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BarbaraBB
The Trio | Johanna Hedman
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#BookReport 09/24

I read a lot again this week. I had high expectations of all three of them, too high I think in hindsight. Hard Girls is really good, just not what I expected. Both others, hmmm 🤷🏻‍♀️

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BarbaraBB
The Trio | Johanna Hedman
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Mehso-so

This book felt like a De Beauvoir-about-Sartre novel of the 21st century. Set in Stockholm instead of Paris, still very European. Intellectual talks, misunderstandings, casual sex. It didn‘t really work for me, I didn‘t like the three main characters and their conversations. Other than that, nothing much happens unfortunately.

#ATY24 - Two word title starting with The #52BookClub24 - Abrupt ending

Librarybelle Great to cover a couple of prompts with it! 1mo
Hooked_on_books Another excellent picture from you! (I‘m not surprised.) Even though this one didn‘t work for you, the premise has me intrigued. But then others have compared it to Sally Rooney so, no thanks! 1mo
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BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books I shouldn‘t compare it to Sally Rooney. This one feels a bit pretentious to me, but maybe you like it because it‘s more intellectual than the usual novel about twenty somethings. I prefer Rooney though 😉 1mo
sarahbarnes I‘m sorry it didn‘t work for you! I agree no one does this like Rooney. I liked this when I read it, but with more distance I‘m less a fan. 1mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I expected to like it just like you! 1mo
batsy It sounds like just the kind of pretentious book I enjoy 😁 but that's too bad about the characters. It's the characterisation that makes a book like this good, imo! 1mo
BarbaraBB @batsy I know what you mean and I usually do too but this one, hmm, no 😊 1mo
Bluebird At least it fulfilled 2 prompts 😀 1mo
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JillR
The Trio | Johanna Hedman
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Pickpick

We follow Hugo, August and Thora during their studies in Stockholm. It‘s a love story, a friendship story, yet there‘s a distance throughout, which could be because this is translated from Swedish. An intense story with no real plot, slow and at times frustrating, but I also liked it. Imagine the relationships in Conversations with Friends crossed with Elena Ferrante‘s writing maybe? It also left me hanging, and I kind of liked that too.

sarahbarnes I‘d agree with that mashup! I liked this one, too. 2mo
BarbaraBB Having this one my shelves as well! 2mo
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sarahbarnes
The Trio | Johanna Hedman
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book, which reminded me a little of Sally Rooney (but no one can quite write these types of stories like she does). Wonderful character development and I loved how the story progressed as told from three different perspectives until the end. A portrait of the small ways we make decisions in our lives that don‘t always make sense.

BarbaraBB Such a coincidence, I just bought this one! 5mo
sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB ah, such a coincidence! 😊 I think you‘ll like it! 5mo
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Eggs
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Pickpick

Great trilogy by Jenny Han

#SummerSun ☀️🌻🐚

#SummerSpecial

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Fun covers 🩷💛 9mo
Lesliereadsalot Really liked season 1 of The Summer I Turned Pretty on Amazon Prime. Looking forward to season 2 which I think is coming up soon. 9mo
Eggs I‘ll have to try to watch it! @Lesliereadsalot 9mo
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Cathythoughts
My Policeman | Bethan Roberts
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#Bookreport #Weeklyforecast

Reading is slow. Partly because life is too busy, partly because of a slump 🫤
I did read Rock Paper Scissors, and really enjoyed it ! Thankyou @EverydayImReading for the recommendation 👍🏻

Still reading Daddy‘s Gone A-Hunting , very good.
Started My Policeman, so far so good.

Have a good reading week everyone ♥️
Hi Cindy, I hope all is well with you.

Cinfhen Life does get really busy sometimes! Just roll with it💕💕💕💕 9mo
TrishB My reading is very slow too! Work is just so busy. It comes back eventually! 9mo
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Cathythoughts @TrishB I know , life is just so much better when it‘s back 👍🏻😁 9mo
Tamra Have a wonderful week Cathy, I hope it slows down a bit to relax mind & body. 9mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra Thanks Tamra ❤️ I hope you have a good week X 9mo
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PuddleJumper
My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 4 | Wataru Hinekure
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I think this is the last volume the drama covers. I'll have to rewatch it to make sure 🤣

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Shemac77
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Enjoyably cute.

Cathythoughts Gorgeous picture 💫 10mo
Suet624 I love cloud photos. 10mo
Shemac77 Thank you! @Cathythoughts 10mo
Shemac77 Me too! I can‘t stop taking them @Suet624 10mo
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Shemac77
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My niece is making me read it and I‘m on board

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