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Caroline2

Caroline2

Joined July 2016

If I'm hiding books under the bed, does this mean I have a problem???
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West
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For anyone doing #authoramonth #99pkindledeal

Soubhiville Great! I‘ll try to remember to tag everyone this afternoon. 1mo
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Untilted | Autechre
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This was hard but here‘s my final six nominations for Camp Litsy! #camplitsy23

squirrelbrain I see someone‘s been getting ideas from Between the Covers on BBC! 🤣 1mo
Megabooks Oooo!! Great choices!! 😁🏕️ 1mo
Caroline2 Defo!! 😀 Altho I bought Hungry Ghosts before BtC and in the last episode it seemed v marmite. Some loved it tho so fingers crossed 🤞 😬 @squirrelbrain (edited) 1mo
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BarbaraBB Wow, great choices! I loved Birnam Wood and wouldn‘t mind reading the rest of your nominations! 1mo
squirrelbrain I didn‘t love Hungry Ghosts, I have to say. 😬 1mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain ah man!! 🤦‍♀️ 1mo
Ruthiella Nice list! Hungry Ghosts looks intriguing. I think we should all buy our copies of Birnam Wood now. It seems to be a sure thing. 🥳 1mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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I enjoyed this. I don‘t normally like dual timelines (or triple in this case) but all three storylines were interesting and I liked all the characters. It‘s very readable.

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This was a mixed bag for me. I loved the premise (I‘m a sucker for a good old fashioned revenge plot) and the writing was refreshing and so funny at times. But other times it was long winded and dragged?! Not sure about the ending either…! Bit disappointing.

julesG Perfect book to casually leave on a side table. 😈 2mo
Caroline2 @julesG Ha!! Defo! 😆 2mo
jamield1993 Oh, I loved this one! It's definitely my sense of humour 🤣 I also really enjoyed leaving it on the coffee table or in the car when my other half annoyed me 😆 2mo
BookNAround I gave this to my sister for Christmas (after pre-reading it, of course). I told her not to get any ideas. 2mo
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Walmer Castle and Gardens | Rowena Shepherd, Jonathan George Coad, Virginia Hinze
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I was dead chuffed to find a secondhand bookshop in the basement of Walmer Castle! 😁

Oryx That is so cool. Did you get anything? 2mo
TheBookHippie 😍😍😍😍 2mo
AvidReader25 What an awesome spot for a bookstore! 2mo
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TrishB Ohhh lovely ♥️ 2mo
LeahBergen Ooo! 👀 2mo
squirrelbrain Oooh nice! 🏰 2mo
Meshell1313 LOVE 😍😍😍 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly 😍😍😍😍 2mo
batsy Oh wow, that's fab! 2mo
Gissy 📚😍 2mo
Jeg Wow. 😍 2mo
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Operation Moonlight | Louise Morrish
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I should have bailed! Really disappointing. The modern storyline was too long, boring and by the end quite depressing. The wartime storyline was really good at first, I liked the sections on her training as a spy but her actual mission is really brief with too much attention given to the love story and the end of that plot line… really? It just didn‘t ring true for me. Not what I was hoping for.

TrishB 😞 2mo
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This was just the sort of palate cleanse I needed. Easy to read and charming, it was a delight and just what my frazzled brain needed right now. 👍

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The Haven | Amanda Jennings
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Totally engrossing! A young couple buy a farm in Cornwall to start a commune with a group of friends and live sustainably but then things take a turn for the worst….!
This is so gripping, I loved living their idyllic life on the farm then it went really dark and sinister! Absolutely loved it.

rockpools That sounds really disturbing (and probably quite realistic 🤣). Stacking! 4mo
RebelReader That sounds great! Stacking! 4mo
Cathythoughts Sounds good 👍🏻 4mo
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I loved this book. Frida is a struggling single mother who has a very bad day and the state send her away for a year to teach her how to be a good mother. It‘s like The Handmaid‘s Tale meets One flew over the cuckoos nest. It is so immersive and scary and I still can‘t stop thinking about it. Loved it so much, I read it on my kindle but had to buy the hardback. (God bless Waterstones hardback sale).😉

