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The Reading List
The Reading List: A Novel | Sara Nisha Adams
An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb. Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. Its a list of novels that shes never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities shes facing at home. When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading listhoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.
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LiteraryinLawrence
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This book started off slow for me and I felt there were too many random characters throughout. BUT that said, it was really heartwarming and sweet too. My family read this together as a mark up book, and I loved seeing my parents‘ comments written throughout! It was so cute to see their reactions to the story. 💗💗

willaful What a fun idea! I wish I could try it but I know my daughter would feel put on the spot and freeze. :-( 1mo
BennettBookworm Me next, me next! 1mo
mabell I love this! ❤️ 1mo
Cupcake12 I really liked this book too x 1mo
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Cortg
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A couple of peeps have recommended this book to me. I decided to listen to it since it‘s not the type of book I tend to gravitate to. I enjoyed the characters, and theme of new friendships and the idea that it takes a village. Seeing how the books on the booklist affected each reader in a different way was well done. I‘ve read all of the books on the list except A Suitable Boy, so I‘ll have to read that one at some point.

DocBrown What are the books on this Reading List? Can I find them somewhere? 2mo
Cortg @DocBrown Life of Pi, Pride & Prejudice, The Kite Runner, Rebecca, To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women, Beloved, and A Suitable Boy 2mo
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MeganAnn
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Fourth #auldlangspine title which I finished the end of last week.

This book was so good! I was crying and laughing and generally feeling all the feels with the characters through this one. It is about the power of reading to bring people together and to help heal. I loved all the characters here and the friendships they formed along the way. I think anyone who loves to read will love this book.
💙💙💙💙💙

Karisimo I read this with my book club which was so fun! Glad you liked it!! 2mo
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LiteraryinLawrence
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The tagged book serves a double purpose here: it‘s a book I‘ve had on my own shelves for a while AND it summarizes this post! I love @Jas16 ‘s idea to do a #24in2024 challenge and I‘ve identified my books. I only included books I still genuinely want to read, and I‘m excited to get started!

Jas16 So many books I loved! Hamnet! The Sentence! Great list. 3mo
tpixie Great choices! I loved Hamnet & really enjoyed The Other Black 2mo
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AmyG
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Andrew65 Looks good. 3mo
Avanders Merry Christmas!! ♥️🎄😘 3mo
AmyG @Avanders Merry Christmas!!! 🎄 😘 3mo
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Karisa
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Warm and fuzzy novel set in the UK mostly in a small library and homes. It‘s a book about the power of books to bring people together and to help heal from grief. Just lovely!

#JolabokaflodSwap Thank you, @Lovesbooks87 for the sweet book pick! Perfect for traveling and vacation time with family!

CogsOfEncouragement I liked this one. 3mo
AmyG I just posted this…my favorite read in Feb. enjoy. 3mo
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Karisa
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This book looks perfect for me! I‘m a sucker for books about books and those that love them! 💗 Thank you for the great book pick, @Lovesbooks87 ! You nailed it for me on the chocolate choice too. I‘m going to start the book while on the road this morning. 😊🎄 Happy #Jolabokaflod!

Lovesbooks87 I glad you liked everything! Happy Holidays! 3mo
CBee SUCH a fantastic book ♥️ 3mo
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rachelsbrittain
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My favorite Litsy event of the year hosted by @monalyisha ! Sign up to share your favorite books of the year and expand your reading hotizons by reading books from another Litten's list.

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TamTracy
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Very heartwarming story about an unlikely friendship and the way books bring people together. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cupcake12 I‘ve just finished this too. Really enjoyed the idea of the storyline. 4mo
TamTracy @Cupcake12 I did too! It was unique. 4mo
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Cupcake12
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A list of books found by different people in the community. A story about friendship, moving on and new beginnings.
Mukesh visits the library for the first time and meets teenager, Aleisha. Their lives will change forever. A new friendship, new adventures and a surprising impact they have on each others lives. A beautiful, addictive book for anyone who loves to read and loves libraries. A brilliant debut and highly recommended.

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Cupcake12
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I‘ve finished all my library books so thought I‘d read an ebook for a change.

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ncsufoxes
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I really loved this, especially as an audiobook. I loved the idea of your community/library being a place for everyone. There are a lot of big topics brought up throughout the story: mental illness, aging, loss of a spouse, racism, loneliness. It is all woven together so beautifully. Now I need to read the books on the list. #bookspin book

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 6mo
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janeycanuck
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Kinda like if Phaedra Patrick and Beth O‘Leary teamed up - heartwarming & gut punching all in one book.

