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perfectlywinged

Joined May 2016

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The Rachel Incident: A novel by Caroline O'Donoghue
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The Rachel Incident: A novel | Caroline O'Donoghue
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Been saving this book set in Cork in the 2010s for St Patrick‘s day weekend. So far it‘s an apt look at being in your early 20‘s.

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Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield
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Slow moving but compelling- I keep reading to see what happened to the wife on her deep sea dive

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I love a snowy Scottish setting.

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Biography of X: A Novel | Catherine Lacey
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Excited to start this literary fiction about a woman who sets out to write a bio of her late wife and unearths secrets

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Wellness | Nathan Hill
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Cozy with this character focused read about a marriage disintegrating

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Let Us Descend | Jesmyn Ward
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Beautiful writing so far

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Chain-Gang All-Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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At first I found all the different character povs a little confusing but now I‘m oriented and it makes this story of inmates forced to fight to the death more gripping.

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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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I‘m not a big romance reader but so far the world building and fantasy components are solid. The dragons and their personalities are my favorite part. And so far this most reminds me of Naomi Novik‘s Deadly Education

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Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson
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I love the funny omniscient narrative voice in this stand alone fantasy book about a girl who joins a pirate crew to rescue her kidnapped friend.

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Homecoming | Kate Morton
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Been saving this historical mystery for a cold rainy day- I love Kate Morton‘s slow paced plot and character writing.

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Bee Sting | Paul Murray
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I say this as a compliment: a Jonathan Franzen novel set in Ireland.

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Death Valley | Melissa Broder
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Melissa Broder always writes hilarious messy girl characters in odd situations but I find the writing in this particular book feels really honest- she aptly handles grief in a really honest and accessible way and I‘m already feeling a lot while reading this. 🌵

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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Bram Stoker
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Excited to start this classic 🧛‍♂️

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Surprisingly cute book about a recently widowed woman in a puritanical society who befriends a devil trying to figure out who he is.

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A very cozy fairy tale read for a Monday morning 🧚🎃

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Rouge | Mona Awad
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This is more coherent than Bunny but still a little bit of a fever dream. I can‘t put it down: I keep reading to see what kind of cult this beauty spa really is.

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This is packed with facts about how different animals use the five senses. While having a lot of information the prose is very accessible and not overly scientific.

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The Vaster Wilds | Lauren Groff
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Enjoying this survivalist story about a lone girl who escapes a colonial settlement to survive in the wilds of America.

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The Fraud | Zadie Smith
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It was interesting to read a historical fiction by Zadie Smith. It‘s not overly plot heavy and we spend most of the story in the head of housekeeper Eliza Touchett which was a fascinating mind to be in. The famous Titchbourne inheritance case the book centers around is a mere background story. The plot is very slow but Smith‘s writing is still excellent.

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I really enjoyed the preppy prep school setting but the prose was dense at times(we got each minor character‘s whole family tree it seemed like). There were so many music and pop culture references specific to 2007-2010 that I think the only people who may enjoy this are people who were teens or young young adults at that time.

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It‘s fig season and I‘m reading this multi generational family story partially narrated by a fig tree.

Suet624 Wow, living in a place that has figs... such bounty! 6mo
perfectlywinged My Trader Joe‘s has them in this week. Here in the Midwest we only get fresh figs in stores for a very brief time so I gorge myself. 6mo
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Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt
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So far the octopus narrator is my favorite. He is so sassy!

RenePenn My current audiobook! 7mo
perfectlywinged @RenePenn my coworker listened to this on audio and said she loved Marcellus the octopus‘ voice the best. 6mo
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This Tender Land: A Novel | William Kent Krueger
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The perfect adventure story to read in a tent.

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Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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I love Ann Patchett‘s slow deliberate character focused fiction but I am mostly excited to read this for the cover.

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It | Stephen King
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After being terrified by the miniseries as a kid I never thought I would read this. King is such a good storyteller and the characterization is so in depth already.

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The Hotel Nantucket | Elin Hilderbrand
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Excited for my first Elin Hilderbrand book to read poolside! Bring on cute Nantucket!

