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This was a hard book to get through the first time I'd read it and it was still hard this second time around, because of the emotions it puts its readers through. I feel emotionally wrung out, but it it really is a great story.

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#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt : “79. Cursola: Found family“)

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Librarybelle Awesome completing so many prompts! 3mo

Deblovestoread This one still sits on my TBR. I hear such good things. 3mo

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Amiable Oh, this is such a good book. I don‘t even remember it being a chunkster—it was just such an absorbing read. (edited) 3mo

BarbaraBB I remember this one especially because it was so sad, there was so little light in those boys‘s lives 3mo

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 3mo

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Ladygodiva7

The Shipping News | Annie Proulx

Started this book today and I‘m 42 pages in. I am hooked!
#1001

Tamra This one has terrific atmosphere! 5mo

KadaGul @Ladygodiva7 I picked up this book 📚 from Library book 📚 sale 💰 but it was around the time ⏰ Kevin Spacey's Sexual Assault was published and that left a bad taste in my mouth and never got the courage to pick it up again. 5mo

Ladygodiva7 @KadaGul I got this at a library book sale too but I didn‘t know there was a movie. So I was safe lol 4mo

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Ladygodiva7

The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead | William Burroughs

Ideal book for October and it‘s #1001

Update: horrible book lol, do not recommend 😅

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Ladygodiva7

Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery

Heard it‘s good!

#catsoflitsy #1001

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kwmg40

Fifth Business | Robertson Davies

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A reread of a classic by one of my favourite authors. Our book club at work is reading the Deptford trilogy together over the year.

I had the great fortune to attend one of Robertson Davies's readings many years ago, before he passed away.

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rabbitprincess Wow! That reading must have been amazing. I should pull out Deptford this year… 13mo

Librarybelle That‘s awesome you got to attend one of his presentations! 13mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo

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CarolynM That would have been amazing! I found Deptfod a bit dark for my taste, but I loved the Cornish Trilogy, especially

What's Bred in the Bone

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kwmg40 @rabbitprincess @Librarybelle @TheAromaofBooks @CarolynM Yes, I'm so glad I had that opportunity. I probably didn't appreciate it enough at the time. 😄 13mo

kwmg40 @CarolynM I also love The Cornish Trilogy. What's Bred in the Bone is excellent, but The Rebel Angels remains my favourite. Parlabane is such a memorable character! 13mo

Sapphire I am pretty sure I have this on my shelf somewhere. Will add it to the challenge to get me moving toward reading my own tomes too! 13mo

kwmg40 @Sapphire I hope you enjoy it! As I'm sure you could tell by my comments, I'm a huge Robertson Davies fan. 13mo

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kwmg40

Decline and Fall | Evelyn Waugh

so-so

This sort of absurdist satire isn't really my thing. However, there were some very funny moments and insightful observations, and Paul Pennyfeather is a likable character.

I'm happy that I can check off another #1001 book and fill in my #1928 slot for the #192025 challenge! @Librarybelle

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 14mo

Librarybelle Awesome!!! 14mo

Andrew65 Well done on finishing it. 👏👏👏 14mo

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BarbaraBB

Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel | Anthony Marra

bailed

I am not going to finish this one. It is so long and it feels as if I‘ve read this story a thousand times before. I am being very critical about what I‘ve been reading lately. I am reading a lot but nothing really memorable. I think I should take a break from contemporary American/English fiction for a while but I probably can‘t! #ToB23

Megabooks, Hooked_on_books, Cinfhen, MicheleinPhilly, Aimeesue, merelybookish, batsy, Chelsea.Poole, squirrelbrain, Addison_Reads, Ruthiella, sarahbarnes

BarbaraBB #Pop23 #SetInHollywood @AshleyHoss820 @RaeLovesToRead @KarenUK @Cortg @squirrelbrain @kelly_the_bookish_sidekick @Misshel @ruthiella 1y

sarahbarnes Ugh. I haven‘t been able to motivate myself to read this one. I‘m sorry about the lackluster reading lately. 1y

Cinfhen Another great photo 🤩I totally understand your #ReadingFrustration 1y

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Jas16 Oh no! This is my TOB book! I, too, haven‘t been loving what I‘ve been reading lately so maybe I will put off picking this up for a week or two. 1y

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Jas16 I can understand why you‘d put it off but many people did enjoy it so you can just ignore me too if you want 😊 1y

merelybookish Maybe time to read a #1001 or #nyrb selection. I get jaded if I read too much contemporary fiction too. Helps to mix in some other eras! And the general consensus seems to be that this year's #tob short list is kinda uninspired. 1y

batsy I have zero motivation to read this one, too. And I concur about getting jaded with contemporary American litfic. I've been reading Plato's dialogues as a cure 😆 And like with Die, My Love there's always something unexpected to be found amidst translated works. 1y

Cortg I can get bored with books if I don‘t mix it up. I need to read different genres, authors, etc. 1y

jlhammar I support your choice! With all of the ToB books I have remaining, including this one, my plan is to be kind of ruthless. If I feel early on that it will be a so-so at most, I‘m bailing. 1y

Megabooks I know we‘ve been talking about this, and it‘s funny that we‘re all going in different directions to read new books. @Cinfhen is reading romance, you had some books in translation and speculative fiction I think, and I‘m reading business books about the entertainment industry. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I did start this though. I like that it‘s set in Asia rather that the US/Europe. Thanks for sending it, B!

