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I got behind on posting for #HaikuADay but here is mine from Saturday. Went to see the movie Sinners with my dad (was amazing, highly recommended!).

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Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, TheBookHippie, TheSpineView, dabbe, lil1inblue

JenlovesJT47 Let me know if I missed tagging anyone! 3d

TheBookHippie Oh fun!!!! 3d

TheSpineView I still love going to the movies. Wish my Dad was alive to enjoy going with me. 3d

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mom2bugnbee Saw that movie with my adult daughter who has a degree in film studies. I learn so much when discussing films with her. This one was excellent. 3d

lil1inblue Love this! It makes me want to go to the movies. 💓 3d

JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @mom2bugnbee @lil1inblue 💜💜💜 The movie was excellent! There‘s a sequence in the middle that will take your breath away. 3d

dabbe What a beautiful memory/activity that we all can relate to. 💜💚💜 3d

ElizaMarie Yes!!!! I have been telling everyone they must see this movie. I am not a huge “music person” but —- the music in this one was so powerful! 3d

JenlovesJT47 @ElizaMarie yes, it was so good!! 3d

peaKnit I just watched the trailer, wow! 2d

DebinHawaii Perfect! I miss the movies! 🍿🐝💛 1d

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ncsufoxes

Greta & Valdin: A Novel | Rebecca K Reilly

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I listened to this over audio, which was fabulous. Although I feel like I need to get a physical copy because I loved this book. Quirky, a story about siblings, family, love, figuring out your life, academics. I also love highlighting a character, Valdin, that has OCD (representation matters). When Greta talks about how her parents are always going to worry about Valdin because of his mental health (very validating for a mom of a kid with OCD &

ncsufoxes several other diagnoses). As a mom you always worry but as they enter adulthood it‘s a different level of worry about helping them navigate their life & mental health (especially since the US doesn‘t have a great system for mental health). 5d

bookandbedandtea I did exactly the same- listened to the audio from the library, then decided I had to have the physical book! I loved both Greta and Valdin, as well as their whole family. 4d

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CordeliaGrey11

The Whale Rider | Witi Ihimaera

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I read this book for a global reading challenge. I was deeply moved. Some parts were rough/odd, but by the end of the book, there is that sweet redemption and apology for jaded/hardened ways. I didn‘t expect to, but I cried and cried by the end. Beautiful visuals and connections with the ocean and spirits. I didn‘t like all of it but I am definitely glad to have read it. A beach read for me this week.

LapReader Australian kids study the movie at school. You might like it. I studied Once were Warriors at Uni too. It‘s a lot darker but very good if you want to learn more. 3w

CordeliaGrey11 @LapReader I definitely will check out the movie! 3w

Clare-Dragonfly I also watched the movie in school (college) and thought it was great. Better than the book—there was something about the book‘s writing style that I didn‘t like, though that was twenty years ago and I don‘t remember what that was! 3w

CordeliaGrey11 @Clare-Dragonfly it is a little hard to follow the writing style! I can definitely see that. I look forward to checking out the movie 3w

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charl08

Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly

I look over at my sister lying on top of the piano singing 'Graceland'. I don't know if it's the best song to dance to, but V's dancing anyway, slowly, with his arms loosely around Xabi's neck, looking the happiest I've ever seen him. Happier even than when he got a flip phone for Christmas.

🤣🤣

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charl08

Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly

... but only in the special postgraduate areas designed for crying and printing out hundred-page documents...

ChaoticMissAdventures Making me want to read this again ❤️ 3w

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charl08

Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly

Everything was going well with the dinner. No one brought up colonisation or euthanasia or the Springbok Tour.

ChaoticMissAdventures I hate to say it, I love the All Blacks but the Springboks are my team... I am American and really shouldn't have anything to do with Rugby, but I have gotten 4 friends VERY into it!
3w

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charl08

Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly

Taken me a while, but getting into this now.
Which is a good job given that bookclub meets by the end of the month!

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REPollock

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World | Joan Druett

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A harrowing story but useful to consider in difficult times—these poor people had such a hard time.

(Image: batik by Jessica Land)

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Liz_M

The Colour: A Novel | Rose Tremain

Now that we're a third through the month, I figured it's time I posted my #BookSpinBingo board. This month I really am going to read the tagged book.

Suet624 Good luck with that! 😊 1mo

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monalyisha

Greta & Valdin: A Novel | Rebecca K Reilly

Anyone read any good, contemporary, offbeat, funny fiction lately?

