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TheKidUpstairs

Joined September 2016

She/Her "When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.” Host of #OnThisDay #HistoryGetsLIT
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Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel | Adjei-Brenyah, Nana K
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Brilliant, propulsive narrative that forces you to examine your own biases and feelings towards the carceral system. By layering truth and reality with the horrifying spectre of blood sport, Adjei-Brenyah begs the question "where do we draw the line?"

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No Quest for the Wicked | Shanna Swendson
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How is it almost June? I feel little to no actual guilt about these #GuiltyPleasures, but I look forward to these brain breaks next month!

It's been a long time since I've read any of Shanna Swendson's Enchanted Inc series, but I think this is the one I'm on. Cheesy magic and cheesier romance, it's such delicious brain candy.

NKOTB was my first musical love. And I will always sing along at full volume when I hear this tune! (Link in comments)

Deblovestoread Those baby faces! 4d
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Cinfhen I love how we‘re all showing our age through our musical picks 😂😂Fabulous choices 🤩 4d
BarbaraBB That‘s a perfect Guilty Pleasure! 4d
LaraReads Yaaas! Fellow NKOTB girl! My cousin who was 2 years my junior was a Joey girl & this was her JAM! I was Jordan all the way though! Love that falsetto! 🤣😍🤣 3d
TheKidUpstairs @LaraReads I was 100% Joey all the way. Probably because his baby face was so unintimidating 🤣 and I loved his hat with the top cut out, I wanted one so bad! 2d
LaraReads @TheKidUpstairs lol, for sure! I was all about the black jelly bracelets Jordan wore! I had so many ☺️ and that rat tail 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 Such good memories! 2d
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Me and Murder, She Wrote | Peter S Fischer
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100% would watch/read this!

AkashaVampie That would be awesome!!! Somebody go start writing 4d
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This was a fantastic essay collection. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Elliott connects her personal experiences within wider historical, sociological, and even entertainment context. Mental illness, colonialism, intergenerational trauma, gentrification, sexual assault, and the relationships between abusers and victims are all explored in sharp, engaging prose. It forces you to confront the issues and your biases, and get uncomfortable 👇

TheKidUpstairs This has been on my TBR since it came out and I'm incredibly thankful to #SheSaid for the push to finally read it! @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 4d
ReadingRachael This was such a excellent collection. I really enjoyed getting to hear her at an author chat with fellow author Kai Cheng Thom at “Word On The Street” in Toronto. 4d
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This was a wonderful read. Williams' colloquial style combined with the impressive depth of research made for an engaging blend of fun and fascination, beauty and science.

#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

AllDebooks Excellent, pleased you liked it x 1w
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Anne of Green Gables | L.M. Montgomery
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I'm heading to PEI this summer for a family vacation, so I thought it was high time for a reread of an old favourite. Did not disappoint.

BiblioLitten Wow! PEI is on my list🩵 1w
ShyBookOwl Throwback! I especially loved the Emily of New Moon books growing up! 1w
TheKidUpstairs @BiblioLitten it's one of my favourite places. This will be my third trip, and I just love it! 1w
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TheKidUpstairs @ShyBookOwl I never branched out beyond Anne when I was younger, maybe I should try Emily next! 1w
Earlene I get to PEI every summer, I live in a neighbouring province. I don‘t know what your itinerary is like, but I highly recommend LM Montgomery‘s birth place in Mew London. It is not that far from Cavendish. Some of her documents are on display. 1w
Itchyfeetreader Oh wow jealous of this trip 1w
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The Fire-Dwellers | Margaret Laurence
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Pitch perfect rendering of the rapid, constant whir of noise inside the brain of a parent who is solely responsible for the emotional labour of a household. The never-ending recitation of tasks, doubts, plans, questions, the "fuck-its", etc when you are trying to keep all the balls in the air for everyone, and the overstimulation of everyday noise joining the cacophony.

youneverarrived Putting this higher on the tbr! 1w
batsy Great review. It such a good book. 1w
TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @batsy it really is so good. I had read The Diviners in high school and loved it but had never read the rest of the Manawaka sequence. So I've decided to rectify that, but figured since I started with Diviners I can read them all out of order 🤷‍♀️ I was so impressed with how modern this one felt. 1w
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Black Butterflies | Priscilla Morris
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My final Book Depository order! Neither of these are available in Canada as of yet, and I've been putting off ordering them from overseas. But with BD closing, I felt like I had to grab the chance!

