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"Hungry Paul lived on a knife edge between a passion for board games and an aversion to instruction booklets."

Another winner from John Boyne. This one is made up of 4 novellas very loosely related to one another, but the way they subtly interweave is genius, and in the end it all comes full circle.

Random book from our personal library.

This book speaks to sexual abuse and rape in such a powerful way through four novellas representing water (enabler), earth (accomplice), fire (perpetrator), and air (victim). Characters weave subtly from one element to the next while time always moves forward. The ending is beautiful, which is an accomplishment since these elements are brutal in their destruction.

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Always nice to settle down with a good Maeve book. Very enjoyable

Cute!

My #doublespin for November.

I loved Nora Webster, so I expected to enjoy this more. Unfortunately I got really bored with it and stopped at about 70%, but I‘m going to try the movie to get the end of the story. I know bookworms, possibly a bit taboo, but I‘m just not into the book.

This is my mom‘s Zoey. She‘s staying with me while Mom travels for the holiday. Yes she has yogurt on her face😆. She‘ll be having a bath tomorrow.

Contrariness is a value I embrace when it is to help another human being. I may have to purchase as gifts.

Random book from our personal library.

Enright is a mystery to me. I always want to enjoy her books but they always end up being a muddle in my mind. This story revolves around a single mother and her daughter and the legacy left behind by the mother‘s father, a famous poet who has callously left all of them behind. Some of the writing was wonderful and yet I always feel removed from the emotion Enright is trying to elicit from me. It‘s a low pick. #offtheshelf #TenBeforetheEnd