Everything on my shelf seems to be diametrically opposed: weighty, dark, lyrical, and poignant OR a floofy romance. I‘m looking for something more like the titles pictured. Witty, modern, and not *necessarily* sweet (but it‘s okay if there‘s some sweetness, too).

*It should probably be noted that I‘m not a fan of massively unlikeable characters.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I loved Margo 💜 1mo

fredthemoose I recently read and enjoyed Fundamentally. It might be in that realm for you.

Fundamentally: A Novel

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TheKidUpstairs Very interested in seeing what recs you get. I loved all three pictured, and these days they're definitely the feeling I'm needing from my books, too. One I really liked recently (it's from a Canadian indie publisher, so apologies if it's not easily available):

Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear

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squirrelbrain Have you read The Wedding People yet? I really liked the 3 you pictured, and this one as well. It feels like a dark theme, but it‘s not and it‘s also not as floofy as the cover would suggest.

The Wedding People: A Novel

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AmyG My favorites lately- Beautyland and The Wedding People 1mo

monalyisha @squirrelbrain Sadly, I‘m not allowed to read that one yet. 🙈 My book club is reading it together this summer. 1mo

monalyisha @AmyG Beautyland might work! I‘ll put it on hold. 💜 I remember really liking 2AM at the Cat‘s Pajamas (and thinking the ending was really strange). Feels like I read that about a million years ago! 1mo

JamieArc I was going to suggest this book even though I haven‘t read it but have read his others except it doesn‘t come out until May 🤷🏻‍♀️

Run for the Hills: A Novel

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squirrelbrain Gah - I think that would have been perfect! 1mo

AmyG I didn‘t know she wrote Cat‘s Pajamas. Beautyland is just such a beautiful book. I hope you enjoy it when you get it. 1mo

Bookwormjillk I second Beautyland. I also just started Back After This. I think it‘s technically romance but the parts that appeal to me are about how podcasts are made and the career parts. 1mo

monalyisha @JamieArc There are actually a couple of his I haven‘t read, so I can backtrack to the titles I missed. Thanks! 1mo

monalyisha Thanks, @Bookwormjillk! I like Linda Holmes (Flying Solo is my favorite of hers) but I think I decided I want to do that one on audio (since it‘s a podcast-related story). So, it will come sometime this year…but not now. Appreciate your suggestions! 1mo

Bookwormjillk @monalyisha oh, good idea! 1mo

quietjenn Maybe

I Hope This Finds You Well

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ErikasMindfulShelf I‘d suggest anything by Kevin Wilson 1mo

Chelsea.Poole This really makes me want to read Patricia as I love both the other books mentioned. Would The Husbands fit with this category? I adore J Ryan Stradal but his latest (Lakeside) would classify as too heavy, so maybe one of his others. Have you read any others from Rufi Thorpe? I loved (but again some heaviness)

The Knockout Queen: A novel

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monalyisha Thanks, @Chelsea.Poole! I could try Knockout Queen. I‘ll put it on hold. I loved Kitchens of the Great Midwest and thought Lakeside was only okay. I suggested my library‘s traveling book club read Lager Queens when they met at the local brewery…but I didn‘t join them. 😅🙈 The Husbands may fit. Something about that one makes me keep not choosing it. Patricia is a bit different from the other two I featured but, clearly, I loved it. 1mo

monalyisha @quietjenn I put it on hold! Thanks. 1mo

monalyisha @ErikasMindfulShelf I put a whole handful of Kevin Wilson‘s books on hold for myself (per @JamieArc, too). When all of these come in, I‘ll sit down, read the first few pages of them all, and see how they hit me. Thanks, everyone! 1mo

Suet624 @monalyisha I forgot about 2AM at the Cat‘s Pajamas! I really liked that one. I didn‘t realize it was the same author! I liked Beautyland too. 1mo

CarolynM If you find anything as good as Greta & Valdin let me know. I loved that book so much! Thanks for reminding me about Molly of the Mall @TheKidUpstairs I got it when @Lindy reviewed it years ago, but never got around to reading it. This might be the right time🙂 1mo

Lindy @CarolynM let me know what you think of Molly and the Mall if you read it. It pairs well with

Cold Comfort Farm (UK)

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Lindy @monalyisha @squirrelbrain @AmyG @JamieArc @Bookwormjillk @Suet624 I add my recommendation to Beautyland. More are in a separate post: Lindy's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/TWx6UkJVRXBm 1mo

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