Book 10 for #14books14weeks2023 (and I did get it finished before the end of the 14 weeks. This might be the best I‘ve ever done!)

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CogsOfEncouragement
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Remarkable.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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katiekat311
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This book was beautiful. I loved the characters, all of their depths, secrets and feelings. Adams did a great job capturing who they were, all of their emotions, struggles and journeys. This adventure couldn‘t be more relatable. I loved everything about this book. Plus, I hadn‘t read all the books on the list, so I added them to my TBR. This book is proof that books can have a profound impact on your life.

dabbe Hello, fluffy sweet kitty! 🖤🐾🖤 7mo
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Bookworm04
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Bookworm04
The Reading List: A Novel | Sara Nisha Adams

All housework done got up at 6.30. Dryer on which like the calming white noise sound , everyone gone school and work. Now time to read with brew and kindle before go library after to pick up my 5 books for my holidays at weekend. Nice and chilled and only on 4 and half hours sleep to.

BookmarkTavern Wow! Sounds like you deserve a reading break! 8mo
Bookworm04 Thanks. Love reading i make the time whenever possible. 8mo
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Rachiiebookdragon
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An interesting book,
I listened to this one via BorrowBox,
I enjoyed it.

Read for reading challenges.

4/5

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TheEllieMo
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

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Gryffleclaw95
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5)

I loved the premise of “The Reading List”, and it was simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. I loved the concept of books bringing people together and people discovering their love of reading. This was a cozy read that also broke my heart at times, however it was well worth it.

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Gryffleclaw95
The Reading List: A Novel | Sara Nisha Adams

“Please try to remember that books aren‘t always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world; they don‘t hide it.”

- Mukesh Patel

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tonime94
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This book is actually amazing. I was thinking it was a book about how powerful books can be but it's so much more than that!

I was literally in tears at the end, probably the first book that's ever made me cry, I lost my nan 6 months ago so I relate to the main character Mukesh a lot and maybe books really do come to you at the right time.

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SheReadsAndWrites
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I listened to this one on audiobook (which was fantastic) for my library book club. It is lovely. A true testament to the power of books and the communities that libraries provide.

LoverOfLearning Okay this sounds fantastic!! Thanks for sharing! Added to my TBR 10mo
janeycanuck I‘ve had this one on the shelf for ages and pulled it for my #14books14weeks2023 stack and now I really can‘t wait to pick it up with this review! 10mo
SheReadsAndWrites I'm so glad! @janeycanuck @LoverOfLearning I am new to audiobook love 🤭 but have had some health issues that make them easier at times than book books. This one is just great with different narrators with characters and accents and it just added to the experience for me. And I do love stories around libraries. ❤️📚 10mo
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bthegood
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Several characters in this needed redemption, and some really just needed to forgive others. This was such a good book. Thanks for the tag @dabbe
#ThemedThursday
Make a great day everyone 😊

dabbe Thanks for giving me another book to add to my TBR! Thanks! 😊💙🤗 11mo
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Curvybookgirl
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Another book club read. Sadly I didn‘t love it. There are some lovely moments and characters but it was just a bit too slow going for me

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bthegood
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Loved this book - sweet, sad, hopeful.
The power of books (and the neighborhood library) to help people connect , push past loneliness, find strength to help themselves and others. Aliesha, a librarian with a stressful home life, finds the reading list and shares it with Mukesh, a recent widower. There are other minor characters who have found a similar list. It is the story of the how the list effects them.
Make a great day everyone -📚

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bthegood
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#ThinkPositiveBePositive
Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Make a great day everyone 🙂

Magpiegem I love that. I spent a couple of hours today tidying the garden with my kids. 12mo
bthegood @Magpiegem my husband gardens, and now with our grandson - I love that you do this with your children - such a nice gift to pass on🙂 (edited) 12mo
kspenmoll Love this! 12mo
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Pogue
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I loved this book. I listened to it and while I don‘t like books with more than one narrator the three people doing this one was amazing.

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bthegood
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#MarvellousMarch goals:
Finish tagged book, and Crooked Kingdom and Joyland -

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 🌞

Make a great day everyone 🙂

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, best of luck 😁 13mo
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Pogue
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Audio crochet time!

