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This was my least favourite Butler so far - but it's Buterl. it's still pretty good.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish - 1 to go

#Booked2023 #InMemoriam (could also be About a Monster!) @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae
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#ClassicSF #NoShameReadathon23 @Nessavamusic - none to go! Completed!

27/23 I will never stop thinking about this book. Strange, dark, full of characters blurred somewhere between truth and fiction. It sucks you in and spits you out at the end, unsure of what has just happened. It was a wild ride. So much happens within is 200 pages. This is my #booked2023 #inmemoriam pick. Seabrook sadly died young and had only written two books.

I decided to read this today as my #inmemoriam pick for #booked2023. Beverly Cleary was one of my favorites as a kid, but I‘d never read the Ralph books! Loved the letter at the beginning written by Kate DiCamillo. Beverly Cleary was such a gem 💚💚

Love how Daunts Books are publishing forgotten classics and giving new life to them. These stories are full of quiet female rage, written in a time when this was even less acceptable than it is now. Penelope Mortimer writes so brilliantly about the ennui and dissatisfaction of women of her era, feelings of being trapped, having no voice, being both under and overwhelmed by opportunities, marriage and motherhood. (Continued below)…

I have no words. Oh, wait, yes I do. Degradation and humiliation are NOT sexy. At least not to me. I enjoy erotica now and then and I don‘t consider myself a prude by any means, but this was not the erotica for me. It‘s very repetitive…I mean, enough with the spanking! Move on. BDSM is okay if the parties are consensual but that wasn‘t the case in this book. For me, there was nothing fun or sexy here.

Steinbeck‘s last novel had been sitting unread on my shelves for years until #authoramonth gave me the incentive to finally pick it up. While it did not unseat my favorites of his, it did remind my why I have listed as one of my favorite authors for decades. #booked2023 #inmemoriam

I am so glad I finally picked up this one. The final #Manawake novel offers a fascinating dive into #Canadian history and introduces a bunch of fantastic characters. We all need a Christie, Jules, Ella and Pique in our lives and a Morag of course. Narrator of this great book and what a woman! She is tough and authentic and a real literary heroine if you ask me.

#Roll100 #192025 #1974 #Booked2023 #InMemoriam #1001books #ReadingTheAmericas 🇨🇦

#AAM EXCELLENT audio narration by the talented Gary Sinise❤️‍🔥Steinbeck‘s writing is so vivid and descriptive - and his love for California really shone through these pages. He made want to get in my car and cruise the roads and lanes that snake across the USA. This was a meditative read especially knowing how a few years later the country was to undergo big changes. So grateful to @Soubhiville for choosing this iconic author.

How to rate a book like this??? It‘s like rating Rickman‘s experiences and thoughts about life. The diary format was clunky for me - pro tip, don‘t try to power through, take breaks - but his insights got me to see the man behind Colonel Brandon. At times super positive, and other times a bit catty, Rickman describes working on films and plays, as well as his constant health battles. I was exhausted just reading about his jet setting ways!

Wow, that whole 1950s creepy vibe in here. Nothing likeable about anyone I think. Like waiting to go over the edge of a cliff.
Thanks @Cathythoughts I feel like I should have read it many years ago.
#booked2023 #inmemoriam