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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make dumb choices, win stupid prizes. A hauntingly written battle of conscience.

#TheElements

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sjc731

Athena | John Banville

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

Been a while since I‘ve relaxed with a book at soccer practice. It‘s warm but pretty nice out! 📖⚽️

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Hooked_on_books

Earth | John Boyne

I know Boyne is well liked, but apparently he‘s as bad as JKR and I thought people might want to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-w...

mcctrish This came up in my feed too 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading This is so disappointing. 😞 1mo

EKonrad Oof. So disappointing. 😢 1mo

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TheBookHippie I knew this. Also he‘s hugely antisemitic… covered in writing so you feel bad for the non Jewish person in his writing… hugely problematic. It is disappointing as I loved some of his books… there have been articles before about him. Not this huge however. 😵‍💫 1mo

lil1inblue Ugh. Gross. The statement from Polari gave me so much ick. 1mo

TrishB I‘ve been following this on Twitter….its been known for a while, sadly. 1mo

BarbaraBB Wow this is new to me. 1mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie @TrishB My guess is this story hasn‘t been as big as JKR because he lacks her level of fame. But it makes me glad I‘ve never read any of his books. I for sure won‘t now. 1mo

TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I loved The Hearts invisible Furies by him … then I read quotes from him on how there were good Nazis 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 1mo

marleed Oh dang. I‘ve loved his books but have now dropped him from my auto read authors. 1mo

AmyG NOOOOOOOO. Goddammit. @TheBookHippie WTF? (edited) 1mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie What the what now? 😵 1mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG yup even got into a war of words with THE Auschwitz Memorial and others …. @lil1inblue (edited) 1mo

Deblovestoread So incredibly disappointing! I don‘t know why I expect better from authors but I do. (edited) 1mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie Sure, all those good Nazis! What were the rest of us thinking? 😵‍💫 1mo

peaKnit @AmyG I think you were reading my mind with your comment. WTF indeed! 💩 1mo

CarolynM Seems a bizarre decision by Polari. I didn‘t know Boyne was problematic but I didn‘t much like the only one of his books I‘ve read so I wasn‘t planning on reading any more anyway. 1mo

Amiable DAMN. I love(d) Boyne‘s books. I‘d heard none of this. It feels like a kick in the stomach. 1mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sounds like an author to avoid. 1mo

AmyG @Amiable Same. 😢 1mo

janeycanuck I heard rumblings about this a few years after The Heart‘s Invisible Furies came out but nothing definitive. How disappointing that he‘s still on this train. 1mo

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charl08

Cal | Bernard MacLaverty

Yikes this cover.

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sisilia

The Pornographer | John McGahern

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3⭐️ An autobio, this presents a balance between life and death. The title caught my interest, and I selected this for my bookclub. As usual, I wouldn‘t know about this author if not for NYRB Classics collection. This publisher really pushes me to explore more ✌🏻

sarahbarnes This sounds intriguing! 2mo

Suet624 I appreciate the number of NYRB Classics that you read 2mo

sisilia @Suet624 Having a bookclub helps being consistent with it 😆 2mo

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shawnmooney

The Pornographer | John McGahern

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shawnmooney

The Pornographer | John McGahern

https://youtu.be/ZakTsw5MTzM

Introduction
Mystery guest
The Pornographer by John McGahern
A welcome interruption
The Pornographer by John McGahern (continued)
Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton

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JacqMac

Earth | John Boyne

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“I dreamed that I dreamed about the musty grey soil of the island and the sweet perfume it emits after rainfall, a double remove from a place I will never visit again. My mother explained to me once… We find the scent comforting, she told me, because we want to believe there‘ll be a welcoming place for us one day, when we‘re buried deep inside it.”
Phenomenal. John Boyne never disappoints me.

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