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Ruthiella

Joined February 2018

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#Two4Tuesday

1. The tagged book was possibly my favorite of November. It was a really strong debut novel.

2. All of them! But I am crossing my fingers I‘ll find time to read another Margaret Drabble. I want to explore her body of work.

Thank you for tagging me @The_Penniless_Author 😊

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!🎄📖📚 1d
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My last book completed for the #NovelNovember readathon!

It was great fun to be back with the septuagenarians of Cooper‘s Chase. Once again, they outwit some very dangerous characters, often because they are underestimated. I really want Viktor to move into the community and I also hope Computer Bob returns.

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 Can‘t wait to read it. 3d
Ruthiella @Andrew65 You‘re going to love it! 3d
jlhammar Yes, Computer Bob was a great addition! 3d
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Ruthiella @jlhammar I was hoping Kudesh would become a member in the last book, alas. 😢 3d
LeslieO They just get better and better. I hope he doesn‘t take too long a break before the next one. But I am looking forward to his new series. 3d
Ruthiella @LeslieO He‘s writing a new series? How exciting! I didn‘t know. 😃 (edited) 3d
LeslieO @Ruthiella He definitely said he‘s taking a break from Thursday Murder Club to write something new and I heard on a podcast it‘s a new series. 3d
LeslieO Just found this in an article “His next series will star a police officer who has retired to a quiet life in a sleepy village until his daughter-in-law, a celebrity bodyguard, gets into trouble. “He finds himself in an international manhunt, finds himself on private jets, and all he wants to do is be back at home doing the local pub quiz. It is essentially them as a crime fighting duo,” Osman says. “I‘ve just started writing it and it‘s fun. “ 3d
Ruthiella @LeslieO Awesome! Thanks for the info. 👍 3d
Julsmarshall Oooh, interesting, @LeslieO 3d
LeslieO @Julsmarshall @Ruthiella I think I‘ll love anything he writes. (edited) 3d
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Pet | Catherine Chidgey
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My second book completed for the #NovelNovember readathon.

This book was so tense at times, I had to read to the end and get the worst of it over; then I went back to read the middle. All the students in 12 year old Justine‘s parochial school class want to win the approval of glamorous Mrs Price, who plays favorites…not exactly a healthy way to teach. But the school administration and parents seem just as enamored by her…and then thefts start…

squirrelbrain Great review! It was such a tense book…. 3d
Ruthiella @squirrelbrain It really was! The comparisons to Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith should have warned me! 3d
LeahBergen I can‘t wait to get to this! 👏 3d
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Ruthiella @LeahBergen Prepare yourself for the tension! 3d
BarbaraBB I had this one stacked already or I would now! 3d
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB That happened to me too with this one! I kept seeing good reviews and then realizing I had already added it to my TBR. 😅 (edited) 3d
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 3d
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My first completed book for the #NovelNovember readathon. This was a real page turner and exactly the kind of character driven sci fi that I wanted. Kyr lives a spartan existence, one of the last of a few thousand humans holding out against an alien enemy that would assimilate humanity. She was born to be a soldier in the common cause. But when she gets her first adult assignment, she begins to question everything she‘d ever been taught…

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 (edited) 4d
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Fell Murder | E.C.R. Lorac
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#Ihavequestions

1. Fell Murder by E. C. R. Lorac was among many excellent mysteries read this year for the #GoldenAgeCrimeClub ,because it introduced me to a new author.
2. I‘m going to switch out one of my #cloakanddaggerchristmas books for Truly Devious by M. Johnson b/c I‘ve heard great things and it came up in my library holds.
3. I really love it when we learn about all the suspects‘ dirty laundry. P. D. James was especially good at this.

Ruthiella Thank you @RaeLovesToRead for tagging me. 😊 6d
RaeLovesToRead Ooh, I will have to check out these!!! 😁 6d
batsy Fell Murder was good! 6d
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Ruthiella @batsy It was! And Hoopla appears to have all of Lorac‘s catalog as ebooks, which makes it so much easier for me to read more. 👍 5d
CaramelLunacy I really liked Truly Devious! 5d
Ruthiella @CaramelLunacy Excellent! I really looking forward to it. 😃 5d
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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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QUESTION 3: “Jaunting” is probably the most truly “science-fictional” aspect of the story. Do you think it could ever really be possible?

