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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Obsessed with the American pronunciation of Aaron…
Lowkey forgot and was wondering who “Erin” was 🤣

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Lindy
Portrait of a Body | Julie Delporte
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Delicate artwork in coloured pencil and watercolour illustrate this graphic memoir about coming out as a lesbian later in life. Translation from French by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle. #CanadianAuthor #LGBTQ #comics

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Sarahreadstoomuch
Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly
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Omg this is such a wonderful treat of a book! Such lovely characters… it centers in the titular siblings, and extends outward to include their complicated family dynamics, their partners/ex-partners, and the life challenges they face: relationships, finances, racism, mental health, etc. I want them to adopt me.

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Centique
Freshwater | Akwaeke Emezi
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Finally getting to this debut novel from 2018. It was fascinating to view the protagonist from the internal view of the spirits that occupy her body. I had read reviews where people found this bizarre and confronting. I guess my worldview has been widened by my other reading because it didnt seem so strange - very interesting and engaging. Have you read this @Reggie ?

Billypar I loved this one, especially how convincing the different narrative voices sounded. Not overly weird but unique enough to be memorable. 7h
Centique @Billypar yes! Unique is a much better word for it i think. 7h
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MarshmallowAdventures
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A beautifully atmospheric novel. The stories of Holly, Nisa, Stevie, and Amanda are diverse but diverge together in a refreshingly realistic portrayal of intergenerational relationships in a community. These relationships are at the heart of the story, and are at constant risk of being devoured by their individual desires for success.

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charl08
Returning to Reims | Didier Eribon

To use an insult is to cite the past. It only has meaning because it has been used by so many earlier speakers: a dizzying word that rises from the depths of time immemorial, as one of Genet's verses puts it.

Yet, for those at whom it is aimed, it also represents a projection into the future: the dreadful presentiment that such words, and the violence they carry, will accompany you for the rest of your days.

keithmalek Words are not violence. 12h
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charl08
Returning to Reims | Didier Eribon

Or there was the time when, after I had made mention of Simone de Beauvoir, this same ultra-Catholic professor, an extremely powerful presence in the philosophy department, interrupted me and curtly interjected: "You seem to be unaware that Mademoiselle de Beauvoir treated her own mother disrespectfully.".... "Mademoiselle"! I laughed for months each time I thought of this way of referring to her.

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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lil1inblue
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I love when I have lots of data entry at work, because it allows me to #audiowork.
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This was an inventive, almost surreal blend of memoir & fantasy. Beautiful characters, and a variety of writing styles.

🎧: I never hold the narrator of an audiobook against the book itself, but this one was just ok. I felt the work was owed a better narrator in order to truly appreciate the poetry of the book. I'd recommend the print version.

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bookwyrm7
The Cybernetic Tea Shop | Meredith Katz
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A beautiful story. Light and simple but full of sentiment. A little cozy novella for those who'd like to read something pleasant and refreshing.