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Pomegranate: A Novel | Helen Elaine Lee
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Pickpick

This is a sad but hopeful story of a woman moving forward from addiction and prison time. The language was beautiful. It‘s a novel you feel in your bones.

Ranita was mixed up with a bad crowd and started using heroin. She lost custody of her kids and was sent to prison. After finding love there, she starts to turn her life around, but can she survive all the pitfalls once she‘s released? I loved the flashbacks of her life before prison.

MicheleinPhilly This is on sale today for I think, $4.99. Think I‘m 1-clicking now! 9mo
Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly thanks for sharing! I hope you enjoy it! 9mo
squirrelbrain Great review - stacked. 9mo
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Cinfhen I keep seeing this book! Definitely #stacking 9mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen I think you‘d both like it! It was a worthy one to buy for full price at Parnassus! 9mo
Cinfhen It‘s on #Scribd 🩷So it‘s definitely coming up soon 😁 9mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen yayayay!! 9mo
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CarolynM
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Well, that was such an entertaining read! I laughed a lot. Rather than a straightforward autobiography, it is more a series of anecdotes, told in roughly sequential order, from the life of a warm, witty, self deprecating and very charming man. He is upfront about his views on politics (unapologetically left wing) & on the people he has met (mostly positive) & while he shares stories about his famous friends he never gossips. 👇

CarolynM 👆New Zealanders and Australians (especially those who remember the 70‘s & 80‘s) will know most of the names that appear, but others should prepare themselves for mention of a lot of actors, directors, artists and musicians they‘ve never heard of. 12mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I always get confused with Kiwi and Oz politics. I feel like your left is others right? Or your labor is our conservative?? LoL I do love a good southern hemisphere TV and movie though. 12mo
CarolynM @ChaoticMissAdventures No, in Australia our left is left and Labour is (somewhat) left. I think the confusion comes because our conservatives call themselves Liberals🙄😵‍💫 12mo
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LeeRHarry I do love a good memoir so stacking this one 😊 and I agree re the confusion re Conservatives being Liberal, have had to explain this to many a Brit before 😊 12mo
CarolynM @LeeRHarry One of my favourite things about Paul Keating was the way he used to point across the Chamber and call them Tories. They hated it. 12mo
LeeRHarry @CarolynM didn‘t know that! 🤣🤣🤣 12mo
squirrelbrain Sounds like a great read, stacking! 12mo
Lizpixie I loved Paul Keating! “He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up” will always be one of my all time favourite political quotes. 👏👏👏 12mo
Lizpixie And I love Sam Neill #stacking 12mo
Jeg This is on my list to get . I‘ve always loved his acting and in interviews he comes across as so genuine. Love that he is so left. 12mo
Rissreads I‘ve just read this review. So much better than mine. I was being lazy! 🤣 11mo
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Cathythoughts
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A new stack! Just came in the post 🎉

DivineDiana I see The Swimmers has arrived! 🙂 2y
jlhammar Great stack! I loved the Otsuka. My cover (US) of Seven Steeples is so different. Really looking forward to that one. I hope to start The Colony this weekend. 2y
Cathythoughts @DivineDiana It has ! Exciting 👍🏻😁 2y
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Cathythoughts @jlhammar Thanks, I‘m looking forward to Otsuka 👍🏻 So many books , so little time 😁we‘ll get there eventually ♥️ 2y
LeahBergen Nice! I‘m looking forward to that Highsmith. 👍 2y
Ruthiella Nice stack! 🤩 2y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Yes ! Me too. 2y
Cathythoughts @ruthiella Thanks X (edited) 2y
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squirrelbrain
Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
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I enjoyed this debut novel, as one family‘s secret history is revealed through a recording left by the matriarch when she dies.

Loved all of the characters; I thought they were really well drawn, and the places, including London, the Caribbean and California, were almost characters in themselves.

Just one niggle - I could have done without the environmental sub-plot. Rather clumsy and definitely superfluous, I skipped a lot of it.

TrishB Stacked 👍🏻 will keep my eye out for this one. 2y
BarbaraBB Intriguing review! 2y
JennyM Keep seeing this popping up - sounds good #stacking 👍 2y
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Alfoster In my queue. Thanks for the heads-up!👊 2y
Cathythoughts Great review 👍❤️ 2y
scripturient I‘m reading this right now and loving it so much! 2y
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Mouth to Mouth: A Novel | Antoine Wilson
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Pickpick

Two friends from college meet at a departure gate. One saved a man from drowning just after college and begins to relate the story to his friend. What starts as a curiosity about the man he saved quickly becomes an obsession. He discovers the man he saved is not nice or honest, but he begins insinuating himself into his life both personally and professionally. Imagine Rachel Cusk with a suspenseful twist. Pick for sure! ⬇️

Megabooks Would work for #TitleRepeats #Booked2022 or #AboutASecret #pop22 👍🏻👍🏻 2y
Cinfhen Nice suggestions 😊 I just saw this book reviewed earlier today!! Sounds great!! #Stacked 2y
JennyM Sounds really great - #stacking thanks Meg 😊 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen I thought it was really well done! 👍🏻 2y
Megabooks @JennyM I hope you enjoy it! 👍🏻 2y
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Cinfhen
Signature of All Things | Elizabeth Gilbert
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Look who just showed up on page 478 @jenniferw88 @TrishB our friend...Sir Alfred Russel Wallace 😁This book is absolutely exquisite- one of the best HF novels I‘ve read. I have about 40 pages left to go & I fear a #BookHangover approaching.