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RamsFan1963 I liked the idea of "jaunting" by mental energy alone, but a mechanical method would have been more realistic, like Star Trek's transporters. 1w
Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 Agreed. He did use it to quickly get characters from one location to another. But he also used it at the end maybe to also show Foyle‘s innate talents - his ability to jaunt further than any human had previously. 1w
Bookwomble Psionics is the SF equivalent of fantasy magic, so, no I don't think jaunting is ever likely to become a reality. It's a fun story element, though. Again with the metaphors (!), Foyle's latent power = the potential of the oppressed to overthrow the oppressor if they can harness their inherent strength. The more I reflect, the more strongly I'm developing a specific view of what the underlying narrative is, & it's deeper than it initially seemed. 1w
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Roary47 Honestly, I was tired of hearing the term over and over. It‘s an interesting concept and way to get characters around. However, I was thinking about how my mind just goes places without warning. As in I‘m driving in my car and think about a situation at work. Poof now I‘m at work and my car is driving itself. 😅 Or I‘m in the shower and I think about my friends house party. Poof… yikes. I hope it‘s never in my future 🤣 (edited) 7d
Ruthiella @Roary47 😂 One does wonder how they actually managed “jaunting” traffic. 7d
Lizpixie With the current state of the human brain, no. Maybe centuries from now when science tinkers with our dna & brain mapping enough, possibly🤔? But I think it‘ll be machines that make it possible instead. Like @RamsFan1963 said, #BeamMeUpScottie 7d
RamsFan1963 @Lizpixie @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @Roary47 If jaunting were possible, could it create a utopia? Borders and nationalities would be meaningless. You could live anywhere you wanted, then jaunt to your job. Would you still be considered an American citizen if you lived in the South of France or Monaco, but worked in the US? It would be nice if it lead to a brotherhood of man, but more likely you'd get the corporate takeover scenario played out here. 7d
julesG @RamsFan1963 Now that is an interesting thought. I wish globalisation was more about growing together as humans rather than exploiting resources "there" to make a profit "here". 7d
Roary47 @julesG I agree with you on that front. Since I live so close to the boarder of Mexico. I worked with people (and still do) who live in Mexico, but work here. So they bring that revenue across the boarder. Many of our citizens and winter visitors also have doctors across the line causing us to not have quality care because doctors do not have work, or prices to inflate. 7d
CSeydel I‘m always fascinated by quantum entanglement. While I can‘t imagine how something like jaunting could ever really happen - seems like we would have discovered it by now, if it were an innate human ability? - I know there is a tremendous amount we don‘t know about long distance forces and properties of matter. (edited) 7d
Ruthiella @CSeydel You know, I raised my eyebrows at jaunting but had no problem accepting the quantum leap time travel of the burning man because the concept is so familiar to me from tv and movies. 🤔 7d
RamsFan1963 @Ruthiella I think I've watched enough episodes of Doctor Who that the idea of a character meeting a future or past version of themselves didn't make me bat an eye. 6d
kwmg40 Jaunting didn't seem very realistic to me, but then again, this is science-fiction and I'm quite willing to suspend my disbelief. 4h
Ruthiella @kwmg40 I accepted jaunting as a given in the story, but it didn‘t seem realistic to me either. 😅 2h
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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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QUESTION 2: The story has a redemptive arc. Did it work for you? Is Gully more or less victimized than victimizer?