Burnt Shadows: A Novel

squirrelbrain We should all bail more - it‘s good for us! #toomanybookstoolittletime 1y

BookwormM Oh no I have an ARC of this 1y

Ruthiella Agree with everyone who says to put it aside and read what excites you now. Maybe a few months or even years down the line it will be the right book at the right time. I think we‘re all suffering from TOB fatigue this year. 1y

Hooked_on_books It‘s always good to shake up your reading so things don‘t get stale. And you‘re missing nothing by bailing on this one. There are some wonderful chapters in it, but overall I thought it was a missed opportunity. 1y

BarbaraBB @merelybookish @batsy @Cortg You are so right. I mostly combine them with translated lit, NYRB, classic 1001books and Persephone. Now however with the ToB shortlist I kept reading the same kind of books and I should have known better! (edited) 1y

BarbaraBB @batsy So happy about Die, My Love ❤️❤️ 1y

BarbaraBB @jlhammar @squirrelbrain @Ruthiella I wanted to read and love all of the shortlist but I just don‘t. Thanks for the support! 1y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Yes! We are making different choices! And will definitely find eachother again. Speculative books are really my jam right now and I hope you‘ll love the Shamsie beside the entertainment business books 😉I really enjoyed it! 1y

Chelsea.Poole Uh oh. This is one of the 3 I have left and I just checked out the audio. I‘m going in with lower expectations. 😬 1y

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole I hope it is just my mood and that you‘ll enjoy it! 1y

Suet624 @Ruthiella ‘TOB fatigue‘ is exactly how I‘m feeling this year. It‘s a bummer. 1y

kwmg40 That's too bad. I've seen mixed reviews of this book, so I've been holding off, but I did love a couple of Marra's earlier books. 1y

BarbaraBB @kwmg40 Me too but this one apparently is less good than both others. 1y

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Ladygodiva7

Beloved | Toni Morrison

We‘ll see how I like this one.

#snowflake #snowflakes #papersnowflakes #1001

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RaeLovesToRead

The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett

#pop23 @Megabooks @Cinfhen @Laughterhp @Cortg @KarenUK @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @alisiakae @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @AshleyHoss820

I have so many books that have a colour in the title... but which should I read for the PopSugar challenge? 🤔

Jari-chan Maybe the one that has been on your TBR the longest? 1y

Laughterhp Priory of the orange tree is sooooo good!! 1y

KarenUK I know it‘s a bit of a door stopper, but I second @Laughterhp vote! 1y

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squirrelbrain I haven‘t read *any* of these so wouldn‘t know which to pick 🤔 1y

Cinfhen Lots of good options!! Read the first page of each book and see which book grabs you!! 1y

BarbaraBB That‘s a no brainer 😉

The Woman in White

IndoorDame I haven‘t read it, but Priory has a prequel coming out this year and it gets such stellar reviews, so I‘ve been looking to get to that one soon 1y

jenniferw88 PRIORY! 1y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I haven't read any of these so I can't recommend one over another. I like the above suggestion to pick the one you've had the longest. 1y

jlhammar I really enjoyed Silver Sparrow. 1y

The_Penniless_Author Priory of the Orange Tree. Laura gave it two thumbs up 👍 👍 1y

Ruthiella Pratchett! 1y

AshleyHoss820 I think I have to second @barbarabb and say Woman in White, but I‘m biased towards 1,001 Books list books. 😂😂 1y

vivastory I am VERY conflicted as you have literally 2 of my favorite books pictured: Pamuk's My Name Is Red & Pratchett's Color of Magic... (edited) 1y

vivastory Also, I have to kinda side with my #1001 comrades @ashleyhoss820 & @barbarabb I haven't read Woman In White, but I HAVE read Moonstone & it is fantastic & by all accounts WIW is even better 1y

RaeLovesToRead @Jari-chan @Laughterhp @KarenUK @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @IndoorDame @jenniferw88 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @jlhammar @The_Penniless_Author @Ruthiella @AshleyHoss820 @vivastory Wow, thank you all for your comments and ideas!!! I think I'll have to read them all... #readtherainbow2023 ?? 😄💕 1y

BarbaraBB That seems like a fantastic idea 🌈 1y

Branwen I 100% think you should read Priory first because it is absolutely amazing! 😍 1y

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kwmg40

The War With the Newts | Karel ?apek

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This classic 1936 sci-fi work is a brutally cutting satire. In the story, humans capture and enslave an intelligent breed of newts, but eventually the tables are turned on them. Čapek uses the relationship between the humans and the newts to make fun of and expose the ugliness of colonialism, the Nazi regime and segregation in America.

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BarbaraBB Interesting. Still need to read this one. 1y

Librarybelle I read this one awhile ago…it was interesting. Good choice! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y

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