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June is drawing to a close #AuthorAMonth readers. 🙂

Please comment below with the number of books by Ann Patchett you read. Or if you prefer to post a collage of your reading, just use the hashtag #AAMAP and be sure to tag me so I see it.

#AuthorAMonth is a no-pressure challenge in which we read books by a voted on author each month. Read as many or as few as you like. At the end of the year there is a prize box for “Most Read.” ⬇️

Soubhiville There will also be randomly drawn prizes- everyone who has read at least one Author a Month book and is still active on Litsy is entered into those random drawings.
As always, just let me know if you‘d like to be added or removed from my tag lists. ❤️📚 3y

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TheKidUpstairs Didn't get to any Patchett this month 3y

TheKidUpstairs Oops, hit send too early! Who is the author for next month? 3y

Soubhiville @TheKidUpstairs it‘s James Baldwin. 🙂 3y

Soubhiville @amiable @AmyG @Andrew65 @arubabookwoman @Bklover @BookishTrish @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @BookZombie @CareBear @Caterina @Chrissyreadit @Christine @Cinfhen @DariaZeoli @DHill @DivineDiana @Eggs @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @erzascarletbookgasm @Eyelit 3y

Soubhiville @mhillis @MoonWitch94 @MrsV @mydearwatson @Mynameisacolour @NeedsMoreBooks @nicebicycle @Pricel101 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @rjsthumbelina @Sarahreadstoomuch @Simona @Skygoddess1 @sprainedbrain @StayCurious @Texreader @thearomaofbooks @thereadingowlvina @throwmeabook @tjwill @vivastory @mdargusch @Mtroiano @slategreyskies @staci.reads @Addison_Reads @StellarDoc @Read-y_Picker @Julsmarshall @ValerieAndBooks 3y

TrishB 4 this month 😁 3y

Lcsmcat I read two - This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, and What Now? 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa None for me this month 3y

Megabooks Finished 2 and bailed on 1. Excited for her essay collection that‘s coming out in November! 3y

slategreyskies Is this quote from one of her books? It‘s a great quote! :) 3y

TheBookHippie None 😂😅 3y

Soubhiville @slategreyskies I assume it‘s either from one of her books or from an interview, but I honestly just pulled it from Pinterest. 3y

Soubhiville @TrishB Wow! Great month for you! 3y

Texreader 1 -

State of Wonder

AmyG I read two! I loved The Dutch House so much I read Commonwealth. 3y

Julsmarshall I don‘t think I‘m going to make it this month 😢 Unless I read Commonwealth tomorrow. And since I haven‘t started it . . . Oh well, there is always next month‘s author! 3y

Melismatic Just one for me -

The Dutch House

Bookzombie I read 4. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, The Patron Saint of Liars and her two children‘s books. 3y

sprainedbrain One for me!

Bel Canto

dariazeoli 1!

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Leftcoastzen 2 Commonwealth & The Dutch House , both on the TBR since they were published. 3y

Bklover Just one. Planned on The Dutch House but ended up rereading Bel Canto! 3y

Butterfinger Only one. Bel Canto 3y

vlwelser I only made it through 2. Commonwealth was awesome. The Dutch House was not my jam. I'm looking forward to James Baldwin. 3y

StellarDoc I read two! Bell Canto and The Magician's Assistant. 3y

Deblovestoread 2 - Commonwealth and Run. I‘m reading Truth & Beauty but don‘t think I‘ll finish in time. 3y

erzascarletbookgasm One

Run

Bookwormjillk Just one for me

Patron Saint of Liars

Eggs I read 13 3y

Cinfhen I read 4 by Ann Patchett this month!! She was fabulous ❣️❣️❣️ 3y

Blackink_WhitePaper I read The Dutch house and loved it. I am still listing to Truth and beauty. 2 more hours left. Hopefully finish by tomorrow. Thanks for hosting 💐 3y

Q84 4 -Her children's books, patron saint of liars, and what now? 3y

Q84 Oh 5- also the Dutch house 3y

Simona One

Bel Canto

Sleepswithbooks Just one

The Dutch House

Skygoddess1 4 3y

mom2bugnbee Just one for me. Hoped to get to more, but it wasn't a great month for me. 😔 3y

Susanita One 3y

Amiable None for me this month 3y

DHill None for me this month. 3y

ValerieAndBooks Zero, although I did try 😕. Maybe another month will be better for me and Ann Patchett. 3y

Addison_Reads @Soubhiville I read 7 by Patchett. 3y

Soubhiville Tracked to here (for my own record keeping) 3y

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Bel Canto | Ann Patchett

so-so

Unpopular opinion but I found this one was bland and utterly forgettable. The premise held so much promise, but the overall plot details paired with the four month long timeframe just seemed too far-fetched for me to find this enjoyable. The writing was fine so I'll give this an average 3 stars because the negatives are me and my feelings about the book and less a gripe about the writing itself.

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I know many people are reading this so I'll refrain from going into details.
#aamap #authoramonth #aam @soubhiville #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #LittenListen @aperfectmjk #pop21 #HasWonTheWomensPrizeForFiction #52books #SharesSimilarTitleToAnotherBook 3y

aperfectmjk Bummer, this has been on my TBR for some time now, I guess I'll leave it there for a little while longer. 3y

Ruthiella Did you know that the story was inspired by an actual event/hostage crisis that took place over 4 months at the Japanese embassy in Peru in the ‘90s? The opera/love story is surely imagined, but the event itself was not. (edited) 3y

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @aperfectmjk Check a few other trusted litten opinions before writing it off. It won awards so it can't be all that bad. 3y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Ruthiella I saw that when I was deciding which Patchett book I wanted to read and I think the imagined additions are what made this so-so for me. I'll definitely be looking into details on the actual event. 3y

Jess861 I wasn't a huge fan of this book either. But I haven't had much luck with her books so I think it is just my personal preference. 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y

Addison_Reads I'm reading this one now and finding it hard to make myself keep reading it. 3y

Chelsea.Poole I also had trouble with this one but I loved several of her others. I watched the film adaptation and appreciated the story much more after seeing it. But I felt the book drug on. 3y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Addison_Reads @Chelsea.Poole It's always good to know you're not alone with an unpopular opinion. I won't totally write off trying another of her books, but I've got so many other books I'm eager to read that Patchett will just have to wait. 3y

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