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Love the rainy, hurricane-blustery setting on a remote Maine island! It makes me want to build a fire and be cozy. ☕️🪵 Meg and Michael took off for a bit to have some time to relax at her Aunt‘s cottage - unfortunately it turns out they did not leave Meg‘s lovable, but kooky relatives back in Yorktown. Including Spike.
I‘m on the lookout for the hardcovers of Peacocks and Puffins - the only two I don‘t have!
#2000 for #192025

Librarybelle

Librarybelle You cannot have too many more of the series to read! 1y

mabell @Librarybelle You would think! I still have 9 “new” ones - not including the 2 coming out this year! 😆 1y

Librarybelle Wow! I guess I didn‘t realize how many are in the series…that‘s awesome! 1y

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Friends in High Places: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery | Donna Leon

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Corruption runs rampant again in Venice in this addition to the series. Brunetti suspects foul play when the body of a bureaucrat who had recently visited Brunetti at his home with some not so great news is found outside a building. Brunetti‘s intuition leads to the darker side of Venice and the evils of money laundering and drug dealing. #192025 #2000

kspenmoll Love this series- 2y

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kwmg40

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft | Stephen King

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Third book finished for #NovelNovember. @Andrew65

I loved this memoir by Stephen King. The tips on writing are useful, but I liked even more his comments on his most well known books and his honest thoughts about his fight with alcoholism and his recovery from a near-fatal accident.

#NonfictionNovember
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#192025 #2000 @Librarybelle

Librarybelle I didn‘t realize he got so personal in the book! 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y

kwmg40 @Librarybelle I'd read this book in print but also borrowed the audiobook from my library, as it includes interviews with his sons. These give even more insights into his personal life. 3y

kwmg40 @TheAromaofBooks Thanks for the encouragement! 3y

Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 3y

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After You'd Gone | Maggie O'Farrell

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How I love O‘Farrell. This one‘s another favorite. Alice saw something in Edinburgh, leaves the city immediately afterwards, steps into the traffic in London and is taken to the hospital in a coma.
Was it a suicide attempt? The book is about love and betrayal, family and friends, happiness and despair. It‘s a wonderful sad read. I‘ll carry Alice‘s story with me for a while.

Thank you for sending me this book @CarolynM 😘
(Photo: Havana, Cuba)

HeatherBookNerd O‘Farrell is magic 3y

CarolynM 💕💕 3y

Megabooks This was such a heartbreaking book and her talent was already shining bright in her debut. Great review! 3y

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BarbaraBB @HeatherBookNerd She really is! 3y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I didn‘t realize this was her debut. Incredible! 3y

BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #192025 #2000 3y

Librarybelle Yay!! 3y

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Allah is Not Obliged | Ahmadou Kourouma

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What a mess, West-Africa in the 90s. When his mother dies and he is left without family, a young boy from #IvoryCoast travels through war torn Liberia and Sierra Leone in search of his aunt. He becomes a child soldier and witnesses all the horrible things a kid shouldn‘t. Drugged and hyper he writes down his story.

#19822022 #2000 #ReadingAfrica2022 🇨🇮 #pop21 #FeaturesTwoLanguages

KarenUK, Megabooks, Cinfhen, Cortg, Librarybelle, Laughterhp, alisiakae, RaeLovesToRead

Librarybelle This sounds heartbreaking 3y

Cinfhen The history in modern day Africa is just as heartbreaking as the days of early slavery 3y

BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @Cinfhen It is heartbreaking indeed and it seems hopeless 💔 3y

Megabooks Thinking about what the west has imposed on Africa and the issues colonization and slavery created just breaks my heart. It‘s been hard for me to have the emotional space to read these stories this year with the other issues I‘ve had. 3y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I can understand that. It is hard to read and to deal with. 3y

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