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LiteraryinLawrence

Joined April 2016

I wish we could have one more day of the week to just read!
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This started out slow for me- I‘m not used to reading non-fiction- but quickly held my attention. The anonymous author lays out a very cogent and well-substantiated argument for how the British justice system is broken, using examples from his time as a barrister. It‘s scary and convincing.

Leftcoastzen 👏😻 1w
Jari-chan 😸❤️😸 1w
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Watching You | Lisa Jewell
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Ooooh, really good! This was a big cut above your average thriller. Things are not what they seem and I was completely absorbed in figuring out the truth about this small group of neighbors. I‘ve read a few books by Lisa Jewell but this is my new favorite!

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Idlewild | James Frankie Thomas
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This was so much more than I expected it to be. It was a really immersive, absorbing look at the intertwining lives of a group of theater kids at a Manhattan Quaker high school in 2001-2002. Strong themes of queerness in many forms, sex, art, love, friendship, obsession, control, and more. I recommend it!

BarbaraBB Totally agree! 1w
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Amazing Grace Adams | Fran Littlewood
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Oof. This book was a gut punch. I‘m glad I read it, but I don‘t see the humor that other reviews seemed to talk about. It was about the unraveling of a woman in her 40s- her body, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter. I found it hard to read at times and wish I had borrowed it from the library rather than buying it.

Sharpeipup Just started it and this sums up my feelings too. 2w
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The Body in Question | Jill Ciment
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I read this book based on the reviews of @Soubhiville and @AvidReader25 who picked it up based on Ann Patchett‘s recommendation. 😋 It was very absorbing. The catalyst is a court case but it‘s about the lives of the jurors during and after the trial. Very interesting book that packs a lot of emotions about grief and desire within a short page count.

AvidReader25 I was surprised by how invested I felt in the main character‘s grief by the end. It‘s such a quick read! 2w
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While visiting some family in Westchester, NY I went to Split Rock Books in Cold Springs. What a great shop! They were really nice and gave me some book suggestions, including these 2. Tom Lake was on my radar already (from #auldlangspine) but I hadn‘t been focused on The Berry Pickers. I‘m excited to try it!

tpixie The cover is gorgeous! 🫐 Blueberries 🫐 3w
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Stars in Their Eyes | Jessica Walton, Aska Aska
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This got me out of my reading slump and then I turned back to the beginning and read it again. Detailed expressive panels and a story about a queer disabled teen attending her first comic convention with her supportive, geeky mom. I loved it all! I get the sense this was published first in Australia and just came out in the US? It was on display at my indie bookstore as having won an ALA award (Stonewall) this year.

willaful Grrr... dashed to my library to find this for my daughter and they have it on order but only in digital. 4w
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The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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I still say that The Silent Patient is his best book by far, but I liked this one well enough. The narration style was fun, with the narrator talking directly to the reader a lot and teasing with other murder mystery references. And the cast of characters held my interest. It was a solid mystery with a vivid setting on a Greek island. #botm

Zoe‘s eye matches the one on the cover! 😋 That was a happy coincidence.

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
RaeLovesToRead ZOMG this photo is so cute! 1mo
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Leftcoastzen So cute!👏😻 1mo
wanderer15 Hi Zoe! I'm back on Litsy! 1mo
Gissy 😻❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
AvidReader25 I‘m traveling to Greece this year so I can‘t wait to read this one! 2w
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The Reading List: A Novel | Sara Nisha Adams
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This book started off slow for me and I felt there were too many random characters throughout. BUT that said, it was really heartwarming and sweet too. My family read this together as a mark up book, and I loved seeing my parents‘ comments written throughout! It was so cute to see their reactions to the story. 💗💗

willaful What a fun idea! I wish I could try it but I know my daughter would feel put on the spot and freeze. :-( 1mo
BennettBookworm Me next, me next! 1mo
mabell I love this! ❤️ 1mo
Cupcake12 I really liked this book too x 1mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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I was eagerly anticipating the BOTM announcement, but when it came I was disappointed. None of the main books jumped out at me this time, though there are several add-ons that I like. But it‘s ok! I‘m going to lean into the books already on my shelves this month (including some #botm backlog!). 💗 I‘m still excited to see what everyone chose!

cariashley I think I‘m skipping too. Nothing jumping out at me! 1mo
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Thanks for the #AuldLangSpine recommendation @Librarybelle ! I‘m glad I read this one. I started by listening to it on audio and really didn‘t like the narrators, but it was better when I switched to print. This felt like somewhere between a cozy and a mystery to me, and while parts of the plot seemed rushed or glossed over, I liked the characters and the baking competition. I had fun reading it!

