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#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

Forgot to do yesterday's, so here's both:
July: WIVES AND DAUGHTERS w/ the #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadread ... I don't think I ever would have read this without them! 🥳
August: THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR: I definitely would not have read this if I hadn't been gifted this book by @TheLudicReader. Such a compelling read! 😍

Thank you, my dear friend @HeatherBlue for picking out such different but all intriguing books, as always. I don't know where to begin! I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas, and hopefully, 2026 slows down for the both of us. 💕

#roll100 #snowedin Meh. This was ok. Some of the descriptions felt a bit gratuitous. Probably need to read something a bit more uplifting now!

Great on audible

Next audible

Great on audible

Next audible

⭐️ blech! I hated this book! Not one redeeming character. Maybe Peter, but that‘s it. I‘m not offended at all@by some T matter when handled well. This failed in all levels. Like the protagonist needing to make a voice, the author should have chosen to write crudely or lovely prose but not both, it was jarring to the reader. Why didn‘t she get therapy and learn her feelings were trauma bonding it would have saved us all from@this.

I read this book because Lidija Hilje recommended it and I loved her book Slanting Towards the Sea. The Paper Palace is a love story, just like Slanting, but not as good.
Elle is staying with her husband and kids at Cape Cod. As always Jonas is there too, with his own family. They used to love each other but never really were together. This year everything changes and Elle has a tough choice to make.
An enjoyable read and a light pick.