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Bookwomble I was sceptical of Bester being able to redeem Foyle, and ultimately I don't think it is a redemptive arc. It struck me as more about actualisation, of an unreflective stimulus/response 'drone' gaining self-awareness, agency, and self-determination. At no point did I like Foyle, and he didn't seem to regret any of the terrible things he'd done, but then he's an archetype or metaphor rather than a person we're supposed to sympathise with. 1w
Bookwomble As a metaphor for a process by which an oppressed majority might finally become aware of its oppression by a powerful exploitative elite, and develop from brutal mob reaction to an organised idealistic liberationist collective, I thought it was good. 1w
Ruthiella Maybe transitional arc would be a better term. I do think that Gully felt remorse for how he abused Robin and abandoned Jizbella (what a name!). But it was never enough for him to stop his quest for revenge. I like your metaphor, but is then the ultimate message not rather bleak? Gully tries to preach to the masses at the end, but they won‘t listen? 1w
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Bookwomble @Ruthiella It is bleak and realistic, as people do seem to continue to support the systems and figureheads of those systems that exploit them. There's a scintilla of hope in the novel - maybe this time enough people will choose freedom and throw off their shackles! It's basically about becoming "woke", and the vehemence of the current establishment backlash against "woke" tells you how dangerous they see it to their position of privilege. 1w
Roary47 I agree with @Bookwomble I never liked Foyle. I can understand his need for revenge considering what he had to go through for months. I can also understand that his lack of society standing would make him socially awkward in not being able to have compassion. From a teacher view I see him as a higher functioning autistic person, and it provides for me some small redemption properties, but this was written before this so… yeah not a fan. 😅 7d
Ruthiella @Roary47 I see him more as a victim, used by the powerful as a tool to be discarded to serve their interests, only he upended the plans with his monomania of revenge. I also never liked him, though I occasionally felt sorry for him. 7d
Lizpixie I think he was victimised but he chose to continue on the path he did. Wasn‘t much of a redemption in the end really🤷🏻‍♀️ 7d
Ruthiella @Lizpixie Yes. I do think redemption was the wrong word. He isn‘t redeemed, but he is transformed. The ending struck me as quite cynical. 7d
CSeydel I agree with others who said it didn‘t feel like a redemptive arc, quite. Like a lot of SF from that era, the story is less concerned with characterization than with plot and ideas. Foyle works as a metaphor for the underclass, but I didn‘t really think he made sense as a realistic character. He had no skills, no education, no ambitions, but he‘s miraculously able to acquire whatever skills he needs to advance the story. 7d
Ruthiella @CSeydel Yes. The “hypno-learning” enabled him to learn huge amounts in such a short time was a plot device, for sure. Good point about the preeminence of ideas over characterization. I found this to be true of the Asimov books I‘ve read in the past too. 7d
kwmg40 Gully seems equally victim and victimizer. That made it hard to relate to him as a character, though at times I felt that I ought to. I definitely agree with the comments that the ideas take precedence over characterization in this story. 4h
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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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I thought I‘d post a few discussion questions after all. I‘m tagging those who expressed interest in this #ClassicLSFBC splinter group. Anyone want to be added or removed, let me know! 😀

QUESTION 1: The book was originally published in 1956. How did it feel dated? How did it still feel relevant?

RamsFan1963 Obviously its attitude toward women is horribly dated, something I've come across before in Stugeon's work, but pretty much in line with the attitudes of the time. 1w
Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 True that. But the concept of the 1% continuing to hold most of the power and money is still quite relevant. Was he reflecting the mid century or was he making a prediction? 1w
RamsFan1963 @Ruthiella I think it was a combination of both. Even in the 1950s, it was obvious that there was a gap between the wealthy and the middle & lower classes. I think it was partly a prediction, like good dystopian literature, it takes the current situations and expands them exponentially to their worse ends. Does anyone else consider this dystopian or is it just me? 1w
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Bookwomble Bester refers to the position of women, particularly in the asteroid belt, having worsened, so I think it's possible to read at least some of the sexism as commentary rather than incorporating contemporary cultural attitudes. There's an obvious commentary on capitalism, given the "aristocratic houses" are named after real-world corporations, which makes Foyle's struggle a class struggle. 1w
Bookwomble @RamsFan1963 It is dystopian. That it's recognisably Western culture gives pause for thought! 1w
Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 Yes, I would agree this is a dystopian novel. 👍 1w
Roary47 @RamsFan1963 and @Bookwomble Said it way better than I could have. I also would note the sexism as dated, and the rich having better opportunities and standing as relevant to our time still. Definitely dystopian. 7d
Lizpixie The sexism and class issues are definitely dated, the class may have a lot to do with the fact he was in 50s England while writing this too. 7d
RamsFan1963 @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @Roary47 @Lizpixie I like the Lizbella character. She tried to help Gully, to have him use his brain instead of just his brawn, and when he betrayed and abandoned her, as he has been abandoned before, she chose not to get revenge when the opportunity to ruin him was available. She's more developed than the shallow, superficial Olivia Presteign or the naive Robin Wednesbury. 7d
Ruthiella @RamsFan1963 I liked Jisabelle too. I would have liked her to be even more bad ass than she was portrayed here. I thought Olivia Prestegin was interesting. Like Jiz, she was rebelling against the societal constraints placed on women. I mean, she was a monster, but one can see how she came to be. (edited) 7d
CSeydel The aspect that hit me the most weird was how everyone reacted to Foyle‘s face tattoo. I know it was supposed to be a metaphor, but the characters‘ over the top reactions to his face seemed vaguely comical. 7d
CSeydel Also the names of the dynasties gave me a chuckle, considering how many of them no longer exist or have declined in stature. 7d
Ruthiella @CSeydel He got the dynastic concept of ruthless corporations right, just the wrong ones - like Montgomery Wards. That‘s a name I haven‘t heard in decades. 7d
kwmg40 @CSeydel @Ruthiella I found the names of the dynasties amusing too. This definitely made the book seem dated in one sense. 4h
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Here‘s my list for #CloakandDaggerChristmas. I doubt I will manage them all, but it‘s good to have ambitions. ?

1. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massy
2. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Rayburn
3. An English Murder by Cyril Hare
4. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey
5. The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
6. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall
7. The Man Who Went Up In Smoke by Maj Sjöwall
8. The Body under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn

LeahBergen Great list! I‘m hoping to get to An English Murder, too. 1w
batsy Fun list! I enjoyed An English Murder 👍🏽 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fun selections!! 1w
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jlhammar Killers of a Certain Age is a fun one. I'll be interested to read your thoughts on the Tey - I so enjoyed Daughter of Time and Franchise Affair (and have Miss Pym Disposes ready to try next). Oh, and I've been wanting to try The Widows of Malabar Hill. Looks like a great month of reading! 1w
kwmg40 Nice list! I didn't have The Singing Sands on my list for this challenge, but it's on my shelves and maybe I'll squeeze that one in too. 1w
Larkken Oh man, Malabar Hill and Rose Code have been on my tbr so. long. Lol. Maybe you've inspired me and this can be the time! 1w
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#Pemberlittens #HashtagBrigade

Which one is Marius? 😂 The young guy on the left?

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w
peanutnine 😂😂 1w
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BarkingMadRead This is amazing 🤣 1w
Cuilin Hilarious 😂 1w
LeahBergen Ha! 😆 1w
Librarybelle 😂 1w
Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣🤣 1w
rubyslippersreads 🛵😂 (edited) 1w
Deblovestoread Nailed it 🤣 1w
AnnR 😄 👌 1w
dabbe 👏 🤣🤩 1w
bthegood Perfect😂😂 1w
rwmg It would have to be, wouldn't it? 1w
Ruthiella @rwmg We don‘t know when, in Marius‘ long and illustrious career as an Anglican priest the picture was taken! 😂 1w
Bklover 😂😂😂 1w
TheAromaofBooks Priest biker gang 😂 1w
Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 1w
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If the holiday season inspires you to have murderous thoughts, l invite you to manage your mayhem by participating the 2024 #CloakandDaggerChristmas ! The prompts are just suggestions - any mystery you read between now and December 25 counts.

Tag me in your posts and if you make a TBR. Thinking about what I want to read is almost as fun as actually reading. 😂. Tagging those who commented on @merelybookish post last week, but all are welcome.

