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Librarybelle
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I‘m surprised I‘m the first one to review this - it came out in 2019! Set in #Australia, this is a dual timeline double mystery, with similar situations and some trigger warnings (see below). Abby finds an injured teen in the bushlands, which triggers some horrific memories for her. This is the stage for the slow reveal of the past and present, involving abduction, violence, and what it means to forgive. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Librarybelle ⬆️⬆️⬆️ I listened to this and had some trouble in the beginning identifying which storyline was being discussed - I think I would have followed along a lot better with print. It‘s a slow burn novel, with also a bit of romance. I liked it and would read more by Romer. TW: child abduction, violence towards children, abuse 2w
Librarybelle It‘s terrible to say this is my first for #ReadingOceania2024 ! @BarbaraBB 2w
Librarybelle #BBRC #Adult #OnceBittenTwiceShy - so many of these characters are grappling with their past and are afraid of falling into the same patterns, making the same mistakes, or even reliving the same nightmares. @LibrarianRyan 2w
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BarbaraBB I only read one too so far 😱 2w
Librarybelle @BarbaraBB I know we have a lot of great books to choose from, thanks to the participants! 2w
LibrarianRyan Sounds interesting. I bet it had an embargo by Audible/Amazon because I have never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. 2w
Librarybelle @LibrarianRyan That could be! 2w
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ChelseaM6010
Untitled | Unknown
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#IdiomInsight
Day 30. Once bitten twice shy
#OnceBittenTwiceShy

Eggs Like this!! 🖤❤️🖤 7mo
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dabbe
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Read-y_Picker Never heard that one before 😆 7mo
AmyG 🤣 7mo
Eggs 😂🩵👏🏻 7mo
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Ruthiella 😂 7mo
dabbe @Read-y_Picker 🤩🤣🤗 7mo
dabbe @AmyG 🤩🤣🤗 7mo
dabbe @Ruthiella 🤩🤣🤗 7mo
dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤣🤗 7mo
TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣 7mo
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 🤩🤣🤗 7mo
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TheSpineView
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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 7mo
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DebinHawaii
Persuasion | Jane Austen
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#IdiomInsight

#OnceBittenTwiceShy is said when someone has been hurt or had a bad experience in the past, so they‘re far less likely to take risks or make the same mistake again in the future. Often used in books where the hero or heroine has been scorned once by love and refuses to let their guard down again.

In Persuasion, my second favorite Austen novel, Captain Wentworth epitomizes this idiom. These are the covers of the editions I own.🩵

DebinHawaii Thank you to @Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for this month‘s idioms. I learned a lot looking them each up! 🤗 7mo
Eggs Beautiful covers 🥰🥰 I‘m so glad you enjoyed the idioms ~ something different. Always a pleasure to have your participation 🩷🩷 7mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
Jaws | Peter Benchley
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From the TBR shelf (saw the movie countless times):

One of my favorite 80s hairband songs is #OnceBittenTwiceShy by Great White

#IdiomInsight

dabbe I'm sure you've heard of this, but I just had to listen to it again after seeing your post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeYCOFblZRg 7mo
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe omg 🤣😂🤣 I never heard this!! Thank you for sharing the link - hysterical!! 💞💕 7mo
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau It was a huge hit in the (ahem) 70s. It still makes me laugh every time I hear it! 🤩🤩🤩 7mo
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TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Ahhh, makes sense. I wasn't allowed to see Jaws until the edited TV version bc I was 8ish when it came out. But still I'm surprised my daughter never came across this bc she LOVES Jaws. 7mo
Eggs Brilliant 🦈 7mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Thank you {takes a bow} Of course I've been singing that song all damn day 😂🪱 7mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Bitten | Kelley Armstrong
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#OnceBittenTwiceShy 🐺 #IdiomInsight 🍂🍁

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs Perfection 👌🏼👏🏻 7mo
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Kshakal
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Eggs ❤️🤍🖤 7mo
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GatheringBooks
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#IdiomInsight Day 30: I have reached the part in this chunkster of a novel where the main character has #OnceBittenTwiceShy vibes - his heart broken, his home destroyed, his entire family dead. Our #EmiratesLitFoundation book club pick for October.

Eggs Sounds like a compelling book 📚 ❤️ 7mo
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IndoorDame
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#OnceBittenTwiceShy never seems to be the credo of the vampire romance 🧛🏻‍♀️🩸💋 #IdiomInsight @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Haha yep 👏🏻 🧛🩸Thanks for playing along all month 🥰🥰 (edited) 7mo
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