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Robotswithpersonality
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The perfect title. This story reads better if you consider it 'young woman moves to a small town and begins to make a life for herself' than if you consider it a murder mystery. But honestly, Baby the English Mastiff is 70% of why I kept reading. The book ends without solving/explaining much of the mystery, but series bait doesn't bother me when I'm happy to continue in this world of baking goodies and loving big dogs.☺️ Audiobook recommended.

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AmyG
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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REPollock I‘m on the waitlist for this at two libraries! Really looking forward to it. 2d
Crazeedi It was so good 2d
dabbe Yes! 💚💙💚 2d
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Avanders I can‘t wait to read it! 2d
Librarybelle Loved this one! 2d
Amiable I just picked this up from the library today—diving right in! 2d
Lesliereadsalot My favorite book of last year! 2d
AmyG @Lesliereadsalot It will be a top favorite of this year. 2d
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mcipher
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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My new bookcase - don‘t tell my husband, but I think I need to go on a buying spree to fill it up with books instead of cats 😂 (Current book club read tagged ♥️)
#shelfie

Tamra Love it! 1w
Cortg Pretty! I like the clean, minimal lines 😍 1w
Leftcoastzen Beautiful! Especially with cat!😂 1w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it! 😍 1w
dabbe #kittyplusshelf = 🤩🖤🐾🖤🤩 1w
BarbaraBB Gorgeous shelves 🥰 1w
Bette Lovely. And lovely 🐈‍⬛ too 1w
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dabbe
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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A lovely tale of a mother's “carnival“ past in summer-stock theater at Tom Lake, Lara feeds her three-robin-daughters with stories of her 20s actress life and first-love affair with Duke, a fellow actor. Set during the 2020 pandemic at a cherry farm in northern Michigan, Patchett weaves Lara's story between the past and present to show how to come to terms with the choices one makes and how to live an intentional life. Time now to reread OUR TOWN.

rubyslippersreads This is the book for my IRL book club in April, so I‘m glad to know it‘s good. 2w
dabbe @rubyslippersreads It was for me! 🤩😍😃 2w
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dabbe
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (Thanks for the tag!) 😘

1. I'm on a cherry farm in northern Michigan. 🍒💚🍒
2. I would have loved to have been a teacher at Hogwarts. 😍

Play? @AmyG @Aimeesue @bthegood

AmyG Ha! I just posted. And northern Michigan sounds lovely! 2w
dabbe @AmyG Michigan's just a gorgeous state all-around! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🍒🧺💝🧙‍♀️📚😉👍. 2w
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚💙💚 2w
Eggs Perfect❣️Love Wisconsin and Michigan 2w
dabbe @Eggs 💚💙💚 2w
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dabbe
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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#BookSpin #DoubleSpin
@TheAromaofbooks

Here are my two choices! Thanks again for hosting, @TheAromaofbooks! 🤩🤩🤩

marleed Oh, I liked both. I predict good reading for you! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2w
dabbe @marleed 🤩😍😃 2w
dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🤩😍😃 2w
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MysticFaerie
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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4⭐️/5⭐️

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quietlycuriouskate
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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Well, if you're going to write a pandemic novel it's a good thing to be Ann Patchett, I guess. Oh, you know, the apparent *ease* of the thing!
I was afraid this would be a little too sweet for my taste but there were enough sharp cherries amongst the harvest that I ended up loving it. 🍒
(I especially loved Emily!)

kspenmoll Love your “ sharp cherries among the harvest”! 2w
Reggie Yes to Emily! I loved her a lot in here. 2w
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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This is a great pandemic book. The story is not about the pandemic, and though the plot is because of it, it is completely background noise. I liked this look back at Lara's time at Tim Lake, the TL scenes felt very Dirty Dancing to me, this summer in a picturesque Midwestern camp, the staff running around putting on a play, while quiet debauchery goes on. Normally I am not a fan of book with multiple storylines but this is very well crafted 👇

ChaoticMissAdventures I was invested in all of the threads of the story. Lara is a solid character throughout and though a bit bland she is easy to follow throughout. 2w
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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This last week I finished 2 incredibly different books. Both American but of 2 different Americans, and yet both are set in and around Lansing and Detroit Michigan! I just thought it was interesting, Michigan is not a place I read about often and to be reading such wildly different books both partially taking place there was unexpected.