Librarybelle Glad it was a pick! I‘m loving Legends & Lattes so far - so not my typical genre, but it‘s delightful! I had to turn it into the library but got it back as an ebook, so I plan to finish it up soon! I also have several other titles from your list checked out from the library, so will be continuing the list into next month. 😁 2mo
Crazeedi I did enjoy this one 2mo
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Sign Here | Claudia Lux
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I finished this book last night after flying through the last hundred pages, and I‘m still processing it. My overall impression was that it was sooo creative and playful and just clever, and I was absorbed completely. I also have this nagging feeling that I missed something? Like if you asked me to explain the upshot, I would struggle? I‘m inclined to blame myself for that since I started and stopped more than I usually do. So it‘s a clear pick!

Jari-chan Your cat's glare is hilarious 😂 2mo
BennettBookworm I‘m so so so glad you liked it so much.. and yes I agreed, the ending is definitely one that needs to be discussed afterward! 2mo
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I finished another #AuldLangSpine rec from @Librarybelle and it was superb! I‘m not that into music but through the lens of this pseudo memoir I felt like I was. Opal and Sunny really felt like 3 dimensional people and we got to know them over many years. The racism and other societal problems at the heart of the book were portrayed vividly. I liked the writing style. Overall, I can see why this was on a lot of people‘s lists from last year!

Librarybelle Yay!! So glad you liked it! I‘m hoping to read Legends and Lattes later this week before I have to return it at the library! 2mo
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This book felt like a hug for my brain. All the praise I‘d heard was true for this simple but deeply resonant tale of a tea monk and a robot. I borrowed this from the library but definitely want to buy it for myself. Some of the passages just really spoke to me, you know?

LiteraryinLawrence @BennettBookworm Thanks for the recommendation way back when! 2mo
Leftcoastzen 👏🐈‍⬛ 2mo
Ruthiella Yes. Becky Chambers also has that effect with me. ❤️ 2mo
BennettBookworm Yayyy! All the hugs 2mo
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Work closed a bit early and they‘ve already announced a late opening due to weather, so I‘m cozied up and ready to read! 💗💗

Soubhiville Yes, perfect read for cozy time! 2mo
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Time to Roll | Jamie Sumner
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It was fun being back with these characters again! I really like Ellie, our protagonist, and her old and new friends. Her estranged dad and his new family play a nice part in this story too. I definitely recommend this series to middle grade readers!

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Three Holidays and a Wedding | Marissa Stapley, Uzma Jalaluddin
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Lots of love for this touching and fun multi-holiday story. I totally recommend it! The complex family relationships, the new friendship between the two women, and the budding romances were all believable and richly portrayed. Above all, I wish this town existed in real life because it seems perfect! 💗

This is a spot-on suggestion from my #auldlangspine partner @Librarybelle and there are more lined up next! @monalyisha

Librarybelle I wish the town existed in real life too! So glad you liked this!! 2mo
monalyisha Love all these #AuldLangSpine wins! 🙌🏻🥳✨ 2mo
Julsmarshall I loved this so much too! 2mo
janeycanuck @LiteraryinLawrence @Librarybelle It‘s based on Almonte in Ontario. A bunch of Christmas movies have been filmed there. 2mo
Librarybelle @janeycanuck Good to know!! 2mo
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What a great first book of 2024! 💗💗💗💗💗 I love the Heartstopper universe and in my opinion it keeps getting better and better. Lots of ways that Nick and Charlie grow in this volume and the friends and family have important roles too. Oseman says that volume 6 will conclude the series (maybe that‘s common knowledge but it was news to me?) and it‘ll be sad to see it end!

Cupcake12 Totally agree! Have you seen the series on Netflix? 2mo
LiteraryinLawrence A couple episodes back when it started. I should go back and watch it all! 2mo
Garabrandtreviews I love the series! 2mo
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DebinHawaii Hoping my library hold on this one comes in soon! 💛 2mo
tpixie Are you from Lawrence, Kansas by any chance? (edited) 2mo
LiteraryinLawrence @tpixie Nope, I live in Lawrence, NJ! 2mo
tpixie @LiteraryinLawrence ha! A little further away than KS! 2mo
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The Reading List: A Novel | Sara Nisha Adams
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The tagged book serves a double purpose here: it‘s a book I‘ve had on my own shelves for a while AND it summarizes this post! I love @Jas16 ‘s idea to do a #24in2024 challenge and I‘ve identified my books. I only included books I still genuinely want to read, and I‘m excited to get started!