jenniferw88 Guess I'm #stacking this then! 🤣 3y
TrishB How funny 😁 think C might like this one. Stacked 👍🏻 3y
Cinfhen I was just thinking I‘d send this to you @jenniferw88 if you hadn‘t read it yet!!! Just email me your address / it‘s SUCH a great book!!! 3y
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Cinfhen And DEFINITELY look for it @TrishB I think C would love it too 3y
TrishB 👍🏻 will do. For the first time since she was about 8, she‘s reading non stop and has asked for a pile of books for her b.day. Yay 🎉🎉 3y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen email sent to both the email addresses I have for you, as wasn't sure which one it was! 🤣 3y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen and there's a parcel on it's way from Book Depository to say thank you! 3y
Cinfhen Awwww, thanks so much @jenniferw88 xx not necessary but very excited 🤗 3y
Cinfhen I always thought C was a reader @TrishB but excited to hear books are her birthday request ❤️🙌🏻 3y
TrishB On and off, like 3 months obsessively and nothing for 3 months. But lockdown has been consistent! 3y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen thinking about it, it will probably arrive round about your birthday, so consider it an early birthday present that you can open! 🤣🤣🤣 3y
SamAnne Loved this one. 3y
Crazeedi This was such a great book 3y
merelybookish Read this book a few years ago and still think about certain scenes. 3y
Cinfhen WOW!, this book was just incredible @Crazeedi @merelybookish @SamAnne 3y
Cinfhen @jenniferw88 xxxxxxxxx 3y
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AmyG
The Vanishing Point: A Novel | Elizabeth Brundage
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Pickpick

The story of 3 students from the Brodsky photography workshop and the intersection of their lives. Rye becomes a famous photographer, Julian (always jealous of Rye) becomes very successful in advertising and Magda, who is loved by both men.

I really enjoyed this story as I love a good character driven story. Very well written from the view points of all involved.

BarbaraBB I just started another one by her 3y
AmyG I never got around to reading that one as it‘s on my tbr somewhere. @BarbaraBB 3y
BarbaraBB I‘ve had it for years too. I picked it up finally because @Megabooks rated it 5⭐️ 3y
Megabooks I haven‘t read this one! #stacking 3y
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squirrelbrain
Borneo, Celebes, Aru | Alfred Russel Wallace
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Wallace discovered the ‘origin of the species‘ independently of Darwin in the mid-nineteenth century - this small book contains extracts of his work.

The first chapter was all about him collecting orang-utan ‘specimens‘ and I rather naively worried that he was going to keep them in captivity. But no, he blasted them out of trees with his shotgun then skinned and dissected them. 😡 Nearly put me off the rest of it...

#readingasia2021 #indonesia

MicheleinPhilly EW. HARD. PASS. 3y
Librarybelle 😮 Totally agree with @MicheleinPhilly . 3y
squirrelbrain I guess it was how things happened back then @MicheleinPhilly @Librarybelle but still not easy to read about. 3y
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julesG @MicheleinPhilly and @Librarybelle Different times. If it wasn't so darn interesting, practices like those would have put me off studying medical/scientific history. Lots of unbelievable things explorers and scientists did back then. 3y
Librarybelle @squirrelbrain @julesG Totally agree! I‘m a bit squeamish when it comes to animal violence or animal death. It also makes me very angry. But, I know advancements happened in science because of experiments. I guess my reaction was more over the method. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y
julesG @Librarybelle Not what we'd do today, but pretty normal in the past. I still don't like it. If I could time travel to the past, I know I'd try to shake some sense in a lot of natural scientists. 😁 3y
Caroline2 OHHH 😲 3y
Smarkies That part did throw me when I read it last year. But in general, I found him quite a decent explorer who didn't perhaps belittle everything / everyone around him (in light of European imperialism 😂😂😂) 3y
squirrelbrain Ah, you see I felt slightly differently @Smarkies - the way he described some of the culture was not belittling at all, but then the way he spoke about some of his ‘servants‘ was very imperialistic..... 3y
Smarkies @squirrelbrain unfortunately he was a product of his time 😂😂 3y
jenniferw88 Wallace is buried in my local cemetery! #stacking! 3y
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Hooked_on_books
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I know there‘s a lot of racists out there, but wowza, so many people have said breathtakingly stupid things to these women! (And, I‘m going to take a wild guess, anyone who is black.) I love that they present this with humor but don‘t diminish the racism in any way. I‘m now on hold for the ebook so I can see all the pictures, but the audio is also a lot of fun.

Amandajoy I really want to read this since I currently live in Omaha. I may get it on audio. I think my local bookstore may be doing an event for this. 3y
Megabooks Oooo!! I haven‘t heard of this one. #stacking! 3y
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Lovesbooks87
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THIS BOOK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING!!!! Frederick the author speaks directly to the reader in this book. Talking about how we should be an accomplice in anti-racism and not a bystander. Each chapter features at least one voice from an artist or an activist. This book was very eye opening!

#bookspinbingo free space

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Finally read it, and I agree...great book! 3y
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