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Kshakal
Gone Girl: A Novel | Gillian Flynn
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Eggs Absolutely 💯 4d
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TheSpineView
Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn
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Eggs
Sharp Objects: A Novel | Gillian Flynn
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“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.”

#InsaneProtag 😳🪒 🩸 🔪 😱

#ItTakesAllKinds

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 4d
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻🙌🏻 4d
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danx
Sharp Objects: A Novel | Gillian Flynn
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One of those books I just could not put down. Small town drama, class disparity, murders, pain, violence, inter generational trauma, care wrapped up and delivered in a masterful voice. Finished it mid morning in the bath, felt fitting given Camille‘s situation at that time. I‘m hooked and look forward to reading more Flynn.

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AmandaBlaze
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice 👏🏻📚 3w
Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼 3w
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Jellybeanbon
Stoner | John Williams
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Started reading Stoner recently and I'm absolutely obsessed, despite trying to avoid read heavy reads at the moment as I'm in the final month of my PhD write up I find that I'm grabbing for the book everytime I take a break

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catsuit_mango
Sharp Objects: A Novel | Gillian Flynn
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Getting ready for an interesting read and half expecting really dark things to happen

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Tamra
Mrs. Bridge | Evan Connell
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Pickpick

Mrs. Bridge encapsulates the ennui of a 1930‘s-40‘s upper middle class housewife in Kansas City. There are some really laugh out loud moments, like when she finds a nude magazine in her son‘s dresser drawer and thinks it can‘t be because those have been legislated against. 😂

Mrs. Bridge‘s primary concern in life is what other people will think or say. Tip: Don‘t leave home without a purse!

Tamra Don‘t expect a plot in this novel, it‘s really a series of vignettes. It is also surprising Connell does not grow the character much - Mrs. Bridge is who she is, which is a product of her time & place. (edited) 1mo
BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one a lot! Did you know that there‘s also a 1mo
Tamra @BarbaraBB yes! I am going to look to see if my library has the audio. Did you read it? 1mo
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Ruthiella “What will other people think” is also definitely a concept that I was raised with. 1mo
Tamra @Ruthiella it can be a difficult attitude to overcome. It gets easier with age! 1mo
BarbaraBB Yes I did and it‘s as good! 1mo
LeahBergen Great review! I‘ve had a copy of this (and Mr) on my shelves for ages. 1mo
jlhammar I‘ve been meaning to try this for years. Sounds like a fun one! 1mo
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Reggie
Almost Perfect | Brian Katcher
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Pickpick

Logan starts off his senior year of high school broken hearted having been dumped by his gf of 3yrs. But a new girl shows up and she‘s tall, quirky, and fun. And no matter how much she tries to keep things platonic, Logan kisses her and that‘s when she has to tell him she was born a boy. I really liked this book a lot. There are complaints about Logan, we‘re in his head the whole way through. He‘s an 18 yo from rural Missouri. It‘s a double 👇🏼

Reggie edged sword. Most people want to judge him for not being PC but he is also the guy we need to meet queer people in the middle. I found him hilarious and contemplative. This story broke my heart because you want better for trans kids and the world 14 years after this book was written is worse off for them. Pick! 2mo
TrishB Great review Reggie 👍🏻 2mo
CarolynM Fabulous review. Stacked. And you‘re right, things should have got better rather than worse. I really don‘t understand why it‘s so controversial. 2mo
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squirrelbrain Great review - stacking. 2mo
Ruthiella Stacking! Another #reggimendation ! 😆 (edited) 2mo
Suet624 Such a lovely review. 💕💕 2mo
Reggie @TrishB @CarolynM @squirrelbrain @Ruthiella @Suet624 Thank you ladies. It‘s sad to say but the weekend I read this, a candidate for Secretary of State in Missouri, the state where this book takes place, ran an ad where she has a flamethrower and is burning a queer book. 1mo
Ruthiella @Reggie That‘s awful. 😞 1mo
squirrelbrain WTF - what is WRONG with people?! 1mo
TrishB 😢 no words. Well I have many tbh. But I definitely agree it‘s getting worse. 1mo
Suet624 Oh God. 1mo
Rissreads What!!!!!!!!!! Why do people feel the need to control what other people read? This truly saddens me. 1mo
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La_Cori
Stoner | John Williams
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Stoner: ⭐⭐1/2
The Necessary Lie: ⭐⭐⭐

#unpopularopinion
I struggled a lot with Stoner, the book and the character: it took a while to grab me, for most of the novel I was not interested enough and I really disliked the side characters.. at the end I was just waiting for him to react and fight for what he loved.
Anyhow, it's not all negative.. i really appreciate Williams's writing style and the poem collection "The Necessary Lie".

Billypar I had the same response - great descriptive writing, but the characters seemed so flat to me. Like Williams wanted to fictionalize his life to puff himself up and air some grievances. 2mo
La_Cori @Billypar i'm happy i'm not the only one who didn't love this novel! 🙃 99% of the reviews i saw were 4 and 5 stars.. 2mo
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