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Colored Television (a GMA Book Club Pick) | Danzy Senna

#weeklyforecast

Headphones for the tagged on audio.

I have a small procedure on Thursday and am taking through the weekend off so going to read a ton! I am finishing In every Mirror today, I am half into Challenger so hoping to finish that mid-week
I started Beautyland yesterday and it isn't hitting as much as I had hoped but going to finish it anyways, hoping I connect with it more as it goes along.

AmyG May all go well and may you recover quickly. I loved Beautyland so I hope it gets better for you. 1d

Deblovestoread Hope all goes well! Enjoy your reading time. I loved Beautyland, too. Hope it picks up for you. 1d

BarbaraBB Good luck with Beautyland. I didn‘t like it that much either. 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures @Deblovestoread @AmyG thanks! it is going to be a very quick 15 minute thing, that I am going to milk at work to use up some sick time and as an excuse to just read for a long weekend Hopefully I get into the grove of this one I know a lot of people love it... I am just finding it a bit flat in tone. 14h

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julieclair

The Wife: A Novel | Meg Wolitzer

pan

Nope… not for me. My April #ReadOrDonate book is going straight to the donate pile.

#HailTheBail #BetterBooksAhead

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julieclair

The Wife: A Novel | Meg Wolitzer

I have no idea where or when I acquired this book, so I think that makes it a perfect #ReadOrDonate candidate! What will everyone else be reading?

Julsmarshall, BarkingMadRead, Cuilin, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, OriginalCyn620, BethM, gossamerchild, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Read4life, rmaclean4, BookwormAHN, CoffeeNBooks, Allylu, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, willaful

PuddleJumper The usual Heroes of Olympus book. I've got someone waiting for me to finish the series so she can have the books 🤣 4w

TheAromaofBooks I literally just reach in a box and grabbed a book 😂 Looks like April's pick is

Going Zero

julieclair @PuddleJumper Nothing like a little friendly pressure, right? It‘s a great motivator. 😘 4w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Sounds like a great method to me! 😂 4w

Reggie Ughhhhh the husband in this book. Booooooooooo! 4w

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AllDebooks

Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World | Gillian Gill

#VirginiaBloomsberries

Well, March whizzed by!
🌸 Did you read this month's #buddyread
🌸 Did you like the author's style?
🌸 Were there any particular women that stood out for you?
🌸 Did it give you more of an insight into VW?

AllDebooks @Librarybelle @TheBookHippie @IndoorDame @PurpleyPumpkin @TheKidUpstairs @quietlycuriouskate @Deblovestoread @Daisey @Cuilin @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @Graywacke 1mo

AllDebooks @rubyslippersreads @AnishaInkspill @JenlovesJT47 @iamthatniki 1mo

AllDebooks @monalyisha @Sparklemn Welcome to #VirginiaBloomsberries 🌸 This is our March #buddyread 😊 1mo

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AllDebooks April #buddyread is

Mrs Dalloway

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TheKidUpstairs I KNEW I had Mrs Dalloway somewhere. I just finally found it! Will try and fit it in before the end of the month. I'm reading slowly these days, so we shall see! 2w

AllDebooks @TheKidUpstairs 😅 I do this ALL the time 2w

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Booksbymybed

Not in My Book: A Novel | Katie Holt

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The premise seemed interesting, and the book definitely wasn‘t. There was not enough difference in characters‘ voices, their personalities kept shifting, they behaved like middle schoolers, and wrote like middle schoolers. Lots of telling, not nearly enough showing of anything. Unconvincing romance. Cringey sex scenes. I felt the author was writing what she thinks a romance reader would like, so the story is all over the place. Mature content.

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Suet624

Colored Television (a GMA Book Club Pick) | Danzy Senna

Truth.