TrishB Looking forward to getting to this one sometime soon! 5mo
Cathythoughts Sounds interesting.. I‘m a bit afraid to read it , but I‘ll stack it and try it. 👍🏻 5mo
NovelNancyM Hadn't thought about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest until your review - so true!
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The Corner That Held Them | Sylvia Townsend Warner
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If any of the ladies doing #nunlit are looking for some soothing music to listen to while reading, this is a lovely little piece written by a medieval nun! 🧘 🎶

jlhammar Wonderful! Perfect to set the medieval mood. I love Hildegard and I loved Year of Wonder. We did it back in 2020, I think, and it was a lovely addition to each day that I looked forward to. Felt a bit bereft when we finished. I wish there were a a follow-up/Year of Wonder II (and beyond). 5mo
batsy Nice! Thank you for the rec. 5mo
jlhammar @Caroline2 Oh my gosh, so exciting! I had no idea. Thank you! 5mo
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Middlemarch | George Eliot
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Looking forward to doing a chapter a day of this chunkster. I am going to cheat and use the serial reader app tho as this is a monster to hold. 😆 #buddyread #chunksterchallenge #pemberlittens

BookBelle84 One of my favourites ! 5mo
bnp Hope you enjoy it. Don't blame you for not wanting to hold this one in hardback. 5mo
BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh it‘s so pretty! I almost bought that one at Barnes yesterday, but i resisted…. For now! 5mo
Amiable Serial reader is a perfectly valid and wonderful way to progress through the chunksters! Email me (AmyBF45 at gmail.com) if you want to receive the graphics you can post when you‘ve finished #ChunksterChallenge2023 5mo
dabbe I adored this book about provincial life in England. I was in this phase one summer where I read some novels with great female protagonists of the 19th century: Anna Karenina, Middlemarch, and Madame Bovary. Looking back, Middlemarch was my favorite. Hope you enjoy it! 😊 5mo
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Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) | George R.R. Martin
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Thank you lovely Litsy Ladies for the cards. ❤️ 😀

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Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason
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Last book of the year and what a book it was! I thought this was going to be really literary and boring but, like Fleabag, it‘s real, gritty and raw. I laughed and cried and absolutely loved every damn page. Best book of the year and one of my top ten favs of all time! (Plus it‘s only 99p on kindle at the mo 👍)

squirrelbrain This was my favourite of last year! ❤️ 5mo
MicheleinPhilly In 2023, I think I‘m going to give this one another go. I read it on holiday in 2021 and wasn‘t terribly focused so it didn‘t “hit” for me. 5mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain it‘s been sitting on my kindle for ages. Can‘t believe it took me so long to read it although it did come along at the right time so defo worth the wait. 5mo
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I loved this! I have never been into gaming but my kids love it. I now have a new found respect for the work and effort that goes into it and how it is essentially interactive storytelling. I loved the John Greenesque bittersweet writing. Highly enjoyable. My only complaint… it is a little long.

squirrelbrain Thanks for your lovely card Caroline! It arrived today…naughty posties! 😘 5mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain argh! I am so sorry it took so long. I just had a pile of Christmas cards just turn up too. 5mo
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The Wolf Den | ELODIE. HARPER
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Thank you @jhod this sounds fab! I love books about Pompeii so I can‘t wait to dive in! 😀 👍

jhod Happy belated birthday! 😘 6mo
Caroline2 @jhod Thank you 😘 6mo
Wesleypaker Hello Caroline 6mo
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Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr
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Thank you so much @Oryx 😀 I had just added this to my Christmas wish list so perfect timing! I can‘t wait to read it. 👍

Oryx You're very welcome. I love your little gingerbread person! 6mo
Caroline2 @Oryx Thanks. He‘s cute isn‘t he. Wish I could say I made him but we bought him at a craft fair last week!! 😆 6mo
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Birthday book haul! 🎉😁 Thank you so much @kathedron @squirrelbrain @TrishB @kaysworld1 for my lovely books and cards. I can‘t wait to dive into them all!!!