HardcoverHearts Fantastic! I‘m very excited. 2w
merelybookish These are awesome!! Thank you Ruth! Starting my planning now. 🖤🌲🗡️🎅 2w
elkeOriginal I love that this pops up in my feed at the exact moment I am trying to decide which Agatha Christie to read! 📚🔪☠️ 2w
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Ruthiella @elkeOriginal Yay! Perfect timing. 2w
quietjenn Hurrah! Thank you so much for putting these awesome prompts together! Can‘t wait to put together my list of possibilities 🧐 2w
Texreader I agree! I love the planning! 2w
jlhammar Great prompts! I‘ve got quite a few in my Dec TBR that fit so might have to join in the fun. 2w
batsy This is fantastic. Thank you so much for putting it together! Time to plan my books...🕵🏾‍♀️ 2w
bthegood thank you !! 2w
Larkken HaHA yesss 🥰 1w
LeahBergen Thank you! I‘m going to have fun combing through my shelves. 👏👏 1w
kwmg40 I love mysteries. I'll definitely be participating in this challenge! 1w
CaramelLunacy What a clever challenge! 1w
RaeLovesToRead Ooh, great prompts!!! 1w
kspenmoll Thank you! I would love to join in as mysteries are a favorite. Please tag me 1w
Ruthiella @kspenmoll Will do! 1w
PuddleJumper Oo fun! 1w
RedxoHearts Oh I will definitely have to join in. I'm a big cozy mystery fan 1w
Traci1 How fun! 1w
rubyslippersreads I don‘t know which will be more fun—the planning or the reading! 1w
AllDebooks Now this is more me than holiday romcom. I'm in 😊 1w
TheAromaofBooks Oh fun!!! 1w
Bklover This sounds fun! I don‘t know how well I‘ll do, but I‘m in! 1w
Ruthiella @Bklover It‘s totally loosy goosy. Read any mystery or thriller before Christmas. 😃 1w
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This is my currently reading stack and I‘m going to finish them ALL by the end of this #NovelNovember readathon!

Andrew65 Good luck 😁 The second person to have The Last Devil To Die on their planned reading. 2w
tpixie Looks like great reads!! 2w
Ruthiella @Andrew65 it‘s such a fun series. 😄 I love too that it a book I can share with my mom. 2w
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Ruthiella @tpixie So far I‘m really enjoying them all! 👍😃 2w
bthegood @Ruthiella just finished Last Devil to Die - loved it - love these characters - it's like visiting with friends!! Enjoy! 2w
Ruthiella @bthegood Totally agree! The Cooper‘s Chase gang are why I love the series. 👍 2w
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A Town Called Solace | Mary Lawson
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This is my #10beforetheend stack! It doesn‘t include my current library books I‘m reading or the three group reads I have coming up. 😬 I‘m pretty much doomed to fail. 😂

Tamra Ooooooo Lawson! 😍 2w
Ruthiella @Tamra Definitely hoping to get to that one before the end of the year! 🤞 2w
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Absent in the Spring | Mary Westmacott
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#MaryWestmacottBuddyRead #LMWBR

A very short read and my favorite of the three Westmacott novels read so far.

A middle aged Englishwoman is stuck in a remote rest house on the Iran/Turkey border as she waits for a delayed train. It‘s just herself and her thoughts for three days and she has a revelation about her life and how she‘s lived it thus far. But will she implement any lessons learned when she returns to her regular, comfortable life?

CSeydel Great review! 2w
Ruthiella @CSeydel Thanks 😊 2w
rubyslippersreads I‘m looking forward to rereading this one. 2w
Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads I hope it holds up for you (I suspect it will)! 2w
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Absent in the Spring | Mary Westmacott
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#Weekendreads

Two buddy reads for #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead #LMWBR and #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade respectively and one#BlameitonLitsy. Really enjoying all three.

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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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#ClassicLSFBC
Every genre has its progenitors and this is one for Sci-Fi. I‘m not that well read in the genre, but I think one can see seeds for the Expanse series and Neuromancer in this title.

It‘s a story of revenge and transformation. Gully Foyle, a low life from whom no one expects anything, is abandoned and left for dead. This spurs him to a life of reinvention and education as he sets out to punish those who so callously cast him aside.

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Babbacombe's | SUSAN. SCARLETT
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Look! It‘s Beth and Barbara Allen chatting about their engagements! 😂 This was a charming fairy tale of book. In the last chapter, I thought Tiny Tim might pop up with a “God bless us, every one!” Beth Carson begins as an assistant in Gowns in the same local department store her dad‘s worked at for 30 years. She‘d have liked to have gone to secretarial school, but there‘s no money for that. Her future looks up however when meets the boss‘ son.

