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BarbaraJean This chapter kind of made me want to throw the book across the room. Or at multiple characters. 5d

Bookwormjillk Pops cracked me up every time he said Beryl. That breakup seemed abrupt to me but then again Charlie doesn‘t really show emotion. Kind of a weird chapter. 5d

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willaful That's pretty much how I expected it would go. :-( Their religion is such a strange and powerful force in their lives. 5d

Cuilin @willaful Yes, it‘s like another character in the novel. 5d

willaful @Cuilin another member of the family, and Charles always underestimates that. 5d

willaful A thought I just had. Julia's marriage to Rex wasn't sanctioned by the church because he was divorced. A conniving person could probably have had that marriage annulled. 5d

Clare-Dragonfly Jeez, what the heck? Talk about an anticlimax! I thought Julia would at least talk to Charles about what a condescending jerk he‘s being about her religion. And is he just forgetting about Sebastian?! @BarbaraJean 💯💯💯 5d

ElizaMarie @willaful but—- I don‘t think Charles‘ marriage could be annulled. I might not know the rules of annulment though 5d

willaful @ElizaMarie Well she married a divorced man once, surely she's got a mulligan for that. ;-) 5d

mcctrish I thought the beginning with Lord Marchmain‘s conflicting letters was hilarious which led to the dominoes of who‘s moving where but Julia being unable to marry Charles because of her religion is just a cop out after her first marriage to Rex ( poor Charles is the only one who really wants the house imo) 4d

ElizaMarie @mcctrish He truly loves the house! 3d

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LeahBergen

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

Well, here I go once again, starting my IRL bookclub pick just a few days before our meeting. Oops. 😆

TheBookHippie SOLIDARITY!!! 🙌🏼🫠 2w

LeahBergen @TheBookHippie 😂 2w

TheBookHippie @LeahBergen we meet Saturday …… I didn‘t start yet 🤣 2w

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sarahbarnes This is what happens every time someone gives me a deadline to read a book. 😂 2w

rubyslippersreads @sarahbarnes I know—it starts to feel like homework. 😆 2w

LeahBergen @TheBookHippie Yep, you ARE as bad as I am. We meet tomorrow. 😂 2w

LeahBergen @sarahbarnes @rubyslippersreads Right? Why?? 😆 2w

TheBookHippie @LeahBergen 🤣👏🏻💯 2w

TheBookHippie @sarahbarnes 💯 2w

TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads I have issues with rules apparently 👀 2w

Cathythoughts Stop ! I know that feeling Leah. I must start my bookclub pick soon , as I picked it !So I‘ll have to prepare a little speel. I must catch up on Litsy, it will be great to get back to it. My yoga retreat was lovely and we had a great laugh too. (edited) 1w

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Haha! I always seem to wait until the last minute. And I‘m so glad you had a wonderful time at your retreat. I think I could use one right about now now, too! 1w

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BookishTrish

Good Material | Dolly Alderton

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A bittersweet account of one manchild dealing with a breakup he didn‘t want and didn‘t see coming.

Texreader Awesome meme!! 3w

squirrelbrain That‘s me! 😜 3w

Suet624 I liked this one. Great review. 😊 3w

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mcctrish

Good Material | Dolly Alderton

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I‘m was laughing and crying out loud while I read about The Madness that overtakes Andy when he is blindsided by Jen dumping him

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willaful

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

I read some, then skimmed some and then read the ending, and I do think Alderton did something really interesting here, but I just couldn't force myself through the incredibly depressing part to read the book as a whole.

Also, as with another book I read that was set right before lockdown, I found myself worrying about how the characters would manage with this horrible new challenge in front of them. Why do authors do this?!

#BookSpinBingo

Karisa I‘m so glad you thought so too. Trying to decide if it‘s worth finishing this one. The MC is just annoying me. So meh…🫤 2w

willaful @Karisa really is! The ending is really interesting but I don't regret my decision. 2w

Karisa @willaful Ok, might use your skim strategy to get through it. At 25% in and I just want to slap Andy 😅 2w

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Hillea2

Good Material | Dolly Alderton

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Super interesting to read about a break-up from the male perspective of a woman writer. To be in a similar stage of life I appreciated the honesty.

ChrisBohjalian

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

Yes, I loved GOOD MATERIAL. Read it AND listened to the audio.

BkClubCare Great review 4mo

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ItsAnotherJen

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

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Struggling with how to rate this book. It's centered around a breakup, told 90% from the male perspective and his rollercoaster journey of how he dealt w/it. The writing was great. The subject was largely uninteresting to me personally. I have read multiple books from the female perspective of a breakup, so it was nice to have this out there choosing to tell the story in a different way-I don't think most guys are as emotionally 'woke' as him🤷‍♀️

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BkClubCare

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

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Put this on library hold months ago - maybe I read a terrific review here? Was it on the #ToB_LongList? I admit, I was not fond of whiny broken-hearted Andy for the first quarter of the book, so I decided to read the ending (helped by someone who said we hear HER side of the story). Doing so entertained a conversation in my head of this book with both Liars and The Book of George.
#MenAndtheWomenWhoPutUpWithThem?

#ApplePie #FishPie #LitPie

BkClubCare #Mar2025 Book22 #AsheCo2025 Category Texting (edited) 7mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo

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BkClubCare

Good Material: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel | Dolly Alderton

eBooking this; said YES to it and took a few days to start and now have only a few days left on my library loan. It just feels far,far away from our current lives of watching the US govt/stuff becoming dismantled. #guygetsdumpedandfeelsSad #boohoohoo

sarahbarnes So funny - I‘ve had a hold on the audio version of this forever and now I‘m feeling like you - do I even want to read this anymore?? 7mo

Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 7mo

BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - LOL yessss! So I skipped to the end and am now going back through from beginning skimming and, actually…. I will review in my next post 🤣 7mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo

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