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Some of the top fiction selections I have read over the past decade (not all published in this last decade tho)...
A Prayer for Owen Meany, Bridges of Madison County, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, The Book Thief, Under the Dome, Tell the Wolves I'm Home, Where'd You Go Bernadette, All the Bright Places (I met Jennifer Nivin and she is lovely!), Paper Girls, Recursion
#Top10oftheDecade
#FictionEdition
@Cinfhen

This was hard!!! But this is my #top10ofthedecade #fictionedition. Anyone have any of the same? I‘m interested!

I really love the unique format of these two books and I hope the author will be inspired to do more similar some day.

#Adventrecommends

While the writing in this book is beautiful & evocative at times, and a couple of the characters were well drawn, for some reason I just couldn‘t get into the story or care much about it. There was something about the overall writing style that just didn‘t work for me, and the shifts in time & place & people didn‘t come together well, IMO. I wish we had stayed with Faye & Elsie the whole time, TBH. Not terrible but not a notable one for me. 2/5 ⭐️

Thanksgiving reading and working on finishing a reading challenge. Claiming this for a children's classic I've never read because #NewberyMedal means classic, right?

I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this book #setduringThanksgiving. I‘ll have to remedy that before I head out to my Turkey Day #celebration. And often LMA‘s characters can be #angelsandsaints. (Beth comes to mind. 😇) #movember #gratefulreads #namastenovember #multitasking 🦃🦃🦃

Happy Thanksgiving to all the #Littens—I‘m thankful for this group of kindred spirits who understand and share my obsession with books! 😊

Day 28 - Set in New Hampshire in the 1800s, it is a simple, yet charming story of a family Thanksgiving in an earlier, more innocent time. When their parents are called away to visit a sick relative, the girls try to put together a Thanksgiving dinner all on their own. Of course a few things go wrong, as this is the first time the children cook such a big dinner, but ultimately, all turns out well, and there‘s much to be thankful for.

I‘ve read one other book by Louise Erdrich and liked it well enough, but it wasn‘t very memorable or striking. But this sounds like it could be more up my alley. I mean, the synopsis says that it “explores the often fraught relationship between mothers and daughters” and that‘s a major buzzword (buzzphrase?) for me. #nowreading

The end of forever-our town.
Waiting for the moon as bright as heaven
A tear and a smile from you to me

#spinepoem3
#aplay

#namastenovember
#gratefulreads

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

#GratefulReads Day 25 - #Bookyouhavereread

This is my favorite cover for this book, too. Did not like the movie version (Simon Birch) at all. Still makes me angry to think about it. 😠

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