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Jay is an artist; lives his life as one (many?) experience-immersed art project/s. When Covid hits, he is in NYC just barely surviving when he delivers groceries to a wealthy enclave — he comes face 2 face with his lover Alice from 20+ years past who had run off with his best friend. I liked it mostly for amazing sentences but the drug use was extremely off-putting to me. Lots of interesting thoughts on “what IS art?” 🖼️ Low pick #Aug2025 #ToF

BkClubCare Book71 #Pie #Hardcover 📷 #SurpriseLily #NakedLadyFlower 2w

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Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru

“There was a pie and mash shop and a butcher.”

#piemention #litpie #pieandbooks #booksandpie #ILovePie #BlackPloutPie

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AllDebooks

The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

#NaturaLitsy

An interesting article on the future of the nature memoir following the allegations surrounding Raynor Winn.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/02/the-end-of-the-road-what-the-salt-...

Faranae Winn's claims *now* that she wasn't trying to claim their walks healed Moth - she did make that claim! Many times!

I remember reading her books for my blog and thinking that things seemed fishy, but I wasn't in a position to confirm details (while PRH was), and I try to be generous and assume good faith, so I chalked it all up to them being ignorant, naive, and terrible at risk assessment. I also thought they'd be dead in less mild terrain. 😂 3w

AllDebooks @Faranae the whole story is so shocking, especially the embezzlement claims. 3w

Faranae @AllDebooks The embezzlement claims don't shock me much (and I take them with a grain of salt, too), but a court case is something PRH should have been able to find fairly easily, so they really didn't do due diligence. The rest of us couldn't because those are pen names, but PRH has their wallet names. The medical diagnosis is the one I find the most galling. 3w

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AllDebooks @Faranae the embezzlement claims ate tough because if true, she took advantage of a lot of innocent people. The health issues stated repeatedly in her book are outrageous as they gave people with similar conditions hope. 3w

AllDebooks @Faranae you're right, PRH should have done more. This is such a staon Penguin when they should be celebrating 99 years of publishing. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/so-what-did-the-publisher-actually-... 3w

Kitta Interesting. I‘m reminded a bit of the scandal surrounding

A Million Little Pieces

AllDebooks @Kitta yes! 3w

Faranae @Kitta And James Frey and his editor basically got away with it - he has a successful career, and she continued on at PRH more or less as if nothing had happened. I guess PRH hasn't learned any lessons, or just knows that it won't matter to the bottom line in the long run (well, there is that disclaimer that I suppose will protect them from legal liability). 3w

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BkClubCare

Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru

The vividness of these radishes provoked me to take this picture, continuing my habit of posing my books with gardens, plants, flowers, produce. This is my last book for #ToF and it is already capturing my attention; page 10. This will be my 3rd by this author. I expect it to be interesting, philosophical, culturally relevant.

BkClubCare P.S. I dislike radishes 🫜 4w

Tamra Oh, gorgeous! I love radishes. 4w

HodgepodgeandMiscellany Omg—that picture has me salivating! I call radishes “nature‘s candy” — love them!!! 4w

BkClubCare @Tamra - yes, my eye really appreciates the bright color. 4w

BkClubCare @HodgepodgeandMiscellany - sure, sure. I let my husband eat any if I find in my 🥗 salad. 😉 4w

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julesG

The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

Interesting article in today's The Observer

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-b...

I haven't read the book. I'm just here sharing the link.

Leniverse I almost want to un-know this information 🙈🙉 but at the same time it's so wild it becomes fascinating 2mo

Tamra Yikes, that is terrible! I hope they are guilted & shamed into making it right. Then she can write another book to recoup the 💰and no doubt she would too. (edited) 2mo

julesG @Leniverse I forwarded the link to another friend who's working at a bookshop. She's contemplating moving it to the Fiction section. 2mo

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kspenmoll Maybe I should throw this unread book in my #TBR in the trash. (edited) 2mo

Bookwomble I haven't read the book (and won't), but thank you for linking to the article. The journalist has done a short YT report which includes footage of one of the victims of Winn's embezzlement taking about the impact of her crimes, which is very moving: https://youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?si=VVHeC3xG3-ialRWX 2mo

squirrelbrain I saw this headline but haven‘t read the full article yet….very intriguing! 2mo

RaeLovesToRead Yikes 2mo

Bookwormjillk This is wild. Surprised someone didn‘t do a background check before filming at least. 2mo

rockpools I‘m with @Leniverse on this one. Can I not know, please? I really loved this book when I read it, so I‘m quite sad. I guess it opens the door for someone else to write the great South West Coast Path memoir…. 2mo

quietlycuriouskate Wtf? 🤬 2mo

CoffeeK8 I read this book with my bookclub and really found it off putting, maybe some of this is why 2mo

RosePressedPages I‘d never heard of this book before but wow that is terrible and fascinating 2mo

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Made in the U.S.A. | Billie Letts

#MadeInUS 🇺🇸

#JulyJazz 🐚🌺☀️🌴🌊🫧 🍉🇺🇸🎆

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent ❤️🤍💙 2mo

Eggs Perfect 💙🇺🇸❤️ 2mo

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Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness | Kevin Nye

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I learned of this book from a podcast. The guest was reminding listeners how individuals and churches are called to help the poor and the marginalized and how having secure housing can help stabilize the issues that contribute to homelessness. I was compelled to track down his book. For me his work is a five ⭐️ pick. It is teaching me how a change in perspective and a willingness to do small and big things may make a difference.

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Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness | Kevin Nye

“It is past time for us to get into some holy trouble on behalf of the unhoused.” pg 179 ❤️

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Honeybeebooks

Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness | Kevin Nye

“Above all else, homelessness, dehumanizes. It isolates, it discards, and it amplifies fear and anxiety. In your daily interactions with people experiencing homelessness, their homelessness is not truly at stake. Their humanity though is.”

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Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru

Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day: purchased Blue Ruin for this year‘s Tournament of Favorites and they gave me the Supersonic. Posing in front of a pretty mural across the street from my next stop (which isn‘t open yet! 🤨) #ibd #indiebookstoreday

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