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On my way home from school I listen to a chapter of A Passage to India. It seems to be getting more interesting as we get into Part 2.

Then, I take a walk with Luthien and listen to Manhattan Transfer. I‘m struggling to stay engaged with this one. There‘s a lot of jumping from character to character, and it‘s tough to keep track of them all. Sometimes I completely lose the thread and have to backtrack, but the setting of New York is ever present.

A little backyard Sunday morning reading

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I'd been wanting to read this book for a long time and I'm glad I finally got around to it, as I loved the story and the writing! Many thanks to @BarkingMadRead and the #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade for motivating me to keep going with this doorstopper of a book!

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This book is quite a mix of violent, absurd, humorous, thought provoking, and heart wrenching events all entwined in the story of a family and their close friends. Along with Garp and his immediate family, there are several other intriguing characters. The stories within a story add an additional layer to the reading experience as well. I absolutely look forward to more of Irving‘s writing.

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Thanks for the tag @CSeydel and @BarbaraBB ! 😊

Two re-reads, one Victorian chunkster, two coming of age, two that could be classified as ROMANCE 😱, which I say I normally dislike…😂 A mixed bag but still the highlights of my summer reading.

Feel like joining in? Consider yourself tagged! Inquiring minds want to know.

Overall, I enjoyed this long listen. It has some really entertaining sections, several cliffhangers, and also some ridiculously long sections. I was often amused by the narrator‘s asides to the reader and some incredibly odd name choices. All the main characters annoyed me at times, but I was fully invested in their stories as well.

@BarkingMadRead Thanks for another great #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade readalong!

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Rushdie‘s books are apparently not for me. I had a hard time staying focused and following this strange story. It took me a long time on several walks to get through it, and I don‘t quite understand what I listened to.

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I appreciated this story, but I think it would have been better for me in print to help clarify the names. It also seemed the main storyline took a long time to develop and then was resolved more quickly than I expected.

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It's been awhile since I've finished a book or posted a weekly report. I'm reading some long ones and so keep starting others that I hope will hold my attention!

The tagged is a Hungarian classic from the #1001Books list. Clarissa, of course. In the Forest has a darker subject than I wanted and Born into This is short stories that are good for subway reading.

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Another 1001 book that didn‘t work for me. Married man suffers near death experience and decides to betray the woman who nursed him through it. Recovery leads to life of sensuality the discovery he is gay and possibly a paedophile. Yawn 🥱

Where is the book we all want he recovers and from then on does all the housework while giving his wife all the books and reading time she wants?