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This book is beautifully written, as Michael Cunningham can do, but I just didn't care much about it. I figured out the connection early and so it mostly dragged for me. Still glad I finally read it though. It has been on my shelf for a long time. It was #96 for #Roll100. @PuddleJumper

#Roll100 #96 I gave this a pick because the stories were fun and a nice diversion. However, I'm a little disappointed because I expected a book with a bonus story but essentially got two novellas. Oh well, off my list! @PuddleJumper

Low pick / high so-so.

You can tell this was ghost-written - I was expecting to read 'I did this', instead I got 'Anthony did this'. I only got Anthony's voice in the epilogue.

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My January #Roll100 picks are:
#96 - A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
#84 - Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley
#44 - Our Malady by Timothy Snyder

I had already put the Snyder on my #BookSpin list, so clearly I need to read it this month! The Ashley was a swap gift from a couple years ago (one of my 2023 reading goals is books I‘ve received) and one of the few repeats from my 2022 #Roll100 list.

Thanks @PuddleJumper for hosting this challenge!

January #Roll100!!!
#96 - next in the Sookie Stackhouse series (GR lists all the collections that contain Sookie short stories as part of the series, so I‘m reading all of those too, and have really liked some of the stories from other authors). I actually only have 1 or 2 Sookie novels left.
#84 - This Is Where I Leave You (I‘ve seen and enjoyed the movie)
#45 - Broken Monsters (my 2nd Beukes; I loved The Shining Girls. SO excited for this one)

22 #96 Meh…

Meh. I‘ve read one other Michaels and felt the same - I thought this was supposed to be spooky and thrilling and chilling, but it was all pretty bland. Minor romantic elements, small amount of academia, but meh. And a very early-90s focus on feminism (in academia and otherwise) that was actually really obnoxious. Not terrible but disappointing. This was my #roll100 #96 @PuddleJumper

21 #96 Looking for another good cozy mystery series, still. This isn‘t it either.

#96
This book was a miss for me. I didn't like it as well as THE SILENT PATIENT.

Finished listening to this one on my way there and back to a weight loss clinic. That probably doesn‘t matter at all, but this was such a sweet story and I will never hear, “Don‘t you wish you were here?” In the same way again. If you need to lift your spirits, read this book. #100YEARS100BOOKS #96 #TAILSandTALESforADULTS #23 #BookSpinBingo #21 #THANKFULATHON #BOOKED2021 (color)