Tamra I ordered Black Butterflies from BD too and it is fantastic! 2w
TheKidUpstairs @Tamra I'm really looking forward to it. It's the last one I have to read from the #WomensPrize Shortlist (I'm not counting Pod, I really don't want to read that one). And I've heard nothing but great things! 2w
emmaturi I really liked Black Butterflies, it's really moving story 2w
Hooked_on_books I grabbed BB from BD as well and it‘s phenomenal. You‘re in for a treat! 2w
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Untitled | Untitled
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Thank you Misty for my lovely LitsyLove package. It warmed my heart. I've been very lax in my correspondence, but this is the push I need to get back in the swing of things. 💗💗💗💗

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re welcome 🩷🩷 2w
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Tanqueray | Brandon Stanton, Stephanie Johnson
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I was at Winners today to find a dress for this Saturday's back-to-back events (funeral straight to a wedding, it creates a bit of a fashion dilemma!). This was staring at me in the checkout line, and I just HAD to have it.

BkClubCare Absolutely love that magenta color. 3w
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Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt
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Lovely and heartwarming. I've been reading a lot of heavy stuff lately, so this was just the right palate cleanser. Light, but not total fluff; emotional, but not devastating.

When I read Marcellus' POV, I heard Peter Dinklage's voice in my head. My coworker heard a very proper, snotty, British man (with a monocle). If you've read it, what did you imagine?

AmyG Dinklage‘s voice is perfect! (edited) 3w
Aims42 Ooo great question!!! I heard the snooty British man‘s voice 🧐🐙 3w
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I made it half way, but I didn't care enough to continue. I thought there were moments of such beautiful, brilliant writing, but just not enough meat to the book. It was ostensibly about Pascal, but he was such a blank space of a person, there was nothing to grab onto. Things happened around or to him, but with no central core to it, it all just felt like a random series of circumstances.

#InternationalBookerShortlist23 #InternationalBooker

BarbaraBB Perfect review. I feel ya! 1mo
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"The black sky was streaked with red as if the blood of the victims had climbed all the way up to better shout their revenge."

vlwelser Sounds cheerful. Like her other books. 1mo
Aimeesue @vlwelser Lol! And I mean that literally. 😂 1mo
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"He just gave her his half-baked opinion like a torch and watched as she caught flame."

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Spin It | Lee Raven
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I have done an awful job of following my #BookSpin lists thus far in 2023. We'll see if May is any different!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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My hold for the tagged, from the International Booker Shortlist, came in just in time for #TitlesandTunes.

And you just can't have an #IslandVibe without the Marleys. Damian Jr Gong Marley's Welcome to Jamrock is a perfect summer party album, and one of my favourite tracks is All Night: https://youtu.be/VJMTVD9rHDQ

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I chose the same book and am glad you add a Marley! 1mo
Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 I so agree with you….we NEED all the Marleys 😎 1mo
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Fire Rush | Jacqueline Crooks
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What a debut. I'm excited to see what Crooks writes next.

While I found the story sometimes stalled, especially in the first 2/3, the power and rhythm of Crooks' prose pull you through those moments.

Set in 70s/80s England and Jamaica, the issues confronted here are still incredibly relevant, particularly police racism and brutality, and the grooming and abuse of vulnerable women.

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Did I get a little carried away? You bet! Do I regret it? Heck, no!

The tagged was one I ordered in, and it arrived just in time for today's shopping extravaganza. Woo Hoo! Maame was a free ARC with purchase. The others were what jumped off the shelves into my eager arms 😁

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I raced through this one from the #WomensPrizeLonglist23 in two days. I loved the blend of humour and deep subject matter, as Shroff confronted gender issues, caste discrimination, domestic violence, and women's agency in a patriarchal society.

