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DebinHawaii
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Pickpick

#Read2925

I think this is my final review of May, completed last week for #FictionalTraveler #SpanishSpeaking & the 6th of my #Roll100 picks for May (#4: Any BOTM). I‘ve put off reviewing it because I‘m still not sure how I feel about it. It‘s a quiet book about grief, depression & finding your life. Ruth leaves her job in NYC for a lake town in Guatemala, a place she felt most real in when she was there years before. It sort of meanders, ⬇️

DebinHawaii …which made me restless but there is a stark beauty in the writing. I think the challenge to me is I never felt close to Ruth‘s character or the characters in the relationships she formed with two different women. I did like the scenes set around Ruth‘s experiences as an expat & overall, I give it a soft pick. This was a #BOTM early release & doesn‘t publish elsewhere until July. 2w
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
julieclair Excellent review. 🫶 1w
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DebinHawaii
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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

I finished this one, #4 in the series a couple of Sundays ago for #EBBR & I have got to start reviewing them right when I finish or at least take notes because of course I‘ve already forgotten the 2 cases (I think) that I didn‘t get right. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Even reading the list of cases, I don‘t remember at all. No matter, they still make for a great Sunday night #HyggeHour read.

TheSpineView Well done! 🤩📖📚 3w
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3w
Ruthiella They slip out of my brain too unless there‘s something special about the solution that jogs my memory. 😅 3w
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Rachiiebookdragon
Unknown Book 4475976 | Unknown Unknown
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The Shivers Collection - Amazon

#5 & #3 - 4/5
#1 & #4 - 3.75/5

All intriguing novella‘s

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Librarybelle
Untitled | Unknown
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This week has been terrible between world/country news and personal news; hooray for joys:

1. My boys, pictured together in a much needed family cuddle
2. Betty Crocker‘s Reese‘s Peanut Butter Coffee Cake mix—so good in cupcake form!
3. IRL book club. Most of us didn‘t like the book and talked about cats instead
4. I made it to the next round for a potential WFH library-related full time job. 🤞
5. Rainbow outside my front door

#5JoysFriday

Luke-XVX I can smell the cakes from here! Haha 3w
Librarybelle @Luke-XVX 😂 3w
monalyisha Omg wfh *and* library-related?! What a dream! Fingers crossed for you! 3w
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Aims42 Fingers crossed on your WFH library-related job, that sounds amazing!! 😍🤩🤞🙏 3w
Librarybelle @monalyisha @Aims42 Thanks! I‘m hopeful, but also know it‘s highly competitive. 3w
dabbe 🤞+ 🩵💚🩵 3w
Mollyanna Best of luck on the job prospect and yay! to family cuddles. 3w
BarbaraJean Lovely joys--what a beautiful rainbow!! Good luck on the potential job! 3w
MemoirsForMe Gotta love a book club meeting where you can share cat stories! 😻 3w
Reggie Good luck on #4!!! And love the cat family cuddle! 3w
Librarybelle Thank you, @Reggie ! 3w
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Gissy
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Mehso-so

February 2025 Book #4

Maybe I expected more from this book since it was recommended by YouTubers with I follow their recommendations, but not always we have the same taste in books, and this is an example. Loved and intrigued by the premise. But I felt disconnected with characters. I thought Irena was arrogant and thinks everyone needed to please her. Some of the translators invited to this event in Ireba‘s house had infatuated feelings 🙄⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) with the author. The ending? Which I was supposed to understand this collective vs individual feelings between author/translator narrator/author whatever…I never felt moved for anything discussed. Maybe I didn‘t get along with Irene‘s personality and these translators dependent personalities 🤷🏽‍♀️3⭐️ 4w
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the shelf!! 4w
Ruthiella I‘m so curious about this one too! So many strong opinions. 4w
Gissy @Ruthiella Try it, mine is an unpopular opinion. One of the YouTubers that I follow she strongly recommended it (Britta Bohler). I will keep my copy in case I try to re-read it🤷🏽‍♀️ 4w
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mcctrish
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Next up on audio and bag #4 of pink flower bouquet Lego. White women wearing crosses on tv talking shit are doing feminism a disservice ( BC is not saying this, I am) women who aren‘t feminists are not living their best life

TheBookHippie 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 how does that cross not burn into her skin … 1mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie it‘s like they don‘t know Jesus ? 1mo
TheBookHippie @mcctrish Honestly it‘s unreal. Buddha I like your Jesus, your Christian‘s not so much … SAME DUDE SAME 1mo
ncsufoxes They don‘t want to be feminists. They see feminism as a bad thing. They prefer Ivanka‘s fake feminism (girl power but always take the back seat to your man or dad, know your place). Feminism should always be intersectional, these fake women feminism is only for white women. 1mo
mcctrish @ncsufoxes and I don‘t get it at all! Feminism is about choice and value but even Brittney struggled with it in the beginning, she thought it was for lesbians. Which makes me wonder what the hell is going on in 🇺🇸 1mo
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DebinHawaii
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Choosing this recent #BOTM pick as my #FictionalTraveler selection for May #SpanishSpeaking as it‘s set in Guatemala. It‘s also one of my #Roll100 May picks #4: Any BOTM.

PuddleJumper Happy reading! 1mo
julieclair This one sounds emotional and worthwhile. Looking forward to your review. 1mo
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DebinHawaii
A Proposal to Die For | Molly Harper
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A little late but here are my #Roll100 picks for May. I decided to go with all 6 numbers as 2 of them are for other challenges. Wish me luck!

#4: Any BOTM: The Sun Was Electric Light
#40: Any ARC: Look Before You Leap
#3: Any ARC: A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic
#30 Any Audio: A Proposal to Die For
#7: Any Memoir: Be Ready When the Luck Happens
#70: Any Children‘s Book: The Racketty-Packetty House

#FictionalTraveler #ChildrensClassicRead2025

TheBookHippie ♥️ 1mo
PuddleJumper Good luck! 1mo
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DebinHawaii
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#HaikuADay Day #4

Outside the library bookstore there‘s a bookcase of “free stuff” & I noticed a box marked “old post cards.” Of course I brought it home & opening it inspired today‘s haiku.

Box of old postcards
Musty attic memories
Travel by paper

JenlovesJT47 💜💜💜 1mo
lil1inblue 💙 💚 💛 1mo
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dabbe What a treasure to find and write about! 💜💚💜 1mo
Reggie That‘s a really nice one. I love the last line. 🖤 1mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, that last line! ⭐️ 1mo
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