Jas16 So many books I loved! Hamnet! The Sentence! Great list. 3mo
tpixie Great choices! I loved Hamnet & really enjoyed The Other Black 2mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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I had a great reading month in December, scoring 4 bingos for #bookspinbingo by reading 17 books and bailing on 3. Two weeks of break will do that! Some favorites were Bookshops and Bonedust, The Christmas Appeal, and Hello Beautiful.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 3mo
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The Christmas Guest | Peter Swanson
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Two Swanson books in one day? My library hold on this tiny novella just came in today, so I decided to read it now while it was still December. This was a clever little holiday mystery. I‘m always going to prefer a full-length novel, because there‘s more time to develop characters and all that, but this was a solid read. Now I think it‘s time to read something in a different genre!

ElizaMarie That kitty is so big! I love it! 3mo
RaeLovesToRead I liked this one too! And I love your festive chonk 🥰🐈 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence @RaeLovesToRead @ElizaMarie I feel like I should say that I didn‘t catch her at a flattering angle? 😋 But she‘s the best! 3mo
RaeLovesToRead Nope! Shows off her floofs in all their floofy glory! 🥰🥰 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence This is my final book of 2023: number 113! 3mo
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So, funny story. I wanted to read this book since I read The Kind Worth Killing, so I went online to remind myself what happened in book 1. After the whole summary including all the spoilers, I realized I HADN‘T read the first one at all! I still read this one and found it creepy and good, but I wish I‘d actually read book 1! I liked the beginning and middle of this more than the end, which felt a bit random. But overall I like this author!

RaeLovesToRead Aww, man! Hate when that happens! 3mo
monkeygirlsmama Hahaha BTDT! 3mo
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The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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I‘m super excited to read this book! I sometimes like to try a new (or new-to-me) author for #botm but I couldn‘t pass this one up. I was also interested in First Lie Wins so that will probably be a library borrow!

What did everyone else pick?

AmyG I pucked the same. I‘ve seen it on a few “to read” lists. 3mo
JamieArc I picked this one too! 3mo
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I‘m glad this book had a satisfying (if abrupt) end because the middle was a little one-note. Overall I liked but didn‘t love it. I liked the setting of the old, family-run hotel and the side characters (I often liked them more than the 2 main characters). I suggest reading it in the Christmas-New Years time frame if you‘re going to!

LiteraryinLawrence This is book 111 of 2023 for me. 3mo
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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
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This was a moving, absorbing story about 4 sisters and their intertwining lives. It very clearly mirrors Little Women (as in, the characters talk about how they resemble the sisters from LW) and is an emotional read. Having 2 sisters I‘m really close to, I connected deeply to the sisters in the book. If I were making my #AuldLangSpine list now, this would definitely be on it! But I do feel like I need a fluffy read now to get over the heartache.

BennettBookworm Great review! As one of your sisters, now I‘m especially curious! ☺️ 3mo
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Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree
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I‘m so happy to say I liked it just as much as the first one! Wonderful characters (Satchel was one of my favorites!) and adventures and coziness. I truly love this series. 💗

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Three Holidays and a Wedding | Marissa Stapley, Uzma Jalaluddin
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I‘m so excited to be paired with @Librarybelle for my first #AuldLangSpine ! The list looks great and includes several books from my TBR and a few I read and loved (2, 10, 19). The 6 pictured are the ones I know I want to read from the list, plus maybe a fun cozy or two. I‘m going to start with the 3 on the left for January and go from there! 💗💗💗

Thanks to @monalyisha for organizing so thoughtfully!

Librarybelle Yay! Hope you enjoy!! 3mo
BennettBookworm Wow, such an exciting list here! 3mo
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Day | Michael Cunningham
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My third and final stop on today‘s bookstore itinerary was Reads & Company in Phoenixville, PA. What an awesome Main Street and the store was so inviting! I absolutely loved the inventory and how thoughtful the displays were. The tagged book, signed, called out to me as well as Amazing Grace Adams which got love from some Littens. If I lived closer I would happily have this as my local indie bookstore. All in all, it was a great bookful day!

JenniferEgnor The last time I was in Philly I stopped in The Book Trader, and it was like heaven in there. Just a maze of stacks everywhere, very messy and perfect. The old book smell, and friendly cats were there too. 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence @JenniferEgnor Oooh, thanks for the suggestion! 3mo
BennettBookworm So fun!! 3mo
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Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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Second on my bookstore crawl today was Looker Books in Coatesville, PA. It was awesome! I got to talk to the owner while I was there and she is soooo nice and (of course) bookish. I bought Red, White and Royal Blue, a pretty notebook, and the attached book which she recommended since I liked Legends and Lattes. I told her about Litsy so maybe she‘ll join too! But either way her store is cozy, cute and full of books and puzzles. I recommend a trip!

