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This one wasn't for me.
While I've lately really got into Historical Fiction, I'm still navigating the sub-genres and learning which I favour.

Unfortunately this one hit all the wrong buttons. The heroine was more annoying than redeeming. The story felt jagged and incomplete. And the writing left me baffled.

Like I said this is a personal thing, so please don't take my opinion to heart.

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

The Indigo Room | Stephen Graham Jones

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I had some time to kill and had this on my phone, so I thought why not. I enjoyed some of the other short stories in the Shiver Collection.

But this one didn't work for me.
It was very predictable and the open ending left me even more disappointed.

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Texreader Bummer. But! Difficult #letterI !! 1mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile @Texreader I thought the same, and as it's only 35 pages so a quick one 1mo

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

The In-Between Bookstore | Edward Underhill

so-so

Honestly I got this book because of #CoverLove

But I found the story lacking. It reads like a YA, the characters feel childish and absolutely nothing happens for the biggest part of the book.

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#Pantone2025 #DejaVuBlue @Lauredhel

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

In Cold Blood | Truman Capote

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4½ ✨

Reading very much like a work of Fiction, this brutal account of the Clutter Murders is bone chilling.

Not only is Capote a masterful writer, but his dedication to obtaining all the information needed for this recounting amazes me - especially taking into account the when. No quick Google searches to check facts, or see photos of places. Just feet on the ground investigation.

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#Pantone2025 #SudanBrown @Lauredhel
#DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#NonFiction
#Classic 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo

DogMomIrene This one has been on my TBR forever. Your review has me wanting to tackle this one sooner rather than later! 3mo

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TheLudicReader The gold standard for creative non fiction/true crime. 3mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile @DogMomIrene I highly recommend it! 3mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile @TheLudicReader Absolutely! My whole view of what true crime can be, has changed with this one 3mo

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jenniferw88

Mary: Or, The Birth of Frankenstein | Anne Eekhout

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#atozultimatechallenge #I #charactername #p #posy #flowersoncover @AudiobookingWithLeah

#52bookclub25 #titlebeginswithm

#aty25 #coastalsetting @BarbaraBB

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JoyBlue

I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger

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This hot-off-the-presses dystopian novel packs a huge punch. I‘m glad I didn‘t shy away from reading it. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#i-cheerfully-refuse

Publication day: April 2.

#NetGalley #RBMedia #ICheerfullyRefuse

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Booksintherain

Vow of Thieves | Mary E. Pearson

Book haul!!! #vowoftheves #thesummeriturnedpretty
#i‘mgladmymomdied #theballedofsongbirdandsnakes
#finaloffer #betterthanthemovie #noneshallsleep
#check&mate #Caraval #onceuponabrokenheart
#Thedo-over #itendswithus #ironflame #ifhehadbeenwithme #divierivals #theserpent&thewingsofnight #whiletimeremains
#redqueen. birthday present, the poor cashier at #Barnes&Noble had to spend like 15 minutes checking out these books

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JMPemberton

The Secret History | Donna Tartt

I read this book when I was around 15…20 years later I‘m giving it a re-read…my Lord it is STUNNING! #I don‘t remember the writing being so sublime and beautiful and compelling.I can‘t put it down.
“Does such a thing as the ‘fatal flaw,‘ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn‘t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”

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Lcsmcat

Clarissa: Or, the History of a Young Lady. Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. ... By Mr. Samuel Richardson. In Eight Volumes | Samuel Richardson

I thought we could use some comic intervention. We heard from Belford a lot this week. Is his a real change, do you think? Or will it wear off over the next few months left in the book? #clarissa

Lcsmcat @hazel2019, @jerdencon, @annececilie, @tamra, @amiable, @daisey, @sarabellym, @llwheeler, @liz_m, @slategreyskies, @covertocovergirl, @librarybelle, @localtxlibrarian, @cewilf, @dd42500, @hilded, @bookwormM, @mamareading, @jewright, @lauraisntwilder, @leahbergen, @jenniferp, @rubyslippersreads, @currey, @theelliemo, @barbarajean, @thebookhippie, @arubabookwoman, @ginakbutler 2y

Currey @Lcsmcat Anna and Arabella‘s letter exchange also provided some relief this week as at least we got to hear some honest response to Clarissa‘s horrible family. 2y

Currey @Lcsmcat I believe that Belford is serious in his high regard for Clarissa and his realization that the life of a rake that he and Lovelace have been living leaves real victims. However, he is still communicating with Lovelace as a friend. 2y

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Lcsmcat @Currey I loved Anna‘s letters to Arabella! It was the old Anna back. 2y

