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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators� Revolution | R.F. Kuang

Two recently finished books! I finally finished Babel, after a year, and the other is a buddy read with @AmyK1 for mother-daughter murder mystery book club! Really enjoyed both, though I don‘t remember a lot of Babel…. 😄

BooksNBowls A year?!?! 😳😅 3h

wideeyedreader @BooksNBowls I took a VERY long break because I got kind of bogged down in the middle of the book 2h

BooksNBowls @wideeyedreader okay I was wondering bc I want to read it 😭 7m

wideeyedreader @BooksNBowls ahhh that makes sense. I think I‘m an anomaly lol, most people don‘t take that long! 3m

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mcctrish

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

I am loving the latest #janeadjacent #buddyread and so impatient to discuss our 2 chapters everyday 🤣 Melody makes my blood boil, I wish she‘d really twist her damn ankle #karma

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Ruthiella

Swastika Night | Murray Constantine

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Fascinating premise, but the execution was clunky - dialogue heavy instead of actually showing events, which made it seem longer than it was. Still fascinating considering it was published in 1937. In this envisioned future world domination is split between Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan. Women are treated as cattle, good only for bearing children. Homosexuality among men is the norm and Hitler is worshipped as 7 foot tall, blond Aryan god.

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StayCurious

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

#Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent Ch.7-8: there is nothing worse than a girl who fakes injury to get attention from a guy. IMO - Melody is very immature. I‘m finding her annoying. But I was pleasantly surprised at Mr. Vincent - he didn‘t do anything to take away from Jane‘s skill, which was decent of him. I can definitely see him as a love interest for her. She just needs to soften him up a bit.

StayCurious @kspenmoll @Princess-Kingofkings @Librarybelle @DebinHawaii @mcctrish @daena @rubyslippersreads @CatLass007 @willaful @PageShifter @IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair @vonnie862 @Cheshirecat913 @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead 22h

Princess-Kingofkings I completely agree ~ ugh!! 22h

CatLass007 Is that Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar? 22h

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vonnie862 I definitely see Mr. Vincent being a love interest. Now Melody, I have a bad feeling about her. 22h

mcctrish I didn‘t think Melody could get any worse and yet here we are !!!! She‘s a conniving dimwit. And she‘s mad now too because Jane isn‘t all “oh you poor beautiful dear, you can‘t hold a candle to my skills so of course you have to connive and manipulate! I completely understand “ 🤢 I happy Mr Vincent explained why he was out of sorts - things might go more smoothly between him and Jane now 🤞🏻 22h

BarkingMadRead Ughhhhhh I am not a fan of Melody and her ways, or the way she treats Jane. I am starting to really love Mr Vincent for Jane 22h

kspenmoll Agree with you all! 22h

StayCurious @CatLass007 seemed apropos lol 22h

DebinHawaii Melody is so annoying! 😡 22h

daena Melodramatic Melody! 21h

Librarybelle Not a fan of Melody! Ugh! 21h

CatLass007 I agree. 21h

julieclair I admit I am softening towards Mr. Vincent. And hardening towards Melody, lol! 18h

BarbaraJean I think it‘s interesting how Melody seems so insecure—feeling jealous and trying to compete with Jane—when Jane constantly feels like Melody outshines her! And yet Jane still looks out for her sister, while Melody is petty and immature about it all. I was so annoyed when she took Jane‘s warranted calling out of her blatant lies as a betrayal showing she can‘t trust her sister. 🙄 14h

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Princess-Kingofkings

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

#Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent @StayCurious Oh my! This is me…the more I learn about something/someone, the more I appreciate. At work on Tuesday, I told my Lt. thank you after he shared the historical practice of a procedure. He really did help me.

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KathyWheeler

The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories | Susanna Clarke

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Short story collections are a mixed bag. I liked most of these, but some fell short. The stories are set in the same magical world as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, but only one (the title story — my favorite) features characters from that novel.

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StayCurious

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

#Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent Ch.5-6: I worry that Jane and Mr.Vincent will butt heads and try to outdo the other. Do you think he‘s set on embarrassing her while they do the tableau vivante? If she can‘t keep up with him she might look foolish. This is after all his livelihood he‘s protecting. He needs patrons as his bread and butter whereas - in his opinion - Jane is just having fun. Melody shouldn‘t have suggested it without checking with Jane.

BarkingMadRead I feel like this can‘t end well, he really seems to dislike Jane… well, pretty much everyone 🤣 2d

mcctrish Melody irks the crap out of me, she can get married off pronto 2d

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julieclair I, too, am worried that he will embarrass Jane. He is so unpleasant. 2d

Princess-Kingofkings @mcctrish I agree! 2d

willaful So I'm the only one thinking Jane and Mr. Vincent then? 😂 2d

vonnie862 @willaful no, I'm thinking the same thing 2d

BarbaraJean @willaful @vonnie862 Me too! Such strong Mr. Darcy vibes!! Mr. Vincent is clearly proud, socially uncomfortable, and misunderstood. 😁 He will likely embarrass Jane due to his own pride and inability to relate well to others, while simultaneously growing to respect her talent as a glamourist as well as her personal charms. And he‘ll have to overcome his aversion to her sister‘s ill-advised forwardness. If the P&P vibes carry through! (edited) 2d

willaful @BarbaraJean 💯 2d

Cheshirecat913 Yes, @BarbaraJean , I feel that. Only problem for me is that I I totally picture Mr. Vincent as an older guy, a la DaVinci from the movie Ever After. 😅 1d

kspenmoll @mcctrish OMG I laughed out loud at your comment! She is an annoying little twit!!!! 22h

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kspenmoll

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

#SpringSkies #MagicalElement #day17

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfection ✨👌🏼🌟 2d

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Mrs_B

Scarlet | Genevieve Cogman

I somehow missed this when it was released. I‘m a big fan of cogman‘s invisible library series. Anyway it‘s 99p on kindle at the minute!

julesG The sequel is due soon. 😉 2d

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Princess-Kingofkings

Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal

This scene was hilarious to me as I imagined these fancy women rushing to gawk at one of their own as if she was practically naked without her glamour.
#Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent @StayCurious Thanks for hosting; this book has me giggling.

kspenmoll Yes! 😂😂 2d

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