Cinfhen I think it‘s my top contender from the longlist 🙌🏻 1mo
TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen I've been so impressed with the list this year (at least with what I've been able to get my hands on so far). Very eagerly anticipating tomorrow's shortlist announcement. I think my favourite so far is Trespasses, but if you ask me in an hour I'd probably have a different answer because there have been some great reads! 1mo
Cinfhen It‘s so true 😊I‘ve enjoyed every book I read except I haven‘t tried Glory again, I had bailed earlier in the year and I bailed on Tresspasses on audio but will 💯 try again in print 💖 I haven‘t read 4: Pod, Bread, Fan & Butterflies- which I still want to read and Fan too! 1mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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I don't know what I could possible add to the near-unanimous praise for this novel. Kingsolver has crafted a beautiful, heart wrenching, honest, epic tale of a singular young boy growing up in poverty in the Appalachians. Demon is such a fabulous character, with a beautifully crafted narrative voice that pulls you along through the highs and lows of his first quarter-century. (cont'd)

TheKidUpstairs And he is surrounded by a masterfully written cast of supporting characters all of whom, whether you love them or hate them, are so genuinely human in their highs and heartbreaks, and attempts to escape the net that society has thrown over the hill counties.

Kingsolver has given us something special here.

#WomensPrize23
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AmyG Agreed! Great review 1mo
Cinfhen Yup!! It‘s destined to be a modern classic 1mo
JuniperWilde ♥️ 1mo
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I so wanted to love this one. And it started out so strong, with a wonderfully punk rock nun of an MC and a strong noir tone and atmosphere. But it just fizzled and flailed from there.

Not for me 😒

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Sightseeing | Rattawut Lapcharoensap
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Engaging, interesting, effective short stories and one novella, set in a Thailand beyond the tourist track. I read these slowly, a story here and there, for #FoodandLit #Thailand and loved them. The title story was my favourite, and I will be thinking about it for quite a while.

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Here's my nominations for #CampLitsy23 🎉🏕 One is tagged, I'll tag the rest in the comments.

Excited to see everyone's ideas! Thanks for hosting @Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB

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Ruthiella Wow! Love it! Every book is new to me. 🤩 1mo
JamieArc Thanks for tagging your nominations! 1mo
Chelsea.Poole Oohhh love these! I‘m interested in VenCo. 1mo
Cinfhen 6 books that were not on my #ReadersRadar - awesome 😎 1mo
BarbaraBB A new Paul Harding! Thanks for nominating! 1mo
squirrelbrain Nearly every book new to me too…( I had read about the Paul Harding) - great list! 1mo
Megabooks Same @Cinfhen ! Very excited to check these out! 1mo
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Incredibly fascinating read. I'm grateful to #SheSaid and to @Chelsea.Poole 's #AuldLangSpine list for conspiring to get this one on my radar.

Kolbert writes in a completely engaging style, and with a well-balanced viewpoint, about how man is dealing with changes wrought by man. Nothing is presented as totally positive or negative; it is just what is. So much to think about and ponder over for the future of the climate.

@Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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O Caledonia | Elspeth Barker
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I loved this tale of a misunderstood young girl growing up in her family's dark and dreary manor house turned boys school in Scotland. Janet is a fabulous Gothic heroine who refuses to play by the rules set for Gothic heroines or any other sort of young girl of her time. The writing is tragic and delicious, my only regret is that I did not read it on a dark and stormy day to match the atmosphere.

JamieArc I have this one waiting for just that day 🌫️⛈️☕️ 2mo
LeahBergen I love this book! 🖤 2mo
TheKidUpstairs @LeahBergen it was not even on my radar, but the Maggie O'Farrell intro brought it up when I was searching for something on OverDrive. I figured anything she loves was worth checking out! I'm so glad I did. 2mo
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TheKidUpstairs @JamieArc in thinking I need to get myself a physical copy to reread on a dreary November day. 2mo
merelybookish I just bought a second copy of this! I loaned my last copy and never got it back. 2mo
LeahBergen @TheKidUpstairs I read an old edition of it and I‘m so glad it has been republished with that new intro. I‘ll be buying more copies for gifts! 2mo
Cathythoughts Great review 👍🏻 I‘m looking forward to reading my copy 🥰 @LeahBergen 2mo
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I hope you like it! 😘 2mo
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The Dance Tree | Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Excellent historical fiction about a family on the outskirts of Strasbourg during the dancing plague of 1518. Rather than focusing on the plague, this is a story of women's lives, love, rage, family, and friendship during a time when men wielded religion like a cudgel to control and overpower women and anyone who was different. It is a beautiful story of family born and found among the women attempting to navigate life in difficult times.

