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Reviewsbylola
Memorial: A Novel | Bryan Washington
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#bookspinbingo update, halfway through the month. This book also counts toward #booked2021 #authorsfirstnamestartswithABorC

I will be thinking about this one for a long time. Washington‘s previous success with short stories shines through in the style of this book. It was so insightful and packed a punch, but to the extent that I feel ill need to read it multiple times to get the true impact. #botm #botmbacklogchallenge

Cinfhen So now you‘re on the pick team too!!!! Hmmmm, I may need to pick up the audio 3y
Cinfhen Have you read this @britt_brooke ?!?? @Megabooks was NOT a fan but Steph, @BarbaraBB @CarolynM @KarenUK @Reggie loved it!!! 3y
Megabooks Maybe I‘m wrong. Idk. I was just so disappointed because I loved his short stories so much, and I really didn‘t like this at all. Maybe I‘ll reread it someday. @Cinfhen 3y
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Cinfhen I feel like you probably WILL reread one day....you‘re good that way. I‘m pretty much #OneAndDone 😹 @Megabooks (edited) 3y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen No, I haven‘t. I‘ve been on the fence ... maybe I‘ll wait and see what you think. 😉 3y
Cinfhen Ha @britt_brooke 💚💚💚 3y
Reviewsbylola I would be so curious to see what you think of this one. @cinfhen I‘m slightly more confident that @britt_brooke would like it! 3y
Reviewsbylola And tbh I‘m a little surprised #megabooks didn‘t like it! 3y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola Hmm, all right, I think I‘ll stack it. 😊 3y
Reviewsbylola I‘m getting nervous now. 😅 @britt_brooke 3y
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I know I‘m in the minority about this book, but it really gave me the creeps and made me #paranoid about bumps in the night!
#anglophileapril

LeahBergen I have the first two books in this series. I really must get to them one day. 🙄 5y
vivastory I agree, this one was really unsettling 5y
Mdargusch I‘d be interested to see what you think @LeahBergen 5y
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Mdargusch @vivastory I‘m glad you thought so too! 5y
EmilyM Almost done with The Likeness....this one is up next, I think. 5y
Reviewsbylola I was reading this one at the hospital when I was induced with Genevieve. 😂 5y
Susanita Yeah this is probably my least favorite because it‘s so sad. 5y
emilyhaldi I know I read this but don't remember a thing about it 😂 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘ll get to this. Only read the first three books. 5y
Cinfhen I read my first Tana French recently & wasn‘t very impressed 🙄think I‘m avoiding the rest of her books #OneAndDone #SoManyBooksSoLittleTime 5y
Mdargusch They are definitely slow moving and character driven @Cinfhen 5y
Mdargusch I too found this to be the most unsettling @EmilyM 5y
Mdargusch I don‘t remember much except it scared me @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Susanita (edited) 5y
Mdargusch 👍🏼😃 @erzascarletbookgasm (edited) 5y
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mrp27
The Kite Runner: Rejacketed | Khaled Hosseini
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#booked2019 #muslimauthorormc

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 I had a few false starts with this book but once I got going I couldn't put it down and I read it straight through. Such a heartbreaking story. Some of the coincidences in the plot line seemed a bit much but the story is so beautiful they are easy to forgive.

Cinfhen It‘s been at least 15 years since I read this book....I‘m worried a reread might not live up to my initial read. I think im going to leave this as a #OneAndDone read 😉 5y
mrp27 @Cinfhen I was working at a bookstore when this first came out and because it was so popular I refused to read it then, I was so sick of it! But I'm with you, I'm a one and done kind of girl. Hard to recapture the first time experience in a reread. 5y
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Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk
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#BridgeOverTroubledWater | No troubled water here, just Sweet Water (koozie c/o @Callemarie )! Sitting outside, finishing up this book for #90sSpringFling while the boys play and my husband grills. Loving springtime in Tennessee right now! 🍺☀️

#marchintothe70s #booksandbooze #booksandbrews

Cinfhen And the book????? 5y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I‘m with @Cathythoughts - loving it. Only have a few pages left. Best Palahniuk I‘ve read by far. 5y
Cinfhen Wow!!! We are NOT in sync 😜😜😜 5y
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britt_brooke @Cinfhen 😆 Have you read any of his other books? He‘s effing weird. I hated his newest one. It was really awful. 5y
Reviewsbylola Our spring hasn‘t arrived yet. 😭 Also, that cover is the stuff of nightmares! 5y
BarbaraBB @Reviewsbylola You‘re on a roll regarding this book (I just read your comments under @Cinfhen ‘s posts) 😂😂 5y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola It‘s a totally freaky cover. I was trying to hide it from my boys but they saw it the other day and we‘re completely intrigued. 😬 5y
Reviewsbylola I have strong opinions. 😆 @barbarabb 5y
Reviewsbylola My kids are always fascinated the most by freaky things too! @britt_brooke And if I don‘t want them to see it, it‘s like they have a sixth sense and they come running. 😆 5y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola Naturally! 😆 5y
Cinfhen Nope, I‘m #OneandDone when it comes to this author @britt_brooke @Megabooks @Reviewsbylola 5y
Megabooks @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola I might try another. I liked the style of the prose, just not the plot. Any recommendations @britt_brooke ?? 5y
Cathythoughts Sounds lovely sitting out there ♥️👍🏻 5y
britt_brooke @Megabooks This is my favorite so far, so I‘m not sure what to recommend. I know @vivastory is a fan. Scott, can you give us some Palahniuk recommendations, please? 5y
vivastory Thanks for the tag @britt_brooke ! Palahniuk can be hit & miss with me, but my favorites are: Lullaby, Survivor & Rant. I also liked Haunted, but am always a bit reluctant to recommend it as there's a couple of really gross stories in it. @Megabooks 5y
Megabooks @vivastory Thanks! Rant looks good. I‘ll see if my library has it. 👍🏻📚 5y
britt_brooke @vivastory Thanks so much! 5y
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