BennettBookworm Love this! 3mo
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Wellington Square Bookshop | Exton, Pennsylvania (Bookstore)
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I went on a bookstore crawl today and Wellington Square Bookshop was my first destination! It was huge and full of comfy settees, tall shelves with sliding ladders, and even a wishing well with stones to throw in and make wishes. And first and foremost, a ton of books including a big kids section. Well worth a visit! I bought Heartstopper book 5 while I was there.

AmyG Your day sounds amazing! 3mo
UwannaPublishme What fun! 3mo
Hooked_on_books What a fun day! 3mo
BennettBookworm Sounds epic! 3mo
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Boyfriend Material | Alexis Hall
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I liked this but didn‘t love it, and I don‘t feel a need to continue the series. I felt like a lot of it was repetitive between the characters, and sometimes the banter was too over the top for me.

ChaoticMissAdventures I have heard that people (even those who love this one) did not like the follow up! I stopped at this one and moved onto their other stand alones because of some really bad reviews. 3mo
BennettBookworm Agreed- it was fine, but didn‘t feel the need to continue the series 3mo
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Love, Holly: A Novel | Emily Stone
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I was looking forward to a sweet holiday romance with some depth, but after only a few chapters I had to bail. I felt a little blindsided by a plot point and didn‘t want to continue (I‘m putting it in the spoilers). Bummer! I bet it goes on to be a great book.

I already returned it to the library, so enjoy this picture of Fitz and Zoe!

LiteraryinLawrence I knew grief was going to factor into the story. But I didn‘t expect that the main character was going to accidentally kill her pregnant sister by driving while distracted. That just felt too upsetting for me to read on. 3mo
Tamra 😻 3mo
RaeLovesToRead TEH CUTENESS!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 3mo
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kspenmoll Your cats have it right!!!!😻😻 3mo
peaKnit I love this picture! 3mo
IndoorDame 😻😻😻 3mo
Ruthiella 😻 My cat also loves to tunnel like that. 😻 3mo
behudd @LiteraryinLawrence you definitely don‘t have to keep reading, but wanted to let you know that‘s not what happens. I can say more if you want, but her sister is alive. If that makes you want to pick it back up 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence @behudd Oh my gosh, really? Can you explain what happens? 3mo
behudd @LiteraryinLawrence her sister loses her baby in the accident, which leads to a rift in their relationship, but her sister is alive. 3mo
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The Other Mothers | Katherine Faulkner
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This was a solid 4 star read for me. I was absorbed in trying to figure out the mystery (what happened to a nanny that used to work for a wealthy family) and felt the ending was satisfying and surprising. It‘s a book I was fine to #borrownotbuy but I enjoyed it!

rubyslippersreads What a perfect loaf! 😻 3mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 Sweet feline🐾❤️ 3mo
rabbitprincess 10/10 loaf 😻 3mo
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I really didn‘t like this book. I just found it so angsty and faux-deep and the main character‘s emotions gave me whiplash. It just didn‘t work for me at all.

LiteraryinLawrence I mean, over the span of a few days they confessed love to like 4 different people! 3mo
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Only When It's Us | Chloe Liese
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I really wanted to love this but it just wasn‘t for me. I liked the premise and the writing and Ryder‘s large family (each of whom gets their own book in the series), but there was just too much sex for me. It made me uncomfortable to read after a point. But if you‘re looking for a series that has plenty of sex and good characters, then this might be right up your alley! 🤷🏻‍♀️ I also didn‘t like the disability rep in the second half.

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I signed up for #AuldLangSpine for the first time and I‘m excited! It looks like a perfect way to brighten up January! 💗💗

DebinHawaii You are going to love it! 😍 3mo
Deblovestoread Best way to start your New Year reading! 🤩 3mo
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Sophie Hannah does it again! I‘ve liked all of her Poirot books and this one was a very satisfying mystery. It was a little shorter than I picture her books being, but that‘s fine!

robinb Your background buddy almost looks like a statue. 😸 Beautiful baby! 3mo
BekaReid I'm not sure I've read any of hers yet. Really should remedy that! 3mo
Jari-chan Love how you smuggled your cat into the picture - or the other way round 😸😸 3mo
RaeLovesToRead Hello, background buddy!!! 👋🏻😸 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence This was book 100 in 2023! 3mo
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I gave it about 3 hours on audio and it just wasn‘t drawing me in. (Emmie is bored, too!) For those who read it, did it get a lot better? I just found both women‘s stories so bleak and depressing. Oh well! On to other books!