CBee Some SUPER good reads there!! 6mo
TrishB Happy birthday 🎉🎉 great choices 😁 6mo
Ruthiella Happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 6mo
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squirrelbrain Ooh I loved The Trees and Migrations! Hope you‘re having a fab day! 😘 6mo
jdiehr Happy birthday! 6mo
jlhammar Happy Birthday! What a great haul! 6mo
LeahBergen Happy Birthday! 📚📚 6mo
Linear Happy birthday!!🎂🎂 6mo
kathedron You're welcome, @Caroline2 . Hope you are having a fabulous day! 📚🎂🎁 6mo
MicheleinPhilly Happy Birthday, Caroline! 6mo
ravenlee Happy birthday! 6mo
BarbaraBB Migrations and The Trees are both favorites of mine! Happy birthday 🎈 6mo
Caroline2 Thanks everyone. 😘 6mo
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 6mo
CaitZ Happy Birthday!🎉🎉 6mo
bthegood happy birthday - 6mo
Oryx I, as ever, am late sending you something, but it should have arrived today! Happy birthday! 6mo
Caroline2 @Oryx Ah that‘s lovely, thank you for thinking of me and no worries at all about when it arrives. 😉 👍 6mo
Oryx @Caroline2 I'd been thinking for weeks "I need to check that Litsy list, I'm sure there is something coming up..." ? 6mo
Megabooks Happy belated birthday!! 6mo
Megabooks Great stack! 6mo
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I‘ve bailed on the last couple of Three Pines books but this felt like a return to form for me. If a little long winded at time. I‘ll give the next book a go tho. 👍

Tamra I think the series gets better as it progresses and you come to know the characters & their dynamics. I didn‘t even read them in order! 6mo
Crazeedi The series does get better as you go, definitely worth trying! 6mo
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The Nest | Cynthia D'Apriz Sweeney
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What kind of ending was that??? I loved the beginning of this, plenty of dysfunctional family drama but then there were more characters and more till I got new perspective fatigue and then that ending?!?!? 🤬 so lazy!

kaysworld1 Hello there my dear just letting you know you will be getting your birthday card a little early as post is a bit dodgy where I live xx 6mo
Caroline2 @kaysworld1 Oh how lovely, thank you!! I‘ll keep an eye out for it and save it for the day. 👍 (edited) 6mo
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Apples Never Fall | Liane Moriarty
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I really enjoyed this! I loved Joy, the Mum of a family obsessed with tennis. It was overly long at times but I loved all the family drama and the writing was so easy to read. Thank you @squirrelbrain for gifting this to me. 👍

IMASLOWREADER love your coaster…and this is in my tbr 7mo
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Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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For anyone doing author a month, 99p on kindle. 👍 #authoramonth

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I throughly enjoyed this dark Victorian murder mystery. Full of gothic atmosphere, suspense and intriguing. The perfect mix of historical fiction and a thriller; it had so many twists and turns!! Really good! 👍

TrishB And a lovely cover ♥️ 7mo
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A Witch in Time | Constance Sayers
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This is really good! Caught up in a dodgy curse, Juliet keeps reincarnating and reliving a doomed romance. It‘s really readable and I loved the historical sections. Reminded me of Interview with a vampire but I hear others compare it to Addie Larue. Well worth 99p on kindle. 👍

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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I don‘t normally like short stories but this collection of ghost stories written by Laura Purcell, Jess Kid and Kieran Millwood Hargrave (to name but a few!) is so good. They‘re all creepy, gothic classic ghost stories. Perfect for Halloween. #99pkindledeals

MicheleinPhilly How are you feeling? 8mo
Caroline2 @MicheleinPhilly Hey, pretty rough to be honest. 😒 Just wish I could fast forward the next couple of weeks. 8mo
MicheleinPhilly ☹️ I‘m sorry. Sending speedy recovery vibes to you. I hope you start feeling well soon. ❤️ 8mo
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The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Only 99p on kindle today if anyone is doing author a month? #authoramonth #99pkindledeal

Soubhiville Great deal! Thanks for sharing! 8mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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Thank you so much for thinking of me @squirrelbrain and sending me the infamous new Stephen King book! It‘s really cheered me up and I‘m dead chuffed to be able to join in the buddy read next weekend esp as I can‘t be there in person! So thoughtful! Thank you! 😘 ❤️

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! Hopefully we‘ll be able to Zoom you! 🤞 8mo
julesG That's a great idea, @squirrelbrain! 8mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Can‘t wait! 😃 8mo
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TrishB Ah that‘s so cool 👍🏻 8mo
MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain I want to be Zoomed! 😉 8mo
squirrelbrain We‘re seriously trying to organise a Zoom call @MicheleinPhilly - so we‘ll let you know! 8mo
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Autumn | Ali Smith
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My overly ambitious Autumn TBR pile!! 😆 🤦‍♀️

TrishB That depends how long autumn is 😁 9mo
Caroline2 @TrishB 😆 That‘s true! I can go right up to Christmas right?! 😉 9mo
Richryan52 You need a Holmes boo there 8mo
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This is a good book and so well written but it really dipped in the middle. At over 600 pages, this is wayyyy to long for a whodunnit, there‘s only so long you can keep the suspense going. I started to not care. Also the main relationship between the 34yr old writer and a 15yr old girl was gross and the constant references to their great love for each other was too much over so many pages. A very strong ending though.

