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Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Malinda Lo

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Part I
1954 August September

Miss Chinatown https://www.chinatownbooksf.com/miss-chinatown

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-miss-chinatown-usa-pagea...

Interesting the feelings both girls had for the contest admiring and discovery. I actually really liked how this is written - also how many little girls wanted to be Miss America ?!

AmyG Yes, their sexual awakening. Makes me nervous for them…families and friends. What will happen? (edited) 4d

Karisa It was a smart opening scene. It pulled me right in and showed the girls/family dynamics right from the start of the novel. @AmyG I hear you! With Shirley falling for Calvin the accused Communist and Lily knowing she‘s a lesbian in the 1950s, it‘s a scary time for them both 4d

mcctrish As soon as we got to the picnic and then Lily‘s parents talk with her, I had flashbacks to Peach Blossom Spring. Interesting connection to the present and the ‘Chinese weather balloons‘ that were everywhere in the news recently and here in 🇨🇦 a lot of discussions with collaborations between universities here and there 🇨🇳 and if they should be allowed to continue

Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel

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Deblovestoread Appreciate the articles on the pageant. It really laid the ground work of who these girls were and the beginnings of who they might become. 4d

DebinHawaii @mcctrish Peach Blossom Spring is on my #TBR list. 4d

DebinHawaii @AmyG @Karisa Yes! It makes me nervous for them too! 🫣 4d

Catsandbooks My cousin was a local pageant queen and we did not get along so I definitely made it clear when I was young that I never wanted to be a part of that and be like her 😂 4d

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Julsmarshall

Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles

I read quite a few off my #TBR in May :) My “have read” bookshelves are starting to fill up 😳

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coffees

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night | Am�lie Wen Zhao

Next! :D #tbr #netgalley

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kspenmoll

Why Kill the Innocent | C. S. Harris

TBR Book #1 #14books14weeks2023 #TBR
Started today.

TheHeartlandBookFairy

TheHeartlandBookFairy Awesome! 6d

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DebinHawaii

June | Lori Copeland

My June #TBR is ambitious with readalongs for #CampLitsy2023 (loving Bandit Queens so far!) #PemberLittens #SundayBuddyRead #DiverseCozy & #TitlesandTunes (the first 6 books). The bottom 4 are work reads for the 3 leadership classes I teach that are read in weekly sections. Finally the middle 6 are books I hope to read for SeriesLove2023 & other book clubs/challenges & just because. As usual I remain a moody reader & we‘ll see where I end up!😉

peaknit Eeep, Flowers in the attic, takes me back to sitting at my grandma‘s Formica dining table with her and my mom. They read these and I was able to join…in grade school. 😂 these books were unforgettable. Seeing this has inspired a read along idea with my sister. (edited) 5d

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The Half Moon: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane

#BookMail
#TBR
#CoverLove

🌙 ❤️

Anyone read these?!

Birdsong28 Yes just reviewed The Half Moon. 6d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Birdsong28 great! Thank you 🌙 6d

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mspixieears

The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern

My current bedtime reading; started last night and pretty excited to keep reading!

Have finished Toast by Nigel Slater which was wonderful but also heartbreaking so it was an emotionally rough read. There‘s so much warmth in his food writing; his cookbooks feel like they‘re written by a supportive elder relative cheering you on in the kitchen.

It does also feel good to be reducing my piles (yes, piles, sigh!) of unread books.

MrsMalaprop I‘ve had this on my #tbr shelves for so long… 1w

mspixieears @MrsMalaprop me too, so far it reads like it‘s going to be such a fun adventure! 1w

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coffees

Into the Light | Mark Oshiro

It's been tough but I'm slowly getting through my Netgalley backlog 🥹🥹 it helps that I haven't requested many new #books 😂😂 next up will be these two audiobooks and then I'll finally sit down with some ebooks

Maybe I can get my score to 45% by the end of June? 🤔 🤔 #netgalley #tbr #tbrpile

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The Spectacular: A Novel | Fiona Davis