Darklunarose Love how the colours are working up. 13mo
dabbe Beautiful! 😊 13mo
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AmyG
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I am calling it for Feb. #2023ReadingBracket @chasjjlee

tpixie The reading list was touching. Love the male lead! 13mo
Pogue I am reading The Reading List right now! 13mo
AmyG @tpixie Agreed! And his granddaughter. @Pogue …enjoy! (edited) 13mo
tpixie @AmyG yes! 💜 13mo
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Bklover
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I just got home from a short trip with my oldest daughter. I am tired. But when I got home look what was waiting for me! I‘ve given up trying to explain Litsy to anyone. They can‘t possibly understand how much I love you all. Thank you so much for this wonderful surprise from my TBR. You are wonderfully thoughtful and generous people Amy, Misty, and Renee! ❤️❤️❤️
Btw that‘s Jack giving himself a bath #catsoflitsy

TrishB Yeah, I don‘t explain anymore! Close family know, other people say ‘reading friends‘. That and more ♥️ 13mo
AmyG @TrishB Yes. I call you all my book/reading friends….many of who are sort of nicer than some of my IRL friends. 🤣 @Bklover Enjoy! This is a lovely book. (edited) 13mo
TrishB I think my friends in here certainly know me better in a lot of ways. That reading insight. 13mo
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Bklover @TrishB @AmyG I call you my worldwide book group. When I used to tell people that Litsy was an app they‘d just look at me blankly, with maybe a touch of pity. 🙄. You all are my favorite people ❤️❤️ 13mo
dabbe I think we all feel the same way. And then you add #LitsyLove, and WOW! My husband has even commented that since I joined in January, my mood has been much happier. Gee, I have no idea why! ❣️🤣❣️

And look at that Joyous Jack! #handsomeman ❣️🐾❣️
13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Bklover 😂😂 I‘ve gotten that look many times!! 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe awwww that makes me happy ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You are the best! 🥰 13mo
Bklover @dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks After “the look” there‘s no point going on…it just makes it worse lol. And litsylove is wonderful! Makes me happy too @dabbe ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo
dabbe @Bklover Amen! ❣️ 13mo
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bthegood
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Now that the weather is getting nicer in the midwest - starting my walking book club - we read the book, then walk and talk about it - tagged book is first one up.

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Make a great day everyone 🙂

Cinfhen That‘s FABULOUS!!!! 13mo
Soubhiville I love that idea! 13mo
AmyG Oooooo a walking book club! 13mo
bthegood @AmyG @Soubhiville @Cinfhen thanks - We'll see how it goes - we'll be able to get about 6-8 months/books in with the weather in Cincinnati/Northern KY. 👍 13mo
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HeatherBookNerd
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A lovely novel for book lovers. The various characters connect through their local library in beautiful and unexpected ways. Reminds you of the transformative power of reading and sharing books with others.

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azulaco
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Getting drawn into this lovely book. About the healing power of books, and their ability to connect people. I think I‘m going to like it a lot.

AmyG I just finished it. A lovely book. 13mo
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AmyG
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A lovely story about how reading books teach you, comfort you, lead you to friendships and to family.

#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks
#Pantone2023 @Clwojick Pink Cosmos

You were right about this one

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
Clwojick Great match! 13mo
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LiteraryinLawrence
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For #bookspinbingo this February I‘m doing something different: only reading books from my own shelves! I‘m calling it #LoveYourshelf. 😋 I‘m super excited about this awesome list of my own books I‘ve been meaning to read, including some I just borrowed from my dad that are now in my possession. Most are new to me but all the Agathas are rereads (as I‘m planning my Poirot/Marple tattoo). I‘ll see you in March, library!

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CBee
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tpixie Sweet story 14mo
CBee @tpixie it was SO good! 14mo
tpixie @CBee I agrée! I loved that man! 14mo
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KathyWheeler
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I have actually been reading this book for awhile and finally finished it today. Up until the last third of the book, I would‘ve said that this book was perfectly fine but nothing more than that. When something devastating happens, however, the book comes to life and the characters become people I care about.

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CBee
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My heart is SO full right now ♥️♥️♥️ Amanda, this
book is beautiful and I cried happy and sad tears at the end. I‘m SO glad it was on your list and so thankful. Not sure if you can spot the wad of tissues at bottom of the pic 😂🥲😭 #auldlangspine @Sapphire @monalyisha