TheBookHippie This read was wild. 1mo

Suet624 @TheBookHippie I‘m still trying to figure out how I feel about it. The woman bugged the crap out of me and the husband contributed nothing financially to the family which ticked me off. So I‘m trying to figure out if I can separate those characters out of my assessment of the book. Saying I enjoyed reading it would not be accurate but I think she did a good job with it. 1mo

Mimi28 I have it on hold at the library 1mo

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TheBookHippie @Suet624 I feel that way too. It‘s well written. It infuriated me! 1mo

Suet624 @Mimi28 there‘s a lot of good to be found in the book. I look forward to your thoughts on it. 1mo

Suet624 @TheBookHippie exactly. 1mo

Mimi28 It‘s not even in transit. It may take a few weeks I apologize 🤷🏽‍♀️🫶🏽😊🩷 1mo

sarahbarnes I haven‘t gotten to this one yet. That‘s a great quote. 1mo

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BarbaraBB

Colored Television | Danzy Senna

#LitsyToB25 Our winner is Colored Television with 75% of the votes. That means Irena Rey still got quite a few votes among us.

In the #ToB25 Irena continues. This doesn‘t surprise me. It‘s a typical ToB book and I liked the judgment. Personally I am happy with this outcome because I liked it better than CT. What do you think?

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk @Suet624 @cariashley @Soscha @AmyG @squirrelbrain @Butterfinger @kspenmoll @lesliereadsalot 2mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures @kwmg40 @GatheringBooks @Deblovestoread @Jas16 @BkClubCare @sarahbarnes 2mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Kristy_K @Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks @AnneCecilie @fredthemoose @Well-ReadNeck 2mo

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ImperfectCJ I liked Colored Television better, but Irena Rey has actually grown on me since I finished it (it surprises me how often I think about it), so the different decisions in the two ToBs is a great outcome, from my perspective. 2mo

Lesliereadsalot Two more that I missed! Darn! 2mo

TheBookHippie Finally I‘m almost 100 percent. I could go either way here. 2mo

Hooked_on_books I thought Irena was a fascinating book, but trying a little too hard to be madcap. CT, on the other hand, was one of my top fiction reads last year, so this was an easy choice for me. Boo on today‘s judge and may CT rise again! 2mo

AmyG I started CT, am enjoying it, but haven‘t finished it. 2mo

squirrelbrain It doesn‘t surprise me that Irena made it through the real #ToB. I agree with you, Barbara - it‘s most definitely a ToB book. 2mo

kwmg40 I'm happy with both decisions. When I voted for CT, I had just started Irena and didn't have high hopes. I'm most of the way through Irena now and it has grown on me. 2mo

Well-ReadNeck I voted for CT and am thrilled that we picked it. The judge today just reads very differently from me and I was not convinced by her rationale in the least. But, I‘m a fan of a plot and I just felt like Irena was trying too hard. And, by the end I just did not care at all. Totally agree that it‘s a ToB sort of book, tho 2mo

Butterfinger I really liked Irena Rey. The quirkiness was one of the reasons I liked it. It was a hybrid of ALL genres. It surprised me how much I liked it. I have not read Colored Television, yet. 2mo

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ Me too! I wonder why? And I have forgotten all about CT! (edited) 2mo

Megabooks Irena Rey was my worst book of last year, so yeah, I‘m happy for CT to continue! 2mo

Jas16 Loved CT so happy to see it advance with us. 2mo

Suet624 I‘m reading and enjoying CT so far. 1mo

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AllDebooks

Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World | Gillian Gill

#VirginiaBloomsberries

How are you getting on with our March #buddyread Gill's biography of VW?
I came across this great discussion in Elle - Why read Virginia Woolf?

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

https://elleuzbekistan.com/en/an-extraordinary-mind-why-read-virginia-woolf/

Librarybelle My copy came in at the library! 2mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle Yay! I'm really enjoying it. 😊 2mo

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kwmg40

Colored Television | Danzy Senna

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A weak pick for me. I liked the dark humour and satirical observations but it was frustrating to see the main character make one bad decision after another!

#ToB25
#gottacatchemall (Luvdisc: pink cover) @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🩷🩷 2mo

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