙 5y
Hollie So weird, I just saw a review of yours and noticed the “follow” button...it must have unfollowed you on its own at some point 😬 5y
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Tamra
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Oh my oh my, I‘m only 100 pages into this chunkster and I‘m anticipating a major book hangover. The first chapter which is a diary entry and the conclusion is 😳😲. I can‘t even give a hint without a spoiler. Seriously lush writing.

mreads 🐕❤ 5y
Cathythoughts Going on holls next week ... might get this one for our trip to Spain 5y
Reggie Holy crap. So many good sounding book posts tonight. So many stacks. 5y
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Cathythoughts I just ordered it ♥️👍🏻 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts 😬 Depending on what you like to read on vacation, I need to warn you that it‘s not a beach breezy type read! The writing is dense (but amazing) and the subject/atmosphere is dark & oppressive. I always think of Spain as a happy & sunny spot, sooooo maybe if you need a contrast. 😂 I‘m loving it so far! 5y
Tamra @Reggie the dangers of Litsy.......😁 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts by the way, I‘m very envious of your holiday plans. 5y
Cathythoughts I‘m not into the light & breezy ... I like the sound of this one. I have it ordered , but may not arrive in time ( & not available on kindle here ) 🤞🏻🤞🏻I‘ll get it soon either way... look forward to your thoughts as you go along 5y
Cathythoughts Ya ! Holls will be lovely 😊. I‘ll post up a few pics 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts perfect! I could post a quote from nearly every page the writing so good. (edited) 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts nooooooo! 😜😜😜 I‘ll be green with jealousy. 😆 5y
Cathythoughts I‘m hoping I‘ll be posting pics of me reading THIS book 😍... maybe I‘ll find it in a Spanish bookshop ... 🤣😉 5y
Tamra @Cathythoughts 👍🏾👍🏾 5y
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Tamra
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It‘s really sad that I stack up books next to me while I work, sort of like a warm blanket I can‘t use. 😢

Tagged book is my book mail today. 😁

TrishB I like a couple on the end of the couch too 👍🏻 5y
Bookwormjillk Ha! I do that too! 5y
ephemeralwaltz I feel you! 5y
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Andrea313 You are strong-willed! I have to keep my books away from my workspace, as I give into temptation way too easily! 5y
sarahbarnes I totally get it! I take a book to work with me every day, even though there‘s no way I‘ll have time to read it. 5y
dragondrool Not sad! I take books wherever I go, to. Ps rt just in case. Part security blanket. I don't have to read them, bu having something to read close at hand is a contentment. 5y
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Pickpick

Whoa. This was intense and astonishing. I‘ll avoid plot details, because, frankly, they may put people off, but this dark and twisting story is so vivid and rich in detail, it feels as if the book itself is alive. For such a long book, it never dragged and I was never counting how many pages were left, rather I was pulled more and more deeply into the story.

Tamra This sounds great! 5y
Kaye Great review 5y
Tamra Thank you for posting about this - it was AMAZING!! 5y
mklong @Tamra I‘m so glad you liked it! 5y
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Tove_Reads
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I just got this book. It is an appropriate read now that it looks like Brazil will get a misogynist, homophobic nazi as the president 🤬☹️💩🤮

TrishB 😢 5y
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MatthewBurris
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This one has been looking at me from the TBR for too long. Diving in.

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prowlix
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I broke down today and had an international #bookhaul 📚 Open Letter only publishes translations works and I ended up with 4 books! This one won the Best Translated Book Award this year. Considered a classic in Brazilian literature and finally translated into English.

#diversebooks

8little_paws LOLAmerica indeed 7y
prowlix Story of a nameless town with bizarre customs told through the eyes of a 14 yr old boy 7y
prowlix Coming of age story set in Barcelona 7y
prowlix Detective story set in a resort town in Argentina 7y
prowlix @8little_paws yeah it's pretty appropriate! And I like the idea of celebrating Independence Day with translations 7y
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Berenices
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A tour-de-force of a book about decay, hate, jealousy, desperation that drove a once grand family to destruction, set in the Brazilian backwater of Minas Gerais. Dark themes, certainly, but what exquisite writing.

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shawnmooney
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Hmm... this new translation of a Brazilian classic by an openly gay author sounds just a little bit intriguing…

This article gives some more context: http://www.avclub.com/review/familys-downfall-marks-high-point-brazilian-litera-...

LeahBergen The description says "Faulknerian" ... are you sure about trying this one? ? 7y
My_novel_obsession The bookseller at my local bookstore put this one in my hands and said I would love it - of course he did not mention Faulkner - that would have put me off 😳 7y
shawnmooney @LeahBergen @Anovelobsession I am not put off by the "Faulknerian" descriptor, both because I really enjoyed what I read of the novel Absalom Absalom that I did not finish, and because I find those kind of comparisons usually to be silly publisher twaddle and not all that helpful. :-) 7y
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saresmoore @shawnmooney, you are possibly the only person I know who can get away with using the word "twaddle" in casual online conversation. 7y
shawnmooney @saresmoore Thank you? 😂😂😂 7y
saresmoore 😉 7y
Cinfhen Haha 😂 @saresmoore I may need to add that word to my repertoire @shawnmooney 7y
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TNbooklover66
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Just a girl and her dog(s) on a Sat. night. 😍🐶🐶🐶#litsypartyofone

valeriegeary Looks cozy 7y
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AMVP
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The first aquisition of what is sure to be a city-wide shopping spree during my visit to #ATL . First stop: the college #Barnesandnoble at my alma mater, Emory. Have had this book sitting near the top of my #goodreads #TBR list for a while.

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My_novel_obsession
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Because I just didn't think that the hundreds of unread books on my TBR pile would quite last me long enough and being completely lacking in self control, I of course had to stop by a bookstore on my way home from work #bookhaul #noselfcontrol

ReadingSusan Sweet kitty! 7y
cathysaid 😻😻😽 7y
tpixie Pretty kitty 🐱!!! 7y
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rubyslippersreads Sounds like perfectly normal behavior to me. 😸😻😻 7y
Dolly A www cute kitty💕 7y
Jinjer Makes total sense!😂 7y
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TNbooklover66
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Day 1 #feistyfeb #tbr These are a few of my planned reads for Feb.

vivastory Love this stack 7y
RealLifeReading So many good books here! 7y
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tolmsted
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Nothing says Fall like a 500+ page novel about a dying aristocratic family entombed on a crumbling estate. #Autumn #drama #Brazil

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tolmsted

Nothing says Fall like a 500+ page novel about a dying aristocratic family entombed on a crumbling estate. #Autumn #drama #Brazil