Tamra What a perfect pic! That is so funny that you picked up on the Tiny Tim vibe because I was thinking exactly same. 😆 🩼 3w
jlhammar How perfect! 😂 Yes, was definitely feeling A Christmas Carol at the end. 3w
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Ruthiella @Tamra @jlhammar Good to know it wasn‘t just me! 😅 3w
Aimeesue Great pic! 3w
Ruthiella @Aimeesue Thanks 😊 3w
CarolynM Lovely review 🙂 3w
Ruthiella @CarolynM Why thank you! ☺️ 3w
batsy I still haven't started but I'm glad to see the positive reviews 😊 3w
Ruthiella @batsy That‘s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes! I think you will enjoy when you get to it! 😃 2w
LeahBergen It IS them! 😆 2w
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I know, right? 😆 2w
Jess_Read_This I love the idea of a fairy tale book right now. Lovely review and I will try to get it read this weekend! 2w
Ruthiella @Jess_Read_This It will definitely hit the spot if you need a dollop of HEA! 2w
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Babbacombe's | SUSAN. SCARLETT
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Noticing a few parallels between this and Clothes Pegs. Janet Carson has a money box for a fur coat which is constantly raided for family emergencies, just like Ethel Brown‘s savings for her much wished for green velvet curtains. The dads even have the same name, George, and are hardware clerks. 😂 Lorna/Girda are very similar personalities as are Annabelle/Beth. Not complaining-clearly Streatfeild had a formula, if it‘s not broken, why fix it?

willaful Yes, I think these were two of the most similar. There's more variety in the others I've read. 4w
jlhammar I was just reading the first chapters last night and thinking the very same thing! 4w
Tamra Yes, so true! 4w
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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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For my #TBRTarot “choose a book which has a person on the cover “ this month, I can use this Sci-Fi classic . 🚀 I‘m four chapters in and enjoying it.

CBee Awesome 👏🏻 4w
Bookwomble I'm hoping for character development with Foyle, though I'm not sure that Bester can redeem a murdering rapist - we'll see 🧐 4w
Bookwomble Hmm - I'm having additional thoughts! 🤔 4w
Ruthiella @Bookwomble I‘m so far just enjoying the details. Like “The Scientific People” and the fact that the ultra rich use retro technology to set themselves apart from the masses. 3w
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Untitled | Unknown
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs ! 😊

#TLT

✔️ YouTube
✔️ HeardleDecades
✔️ Wordsmith

Feel like playing? Consider yourself tagged!

dabbe Okay, I'm now hooked on HeardleDecades! Is Wordsmith an app? I saw two of them at the Apple App store. Thanks for playing! 💜🖤🧡 4w
Ruthiella @dabbe Wordsmith an app. Its a free off brand scrabble game. I have a couple of friends with whom I play. 4w
dabbe @Ruthiella I love free apps! I'll check it out! 🤩 4w
PageShifter Sounds addicting 🤣 I am too chicken to even check the last one 🤣 4w
Ruthiella @PageShifter If you like scrabble, it is addictive! 😄 4w
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The Egg and I | Betty MacDonald
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#DeviledEggDay

🥚 Tagged
🍳 I love a good deviled egg!
🐣 Eggs are one of the few dietary sources of vitamin D.

Not too many books with “egg” in the title. If you can think of one, please join in!

WildAlaskaBibliophile Thank you, this is great! 🥚 4w
PaperbackPirate I was in the play The Egg and I in high school. Memories! 🥚 4w
Ruthiella @PaperbackPirate Who did you play? I‘ll bet Ma Kettle was a fun role. 4w
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PaperbackPirate I played Betty. It was a fun role! 4w
MaureenMc @PaperbackPirate I also played Betty in our high school production! 😄 4w
Ruthiella @MaureenMc @PaperbackPirate What a neat coincidence! 😃 4w
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Babbacombe's | SUSAN. SCARLETT
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Oopsie Whoopsie! I almost forgot about our last #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub pick of 2023. 😬 Thank you @LeahBergen for reminding me. 😊

It‘s the return of club favorite, Susan Scarlett. I‘m expecting a sweet romance, let‘s see if I am right. As usual, we aim to be finished around mid month. Please post any thoughts you care to share as you go and tag the club members.