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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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I love Haynes' takes on the old myths. Heroes are exposed, gods are delightfully petty, and women's stories take centre stage.

While I'm not sure it was Prize-worthy, it was surely an enjoyable read!

#WomensPrize #WomensPrizeLonglist23

dabbe 💪😎💜 2mo
LatrelWhite ❤️ 2mo
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Miss Buncles Book | D.E. Stevenson
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Utterly delightful, heartwarming fun. How has this not been made into a movie?

LeahBergen Right? I love this book. 🥰 2mo
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Spin It | Lee Raven
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As always, I threw together a #BookSpin list in about 20 seconds 🤷‍♀️ We'll see how she goes!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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The Twyford Code | Janice Hallett
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Hallett's stories are best enjoyed if you can throw away logic and disbelief and just fully enjoy the wild, chaotic, messy ride!

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Memphis | Tara M Stringfellow
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There is some very difficult subject matter in this one (see TW below), but what carries you through is the overlying feel of hope and the strength that can be found in black families, women, and communities. Stringfellow has created a beautiful family of women, fully realized in all their strengths and vulnerabilities, love and rage, gifts, talents, and quirks.

Cont'd below...

#WomensPrize #WomensPrizeLonglist23

TheKidUpstairs The jumpy timeline and POVs won't work for everyone, but I loved it. It felt like women sitting around a family table telling their stories, one leading to another, thematically linked rather than chronological. 2mo
TheKidUpstairs TW: rape, domestic violence, police brutality, lynching 2mo
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Greenwood | Michael Christie
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Otis and I are celebrating #RespectYourCatDay by catching up on the first two days of Canada Reads debates. (Yes, he is a ridiculously long cat!) His sister prefers to cuddle on top of a blanket pile on the other couch.

When it comes to cake, I give thumbs down to Black Forest Cake, but thumbs up to most others. I like the classics and stick to my grandmother's rule: vanilla cake gets chocolate icing, chocolate cake gets vanilla icing 😋 🎂

DieAReader 😼😼😼 2mo
dabbe Hello, Out-of-this-world Otis! ❣️🐾❣️ 2mo
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The newest Dog Man was released today. I picked up our pre-order and brought it to school pick up. We weren't even off school property before he cracked it open.

#RaisingReaders

Aims42 This makes me smile 🥹😄 2mo
TEArificbooks I am very proud of my son who has been patiently waiting for Amazon to drop off our copy all day. But since I can‘t drive on my meds it was the only way to get a copy. 2mo
TheBookHippie ♥️ 2mo
Julsmarshall Gotta love those young readers! 2mo
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Fantastic. O'Farrell gives her histories such beautiful texture. You can truly feel the atmosphere she creates. Lucrezia is a fascinating, genuine, and singular character, and her story is utterly absorbing from beginning to end.

#WomensPrize #WomensPrizeLonglist23

@Chelsea.Poole I can see why this was on your #AuldLangSpine list! @monalyisha

Sapphire I am listening to this on audio right now. It hasn‘t “caught” for me yet, but I can see the potential 2mo
Chelsea.Poole Yes! Great review! 😊 2mo
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Batter Royale | Leisl Adams
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Sweet, fun, light read.

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Fall On Your Knees | Ann-Marie MacDonald
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#DailyChallenge #MarchMadness

Happy World Theatre Day, everyone!

Recently, I was lucky enough to attend part one of the adaptation of Ann-Marie McDonald's Fall on Your Knees. It was one of the most beautiful, effective pieces of theatre I've seen. Ever.

