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I hated this and it isn't interesting enough to hate read. I have been avoiding even listening to this for 2 days. Every woman in this novel is the whiniest privileged woman and it is boring. We are spending all of our time with Toni a war obsessed professor who took Zenia's bf in college and who lives in fear Z will come back and take him back? He is not even a great guy? There are so many moments I swore out loud in disgust

SamAnne Hmmm….maybe I unstack this. Doesn‘t sound like my cup of tea. 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures @SamAnne it gets high reviews from others. But I can tell you the moment I knew I was done was when the MC was saying she wanted babies but her husband never brought it up so she has pushed the feeling aside..... Even as a child free person this was a big yikes. 1d

dabbe #hailthebail 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 1d

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BarbaraBB On to the next Atwood 😉 24h

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB yes! I have her new memoir which I hear good stuff about! 22h

BookishMarginalia Onwards! 22h

rebcamuse I took an Atwood seminar in college and it‘s funny—I only really loved Handmaid‘s Tale but I had some recollection of enjoying this one, but I couldn‘t tell you anything about it. I did not like Edible Woman or Bodily Harm, likely because they both seemed to have the many of the same theme. Reading pretty much her entire oeuvre at that point in one semester was… a lot. 14h

PatriciaU Atwood is an author everyone loves and I have never “gotten.” I‘ve heard her speak in person and she was spectacular, but I just can‘t read her books. 4h

ChaoticMissAdventures @rebcamuse this would have been a fascinating class! I would like to take that now, especially through a modern lenses when her older things were both regressive (this one) and so forward thinking like HT. 12m

ChaoticMissAdventures @PatriciaU she is amazing in person (I also like to watch her fight with people online lol) I have decided I don't like her contemporary books, but I did really enjoy HT and her oryx and crake series when I read it many many moons ago. 7m

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Bookwormjillk

Late Nights on Air | Elizabeth Hay

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The slow pace of this book made it hard to follow on audiobook, but I loved loved loved the setting in a radio station in small town NW Territories.

BarbaraBB Sounds like a book for you @TheKidUpstairs 💕 2d

TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB I've had this on my shelf forever! It won the Giller years ago, and for some reason I've just never gotten around to opening it. But i LOVE Hay's most recent book, so maybe I should prioritize this one, soon.

Snow Road Station: A Novel

JuniperWilde I absolutely loved this book. I read it as a physical book. It‘s a treasure 🇨🇦 1d

Bookwormjillk @JuniperWilde I need to re-read it as a physical book 1d

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bookandbedandtea

The Takedown | Lily Chu

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This book tried to do too much: Dee‘s parents & grandmother have moved in with her due to Gma‘s poor health; her mother is a font of toxic positivity; Gma has a history of treating Dee, her father, and sister w disdain due to their race; she meets a man she likes & w/ whom she has much in common, she loses her job & gets a new one where she is assigned to a local fashion house to help them w/ diversity hiring, which is greeted w/ plenty of…

bookandbedandtea pushback. All of that would make for a good story but we also have: neither of the diversity consulting companies she works for walk their own talk; her new guy, Teddy, is the son of the CEO of the fashion house &, as his dad rejects all of his suggestions, he's given up trying to make changes at work, which Dee, hypocritically, as she hasn't been able to push back against her own family, blames him for; AND, Dee discovers that the head of design (edited) 3d

bookandbedandtea at Teddy's company is stealing designs from young, marginalized designers which leads to her doing some amateur sleuthing in an attempt to prove it. Whew! A lot of this was good, some of it was absurd, and some things were simply plot devices (Teddy's father being utterly unable to listen to reason didn't make sense) so this lands at a low pick for me. But the good stuff was good enough that I'll try this author again.
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AnnCrystal 💕🌱💝. 3d

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vivastory

Bear | Marian Engel

Bailed on Patel's I'm A Fan earlier. The sporadic brilliant insights unfortunately couldn't save it (never a good sign when nodding off repeatedly while listening). Up next one championed by @merelybookish OR I might opt for Max Porter's Shy: both audio. Will definitely still give both a go this month!

KT1432 This seems to give a whole new meaning to “choosing the bear!” 😳 3d

merelybookish Oooh how exciting! I hope you enjoy it but will be interested to hear your thoughts regardless. A Canadian classic!! It won awards. 3d

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Robber Bride | Margaret Atwood

What is it about books about women written in the 1990s?
They are such push overs, so whiny, so boringly priggish. I am hate listening to the tagged at this point, mostly because I need 2 Atwood's to push down a bad man from my most read list. I am begging 1993 Atwood to give these women spines!! .

Ruthiella I looked at this book as an allegory and a riff on the fairy tale The Robber Bridegroom. It‘s been a few years but I believe Atwood made the three women intentionally frustrating. 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella yes I read a few reviews that said it was fairy tale related, but goodness. What whiners! But I gave a thing against books written in the 90s, not sure what happened that decade (I was late teens early 20s) but I don't love them! 4d

BarbaraBB I didn‘t enjoy this one as much as I expected too either. My favorites will always be Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid‘s Tale (hated Testaments though). 4d

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LitsyEvents

This Side Jordan: A Novel | Margaret Laurence

repost for @Jess861

The first Oh Canada Book Club pick for 2026 has started with This Side Jordan by Margaret Laurence. This is a bi-monthly read so it will go through to the end of February.

All are welcome to join this laid back book club where we explore the books written by Canadian authors. Feel free to join in when a book interests you and jump out when one doesn't.

#Canada #CanadianAuthors #BookClub #BuddyRead

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LiseWorks

The Disappeared | Kim Echlin

#ISpyBingoSpecielEdition #SomePeopleSay
@TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620
The only bingo spot found with this book. My second book read this year.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d

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LiseWorks

The Disappeared | Kim Echlin

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This book was read for #2026FoodandLit @Texreader @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It was a page turner, heartbreak, and oh boy how can such a small country go through what they went through. #2026NewYearsReadathon @Bookwormjillk #Read2026 @DieAReader
#LitsyAtoZ2026 @Texreader the letter "d"

Bookwormjillk I‘m stacking that! 4d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I am anticipating a lot of rough books being read this month for Cambodia. 4d

Texreader @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick same 😢 4d

Gissy It sounds so good! Stacked 😃 4d

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 2d

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Robber Bride | Margaret Atwood

Listening to the tagged 🎧 #Canada and honestly not enjoying it much, but I am trying to knock someone off my most read chart so on we go!
My ARC right now is Martha Wells Platform Decay out in the states in May
NF = In Exile #Pakistan biography of the author's grandmother
Sunburn #Ireland in the 90s
And then hopefully to #ToB and #Lebanon

#Weeklyforecast

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