Any other Littens want to be included, let me know. 😃

catebutler Looking forward to this!! 🤗 1mo
Tamra Thank you for the tag! 😁 1mo
quietjenn Thanks! 1mo
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Ruthiella @catebutler @Tamra @quietjenn I‘m ready for some department store romance! 1mo
LeahBergen Yay! I think this is going to be a fun one! 1mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I think so too! 1mo
CarolynM So looking forward to this one🙂 4w
elkeOriginal I‘m in! Love this cover 💖 4w
Ruthiella @CarolynM Me too. I really enjoyed Clothes Pegs. 4w
Ruthiella @elkeOriginal I love the cover too! It makes me want to visit an old fashioned department store. 😃 4w
willaful I've already read it but please tag me so I can see the discussion. 4w
Ruthiella @willaful Will do! 👍 4w
erzascarletbookgasm Sounds similar to Clothes Pegs, should be a fun read! 4w
kwmg40 I‘m looking forward to this one! 4w
quietjenn @Ruthiella I could definitely do with some cozy right now! 4w
julieclair This looks soooo good! 😃 4w
batsy Oh, thanks for the reminder! I'm down for some fluffy department store comfort 😁 4w
jlhammar Looking forward to it! 4w
Ruthiella @erzascarletbookgasm @kwmg40 @quietjenn @julieclair @batsy @jlhammar Looking forward to a soothing read. Fluff, cozy department store comfort would hit the spot just now. ☺️ 4w
Kimzey Thanks for the reminder! And I need to explore my selections to vote on for 2024. 4w
Ruthiella @Kimzey I know! It‘s exciting to contemplate what six titles we might read next year. 😃 4w
LeahBergen Do you want me to create a post for us to vote on our picks for next year? Or have you made one? I have a handy list of our voting order. 😁 2w
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I am happy to let you handle the voting. 👍😊 2w
LeahBergen @Ruthiella Perfect. Let‘s hammer this out for next year. 😆 2w
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#HashtagBrigade #Pemberlittens

This is my paperback edition that I will be reading from.

BarkingMadRead That‘s a fun cover! 1mo
LeahBergen I like that cover! 1mo
dabbe Love the colors! 🧡🖤💜 1mo
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LeahBergen Hi! Do you have your usual super-handy and much appreciated #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub reminder post for us this month? 😁 If not, no worries. Just say the word and I‘ll toss one up for us. 1mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I thought about this last night and then PROMPTLY forgot. 😆 Normally I put a reminder on my phone too. I‘ll do it now. Thanks! 👍😊 1mo
LeahBergen 😆😆 Perfect! 1mo
julieclair I definitely think this is the best cover. 4w
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Mr. Digby is minding his landlord‘s bookshop for an afternoon, during which 3 men come in separately, all looking for the same, slightly obscure, Bunyan title. Then, just before closing, a boy arrives with that very title to sell. Coincidence or mystery? Mystery of course! What secrets does the book hold? At just under 200 pages, this was a quick and satisfying read. Mr. Digby is a charming, middle aged sleuth.

#GoldenAgeCrimeClub

LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to this one. 👍 1mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I think you will like it. 1mo
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White Tears: A novel | Hari Kunzru
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Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView ! 😊

1. The tagged book by Hari Kunzru completely creeped me out. Also Shirley Jackson‘s The Haunting of Hill House.

2. Maybe Jaws or the Shining?

3. In a movie-jump scares! I do jump! 😂

#TerrifyingTuesday 😱

WildAlaskaBibliophile I haven't heard of White Tears. I'll check it out!

Thanks for playing along, @ruthiella! 🦈
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TheSpineView You're welcome! 1mo
batsy I agree on both those book picks! They truly get under your skin. 1mo
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Book two of the Tawny Man trilogy. This is largely a place marker where the events of the last book are mostly resolved and the scene for the next is set up. Fitz becomes further entrenched in Farseer plans as he becomes a mentor to the prince. His relationship with his foster son is stressed, but most of all his friendship with the Fool is strained to the breaking point. Great stuff. Hoping to get to the last book this year! 🤞

#SeriesLove2024

TheSpineView Great job! 1mo
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The Celestine Prophecy | James Redfield
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1. I do not. I do believe in “fake it till you make it” because I have occasionally achieved this, though it can take a toll on one mentally.