@Andrew65 @DieAReader

PurpleyPumpkin I had no idea that this book was turned into a play! I‘ll have to get around to reading this one. It‘s been on my tbr for forever! 2mo
DieAReader 💕💕💕 2mo
TheKidUpstairs @PurpleyPumpkin it's so good, but be prepared for the emotional Rollercoaster! 2mo
Andrew65 Sounds brilliant. 2mo
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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This was so much more than I was expecting. A lot of what I had read about it focused on the affair between Cushla, a Catholic, and the married Protestant Michael, but that is only one facet of her story. I think it does the book a disservice to call it the story of an affair. It is Cushla's story, her life lived during the Troubles, attempting to navigate family, friendship, live, and community. 👇

TheKidUpstairs Trying to find freedom for herself amid her obligations to an alcoholic mother. Searching for the humanity in those around her in a town and a time fraught with political and religious violence. Kennedy handles it all with an engaging voice, a deft hand, and without romanticizing any of it (including the affair). This one will stick with me for a long time.
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squirrelbrain Great review! 2mo
jlhammar Yes! Agree completely. Fantastic review! 2mo
SamAnne Hope to start this one next week. 2mo
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The Dog of the North: A Novel | Elizabeth Mckenzie
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@Cinfhen described this to me perfectly, it really is "whacked in a good way." It is a chaotic ride through the messed up life of Penny Rush. She sets out for Santa Barbara, determined to clean out her hoarder grandmother's house (and confiscate her gun), but not a single moment goes as planned. Suspend your disbelief and enjoy the wild, weird, and wonderful ride.

#WomensPrizeLonglist23

Cinfhen Excellent review! #WildAndWhacky without a doubt 🧡 2mo
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Murder at Haven's Rock | Kelley Armstrong
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Welcome to the new town, same as the old town!

Nothing new or different here, really, but still a solid entry in (or I guess spin off to) Armstrong's Rockton series. Gobbled it up in 24 hours.

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Murder at Haven's Rock | Kelley Armstrong
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Heck yes!!!!

Any other Rockton fans out there?

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Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton
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Holy s#!+

Totally engaging read right off the bat. Then, about halfway through, just as I was thinking, "Hmm... something really needs to happen soon, or this is going to stall out," the whole thing goes BONKERS BANANAS.

Very much lives up to its Shakespearean name. Embrace the chaos, enjoy the ride.

SamAnne Just heard a Fresh Air review last night and immediately put it on my TBR. 3mo
squirrelbrain Great review! I agree about the ‘thing‘ in the middle that sets it all off again, and what about the ending?! 🤯 3mo
AmyG Oh boy! Great review! I need to bump this one up. 3mo
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Homesick | Jennifer Croft
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TW: suicide, suicide attempt, self-harm, rape, childhood illness

How do you translate your life into a fictional body? Croft plays with genre, blurring the lines between fiction and truth; and form, combining short chapters with photos from her childhood and captions that question the limits of language to translate feelings and memory. The result is beautifully readable, thoughtful, and effective.

#WomensPrizeLonglist23

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Junie | Chelene Knight
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A beautifully written story of a young woman coming of age in the 1930's in Vancouver's East End. Exploring the relationships between mothers and daughters, the bonds of friendship, community, an artist's view of the world around her, and a young woman discovering the colours and textures of love. You can tell Knight is a poet, the way she crafts a sentence is an utter delight. She has created a vibrant world to be celebrated.

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Junie | Chelene Knight
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"She spent so much time inside of her mother's absence it started to linger on her tongue like powdered cinnamon or whole cloves of garlic."

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Not sure if anyone else read In the Time of the Butterflies last month for #FoodandLit #DominicanRepublic, but I just saw that there is a TV series on Disney+ about the Mirabel sisters. Looks like a good one!

https://youtu.be/q5-UiaKUNy4

@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader Oh my gosh! Yes I read this one. I‘m going to have to check out this series. Thank you for posting! 3mo
Catsandbooks So cool! 3mo
TheBookHippie Oh thanks!!! I‘ve read all her books and heard her speak! 3mo
Centique Did you know about this series @Reggie ? Will give it a try! Thanks for putting it on my radar @TheKidUpstairs 2mo
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Homesick | Jennifer Croft
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"In Ancient Greece a clue was just a skein of yarn until enough mythical figures unraveled their ways out of mazes."

