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I can‘t believe it @Read4life @Bookwormjillk ….it‘s gone…AGAIN!!! Honestly this is the 4th month in a row I lost the borrow before I could start it. It only became available on August3 (yesterday) and now poof 💨 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️#Scribd

Bookwormjillk I see what you mean now. That‘s annoying. Defeats the purpose of Scribd. 9mo

Cinfhen It‘s so odd because other books im able to borrow all month long - im currently listening to Tom Lake ( which is PHENOMENAL)) @Bookwormjillk so in the end my subscription does pay off but the disappearing books can be really frustrating!!! 9mo

Bookwormjillk @Cinfhen does it happen in the middle of listening to a book? That would drive me nuts. 9mo

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Cinfhen It has @Bookwormjillk !!! Scribd claims it has to do with a certain amount of publication rights they are entitled to hold for specific titles - im not sure I understand why that would mean my losing a title in middle of listening to it or if I‘ve saved a title in my account. 9mo

rwmg Yes, a whole load of books I had bookmarked to read one day on Scribd have disappeared. I think they are allowed to have a book for eg 2 years and when the 2 years are up the book just completely disappears from Scribd, whether or not anyone is actually using it. Unlike Netflix does with films or series, Scribd doesn't seem to be able to warn you that a book will disappear on such and such a date. 9mo

squirrelbrain So annoying! Some books that I bookmarked have disappeared but one has recently returned. 🤷‍♀️ Tom Lake is fab-u-lous! 9mo

Read4life Extremely frustrating! When I inquired I got: “there are some audiobooks in our library that, while still available on Scribd, are not fully accessible to you until August 02, 2023.
This is determined each month, in part, by your recent reading history. This is done to ensure every author is compensated fairly for their work and helps us balance a competitive monthly subscription price with an ever-growing library.” (edited) 9mo

Read4life I started a book the day it became available and the next day it was gone. I feel like it‘s one thing to take away a book I‘ve saved and completely different to take away a book I‘m currently reading. And without notice that it‘s going to happen. 9mo

Cinfhen Yup! It‘s ridiculous and it doesn‘t make sense @Read4life I wish we would got some sort of notification @rwmg telling us the book is about expire and on which date. This way we can decide if we even want to borrow or save the book. 9mo

Cinfhen Tom Lake is AMAZING on audio @squirrelbrain Meryl Streep is OUTSTANDING! I think she‘s the BEST narrator I‘ve listened to💕🙌🏻 9mo

Read4life I was confused by the “it‘s still available on Scribd but not accessible to you”. If it‘s still available then you can let me finish or give me a “disappear” date. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 9mo

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Kazzie

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

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At times the young protagonist was so very irritating - intentionally. I thought: grow up young man. But the tales of the old woman, and the history of German exhales in LA was fascinating

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Magician | Colm Toibin

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A bit meta. This is a novel about a real person (Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann) who writes novels based off real people of his time.
These fictions always fascinate me and send me down Google rabbit holes. How much is true? I wonder if the real.human would have been mad about the book.
Overall the book is a bit slow, but covers a large time period, Mann's life before WWI through the Cold war. Lots of family and gov.politics. I liked it.

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Aims42

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

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This is a beautiful and extremely well written book about memories and stories. This is not an, “edge of your seat, what‘s going to happen next” type of read, but it‘s also not boring. If you‘re in the mood for a book about stories, memories, family and perseverance this is it 👍

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Reecaspieces

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

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I recommend you listen to this one. The narrator is amazing!

https://reecaspieces.com/2023/03/24/kunstlers-in-paradise-by-cathleen-schine-boo...

Cinfhen Sold 🧡😊 13mo

AmyG Thanks! 13mo

Reecaspieces @Cinfhen let me know…it has mixed reviews 13mo

Reecaspieces @AmyG ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo

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Aims42

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

Diving into my first COVID19-centric book, we‘ll see how it goes ? “Künstlers in Paradise” by Cathleen Schine sounds like an interesting premise; grandson comes for a “short visit” to see his grandmother in California, but it is 2020 and his visit suddenly has no end in sight. 3 years ago (almost to the day I think ?) the world slowed to a halt and I think I‘m mentally ready to revisit that time. I think. Maybe? We‘ll find out ? More to come ?

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BookNAround

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

Ozzie keeps head butting my book. 😂 Not sure if that‘s the cat seal of approval because he‘s marking it or a sign of complete cat disdain!

RaeLovesToRead Ozzie!!!!! 😍😍😍 13mo

dabbe Outgoing Ozzie! ❣️🐾❣️ 13mo

Leftcoastzen Adorable 😻 13mo

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Ruthiella 😻😻😻 13mo

kspenmoll What a cutie! Clever Ozzie! 13mo

LeahBergen Happy Birthday!! ❤️📚❤️📚 13mo

BookNAround Thanks @LeahBergen ! 13mo

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jlhammar

K�nstlers in Paradise | Cathleen Schine

New BookPage! Tagged novel (out March 14) sounds good as does the bookseller memoir featured on the cover, Once Upon a Tome. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd was another memoir that caught my eye.

LeahBergen I‘ve been looking forward to Once Upon a Tome for ages. And (oddly for me) I prefer the North American cover! 😮 14mo

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Cuilin

The Magician | Colm Toibin

An imagined portrayal on the life of Thomas Mann whom I had heard of but never read. And now not sure I want to, hmm 🤔

MicheleinPhilly Wherever you are, it is gorgeous! 2y

Graywacke Fun review. I had imagined Mann weirdly likable and repressed. … and gorgeous picture! 2y

Cuilin @Graywacke Thanks, now that I‘ve finished the novel I think I will read Mann one day. Toibin‘s version does make him likable but Goodreads‘s reviews would put anyone off. 2y

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Cuilin @MicheleinPhilly Thanks. It‘s Rhodes and that is the Aegean Sea. Unfortunately I‘m no longer there. 2y

Graywacke @Cuilin I‘m sorry you had to leave. 😕 (i‘ve on read Magic Mountain…and only took in a little. I need to read a lot more Mann.) 2y

DivineDiana My husband recently read Magic Mountain. It had been among his books for many, many years. He was so enthralled with the brilliance of Mann, that he started