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AppuNthebooks
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2019 started off with a promise to read more. But it spiralled into a case of #Tsundoku. I realised part of my temptation grew from Litsy - too many fabulous books and too little time! So I stayed away till I sliced through my TBR. ☝🏽though was an impulsive buy. Came via #FleasBookClub. Being a hardcore #RHCP fan, I just had to get it. I didn‘t read it in time for the chat but no regrets. It‘s turning out to be a great read! #NoGuilt #GimmeMore

SilversReviews LOVED this book!! 5y
AppuNthebooks @SilversReviews That I keep seeing Captain Kidd as Tom Hanks and hearing his words in his voice as I read, only makes me enjoy it further 😃 Can‘t wait to see the movie! 5y
SilversReviews @AppuNthebooks Oooo...I didn‘t know it was going to be a movie. 5y
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BarbaraBB Did you see Flea live at Instagram discussing the book? He‘s so cool 😍 (being a hardcore RHCP fan myself too 😉) 4y
AppuNthebooks @BarbaraBB Yes! I only wish it had been saved on his Insta so I could return to it now. I just finished the book. Can‘t wait for his next recommendation! 4y
BarbaraBB Yeah me too! But he will be busy promoting his own book I guess! 4y
AppuNthebooks Can‘t wait to lay my hands on it! 4y
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KatieanneF
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Bailedbailed

I HATE to bail on this one because I KNOW is spectacularly written. The plot just didn‘t hold my interest. There is no doubt that McCarthy is a brilliant author who can make you feel everything he‘s conveying...but this western type storyline just wasn‘t for me. #guiltybail

DGRachel Not every book is a good fit for every person, no matter how well-written. #noguilt! 6y
KatieanneF @DGRachel haha thank you!! You‘re right!! 6y
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ElishaLovesBooks
The Twelve-Mile Straight | Eleanor Henderson
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Bailedbailed

I‘m trying to fight through this awful cold with reading. But this book is totally not doing it for me. I left it, came back to it, I gave it 150 pages. But it‘s just not keeping my attention. It seems well written but very detailed, unnecessarily so. Also- does anyone else struggle with #BookGuilt when you rate a book badly? I feel badly when I say all these negative things. . . but I also feel the need to be honest. 🤷🏻‍♀️

cobwebmoth Hope you feel better soon! And yes, I suffer from book guilt, too. 6y
ElishaLovesBooks @cobwebmoth Thanks! The weather has finally turned nice and I‘m stuck inside! I‘m glad to know I‘m not the only one with #bookguilt #IFeelBetter 6y
Ingerella I have the worst book guilt! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one! 6y
Samplergal That‘s why there are millions of books. Not everyone likes or should like every book. #NoGuilt (edited) 6y
ElishaLovesBooks @Ingerella I feel the same! @Samplergal I know you are right!! 6y
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swishandflick
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Picked up a couple of holds that I'm excited about! 👏🏽 #libraryhaul

(Also returned two unread. Felt a smidge guilty about that but I figured I can always check them out again later!)

Zelma I don‘t think I ever return a library stack without unread books. I always check out too many and am such a mood reader. 6y
corycatelyn Eliza and her monsters 👍 6y
Owlizabeth I return unreads all the time! #noguilt 6y
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Kappadeemom
The Dark Lake | Sarah Bailey
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I spent my morning getting my run in before I read the rest of the day. #noguilt #Friyayintro @jess.how

Kaye Now that view would help inspire some exercise ! 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
The Kite Runner: Rejacketed | Khaled Hosseini
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I probably bought more I just remember buying these in May!! #Maybookpurchses
#sparklingmaybookishdreams

Reviewsbylola Sometimes it's better to forget. 😂 #noguilt 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Reviewsbylola you're so right!!! 😂😉 7y
Hollie And the Mountains Echoed was so beautiful! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Hollie I'm going to read it next!!! 7y
maich I must buy Into The Water😊 7y
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missevievelyn
The Liminal People: A Novel | Ayize Jama-Everett
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FINALLY I finished this week's paper and can concentrate on reading again! 📝I'm feeling like I might have to bail on this one though--I really want to like it, but the main character is pretty unpleasant and I've always struggled with unlikable protagonists. 😆

DGRachel Life's too short to read books that don't speak to you. #bail #noguilt 😁 7y
missevievelyn @DGRachel I like that philosophy! 7y
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Jess_Read_This
The Looking Glass Wars | Frank Beddor
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Panpan

🙀 I know.. I know.. I'm in the minority of the Litsy reviewers. I just couldn't get into it. I thought it too juvenile and all over the place. Maybe just not my cup of tea at this tea party. #ontothenext #ya #unbirthday #wonderland #didnotfinish #noguilt #audiobookfail

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TrishB
The Monk: A Romance | Matthew Gregory Lewis
Bailedbailed

Got to about half way and just couldn't finish. I expected a gothic horror and it definitely wasn't!

DGRachel 😔 I really liked it, but I can see where not everyone would. I fully support bailing! 7y
TrishB @DGRachel does anything happen in the second half that I shouldn't have missed? Hate bailing! 7y
the_hibernator If you don't like the first half, don't bother with the second half. This was a hard book for me to read, but I thought it was ok in the end. 7y
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TrishB @the_hibernator thanks! I shall resign myself to not finishing! 7y
DGRachel I don't know how far you've actually gotten, but I was going to say exactly what @the_hibernator said - if you've gotten to the halfway point, let it go without guilt. I liked it, but classic gothic literature was my favorite genre in college. It's not horror in the way I think of horror (Stephen King/blood & gore). #noguilt 7y
deirdrebeecher Have you tried Sheridan Le fanu , he's a bit wordy but he is a good bridge between the early Gothic stuff and what we think of as horror. 7y
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Adam_Z
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Bailedbailed

33% through it, and I'm just not into it. Life is too short to force myself to finish reading something I simply cannot get into. It's not like it's assigned reading for any kind of class. #NoGuilt #Abandoned

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