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Joined September 2016

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The Vulture by Gil Scott-Heron
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L'imagerie Franais Allemand by milie Beaumont
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The Vulture | Gil Scott-Heron
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For a change of genre, I heard scott-heron music before but did not know he had written a book. I expect that murder mystery to be written with style.

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The Dratsie Dilemma: San Andreas Shifters | Gail Carriger, G. L. Carriger
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Yes :) as an incentive to buying directly for her, the newest Gail Carriger book arrived a week in advance in my emails :) now off to read about otter-shifters (a warning that is the most explicit and adult series of hers)

Crinoline_Laphroaig Don't you just love how Gail Carriger brings sunshine to your email just when you need it? 6d
catsuit_mango @Crinoline_Laphroaig yes, new books or the chirrup always make me smile. 5d
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Questions, Questions | Marcus Pfister
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I have two big reading questions lately :
1/ if you read while listening to music, where do you find music that goes with your book or at least does not clash ?
2// I want to find/organise a smallish reading retreat over my birthday : not traveling far, comfy place, maybe a good library, food catered for me .. Any tip on how to organize something like that ?

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Vortex | Robert Charles Wilson
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Mostly spend yesterday reading and napping while the flu and covid vaccines took effect. Today should be more of the same plus a walk to the library.

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Recommended by at least 2 friends. I am already overreacting to all the sexism at work (who has work in engineering and still been "mistaken" for the secretary will see why). I need to brace myself for the rest ;)

Tamra There is some maddening real sexism, but I enjoyed the story telling. 👍🏾 2w
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Axis | Robert Charles Wilson
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Weekend at my dad's, nothing much to do except be with other humans and read

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Wizard of Mars | Diane Duane
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1st of november I am reading outside wearing a spaghetti top... Life is nice :)

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A Moveable Feast | Ernest Hemingway
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Tea, book and watercolors... I don't need much ;)

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So, again, the french edition is two books for the 4th in the series... But the cover is gorgeous :)

Yuki_Onna Absolute #coverlove 🤩 1mo
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Very grey day here, so i ll be in my reading nook with an epic book

Sleepswithbooks Love your space! 2mo
catsuit_mango @Sleepswithbooks thanks, that‘s my quiet corner :) 1mo
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A book about a library, with a black cat on the cover, of course I had to get it, and I am enjoying the different character per chapter all connected by the same librarian.

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Finally got it from the library, it has been in high demand :) really enjoying reading about the gang again.

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Spin | Robert Charles Wilson
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It s been in my list forever, and i have not been reading enough scifi lately so here goes

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Shit ! | Jacky Schwartzmann
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Now for something différent, a book gifted by a friends. This is their favourite author and i never read anything by that author... Let's see.

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Bookshops and Bonedust | Travis Baldree
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When all the characters are book lovers, you can only relate :)

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Finish the series, à bit slow at times: i wanted to push characters around

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The Hound of Death | Agatha Christie
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Another Lady Agatha short story collection, but this one seems a little different, probably because there is not a lot of murders and mystery solving, more some strange situations.

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Getting back to lupin for a bit

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The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle
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I like the premise of a weird family accident prone just for a month per year, and the characters are likeable but the explanations are too déjà vus for me

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Book 3 of the mallaussene saga (of 8), rereading to have everything in mind for the latest 2.
Also a nice change of pace after a dry non fiction book

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Let s the 10 days of reading by the river begin :)

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Twice Cursed: An Anthology | Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Sarah Pinborough
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Not as much reading done as usual... Too much Olympics to watch ;)
Anyway, a short stories anthology before the vacations.

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Connemara: Roman | Nicolas Mathieu
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A friend lend us that book because we came back from Ireland and were talking about Connemara.
I am all for that, except... the book is nowhere near talking about Ireland.
The "connemara" of the title is a very Cheesy song from the 80s that is now stuck in my head... and the story is about people who grew up at the same time as i did, with jobs similar to what i do... not good for escapism !

Picture from my actual visit to connemara ;)

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Yes it s july 6th and I am under a blanket, but it is raining and I am peopled-out but need to get out again for dinner with friends so ... A little quiet time (and the piano player in the back is using headphones)

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Goliath | Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson
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Today s lunch : a run to the post office, slight hypoglycemia so i stopped on my way back for food, luckily i always carry my book for company

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Murder Most Unladylike | Robin Stevens
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One last tea and scone at the airport

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Normal People | Sally Rooney
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After 15 days in Ireland, i 'd call that a small book haul... Mostly restricted because we fly Ryanair...

