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We Came Here to Forget: A Novel | Andrea Dunlop

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I borrowed this after hearing Dunlop speak on Sounds Like a Cult Podcast. This novel, with a Munchausen by Proxy side story, follows Katie, a former competitive skier, who escapes her tumultuous public life for an interlude in Buenos Aires. She bonds with others also seeking escape. Based on the author‘s sister who committed medical child abuse, and tried to keep the book from publication. A solid read!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Stacked! 4w

britt_brooke @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Hope you enjoy! 4w

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Gissy

The Secret in Their Eyes | Eduardo Sacheri

#ItTakesAllKinds Day 21 #WithEyes (book read May 2022)

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻👀📚 1mo

Eggs 👀❤️👁️ 1mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

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The writing on this is very similar to Jose Saramago, my author focus of this year. The writing is dense and the story is not really about what it is commonly known to be about, mostly it is about Elena's fight with Parkinson's. What a terrible disease, and Pineiro does an amazing job writing into the vibe of the illness. This is very well done.

sarahbarnes Great photo! I loved this book too. 3mo

Suet624 Great book. 3mo

Tamra Loved this one! 3mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love the bicycle 🚲 3mo

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SanjanaGhosh

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

so-so

This book was so abrupt and had no point to it except for a lot of information about Parkinson's disease.

E for A to Z challenge!

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Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

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Whoa, this book is so much more than it appears. Like the Tardis! The author‘s descriptions of Elena‘s Parkinsons were harrowing, the anguish of everyday tasks. The dispair of loosing a child. There is so much to say about this book but it‘s too hard without spoilers. I can see why it got so much Litsy love!

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Liz_M

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

Another book chosen for its location, but this was also brought to my attention from the many Litsy reviews. Loved the unusual protagonist and the portrayal of how her illness dictated her days.

#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

Tamra I have thought about this one since I read it earlier this year. (edited) 4mo

Andrew65 Looks a good choice. 4mo

BarbaraBB I loved this one too and her next one even more, have you read that one too? 4mo

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4mo

Liz_M #catsoflitsy #Bert 4mo

Liz_M @BarbaraBB No, I haven't read her other book(s)! Something to look forward to 4mo

Liz_M @Tamra I can see that; it is thought provoking! 4mo

BarbaraBB Absolutely! 4mo

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Tamra

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

I ran across this today on Netflix - anyone watch it yet? I want to read it again so I won‘t be watching it anytime soon.

charl08 I can't think how they would film this book! 4mo

TrishB Wow 😮 someone needs to watch and let us know… 4mo

Tamra @charl08 right?! So much is interior monologue. (edited) 4mo

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Tamra @TrishB yes! I‘ll recommend it to a friend. I don‘t think has read it and probably isn‘t likely to. (edited) 4mo

vivastory I've heard it's a disappointing adaptation 4mo

Tamra @vivastory I‘m not surprised. 4mo

vivastory I still need to read the book, but will probably give the adaptation a pass. Some of the adaptations that I have seen posted on netflix lately have been puzzling, such as Schweblin's Fever Dream. 4mo

batsy Oh gosh, I had no idea there was an adaptation of this! I will probably not watch as the book set the bar so high. Definitely read the book @vivastory and I had no idea Fever Dream was adapted as well! It seems like so much of the menace and danger in the book, which is implied and left to the imagination, won't translate well to the screen. 4mo

Tamra @batsy I didn‘t either and it would be one of the last novels I would think someone would try to adapt! I‘m not going to watch either and am bumping my reread up the priority list. I‘ve been thinking about it since I read it earlier this year. Have you read Small Mercies by Lehane? It‘s an excellent book and would make an excellent film - very cinematic. 😊 4mo

Tamra @vivastory echoing @batsy - highly recommend reading it! I have been hoarding another of Pineiro‘s novels until I reread Elena Knows. Why? Anyone‘s guess. 🙃🙃 4mo

batsy @Tamra I haven't read Small Mercies but I'm adding it to the list, thanks! 🙂 I've long meant to give one of his books a try. 4mo

Tamra @batsy they share the theme of a mother trying to come to grips with a daughter‘s untimely death, each investigating or avenging it in their own ways. Lehane‘s is ripe for a film. (I listened to the audio and that was excellent for the Boston accent and voice performance of especially the mother.) 4mo

batsy @Tamra Oh, that's really interesting. Sounds like it'll be a heartache but I'll prepare myself! And I hope it does get made into a film; I've enjoyed two movies that were adapted from his books (Mystic River, Shutter Island). 4mo

Tamra @batsy that‘s funny, I just picked up a secondhand trade paperback of Mystic River this week. If I‘ve seen the movie, I don‘t remember it. 4mo

batsy @Tamra The movie is so good! Slow, dense, but good. 4mo

Tamra @batsy I love to add good movies to my list! 4mo

jlhammar I had no idea that this had been adapted! 4mo

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Gissy

El secreto de sus ojos | Eduardo Sacheri

#AutumnPlease Day 19
#EyesonCover
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m confused with the movie adaptation of this film. I liked the book, I read the English version and watched the Spanish version movie. But I don‘t know if the English version movie follows the book plot? Or maybe it‘s different🤷🏽‍♀️The Spanish movie adaptation is pretty similar to the book.

Eggs Great choice 👍🏼🤩👏🏻 6mo

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Tamra

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

Book mail! 😁 I haven‘t been able to get the tagged book out of my mind since I read it earlier this year. I had to have a copy to reread.

The Bowring is for #Europacollective 🎉

BarbaraBB Her newest is even better!

A Little Luck

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Tamra @BarbaraBB I‘m hoarding it on my shelf! 😅😅 6mo

LeahBergen What pretty pottery! 6mo

Tamra @LeahBergen thank you - I pick up pieces on trips. I‘m always afraid to use them though, so they gather dust on the counter. 😏 6mo

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Dilara

Elena Knows | Claudia Pi�eiro

That book packs a punch! I'll need some time to recover.

Photo of Las Nereidas by Argentine female sculptor Lola Mora (1866-1936), from Wikipedia

batsy Yes! That's how I felt after I finished it. 8mo

Dilara @batsy I looked at the other posts about the book on Litsy, and it seems we're not the only ones! 8mo

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