CaramelLunacy Not sure I could have powered through that main relationship... 9mo
Caroline2 @CaramelLunacy yeah it was upsetting esp as he kept saying she was his muse. 🙄 🤮 so parasitic!!!! 9mo
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The Maidens: A Novel | Alex Michaelides
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I‘m not mad, I‘m just disappointed! With myself, for not listening to the negative reviews. This is as bad as everyone says! I can‘t believe it was written by the same guy who wrote The Silent Patient. This was so predictable and daft with cardboard characters and even worse dialogue. Meh.

Caroline2 I think I need a break from thrillers now. 😬 9mo
Chelsea.Poole Me too…taking a break from thrillers that is. Lately I haven‘t been very “thrilled” 😑 9mo
TrishB I didn‘t like The Silent Patient so didn‘t bother with this one! 9mo
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Caroline2 @Chelsea.Poole Yeah, I‘ve read about six on the trot and they were all so good but then I hit this dud and it has thrown me into a slump so I defo need a palate cleanser!! 😆 9mo
Chelsea.Poole Oh tell me your good ones! @Caroline2 9mo
Caroline2 I really enjoyed Home before dark by Riley Sager, Russian Doll by Marina Palmer and Counterfeit by Kristin Chen👍 @Chelsea.Poole (edited) 9mo
LitStephanie I just started but am about to bail. I wanted to check the reviews on here first to see if it gets any better. Sounds like it doesn't. Thanks for posting your review to warn others! 😆 7mo
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The Startup Wife | Tahmima Anam
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Think a girly Silicon Valley meets We Work! I got totally absorbed into Asha‘s world as she tries to build an alternative to social media. The characters felt like friends, I want to text them and see how they‘re doing! Not sure on the ending though… I really hope there‘s a sequel!

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Ohhh super excited about these two biographies being published soon! 😯 👏

Caroline2 @TrishB I bet J and C will be interested too. 😉 9mo
Deblovestoread I pre-ordered Matthew‘s but didn‘t know about Tom‘s so thank you! 9mo
Blerdgal_Fenix I preordered Tom‘s book!! 9mo
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TrishB Cool 👍🏻 I can def see those being purchased 😁 9mo
Jhullie I am just beginning Matthew‘s and Tom‘s is next 💙📘💚📗 7mo
peaknit I have both also, I started Tom, switched the Matthew and will wrap up with Tom lol. 7mo
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Counterfeit | Kirstin Chen
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I have had a fab reading week reading all these fantastic thrillers on my kindle! I loved em all and highly recommend if you want a decent thriller that is more than dodgy husbands and drunk women. 😆 #bookreport #weeklyreport

Cinfhen Yay!!! Glad you had a great week 💕and 4 books off your kindle is impressive 🙌🏻I seem to collect Kindle titles but hardly ever read them 🙄 9mo
rockpools Excellent! Looks like a fab week 😊 9mo
TrishB Great stuff 👍🏻 I have Counterfeit too. 9mo
squirrelbrain Wow, a fab week! 9mo
Caroline2 @TrishB I loved it, gonna be one of my favs for the year. 👍 9mo
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Russian Doll | Marina Palmer
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This was so absorbing! I got completely lost in the glamour, glitz and grime of the world Ruth got sucked into. This really reminded me of Ozark but set in London with the Russian mafia. I really hope there‘s a sequel. I want to read more unique thrillers like this!! #99ponkindle

TrishB Just got 👍🏻 9mo
Caroline2 @TrishB Hope ya like it. 😉 👍 9mo
bookishdawg Stacked! You had me at Ozarks 😂👍🏻 9mo
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Nope! I‘ve been looking forward to getting into bed with a book all day & I just can‘t read any more. Disappointing!!! I loved the beginning. Dragons, the Napoleonic war, beautiful writing! Then the doldrums hit! How can dragon school be boring? When you spend too much time banging on about the dragon bathing, eating and having his harness on and off again! Arghhh! I kept waiting for something to happen?! #authoramonth