CBee This was my #doublespin, @TheAromaofBooks 😊 Also! Did you finish this, @AmyG? Lastly, @dabbe - you‘d enjoy this if you haven‘t already. A book about books and the relationships they cultivate and nurture ♥️ 1y
monalyisha Love this! 🎉 1y
CBee @monalyisha book hangover time 😂 1y
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JamieArc I loved this one too. And since you loved this, be sure to read the tagged book too (perhaps save it til next Xmas if you are a seasonal reader). 1y
CBee @JamieArc oh, that one looks good! I‘m stacking it 😊 Thank you for the recommendation! 1y
JamieArc @CBee Keep the tissues at hand! 1y
CBee @JamieArc since it‘s similar to Reading List, definitely 😭 1y
dabbe @CBee Many thanks! It's been stacked! 😊 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
AmyG I have it but haven‘t read it yet..too many other challenges. 🤪 1y
Sapphire I am glad you liked it! It was a surprise to me too. I bypassed it tons before I finally read it. 1y
CBee @AmyG you‘ll love it 😘 1y
CBee @Sapphire I loved it! I‘ll be thinking about it for a long time 😊 1y
Sapphire I want to leave a list someday! 1y
CBee @Sapphire I do too! The past few years, I‘ve read so many incredible books. 1y
bookishbitch Glad to hear this was good. I bought it for my daughter at Christmas. 14mo
CBee @bookishbitch it‘s excellent! Hope your daughter enjoys it (and she should let you borrow when she‘s done 😊) 14mo
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vlwelser
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Meh. This was good but it didn't exactly spark my joy. It was a struggle to convince myself to read it, actually. Lonely young woman and lonely old man become less lonely as they read a handful of books. That's my hot take on it.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y
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jhod
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Joining in #bookspin this year to try and get my kindle unread books down...! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !

1. The Change
2. I'm sorry you feel that way
3. Shrines of gaiety
4. Wrong place wrong time
5. Trespasses
6. Memphis
7. Insomnia
8. Yinka, where is your husband?
9. Fight Night
10. Notes on an execution
11. Elizabeth finch
12. Free love
13. Dog rose dirt
14. The matrix
15. An island
16. The sweetness of water
17 Should we stay or should we go

jhod 18. Still life
19. The plot
20. China room
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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shortsarahrose
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Starting a new book from my library pile 📚 while April snuggles on my lap. Happy #Jolabokaflod!

#catsoflitsy

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vlwelser
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Reading on the train from Stirling to Edinburgh. My favorite part of the kindle experience is being able to throw it in my purse. 🏰☕

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MelKelsey
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Book 154 The Reading List is exactly the book you'd expect. Mukesh, a nonreader who's lonely since his wife's death, embarks on a journey through literature after finding a list of books titled "In Case You Need It". It starts out slow and is gimmicky, a book for book lovers, but the characters become dynamic and so lovable. It's really beautiful and sweet! I recommend it and will watch for more by the author. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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mrp27
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November #wrapup

It was a very busy month so lots of picture books. Highlight was the Capote holiday short stories and the worst of the month was the gn Come Back. Beautiful art but a hard to follow story. I also enjoyed a little known bit of history in By Her Own Design about the designer who did Jackie Kennedy wedding gown.

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Blackink_WhitePaper
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The last day for #foodandlit #India. Sharing some interesting breakfast from south India. 1. Masal Dosa: I m from a small coastal town of Karnataka state where they first tried this type of dosa ( using rice & lentil batter potato curry) The detailed recipe is mentioned in the tagged book. 2. Paddu: using the same dosa batter in a different type of pan. It is loaded with veggies, not spicy & kids fav. 3. Poori & alu gobi. 4.Idli, sambar & chutney.

Bookworm54 All of this looks delicious! Masala dosa is my favourite 😋 1y
Bookwormjillk Yum, thanks for sharing 1y
Catsandbooks Yum!! Looks delicious! 1y
Caroline2 Yum 🤤 1y
TheBookHippie Oh yum. 1y
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Amiable
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How funny! My grandmother used to tell me I should always carry a book in case I got stuck in an elevator. Apparently this was a more common scenario than I ever imagined! 😄 Gosh, I haven‘t thought about this in many years. What an unexpected and nostalgic memory of my Nana, who passed away 20 years ago. ❤️

Ruthiella I know of someone who keeps a paperback on her in case she‘s kidnapped…an even less likely event than getting stuck in an elevator, I imagine! 😂 1y
CarolynM I usually have a book in my handbag, not necessarily for either of those scenarios, just for general periods of not having anything else to do😆 @Ruthiella (edited) 1y
Amiable @Ruthiella Holy cow! That‘s hardcore! 😬😳😀 1y
Amiable @CarolynM That‘s usually why I carry one, too! I‘m not often in elevators these days. Although apparently I should start worrying about the kidnapping scenario. 😄 1y
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Sapphire
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I enjoyed this book a great deal more than I expected. I had decided it wasn‘t for me, but it was everywhere and on every list. I gave in for audio. I loved it. Highly recommend. It‘s better than most books about books out right now. It‘s really about the people. As all good books are.