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Reviewsbylola
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I am seriously considering skipping this month. I‘m interested in a few, but I have a gut feeling they won‘t work for me. Please advise littens, this is serious stuff. 😂

The Lost Apothecary—is this heavy on the fantasy? If so, ima pass.
What‘s Mine—it sounds like it COULD be good, but it strikes me as lacking oomph.
Book Club—again, potential. But it strikes me as chick lit and I hate the cover.
O&N—didn‘t care for Daisy Jones. Is this ⬇️

Reviewsbylola comparison accurate? If so, PASS. As for the thriller, that‘s an obvious pass for me now. I‘m burnt out on BOTM‘s run of the mill thrillers. Also, where tf are the add ons?! I saw some rumblings on FB that they‘re phasing out the add ons and I‘m not happy about it. 3y
Reviewsbylola Basically, my thoughts right now are mostly to either take a chance on Apothecary or skip. 3y
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AmyG I skipped. If any of the books are deemed great, I can always get them. Nothing thrilled me. 3y
Cinfhen This post cracks me up....I had the same thoughts @AmyG I‘m willing to wait & see what the reviews look like... 3y
Kimberlone I skipped this month. The only one that interested me at all was What‘s Mine is Yours, but I will try to get it from the library 3y
Kangaj1 I am debating. I have What's Mine is Yours from Netgalley to read in March anyway. 3y
MicheleinPhilly I skipped so I am no help! 3y
Megabooks I think you‘re fine skipping. I liked the concept of Daisy (but hated the characters/writing), so I‘m hopeful maybe the characters/writing will be better with o&n. 3y
Megabooks I think you should give it a day or two and think. Just set a reminder in your calendar to skip before the 5th! 3y
Reviewsbylola That‘s why I‘m leaning toward skipping—if I really felt like I had to read one of these at some point, I could just do library. @Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly @Kangaj1 @Kimberlone @AmyG This will be a huge blessing to my #botmbacklogchallenge 3y
vivastory I selected Opal & Nev I also added Betty. I wasn't crazy about Daisy Jones & the 6 but I have hopes for O&N 3y
Megabooks @vivastory 👍🏻👍🏻 3y
vivastory @Megabooks I think that O&N is only getting the DJ&6 comparisons because it's an oral history about rock & roll. 3y
Megabooks @vivastory that‘s what I‘m hoping/thinking. 3y
Reviewsbylola I‘m def looking forward to seeing what others think about it! @Megabooks @vivastory 3y
MaggieCarr The Lost Apothecary isn't fantasy and it's ARC was a 5🌟 for me. 3y
Reviewsbylola See, I didn‘t think it sounded like fantasy, and BOTM has been known to mis-categorize their books (imo). @MaggieCarr 3y
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Reviewsbylola
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Mehso-so

First off, I‘m a bit surprised this was a #botm selection. Although I bought it through them, I ended up listening to this one on audio. Cahalan clearly did her research, and this is a book that will make you think long and hard about the current (and past) state of our psychiatric hospitals, as well as the methods used to diagnose mental illness. That said, the narrow focus wasn‘t immediately clear and Cahalan‘s purpose for writing the book murky

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Memorial: A Novel | Bryan Washington
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Pickpick

#bookspinbingo update, halfway through the month. This book also counts toward #booked2021 #authorsfirstnamestartswithABorC

I will be thinking about this one for a long time. Washington‘s previous success with short stories shines through in the style of this book. It was so insightful and packed a punch, but to the extent that I feel ill need to read it multiple times to get the true impact. #botm #botmbacklogchallenge

Cinfhen So now you‘re on the pick team too!!!! Hmmmm, I may need to pick up the audio 3y
Cinfhen Have you read this @britt_brooke ?!?? @Megabooks was NOT a fan but Steph, @BarbaraBB @CarolynM @KarenUK @Reggie loved it!!! 3y
Megabooks Maybe I‘m wrong. Idk. I was just so disappointed because I loved his short stories so much, and I really didn‘t like this at all. Maybe I‘ll reread it someday. @Cinfhen 3y
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Cinfhen I feel like you probably WILL reread one day....you‘re good that way. I‘m pretty much #OneAndDone 😹 @Megabooks (edited) 3y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen No, I haven‘t. I‘ve been on the fence ... maybe I‘ll wait and see what you think. 😉 3y
Cinfhen Ha @britt_brooke 💚💚💚 3y
Reviewsbylola I would be so curious to see what you think of this one. @cinfhen I‘m slightly more confident that @britt_brooke would like it! 3y
Reviewsbylola And tbh I‘m a little surprised #megabooks didn‘t like it! 3y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola Hmm, all right, I think I‘ll stack it. 😊 3y
Reviewsbylola I‘m getting nervous now. 😅 @britt_brooke 3y
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