TrishB ☹️ awww hate when that happens! 9mo
squirrelbrain Boo, rubbish! 9mo
Soubhiville It does get to some action later on… I read it earlier this month. 9mo
Caroline2 @Soubhiville I‘m really impatient with books lately, prob bad timing! 9mo
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Counterfeit | Kirstin Chen
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I read this on my kindle but I loved it so much I want to get the hardback! A super fun caper story like Good Girls. I didn‘t want it to end and I really hope there‘s going to be a sequel….! 😁

Caroline2 And it‘s only 99p on kindle…. You‘re welcome! 🤗 9mo
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Final Girls | Riley Sager
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Like a salt n vinegar crisps and chocolate, thrillers are my comfort read and this ticked all the boxes. It dipped a little in the middle & it didn‘t live up to my expectations after Home Before Dark but still a good solid thriller. 👍

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Home Before Dark | Riley Sager
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Absolutely loved it! Maggie inherits a haunted house with a dark and sinister history and goes on a mission to discover her own family history; was her family terrorised by ghosts when they lived there when she was a kid or did her Dad make it all up to make money? Such a great premise and the writing was engrossing and fully immersive. Can‘t wait to read more by this author.

squirrelbrain Sounds great! 9mo
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Book Haul! 😍 I‘m a bit scared of all the hype surrounding Tomorrow so I‘m going to put it by till Christmas. Middlemarch is going to be my chunkster challenge for next year. 👍

Oryx Oooh pretty! Are these both your penguin ones? I was really happy to get an extra book instead of the notebook - as much as I like stationary, I'd always prefer a book instead. 10mo
squirrelbrain Lovely! Good idea with Tomorrow…I did really like it but I think it‘s been very hyped. 10mo
underground_bks The hype is so real! I absolutely loved it! 10mo
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Caroline2 @Oryx Yes they are! 😃 and they arrived super quick! And yep, I agree, I‘d defo rather have a book thanks very much!! 😆 10mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Yeah I‘m gonna leave it to cool down a bit… 😉 🔥 10mo
Caroline2 @underground_bks Good to know! 😉 👍 10mo
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Idol | Louise O'Neill
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I loved this! A lifestyle guru/influencer is built up then taken down by trial by media and ‘cancel‘ culture. I couldn‘t put it down, in a similar vein to Gone Girl it‘s hard to know who to believe and which side you‘re on….!

squirrelbrain I really liked this one too! 10mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain It‘s so good, isn‘t it. And so different too. I kept changing my mind the whole time. “I feel sorry for her… I hate her…I feel so bad for her…she‘s awful!” 😆 very clever! 10mo
Oryx This one was addictive reading 10mo
MicheleinPhilly I couldn‘t put this one down either. 10mo
Itchyfeetreader Oh I love this author - missed this was out. Going to be a #blameitonlitsy 10mo
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Netherwood | Jane Sanderson
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What a shame! The first quarter of this book is sooo good. I loved reading about down trodden Eve and the miners in Edwardian Yorkshire. The writing is superb and gritty; then it took a left turn into Hallmark territory… she‘s an amazing cook, opens her own bakery which does excessively well, she gets lucky break after lucky break, every bloke that meets her loves her yawnnn. And there are way too many characters. Cheese fest!!

squirrelbrain You liked it then?! 🤣 10mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain 😆 I think I need a break from these mawkish historical fiction books. 🤦‍♀️ I need some grit!!! Where‘s the adversity?? 10mo
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Ignore the cheesy cover, this is an epic adventure of a book! Like LOTR and GoT, this is full of tragedy, battles, betrayal and characters that you absolutely love! This best medieval book I have ever read. #chunksterchallenge

MaureenMc 👏👏 10mo
tokorowilliamwallace The older-style cheesy covers are the best. 9mo
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Ignore the cheesy cover, this is an epic adventure of a book! Like LOTR and GoT, this is full of tragedy, battles, betrayal and characters that you absolutely love! The best medieval book I have ever read. #chunksterchallenge

Caroline2 Shakespeare has a lot to answer for!! 🤬 (edited) 10mo
CoverToCoverGirl I‘ve had her on my TBR shelf for a long while. I want all her books before I start. I‘m getting closer and closer. 10mo
Itchyfeetreader Love Sharon Pennman books! (edited) 10mo
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Dragon Read this years ago - a very good chunkster 👍👍 10mo
LeahBergen I loved this book! 10mo
TrishB The best ❤️ 10mo
Oblomov26 Fantastic Book - but then again have always been a Richardian 9mo
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This ticks all the boxes of what you want in a good thriller. An under graduate from Cambridge goes to work as a maid in Florence and gets sucked into the ‘Mean Girls‘ world of the privileged rich kids out there. It jumps back and forth from then to now which is good but the ‘Now‘ chapters dragged a bit at times. The ending was very dark and not what I expected at all!!! Overall, a cracking read!