AnneCecilie I love Normal People and the Unladylike series. Hope you love them too 5mo
catsuit_mango @AnneCecilie normal people was recommended by our trinity tour guide :) i just started the unladylike one 5mo
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Carmilla | Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
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Would you believe the day started with rain and fog ?
Enjoying the fair weather now and the kettle in every hotel room in Ireland

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The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse | Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris
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Found this in a cute café/library on the way today, very funny texts and illustrations.
Through the window there is a very foggy sea view.

Aimeesue This makes me think that I might really enjoy a book about zombie ladybugs, if someone ever writes one. 😂😂😂 5mo
catsuit_mango @Aimeesue it sounds fun :) 5mo
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Tea and cake and book in dingle after driving a fair bit. Beautiful roads in Ireland not a lot of reading ;)

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The Talented Mr. Ripley | Patricia Highsmith
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this one had been in my TBR for ages, even taken out of the list, thinking I would get to it another time. But we watched the Netflix series recently and now I want to know if book Ripley is more like the Damon movie, the NFseries or the American Friend movie...anyway hoping to read most of it on a 2h flight.

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Pyramids | Terry Pratchett
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When you die, what you lose first, it‘s life. Next it‘s illusions.

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Behemoth | Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson
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Finished the tagged book during a tea break this morning, now another book for my sunny lunch break :)

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Preping for a trip to Ireland with that beautiful book.
Does it surprise anyone that not all the hotels are booked but my "for that trip to read Irish books" list is ready ?

TrishB Perfectly normal 😁 6mo
catsuit_mango @TrishB I knew I would be understood here 6mo
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Untitled | Unknown
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Reading Hermione Granger fanfic in the hammock, not a bad way to end the day

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It's cold and rainy outside, perfect excuse to start another book

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Getting out that book I have since 1999... I can speak german, but I know my grammar is weak, and practising with Duolingo is not enough, I really need to learn the gender and cases, to speak correctly!

Dilara Good luck with your German studies!
We have the English/French version of that book at home 😁 It's interesting to see which pictures still stand and which would be puzzling to a child today
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catsuit_mango @Dilara yes, and also in the german version there are some words that are not the ones used in everyday life 6mo
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Discovered another of the librairies in my town yesterday, went for an exhibition and came back with 2 books. I can not remember who told me about this author but she is french and writing thrillers, so i had to try for myself. So good so far

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LE TRIANGLE DOR | Maurice Leblanc
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New ereader cover for me

Dilara Love it! 7mo
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Second tea and first breakfast, lazy sunday morning to finish the vacation. #bookandtea

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Untitled | Untitled
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That one was written by a friend of my dad... not sure yet about the story or the style but it is taking place in a city I like, by the sea :)

Yuki_Onna Wow, this is amazing! 🤩 I really like the cover and the title 👏 #coverlove 7mo
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Queen of Shadows | Sarah J Maas
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Book break from a touristy day in porto. We are more interested in our books than the port wine.

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L'Eclat D'Obus | Leblanc Maurice Leblanc
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OK, so it is counted as an Arsène Lupin book but he only appears for half a page in a discussion... As for the rest of the book, it's more a war/revenge/mystery story than what I was expecting, and a lot of WWI stuff so Germans are all bad and French all good... Too propagand-ish for me.

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OK so the library card is renewed... But I ended up with 2 new books on my TBR...

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Looking for a quiet and sunny place to read before the library opens and i can't return one of my doorstopper read of the week

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Maybe in Another Life: A Novel | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Checked into an hôtel yesterday, nice breakfast and now i sort of do not want to move from the nice lourging chair.

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I was struggling with Count Robert of Paris (100p in and still no signe of Robert) and a book discussed with a friend became available at the library... I was expecting 170p of non fiction... Not 661p !

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Evil Under the Sun | Agatha Christie
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Sunday post run breakfast. I am normally not a Poirot fan but this one is nice so far.

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Went for a walk in town, ended up in a tea room but that‘s after visiting the english bookshop... book haul !

TrishB Sounds like a fun walk 😁 8mo
catsuit_mango @TrishB yes, I was enjoying the nice weather and the less busy streets compared to Saturdays ; ) 8mo
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Went to a steampunk conférence in one of the town's librairies tonight. It was fun, a little wrong at times and not enough diverse examples to my taste but we got to see some very cool books and engravings. I ended up borrowing the tagged book...

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