Amiable @Currey The back-and-forth between Anna and Arabella was epic —I laughed out loud at how accurately Richardson could write a “bitchy cat fight”! 😄 2y

TheBookHippie I hope 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. I agree I enjoyed seeing honesty from the ladies letters. 2y

TheBookHippie I have to say I have hope again! 2y

Amiable I definitely appreciate the letter format more and more as I continue reading everyone else‘s opinions of each other. It‘s validating to read that everyone else also thinks Clarissa‘s parents are horrible people for what they did to her. I was starting to doubt my impressions of them, given that they were pretty much right about Lovelace. It was messing with my head! I want to continue detesting them. 2y

BookwormM Loved Anna‘s letters to Arabella they were good fun then Arabella runs to mummy and gets them stopped. I think Belford will stay reformed. Glad that we see Clarissa start to pick herself up again. 2y

Amiable I am also irritated with Clarissa. People want to help her but she keeps refusing them. It‘s starting to feel almost like she has a martyr complex. I know she has been treated horribly and is emotionally damaged, but she is going to starve herself to death. 2y

Lcsmcat @Amiable I‘m with you on Clarissa‘s attitude. Yes, she doesn‘t want to be beholden to anyone who will expect quid pro quo (Lovelace) but Anna? She is surely a disinterested helper. 2y

TheEllieMo @Amiable yes, sometimes I do want to just give Clarissa a bit of a shake! I know Lovelace has treated her abominably, but she does have people who genuinely care about her. 2y

Jerdencon The Arabella/Anna letters were great. #i wish Belford would tell Lovelace to f-off but@I think he‘s a little afraid of him. 2y

Lcsmcat @Jerdencon I think you‘re right about Belford being slightly afraid of Lovelace. He‘s been following him so long. 2y

BarbaraJean @Currey I agree, I think Belford is in earnest about helping Clarissa & reforming himself. I think it's a combination of factors: he's realized that they've left victims in their wake, and he's also realized that the life he's living is a dead end. (Especially dealing with the death of his father, is it? As well as the woes of their friend Belton with “his Thomasina.“) He keeps reiterating to L that his misdeeds are going to catch up to him. 2y

BarbaraJean @Amiable @TheEllieMo Yes, Clarissa is wearing on me now! I was so frustrated when she refused the doctor's offer to help, and when she accepted payment for her “rich suit“ of half of its worth. It's starting to seem like self-sabotage, especially when the doctor keeps saying her recovery largely depends on her own efforts. I don't know that she needs to leave off writing completely, but get some sleep, woman! 2y

AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean I agree with you when it comes to Belford and Lovelace. I think maybe this is the first time Belford is seeing the aftermath of Lovelace‘ games/ behavior. Because this is not the first time Lovelace has done anything like this with terrible consequences. 2y

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BarkingMadRead

A Room With A View | E.M. Forster

July‘s book! Let me know if you are participating! Just remember, my hashtags are often ridiculous and always spoilers! We will read a chapter a day! #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Librarybelle Yes! I need to grab my copy for July! 2y

BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle 😍😍 2y

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dabbe Yes here, me too! Also! We couldn't live without your HTS's! (hash-tag-spoilers ... hey, a new compound noun! 🤣) 2y

TheBookHippie Yes I‘m in now to dig out my copy 2y

mcctrish I‘m in but I will be in Europe for some so time zones will be whack ( but seriously how much different from teaching in June #noonewillnotice ) 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm looking forward to rereading this! And the memes from Helena Bonham Carter movie! 2y

DebinHawaii I‘m in. I‘ve never read it so looking forward to it! 🤗 2y

Morr_Books I am gonna participate and not get behind like I did this month. 😊 2y

Bookwormjillk #I‘mIn 2y

Deblovestoread I‘m in! 2y

Ruthiella I‘m in. It‘s a reread for me which I will experience on audio. Looking forward to it! 2y

Bklover Oh Yesssss!!! This one I‘m doing!! I missed the #hashtagbrigade during the last one! 😊🩵 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

eeclayton I'm in, too! 2y

TheAromaofBooks Yes!! I'm in!! 2y

peanutnine Count me in! 2y

Cuilin It will be my umpteenth read and second one this year but I‘m still in. Lol. 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

julieclair I'm in! Haven't read this since college (back in the Middle Ages, lol!) 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

ravenlee I‘m in! If I can dig out my copy (had to box up some of my books for the carpet replacement, and haven‘t unpacked yet for…reasons…but I‘ll find it). 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

willaful I'll be away for some of July, so I'd better sit out. :-( 2y

IndoorDame I was in a major reading slump and off Litsy all of June but I‘m going to try to join in for this one 🤞🏼 2y

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 2y

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