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Look what I found today, @Centique , and right after your glowing review! I also found another Beryl Bainbridge, @Cathythoughts . 👏

Just doing my best to support my local secondhand bookshop on #IndependentBookstoreDay , of course. 😉

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 A successful day! 1w

BarbaraBB That‘s the only Bainbridge I read! I must find other books by her too! 1w

Ruthiella I love it when a book you have just read about pops up like that! 😃 7d

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Centique Yay! That is serendipity 😍 it is such a great collection - it was out there looking for you! 7d

LeahBergen @Tamra It was! 6d

LeahBergen @BarbaraBB You might enjoy this one (it‘s quite dark!)

The Dressmaker: A Novel

LeahBergen @Ruthiella It‘s like magic! 😆 6d

LeahBergen @Centique I think it was! 😆 6d

BarbaraBB Thank you Leah, will absolutely check that one out. 6d

BarbaraBB I wanted to stack it but see I did that already! 6d

Cathythoughts Great finds Leah ! I think I have The Bottle one on Kindle .. 6d

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Thanks, Cathy! And it‘s always good to have a little stockpile of the authors we like. 😆 5d

vivastory Just wanted to say “Hi!“ 💙 (Hope you are well, & Johnny too!) 19h

LeahBergen @vivastory Hello!! All is well here and Johnny is as bad as ever! 😆 10h

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Centique

The Stories | Jane Gardam

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I‘m kicking myself because i had almost finished this book and then the library insisted i bring it back 😂 But it was probably the best collection of short stories I‘ve ever read! That is - if you like authors like Barbara Pym, Anita Brookner, maybe Penelope Lively. These are frequently bittersweet stories where the main character is a woman, often an older woman, and they focus on love and grief and ageing and mistakes and chances lost and ⬇️

Centique …who we admired and who we should have noticed…They were written in the 60s onwards throughout her writing career. Very English, often a village or coastal setting, and often sweet on the outside with a hidden blade inside! 2w

Cathythoughts Wonderful review 👍🏻❤️ Stacked 2w

Centique @Cathythoughts thank you Cathy! 2w

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kspenmoll Lovely review. Stacked! 2w

LeahBergen You hooked me here! Stacked! 2w

Centique @kspenmoll @LeahBergen i hope you both like this! I am definitely going to be gifting it to a few people 💕 2w

Rissreadswithcats Sounds like my kind of book! 💙 2w

CarolynM High praise! Stacking, obviously😊😘 2w

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mobill76

A Bit on the Side | William Trevor

I feel too much I think. I'm easily shamed; easily hurt. So I go nuclear quickly in confrontations. I do know better. I'm learning not to resist; to let it go. William Trevor is my soundtrack. He sees the things that move me. He sounds like my own thoughts. Although his plots can be unnerving, his understanding of his characters is comforting. There won't be a happy ending, but there will be an ending. And I will understand.

Trashcanman Which of his works would you recommend a person to start with? Always here if you need or want to talk. 3w

mobill76 If you like George Eliot; if you like D.H. Lawrence; then I think you'll get Trevor immediately. I started with "Lucy Gault". It destroyed me. His short stories are good, too, but I like the heartbreaking payoff of a larger investment. Thank you, TCM. 3w

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sarahbarnes

The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant | Mavis Gallant

I had to take this collection back to the library before I got through it, but I read enough of these stories to know that I must read more Mavis Gallant short stories! I can‘t believe I haven‘t before now. They are brilliant.

BarbaraBB I haven‘t even heard of them! Stacking. 1mo

Ruthiella She‘s also a favorite of @shawnmooney 1mo

Cathythoughts Very good ! Stacking. ❤️ 1mo

sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts I love the style of her writing and storytelling. @Ruthiella @shawnmooney I‘m so glad I discovered her! 1mo

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Liz_M

You Glow in the Dark | Liliana Colanzi

Reading too many books at once so nothing gets finished quickly!

I'm enjoying The Idiot, but the ebook was taken back by the library so now I have to read the paperback, which'll take longer. I'm about halfway through HF for #RiseUpReads I finished TDoE for #Netherlands #FoodandLit. Ooft, what a book, what a surprise ending. I'm working through TSoAwM and forsee a Met Museum hunt in my future. Tagged book was for a global reading goal. #Bolivia

sarahbarnes I‘m really interested in Art Without Men. And I can‘t agree more with your sentiments about Discomfort of Evening. I read it last month and oof was the word I came away with, too. 3mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes It's written in a very informal style and the segues are almost comical. I think it started as a series of Instagram posts. It's a good overview, nothing in depth, and has thick shiny paper so the reproductions (on every page) look nice. 3mo

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DoonTheGoon

Mystery Lights | Lena Valencia

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A divine collection of short stories. ✨️ I absolutely adored the perspectives from a host of diverse voices and experiences. With a touch of haunting and the surreal, this was the perfect book to use as a detox from some longer novels I've been wrapped up in. And... can we talk about this cover!? Gorgeous!

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Billypar

Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction | Megan Giddings

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
Feeling a little frazzled in the New Year? I would give Lex Amor a listen. She's a London rapper/producer/DJ with deft lyricism and creative beats. The music is slow and hypnotic but won't put you to sleep because there's too much going on. She has a monthly email newsletter where she shares playlists, poetry, and words of wisdom. The image is the cover art from her first album, and she just released her 2nd this fall.

Billypar Put your headphones on and give this track a try: https://open.spotify.com/track/0O4Xzsxx3uK8rfcbEUjTeX?si=vWk80w2jSCqM6g_zqs0yOg&... 4mo

BarbaraBB This sounds fantastic. I‘ll listen today! 4mo

TheBookHippie Love this! 4mo

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Pinta

Best American Short Stories 2024 | Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor

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There‘s something stingy and mean in this collection, characters putting up barriers in self-preservation mode. But a few lovely ones: tender tourist in Hyderabad, urban tent housing vs. luxury safari tents, sentimental AI in Mall of America, Paul Yoon‘s mini-epic “Valley of the Moon,” Lori Ostlund‘s bubble family in “Just Another Family.” Preferred 2023 collection edited by Min Jin Lee. 2024

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