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MMFinck

MMFinck

Joined May 2016

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This is so funny!!! :)

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Long Island Compromise: A Novel | Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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Mehso-so

Okay. Unnecessarily long. I went back and forth between ebook and audio. The reveal of the kidnapper was too subtle for me, in that it would‘ve been more interesting had there been more breadcrumbs leading up to it or response after it.

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Pickpick

VERY good! Irreverent. Fantastic, imperfect protagonist. Grandmother is awesome. Loved the subtle feminism. I also loved the pop culture references. Very fast read.

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Tell Me Lies: A Novel | Carola Lovering

Only 21 pages in and already *countless* eating disorder triggers. Wowza. I don‘t have an ED, but I have three daughters. This would absolutely trigger two of them. A little shocked.

LiteraryinPA Thanks for the heads up. 3mo
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All Fours | Miranda July
Bailedbailed

I just couldn‘t. The character wasn‘t someone I could relate to. Certainly my issue, not the author‘s.

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All Fours | Miranda July
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Just starting. The protagonist‘s voice is very strange. I hope I come to like it! 🤞

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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
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Very good

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👍 Read first. Forgot. Listened the second time.

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Kink: Stories | Garth Greenwell, R.O. Kwon
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There were two that went over my head. The rest were extremely well written. The two undoubtedly were too but they escaped me.

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Amazing Grace Adams | Fran Littlewood
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Some of her antics tested my interest, but overall very good. Def recommend, especially to perimenopausal women or anyone who wants to understand what we‘re dealing with. The bittersweet end won me over for sure. One particular sentence did me in. Beautifully written.

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Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
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An adrenaline rush from the first to the last. It‘s very long, so I alternated between the hardcover and audio. Narration is excellent.

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Reckless Girls: A Novel | Rachel Hawkins
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Note to self: first book of 2024

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I dk how to describe my thoughts on this one. Probably bc I have conflicting thoughts. Some of the fighting between the leads felt out of proportion. I really didn‘t like the relationship btw the one of the leads and their lover - in any way. Overall, it‘s a pick for me, but I don‘t think I‘ll be recommending it to the average reader.

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The Villa: A Novel | Rachel Hawkins
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Pickpick

Brilliant.

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Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin

This is a very strange book!

Amor4Libros Yes, it is. I enjoyed it! 11mo
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Mrs. Fletcher: A Novel | Tom Perrotta
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I always feel weird when men write female characters exploring their sexuality and other intimately-female life experiences, but I have to admit he did a good job.

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The House of Eve | Sadeqa Johnson
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Loved it!

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Meet Me at the Lake | Carley Fortune
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Good

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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Like everyone else, I loved it.

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Every Summer After | Carley Fortune
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Sexier than I expected. :)

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Long Bright River | Liz Moore
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👍

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Fave author

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Absolutely loved it. Bought a box of grape nuts before even chapter 5. Loved loved loved. I wish I could‘ve been her friend.

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Good. Definitely could‘ve been shorter. The lover was an unnecessary character unless I missed something there. Solid enjoyable read.

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Twisty!

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My favorite of his so far. SO much action, character, brilliant. More than a thriller. Plus, nicest guy!!

BooksCoffeeNurse I LOVE this author. ❤️ 1y
MMFinck @BooksCoffeeNurse Me and my family too. We're from VA where he is from and lives too. :) 1y
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Forever... | Judy Blume
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Some passages were insightful. Some felt outdated in terms of modern understanding of consent. Some felt unfinished (Artie.) Mostly, it just left me sad. I‘m glad I read it, but tbh I withdrew my recommendation to my college-aged feminist daughter to read it. I wish I could leave a more buoyant review, I really do. It was IMPORTANT in its time.

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House Across the Lake | Riley Sager
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Mehso-so

If a book is going to have magical realism, I like to know from the outset. Throwing it in at the end like that felt… well, sort of ridiculous. I genuinely didn‘t care about any of the characters after that point. I just wanted to finish. It was fine up to that point. If I‘d known magical realism was a component from the beginning, it would‘ve been fine.

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Weight of Blood | Tiffany D Jackson
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! My only but very real concern is that it justifies mass-murder without consequence, even of uninvolved innocent people (the train.) I don't recommend it for school libraries. This coming from a person who has never ever asked a book not to be shelved, much less to be pulled. I foresee this one as scary fuel to an angry, hurting person's fire.

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I love this series!!

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One of my favorite authors. Worked as a sequel as well as a standalone.

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Wish You Were Here | Jodi Picoult
Mehso-so

Well written. I really enjoyed the emails describing the desperation of COVID. I thought the ending was odd. I will always read Picoult bc they are always good. I just strongly prefer the ones she writes about ethical dilemmas.

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I'll Stop the World | Lauren Thoman

Whenever I‘m not reading this, I wish I was!!!

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It Ends With Us | Colleen Hoover
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The second half was better for me than the first. Deeper. Less predictable. Important. Author‘s Note was moving.

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Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
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Loved it. I confess I skimmed some of the bee stuff. It‘s really interesting. I liked it a lot. But it verged into too much for me. I loved Lilly and Asher. Liv‘s backstory was threaded perfectly. The end sort of came out of nowhere and I‘m a little confused about the internal logic, but I appreciated the closure. Couldn‘t put down. Def pick.

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Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
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If you don‘t like spoilers, don‘t read the acknowledgments first like I did. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng
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Pretty heavy-handed. Giving Pick anyway bc the message is terrifyingly timely.

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Carrie Soto Is Back | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I loved every minute of it. I don‘t play tennis. But I have ambition. And a dad. Sometimes they are intertwined. Sometimes very much not. All the loves. ❤️🎾

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Highly recommend!!! Absolutely fantastic!! One warning: protagonist and another prominent character are unapologetically atheist. The author herself is not a believer; refers to herself as a humanist. If character casually “disproving” God a handful of brief times would bother you, you may not enjoy.

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Allegedly | Tiffany D Jackson
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Talk about an unexpected ending!!

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Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt
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I am absolutely loving this one!

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One Life | Megan Rapinoe
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Wasn‘t sure what to expect. About 2/3 through and really like it. Soccer games and behind the scenes, politics, family, activism, dating… are all threaded together. She has long been one of my favorite players. I have no idea how I missed when this came out! Audiobook so I could hear her words in her voice. 👍

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The photos were my favorite part.

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Run, Rose, Run: A Novel | James Patterson, Dolly Parton
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Mehso-so

Ehhh. Extremely simplistic writing. Characters weren‘t well developed, even mildly irritating in their one dimensionality. The thriller elements were sort of scotch taped together and didn‘t always even make sense. I love Dolly, so I finished. All the song writing was phenomenal. The rest was barely tolerable. Sorry to say!!

Bren912 Sadly, i am led to believe this author has people penning under his name and tutelage. Feels like such different writing than in early years. 2y
MMFinck @Bren912 I don‘t read a lot of him. I did read his women‘s fiction way back and enjoyed it. I really wanted to like this one. Oh well! Onto the next book! :) I‘m reading The Paper Palace rn. Phenomenal! 2y
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Not my favorite, but I read them all anyway. :)

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👍 I love this narrator.

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I wished for a different ending, but the ending is perfect.

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Tilt | Ellen Hopkins
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Enjoyed. A little hard to follow as an audiobook.

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The Push | Ashley Audrain
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Insanely disturbing. So good!

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That Summer: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner
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Not surprising but solidly good.

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