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Olive, Again | Elizabeth Strout

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There was no way a sequel could compete with my love for Olive Kitteridge but I love Olive so much and was thrilled to be able to spend more time with her. #booked2023 #propernounintitle

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bookish6

Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert

This book is very strange.
It centers around a young woman who marries a doctor and becomes bored with her life.

#classic #madamebovary #propernounintitle

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Librarybelle

The Jane Austen Project: A Novel | Kathleen A. Flynn

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I really wanted to love this novel - how cool would it be to turn travel and meet Jane Austen!! - but it just was not for me. I did not really care for the MC, and that probably has some to do with my overall so-so feeling of the book. Henry‘s portrayal in the novel also seemed a bit callous - I understand he liked a good time, but it seemed a bit too much. Who knows, though??? Finally took the time to finish this for #PemberLittens .

Librarybelle #Booked2023 #ProperNounInTitle @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen 13mo

Cinfhen Insightful review 🫶🏼great prompt choice 13mo

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

The Godmothers: A Novel | Camille Aubray

I finished (but haven't yet reviewed) 7 books for #booked2023 during the first quarter of 2023.

6 #ProperNounInTitle My Name is Carrie Soto
7 #WronglyIncarceratedMainCharacter Just Mercy
12 #TitleStartsWithVOrW The Weary Blues
15 #BookFeaturingThreeGenerations The Godmothers
16 #AfroFuturismBook Parable of the Sower
17 #BookWasMoreWeirdThanExpected Tropic of Cancer
24 #GiftenByALitten The House With Chicken Legs

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae 13mo

Cinfhen Fantastic ♥️🙌🏻 Don‘t forget: You have until Midnight April 3 to submit all books read between Jan 1-March 31, 2023 🧭 to enter the #FirstQuarterDrawing:  Here‘s the link: https://forms.gle/DJJdqbFZydvy9ndv7 13mo

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julesG

Doomsday Book | Connie Willis

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It's factually wrong about too many things. For over 400 pages nothing much happens. The UK of 2055 looks like someone from 1955 dreamed it up. The Middle Ages part is displayed so stereotypically; it hurts.

#Booked2023 @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen
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julesG Why did the MC learn Middle English for 3 years when she doesn't understand it once on site? And no, language doesn't evolve so much within 20-30 years (that's how far from her time mark she landed) that she couldn't have understood it. Especially given she had to learn German too - even modern German would have helped her. Anyway, she takes ages to decipher the language. ⬇️ 13mo

julesG Every person in the 14th century is either a cut-throat or a rapist. Every person is wearing rags. It's dirty. People are dirty. People stink. The villages stink. It's all grey and dirty. Ugh!!! 13mo

julesG Oh, I forgot, the favourite sport of people in the early 14th century was, according to the Medieval expert, witch burnings. 🤣🙈 #HistoricalFictionInaccuracyAnnoyanceSupportGroup - I need a meeting! 13mo

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julesG That's why I had to start re-reading The Chronicles of St Mary's series. It was probably inspired by this book. It has its flaws, but it does get the history right. 13mo

Cinfhen Yikes!! Sounds AWFUL 😣 13mo

julesG @Cinfhen Can't understand why this book has so many raving reviews. 13mo

psalva The problems with the language definitely bothered me- same for pacing. I guess I was less bothered by the inaccuracies, both because I‘m less informed about the accurate history and because I felt like part of the point was to show how uninformed/ill prepared the “experts” were. I totally see where you‘re coming from though, and maybe the more I learn about the era the less I‘ll like it. Your review took me aback but I appreciate your reaction 😂 13mo

psalva You definitely have me wondering about my own reaction and perspective which I really appreciate. 13mo

julesG @psalva I see your point. It was something I've been wondering about too. I just couldn't fathom how someone would get a job as an expert at Oxford University in a certain field without proper knowledge. Just goes to show, I'm too much of a realist. 😂😂 13mo

psalva @julesG That‘s also a really good point. Maybe it ties into when it was written also. From what you say, I imagine Willis was going off of research that quickly became dated or may have already been dated, so how she imagines the future historians‘ theories is more dramatically flawed and makes it not hold up. I‘m off to add some history books about the era to my TBR :) 13mo

TrishB I really disliked this book too. 13mo

catsuit_mango I am so glad, I really did not like It too and it seems everyone raved about this book. 13mo

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CaitZ

Furia | Yamile Saied M�ndez

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This is a coming-of-age story of a teenage girl in #Argentina. All she wants is to play futbol, but she's up against a society that doesn't believe girls should be individuals. Everyone from her family to her boyfriend wants to control her. I enjoyed it. #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Booked2023 #ProperNounInTitle #MarvellousMarch #MarchMadness @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @alisiakae @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Librarybelle Nice! This one is on my radar! 14mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 14mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 14mo

Cinfhen I heard this one is GREAT!! 13mo

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andrew61

Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel | Dean Koontz

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At the weekend + dashing off to visit my mum I grabbed this ex library bk off the shelf as a quick read and for #propernounintitle #booked2023
Overall a strange story abt a yng man who sees dead people + is pulled into a potential future terrible crime. Enjoyed it but not sure if I'll carry on with the series. Very Stephen King like. Another one taken off that looming pile in the spare bedroom.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae

Cinfhen It‘s oddly satisfying when you read through your older stacks, right??? Nice choice for prompt!! 14mo

andrew61 @Cinfhen, yes, that would be a good plan if I didn't bring two in the house for every one that goes out! 14mo

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump | Rachael Bade, Karoun Demirjian

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Well-told audiobook that makes you question every side of the complex story behind both Trump impeachments. I have new admiration for some players and just SMDH with many more. Some new angles on the over-reported story.

#thebibliophage2023
#booked2023 #propernounintitle
#nonfiction2023 #badreputation

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, alisiakae

Cinfhen Wow! 704 pages🤯well done - I‘m pretty sure my blood pressure wouldn‘t be able to deal with that many details and page count xx 1y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m going to have to read this, and it looks like a commitment I need to plan for. 1y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa How was the audiobook narration? 1y

TieDyeDude It is so weird that the world practically implodes every other day with whatever storm Twitter whips up, and actually reporting (which used to be days or weeks later in the newspaper or researched and edited TV reports) is now regulated to books that come out months/years after the world has moved on from these events. 1y

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Bookzombie

The Marlow Murder Club | Robert Thorogood

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January Reviews

Septuagenarian crossword creator, Judith, thinks her neighbor has been murdered. She forms a friendship with Suzie, a dog walker, and Becks, the vicar‘s wife, while she tries to solve his murder.

I enjoyed this one and I‘m hoping I can find the second audiobook at my library soon. I think this is being compared to The Thursday Murder Club, but I didn‘t love it quite like I do that series. #Booked2023 #propernounintitle

Bookzombie Sorry for the repost. I had to change from blurb to review. 🤪 1y

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