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mcctrish

The Postcard | Anne Berest

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Soooo good! Best book I have read this year! What an amazing story! #europacollective

jlhammar Amazing is right! Happy to hear you loved it too. 1w

mcctrish @jlhammar what‘s next? I am addicted to these Europa books! I need to start buying them, it‘s breaking my bookish heart to give them back to the library 1w

jlhammar Our next #EuropaCollective pick also sounds wonderful! In June we‘ll be reading

The Road to Dalton

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mcctrish @jlhammar I‘m going to order a copy now 1w

tpixie @jlhammar please add me to your list. This book was awesome. ( how often does #Europacollective read books together?) 2d

mcctrish @tpixie I want to say quarterly - this is my third - we read Our Fathers in October and Novel Bookstore in December ( at least I did ) Postcard was March but I couldn‘t get my hands on it in time. I‘m totally buying them now so I don‘t have to wait 2d

tpixie @mcctrish thanks!! That sounds doable!! Thanks for the backlist! 2d

jlhammar @tpixie Great, I‘ll be sure to include on future posts! Yes, it is quarterly. In June we‘re reading The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring, in September A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam and in December

Belle Greene

tpixie @jlhammar thx!!! ☺️ 2d

tpixie @jlhammar Belle Greene sounds great! Last year I read about her in Marie Benedict‘s

The Personal Librarian

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mcctrish

28 Summers | Elin Hilderbrand

Current buddy and bookclub reads that are on now or about to start #gettingmyducksinarow 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 I‘m not sure I can imagine only reading 1 book at a time 🤣🤣

Suet624 I don‘t know how you do it! I generally can only handle one read at a time. 1w

mcctrish @Suet624 I read them at different times, daily buddy reads I read first thing in the morning or after school, Sunday Buddy reads I read on Thursdays ( I don‘t know why I picked that day) audio books while I drive or putter, bookclub reads before bed. My audios are usually non-fiction or light - The Postcard is last months #europacollective I‘d have rather it in print and I should have just bought it 🤦🏻‍♀️ I can‘t stop listening to it 1w

Suet624 I wish I had read rather than listened to The Postcard. Your reading routine is impressive! 1w

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mcctrish

The Postcard | Anne Berest

Not my usual type of audio ( I usually do non-fiction) I‘m obsessed with this story and because it‘s talking to me, I‘m talking back to it #europaeditions #europacollective

BarbaraBB ❤️ 2w

jlhammar So good, isn‘t it? I did print, but felt the same—once I started I didn‘t want to do anything else (and was rather annoyed with life getting in the way)! 2w

mcctrish @jlhammar my old phone keeps dying, I am some mad 😡 2w

tpixie @mcctrish yes! We really need iPods to come back so we don‘t waste as much battery on our phones by listening to audiobooks for hours!!! 2w

mcctrish @tpixie that‘s the truth 2w

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julieclair

The Postcard | Anne Berest

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Mesmerizing. Brutal. Poignant. And so very important. I am so glad I read this book.

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jlhammar Me too. Great review! 2w

julieclair @jlhammar 🥰 2w

Cathythoughts Lovely review ❤️ 2w

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BarbaraBB Wow. That nails it! 2w

julieclair @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB Thank you! 💙 2w

tpixie Yes! 2w

julieclair @tpixie Thanks! 💙 2w

tpixie @julieclair 💙 2w

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mcctrish

The Postcard | Anne Berest

My hold FINALLY came in so it was time for a walk. This brutal photo is of our boulevard grass that I‘m trying to turn into a wild garden. Some of my gifted and transplanted plants seem to be finding their way back 💚💚💚 I think it might be time to clean up the ‘beds‘ #europacollective

tpixie Fun project!! 2w

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Gleefulreader

Like a Sword Wound | Ahmet Altan

An embarrassment of riches from a trip to the used bookstore. Very excited to read several in here that I had been looking for for a while! #europacollective

jlhammar Wow, what a gorgeous stack! 2w

BarbaraBB That is an incredible bookhaul! 😍 2w

Gleefulreader @BarbaraBB @jlhammar I couldn‘t resist. They are normally $25-29 pre-tax here in Canada. These ranged at the used store for $5-10 at the most! 2w

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julieclair Wow…. 2w

mcctrish I want to shop where you shop ❤️❤️❤️ 2d

Gleefulreader @mcctrish if you make it into Toronto, it‘s the BMV on Bloor St! 2d

mcctrish Ooo I‘m going in 2 weeks ✔️ 2d

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Gleefulreader

Red Crosses | Sasha Filipenko

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Catching up on my recently read posts! I am fortunate enough to have a used bookstore near me that often carries Europa novels - and my daughter and I trekked there on Easter Sunday. I had long been wanting to read this and I ripped through it in a day. It is a story about the brutality of Russia during the 20th century and the horrors inflicted on its own citizens. It is also a story about memory and perseverance and connection. #europacollective

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Gleefulreader

Hygiene and the Assassin | Amelie Nothomb

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I‘ve had this book sitting on my shelf for ages, so finally decided to dive in. The story definitely went places I wasn‘t expecting and was, frankly, shocking at times. That said, the book is almost entirely dialogue that rips along with a twist at the end. Fair warning, the main character is misogynist and vile and his dialogue is too. It wasn‘t a perfect book, so a low pick. #europacollective

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