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JuliaTheBookNerd
The Princess Bride | William Goldman
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#HasAuthorNotes 💚❤️💛🖤

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shawnmooney
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TrishB I love that ♥️ now
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Mattsbookaday
Vaim | Jon Fosse
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Vaim, by Jon Fosse (2025, transl. 2025)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Premise: The story of lonely fishermen in an isolated part of Norway and the woman that changes their lives.

Review: This was my first book by Nobel-Prize-winning author Jon Fosse. While I can see his incredible skill, this didn‘t quite do it for me. I was blown away by the strong narrative point of view of the first section; but, as the point of view switched, the voice didn‘t change with it.⬇️

Mattsbookaday This lessened the impact overall. It made me feel like these characters were just versions of the same man — and perhaps that was the intention, but I didn‘t enjoy it. That said, it‘s a good story.

Bookish Pair: This would pair well with Independent People. by Icelandic writer Halldor Laxness (1934)
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The_Penniless_Author
Beyond Black: A Novel | Hilary Mantel
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This is the first Mantel I've ever read, and her writing is as good as everyone says it is. Which is great, because this book at times seemed like an interesting central conceit stretched too thin. The idea that spirits roam the earth unchanged from how they were in life, their personalities frozen in amber, no matter how vicious or shallow or predatory, tormenting the living, is a terrifying one (and a good analog for trauma)...👇

The_Penniless_Author ...I understand pacing-wise the reasons for the slow reveal of what truly happened to the MC, Alison, in her childhood, but the general outlines are given to you from the beginning (the specifics, filled in at the end, are still properly grim). Nevertheless, the middle is stuffed with repetitive scenes of Alison and Collette's relationship on the road that would be a real slog in the hands of a lesser writer. 2h
Suet624 Hi fellow Vermonter… cold and snowy enough for you? Jeepers!!! 1h
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BarbaraBB
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Rosa is independent, confident, pragmatic, judging and funny. Most of all, she‘s one of the most unreliable narrators I‘ve ever met! It would have been a totally different story from the POV of her daughter or granddaughter.
The book is about life in the USSR, leaving the country for Germany, trying to make the most of it under all circumstances.
It‘s quite unique and I can‘t wait to discuss it with the #EuropaCollective.

Soubhiville I really love this cover drawing. I‘m going to keep an eye on reviews, I‘m curious! 2h
Suet624 Almost started reading this last night but decided to wait a bit so the details would be fresh at the end of January 56m
BarbaraBB @Soubhiville Yes it‘s gorgeous. And I am glad it‘s the same on the Dutch edition! 40m
BarbaraBB @Suet624 That‘s a good idea. And it‘s a quick read! 40m
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ReadingWithAnOtaku
The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien

Currently reading the silmarillion and wow, I feel like I'm reaching a whole new depth of middle earth and it's so much information I feel like you should get a certificate or something when you're done lol

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Blueberry
Breakfast with Buddha | Roland Merullo
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"My name is Otto Ringling, ( no circus jokes, please) and I have a strange story to tell."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Blueberry
The Awakening | Kate Chopin
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mariaku21
Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen
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Continuing my #booksreadin2025.

Reread this for Nicola Coughlan!!
She brings such a fun freshness that highlights the wit and differences of the sisters themselves. She does a great job giving each character a different tone and sound, that I never lost place of who was talking as well as her actual speaking voice for the third person perspective in the book. Honestly, her narration was so much fun to listen to.