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I wanted to read this book for a long time because it is well recommended. I liked but didn‘t love it. I think is too unnecessarily long but I never felt bored because you want to know about these characters. It is about this selected group of unlikable students who attend this special program of classics with this eccentric professor. A murder occurred and you know who did and how from the beginning of the story.⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) So this is a character driven story. I don‘t know about that ending. But I like that academia aspect of books and quotes. It was well written but too long with not much happening, it goes around and around of these guilty destructive feelings experience in different ways by each character. Like a Greek tragedy, no hope just self destruction. The author is the narrator in the audiobook. 3.75⭐️ 2mo

Gissy September #BookSpin #BookSpinBingo (#12) @TheAromaOfBooks
#SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView
#RushAThon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES
#GoodReadsAroundtheYear prompt #19
#ChunksterChallenge #AlmostAChunkster (559 pages) @Amiable (edited) 2mo

sisilia I love the tote bag! 👀 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

Gissy @sisilia It was a gift from a friend🤗 2mo

Amiable Yay! Great job! 2mo

TheSpineView Fabulous! 2mo

Gissy @sisilia Thank you! It was a gift🤗 2w

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Cuilin

The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese

What did you love or not about this novel? Was it too long?

Cinfhen, AmyG, Amiable, Desha, Sapphire, Deblovestoread, Bookwormjillk, Mitch, AllDebooks

AmyG I viewed this as a family saga. Also, historical fiction. 2mo

Amiable Ha ha! I‘m the #ChunksterChallenge lady. No such thing as too long. 😀 I love a good literary multigenerational novel. (edited) 2mo

Cuilin @Amiable same!!! 2mo

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Bookwormjillk Not too long for me! I didn‘t want it to end, and might read it again before the year is over! 2mo

Mitch I loved the length. I love getting fully immersed in the book - the multi generations and the links between peoples lives. I think I felt really ‘satisfied‘ by the end - which tells me it was probably just the right length! 2mo

Mitch I loved the strength of the female characters. They were resourceful and inventive - resilient and optimistic. I loved the level of description- enough to put you there but not enough to put the story on hold 2mo

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Gissy

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Volume 5 | J K Rowling

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August review😳
This is a re-read for me. As expected, I loved not maybe as some previous books but I still think this is a well developed magic world with wonderful characters. The audiobook has an amazing narrator. 4.5⭐️
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#ISpyBingo August (name in the tittle) @TheAromaOfBooks @Clwojick
#ChunksterChallenge @Amiable

Gissy #RushAThon @DieAReader @Andrew65 #GHAB4ROSES 3mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3mo

Amiable 😍 3mo

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Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 Love the cup. 3mo

Gissy @Andrew65 Thank you🤗 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo

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Kelly326

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

June bingo final! No bingos, but finished Les Miserables to complete the 1st half of my #chunksterchallenge. Also finished my #bookspin and #doublespin.

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 5mo

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Finally got together my #BookSpinBingo list for July. There are a lot of books I want to read in July. Also, several challenges I am working on. I need the month off to read everything!!!

@TheAromaofBooks
#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65
#LitsySciFiBookClub #ChunksterChallenge @Amiable #NGGSummerSmashUp @AllDebooks

AllDebooks Good luck x 5mo

Amiable A month off just to read-- wouldn't that be amazing! 😍 (edited) 5mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo

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Andrew65 Good luck with July‘s Readathon. 5mo

TheSpineView @AllDebooks @Andrew65 😊 5mo

TheSpineView @Amiable My idea of heaven on earth!💙📖 5mo

TheSpineView @TheAromaofBooks 🌞 5mo

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A Column of Fire | Ken Follett

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This is the 3rd book of the Kingsbridge series but could easily be read as a stand alone. Wonderful prose and great characters make this historical fiction a must read. Good enough that I know I will reread this in the future. 5⭐️

#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65
#ChunksterChallenge @Amiable
#LitsyLoveReads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Amiable Good to know! I loved “Pillars of the Earth” 6mo

CoverToCoverGirl He has another one in this series coming out in August. I can‘t wait, such an amazing story teller. 6mo

TheSpineView @CoverToCoverGirl Exciting news! 6mo

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TheSpineView @Amiable 😊 6mo

Andrew65 I love these books. Well done 👏👏👏 6mo

AmyG 🎉🙌🏻 6mo

Deblovestoread Well done! 6mo

TheSpineView @Andrew65 @AmyG @Deblovestoread 😊🤩 6mo

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Bookwormjillk

The Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon

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After hearing wonderful things from my reading friends at work I‘ve been working on this chunkster mini all year. I‘m sad to say I just thought it was okay. There were too many divergent stories at the beginning and by the time they came together it seemed like an afterthought. Sorry Priory lovers, this one just wasn‘t for me. #ChunksterChallenge

Amiable

Amiable I‘ve wondered about this one after seeing all the love for it —glad to see your take on it. 7mo

janeycanuck I agree. We‘re listening to this on audio while we travel. I keep falling asleep. 6mo

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Lizpixie

Homecoming | Kate Morton

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I couldn‘t help starting this one yesterday, then I‘m up till 8am this morning finishing it! It was intense, intriguing & obviously, very addicting. But I did have some issues with it, which I‘ll be explaining in Spoiler comments below👇👇👇 #Booked2023 #Featuring3Generations #FourFoursIn23 #WombatCombat #ChunksterChallenge #Pantone2023 #GreyedJade #ReadySetRead #52BookClubRC #BookspinBingo

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Amiable, Clwojick, Lauredhel, alisiakae, TheAromaofBooks

Lizpixie While I loved the story & the setting, the author is as good as Jane Harper in making the place a character, she also does the same with the time it‘s set in, I had issues with the characters! Two were extremely gullible & weak & the other was one of the most manipulative MCs she‘s ever written. Which isn‘t really an issue, my problem is that she got away with everything she did with not even a single blame in sight! If that was my parent, 👇👇👇 7mo

Lizpixie you bet your arse I‘d be blaming her for everything!! And that the real murderer got away with what she did and the poor murdered mother was left with the blame still. And the ending was a bit of an anticlimax honestly. But don‘t get me wrong, it was still an enthralling read. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7mo

Cinfhen I used to love Kate Morton / definitely adding this one to my RIDICULOUS TBR 7mo

Clwojick Great job! ❤️ 7mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo

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