#WomensPrize2023 #WomensPrizeLonglist

BarbaraBB Very curious about this one 3mo
Chelsea.Poole That is an awesome cover. I don‘t know what to think about this with the “memoir” subtitle. Is it working for you? 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @Chelsea.Poole the cover is awesome, I love it too. It's totally working for me. It definitely reads more like a novel than a memoir. Names have been changed and it's in this person perspective rather than first (with the exception of photo captions/ commentary). Very engaging and well written, and I really like how she plays with form and genre. 3mo
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TheKidUpstairs @Chelsea.Poole (that should say third person perspective, not this person... typing too fast for my own good) 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB I'm loving it so far. Totally engaging from the start. I really like when an author can play around with the expectations of form and genre, but still deliver something that is highly readable. And this, so far, seems to be hitting that mark beautifully. 3mo
Chelsea.Poole Thank you! I like what you said in your previous comment about experimentation but still readable. Often I find those types too “out there” so I look forward to getting around to this! 3mo
BarbaraBB That sounds as good as I hoped for. Stacked. 3mo
Leniverse The UK edition doesn't have the Memoir subtitle, and has apparently been rewritten, and the US memoir has been rewritten from a blog, which was rewritten from an illustrated short story in Spanish. If I have managed to track that correctly. 😵‍💫🤯 So I really wonder how different the UK release is to the older US one. 2mo
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Love a good #IndependentWomen playlist! I got a good start, with some Joan Armatrading, Dolly Parton, Kate Nash, Florence + the Machine, Nina Simone, Veruca Salt, and more. I'll be adding to it through the day! Can't wait to see everyone's lists.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NqdZsr87lAVert6leDK3S?si=Zp_s_xArQwuhN38IYt_g...

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Librarybelle I forgot about Veruca Salt and Fiona Apple! 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @Librarybelle I've been going through everyone's lists thinking "oh yeah, how'd I forget about HER?!" And adding to my list ? 3mo
Soubhiville Every list has Florence that I‘ve seen so far! Of course ❣️ 3mo
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TheBookHippie I keep seeing people I forgot 🤣✊🏼♥️🤘🏻 3mo
JackOBotts Love this! Following on Spotify! 3mo
BarbaraBB Fab list 😍 and how could I forget Florence?! @Soubhiville 3mo
Billypar So many good ones! 🎸🎶 I didn't even try to be comprehensive on mine, which is the only reason longtime favorites like Jenny Lewis and Fiona Apple don't appear. 3mo
Cinfhen Fierce choices!!!! 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @TheBookHippie me too! I keep adding to it 3mo
vivastory Terrific list! Kicking myself for not including Jenny Lewis 3mo
vivastory @Soubhiville I noticed this too 👏 🤘 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @Soubhiville yes! I love it 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @vivastory there will always be someone you miss! Just so many badass female musicians. 3mo
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After Sappho: A Novel | Selby Wynn Schwartz
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I just finished the tagged this morning, what a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the #independentwomen who live in its pages. Who refused to live their lives and loves based on the rules of male power and society.

Top: cover, Lina Poletti, Virginia Woolf
Middle: Romaine Brooks, Eva Palmer, Natalie Barney, Vita Sackville-West
Bottom: Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, Isadora Duncan, Colette

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Chelsea.Poole Love these photos!! 3mo
Aimeesue I LOVED this one. So many great moments. It was like a pointillist painting that doesn‘t make sense close up, but gains structure and form when you pull back to look at the whole piece. ❤️ 3mo
Ruthiella @Aimeesue Nice description! 3mo
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BarbaraBB Great pictures and the book fits the prompt perfectly 🤍 3mo
Cinfhen This book would have been a perfect choice as our read!!! Excellent collage 😁 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue I loved it too! It has pretty meh ratings on her, so I had low expectations, but I was utterly entranced from the first page to the last. The writing was so beautiful, the subjects so fascinating. I love your comparison to a pointillist painting! 3mo
Aimeesue @TheKidUpstairs I can see why it didn‘t land for some people - no real story line, lots of interweaving characters with no dominant POV, the Greek chorus - but it worked for me! 3mo
Suet624 I‘m so glad to hear you liked it. I did too! 3mo
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Yay for #BookSpinBingo! I actually started the tagged yesterday, and it turns out it is my #BookSpin 🎉 Everything's coming up Millhouse!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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Jenny Lawson is always a pick. Hilarious, heartfelt, thoughtful, and relatable.

Sarahreadstoomuch I love her so much. There was a passage in this book that I deeply resonated with on my own journey understanding my mental health. I sent her a quick DM to express my gratitude for that, and she was super kind in her response. Just love her. 3mo
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