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The Lost Daughter | Elena Ferrante
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I‘m noticing a pattern of my enjoyment when I read these very ‘literary fiction‘ novels!
I start off in awe; beautiful writing, such complex characters, oh the observations on life are spot on….then I get restless waiting for something to happen…then I get impatient with the characters… I want to bail but feel obligated to finish….I stumble to the end, feel a sigh of bewildered relief and think, that was as satisfying as a rice cake!! 🤷‍♀️

TrishB Love your review 😁 10mo
Caroline2 @TrishB Thanks Trish. 😉 Think I need a break from literary fiction for a while! 😆 10mo
LiteraryinLawrence 😁 Such a good review 10mo
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TrishB I‘ve never been drawn to this series. 10mo
Caroline2 @LiteraryinLawrence Thanks. 😁 10mo
Caroline2 @TrishB It‘s a dry lunch 🫤 10mo
Bigwig I hear you. Many great writers are not great storytellers. 10mo
readingjedi Love your review because it's hilarious and it's also exactly how I feel about the majority of Lit Fict. 🤣 10mo
Caroline2 @Bigwig Yes! You‘ve hit the nail on the head there. 👍 10mo
Caroline2 @readingjedi Glad I‘m not the only one. 😆 10mo
squirrelbrain Such a great review! 10mo
YasmiNova This is a brilliant review! 10mo
Kimzey I‘m glad it‘s not just me! 10mo
Oryx I get this too with many books, but haven't really been able to articulate what it was. This puts it perfectly! 10mo
Caroline2 @Oryx Thanks. 😉 I‘m defo taking a break from these sorts of literary reads for a while!! 😬 10mo
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Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I bailed quite early on this one. I wasn‘t particularly pulled into the story and then I hit a severe trigger. Trigger warning for anyone who has cardiomyopathy in the family!

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Madame Anniversaire | Roger Hargreaves
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Wow! Can‘t believe it‘s my 6 year Litsy Anniversary! I‘m so grateful for this lovely community for giving me much comfort over the years and introducing me to some truly fantastic people. 😘 ❤️

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eeclayton Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 11mo
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Pickpick

This was surprisingly good and I don‘t really like romances. A 40 year old divorcee has an affair with the 20 yr old lead singer of a world famous boy band. It sounds sordid but the characters are relatable and it‘s really romantic till you get sucked into his world of fame and fans. It‘s got an interesting plot too with Devil wears Prada vibes. Very readable.

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This was surprisingly good and I don‘t really like romances. A 40 year old divorcee has an affair with the 20 yr old lead singer of a world famous boy band. It sounds sordid but the characters are relatable and it‘s really romantic till you get sucked into his world of fame and fans. It‘s got an interesting plot too with Devil wears Prada vibes. Very readable.

squirrelbrain Sounds good! 😁 11mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain A bit of light relief! 😆 11mo
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July, July: A Novel | Tim O'Brien
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It‘s the 1st July Baby! Wooo! This is my over ambitious July & August TBR pile. Can‘t wait to jump into these over the summer! 😎 🍹 🌞 #mounttbr

Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Did we have Overstory on our buddyread list?? 🤔 11mo
charl08 Looks good, have fun☀️ 11mo
LeeRHarry Enjoy! The top two are firmly on my all time favourites list 😊 11mo
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squirrelbrain Hmm, yes we did. At the moment though it‘s #toomanybookstoolittletime for me… let me know when you start it though and I‘ll see what I think! 11mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Yeah I thought you might have a lot on at the mo. Prob be a while till I get to it any ways. 😉 I‘ll keep ya posted. 👍 11mo
Caroline2 @LeeRHarry good to know! 😃 👍 11mo
Jeg I loved Overstory. Will be keen to hear what you think. 11mo
Caroline2 @Jeg Oh good! I‘m hoping to get to it soon. 👍 11mo
AllDebooks Ohhh great mix x 11mo
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Under the Blue | OANA. ARISTIDE
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It‘s arrived @Oryx 😃 Thank you so much for sending this to me! It sounds fascinating and I can‘t wait to read it! 👍

Oryx Very welcome! Hope you like it when you get to it 😁 12mo
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