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The Guest: A Novel | Emma Cline
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So far the tension of seeing how Alex will grift her way into places to stay in this wealthy beach town is keeping me reading. Shades of The Talented Mr Ripley (sans murder) so far.

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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
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I really loved this slow moving character study that is an homage to Little Women

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Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison
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I am already invested in this unnamed narrator, this invisible man after chapter one. The writing both sucks me in and also has me rereading passages to understand what is happening- it‘s a little like a fever dream.

bnp Fever dream is a good description of how parts of this book feel. 9mo
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In Memoriam | Alice Winn
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Excited to do nothing the next few days but drink lemonade and read this.

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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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Very excited to start this new release!

BarbaraBB Me too! Great photo 💛 10mo
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Dinosaurs | LYDIA. MILLET
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I loved The Children‘s Bible so I am excited to start Millet‘s next book set in Arizona.

BarbaraBB This is my favorite Millet! (edited) 10mo
perfectlywinged @BarbaraBB now I am really excited! 10mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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So far a layered and engaging multigenerational historical fiction novel featuring women escaping dangerous family situations who learn to tap into their own powers. I normally don‘t love historical fictional with multiple perspectives but so far each storyline is keeping my attention!

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Another book about toxic female friendships, featuring two young girls in 19th century Montreal. Later parts of this reminded me of a very female centric A Tale of Two Cities.

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh
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I am loving this so much more than I thought- there is a realness to the writing that takes my breath away.

Cuilin One of my favorites ❤️ 11mo
perfectlywinged @Cuilin the prose is gorgeous! I am hooked! 11mo
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All My Rage | Sabaa Tahir
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So far this YA novel that focuses on two Pakistani teens feels more like an adult novel and I am hooked.

BekaReid This is a favorite! So well-written 12mo
perfectlywinged @BekaReid it is so well written! 11mo
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Very excited to start this book which is already feeling less like The Secret History and more like the podcast Serial.

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My Last Innocent Year: A Novel | Daisy Alpert Florin
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This surprised me. I thought it would be like my My Dark Vanessa but the teacher student relationship is way more consensual than any of the narrator‘s other romances plus the writing is so good that it also stands alone as a really intriguing detailed story about a girl‘s senior year at college.

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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So far this is David Copperfield meets Dopesick and I am absolutely hooked by the close character writing here.

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So far this mid century French girl friendship is giving Elena Ferrante vibes

sarahbarnes I‘m excited to try this one! 14mo
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Was a little nervous with the comparison to Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (an excellent book but a slog) but this is has the same elevated tone while being totally readable/ bingeable. It‘s literary fiction / alternate history fantasy and I am completely drawn in!

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Cathedral | Ben Hopkins
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Simply having a Medieval Christmas time. So far this is definitely reminding me of Pillars of the Earth but less plot heavy?

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A friendship story revolving around video games.

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Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng
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So far an intriguing family focused dystopian novel. A faster paced read than her previous books.

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The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Enjoying my next book club read which is a literary thriller.

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This Shakespeare focused A Secret History read alike is starting off strong!

Lauren890 One of my favorites!! 1y
perfectlywinged @Lauren890 I am loving all the Shakespeare text in here! 1y
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The Door | Magda Szabo
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Addicting character study about this older cleaning lady.

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The Near Witch | V. E. Schwab
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A cozy little folk tale for Halloween.👻🎃

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Really liking the writing and setting so far but already there are parts that feel like they could be cut in this 500 page book.

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Poison for Breakfast | Lemony Snicket
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Mehso-so

If you really loved the narrative voice of Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events, then this book, where Lemony Snicket is trying to figure out which of his breakfast foods might have poisoned him, is for you. It‘s very rambly and is less a mystery than it is short interesting stories and philosophical musings. I enjoyed it but was glad it was short.

ShyBookOwl Love your ghost 👻 1y
perfectlywinged @ShyBookOwl The target dollar spot years ago! It holds a little tea light 👻 1y
ShyBookOwl @perfectlywinged Awesome find! 1y
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