TheBookgeekFrau It is a bit long winded, but I liked where it went. Hope that helps 😊 3mo
Julsmarshall For me it started slow but was then well worth it. But I agree that it is longer than it needed to be! 3mo
sblbooks 😺 gorgeous kitty 3mo
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This was a fast read that I thought was good but not great. It felt a little melodramatic, like they kept having the same emotional realizations over and over again. But it was definitely enjoyable and I flew through it this weekend!

GondorGirl This is my least favorite Emily Henry book. It was good, but not as great as her other work. 3mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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A colleague of mine wrote a YA mystery that takes place at a school, and she let me read it. It was awesome! I am so impressed with people who write books.

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
Leftcoastzen 😻👏 4mo
Gissy 😻🤎🤎🤎 4mo
Jari-chan 😻❤️😻 3mo
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Bookshops and Bonedust | Travis Baldree
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I‘m ready for December with my #bookspinbingo list which includes the tagged book that I‘m super looking forward to! Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks as always for organizing this fun activity. 💗

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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This was so cool! I appreciated the clever twists to the short stories and the overarching story. Nothing was as it seemed at first! I started this a few years ago and bailed within the first chapter, but I‘m so glad I picked it up again and started fresh.

Does anyone have a suggestion of a mystery like this that plays with the conventions a bit? The book within a book format was fun.

LiteraryinLawrence @Ruthiella Thanks! I read that and remember really liking it! 4mo
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I found this really amusing and fun to read. I listened to the first 2/3 as an audio book and the narration was excellent. I really chuckled at all the silliness and nods to Jane Austen. Beatrice was a great character!

Crinoline_Laphroaig That one's on my TBR. Glad to see it's a 👍🏻. 4mo
LiteraryinLawrence This was my 94th book of the year. I‘m definitely going to hit 100! 4mo
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 4mo
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Mimi28 Cute kitty and congratulations on 94 books!! ❤️❤️😻😻 4mo
mabell I forgot I started the audiobook of this a few weeks ago! I listened to a bit on a road trip. I‘ll have to pick it back up! The beginning was definitely quirky, which I can appreciate 😄 4mo
LiteraryinLawrence @mabell The quirkiness definitely continues. 😋 4mo
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Paper Things | Jennifer Richard Jacobson
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Thanks for the recommendation, @BennettBookworm ! This was a really well done book about a girl experiencing homelessness and navigating her relationships with family and friends. Educators would definitely benefit from reading this.

BennettBookworm I‘m so glad! 4mo
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Solitaire | Alice Oseman
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Hard to read with Tori‘s (and the other characters‘) depression, but I‘m glad I did. This was originally published in 2014, and reading the present day interview with the author at the end of the book was really eye-opening. The tone is very YA and also introduces characters that appear in Heartstopper.

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This was a true delight. It reminded me of The House in the Cerulean Sea with charming characters, warm friendships, a bit of queer romance and a magical world. I don‘t read fantasy or cozies usually, but this was one of my favorite books of the year! I highly recommend the audiobook which is performed quite masterfully by the author. 💗💗💗💗💗

Megabooks 😻😻😻 4mo
Suzze Bookshops and Bonedust is just as good! Loved it. 4mo
TheKidUpstairs Loved this one! My hold on Bookshops and Bonedust just came in, I'm so excited ( @Suzze - I'm glad to hear it holds up to Legends!) 4mo
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AvidReader25 @Suzze I‘m so glad to hear that!!! 4mo
RaeLovesToRead Kitty!! 👋🏻🥰 4mo
BennettBookworm So fun! 4mo
Gissy Cat 🐈 ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo
Kempii I would never have picked this up based on the cover art, but you‘ve got me at Cerulean Sea, which I loved. Will check this out. 4mo
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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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… Huh. I‘m not sure what to make of this one. I guess I‘m not sure what all the hype was about?

mija333 Agreed. Don‘t get it. 4mo
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Super excited for November #bookspinbingo! I should have more reading time than last month. Here is my list!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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I hadn‘t heard of this book prior to #botm choosing it this month, but it looks fun! I was really close to choosing Again and Again, but it‘s been a stressful month and I‘m much more in the mood for a sweet romance than a deep emotional journey, so I went with my gut. This was my 12th BOTM box which means I‘m a “BFF” now. 😋 I get a tote!

BennettBookworm Yayyy! 5mo
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This was a fast-paced book where I thought the build up was better than the resolution. A soft Pick for me.

RaeLovesToRead Hello floofy! 🥰 5mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 🐾❤️ beautiful cat! 5mo
ShelleyBooksie Aww, cute kitty 5mo
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