2. The tagged book that I never finished.

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ! 😊

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1mo
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The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett
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1. probably use 😃 or 😂 the most. I try to keep positive.

2. Anything by Terry Pratchett puts a smile on my face and makes me laugh, including the tagged book.

Thank you for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ! 😊 Any one else feel like playing, consider yourself tagged. 👍

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView 💙Pratchett Thanks for playing! 1mo
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The Stars My Destination | Alfred Bester
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🚀 Because we REALLY, REALLY want to read it and it doesn‘t look like it‘s gonna make the #LitsySciFiBookClub choice for Nov. 2023, @Bookwomble and @RamsFan1963 and I are offering a parallel #ClassicLSFBC readalong of the tagged book. If you‘d like to join this splinter group, please do! All are welcome. I‘m tagging the #LSFBC group, if any of y‘all are interested. 😃 It‘ll be💯low key, just read it and post your thoughts in November as you wish.

CatLass007 This is going to be fun! Sign me up! 1mo
CSeydel Splinter group! I‘m in 1mo
Roary47 I‘m in! 1mo
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majkia I'll join you! I probably read this in the 70s, but I don't remember the story. I did enjoy Bester. 1mo
kwmg40 Count me in! I'll try to get to this in November. 1mo
Ruthiella @CatLass007 @CSeydel @Roary47 @majkia @kwmg40 Thanks for joining the Rebel Alliance! 😂 It appears to be a pretty short book (wafer thin) so it shouldn‘t get in the way of our other planned reading. 1mo
KathyWheeler I‘ve never read Bester but always wanted to after I watched Babylon 5. 1mo
ravenlee I think I‘m in. It‘s about time to overwhelm myself with November reads like I‘ve done for October. 🤣 1mo
Ruthiella @KathyWheeler This is your chance! I only watched a few seasons of B5 back in the‘90s but I googled the connection to Chekov…er Walter Koenig and the character he played on the show. 1mo
Ruthiella @ravenlee That‘s the spirit! 😃 1mo
Deblovestoread Free to me on Audible, easy to decide to join you 😊 1mo
KathyWheeler @Ruthiella Yeah, when he first showed up on B5, I had to stop myself from calling him Chekhov all the time. 😄 1mo
Ruthiella @Deblovestoread Yay! It‘s also on Hoopla on audio if any have access to that through their library. (edited) 1mo
LeticiaToraci I read it before and it's very entertaining. 1mo
Ruthiella @LeticiaToraci Excellent! Now I‘m looking forward to reading even more. 😀 1mo
PageShifter I have to see if I can read next month 1mo
Ruthiella @PageShifter Of course. Take your time. ❤️ (edited) 1mo
Lizpixie I just bought a copy on Amazon so I‘ll be joining in too. The more SciFi the better as far as I‘m concerned!🚀 1mo
Ruthiella @Lizpixie Yahoo! 🚀😃 1mo
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Dykette: A Novel | Jenny Fran Davis
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Three Queer couples spend Christmas to New Year‘s together in a converted farmhouse in upstate New York. This was an overwhelmingly detailed and uncomfortable book. Not due to queerness, but because the main character, Sasha is so awful and up her own butt. There‘s some interesting commentary on the performative aspects of gender and femme vs butch lesbianism, but not enough to counteract the self absorption and superficiality of the rest of it.

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This cover is awesome, but so misleading! The book is certainly not gothic or even particularly romantic. Basically it‘s a narrative of one woman‘s middle class life in early 20th century England. When the book opens, she is poised to jump from a cliff. Then the story goes back to show how she got to this moment on the brink of self destruction. Honestly, I found her so incredibly bland, I wasn‘t invested in the outcome. #MaryWestmacottBuddyRead

LeahBergen But I‘m liking her dress and hairdo. 😆 2mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen Me too! It‘s so fabulously 1960s. 😅 and yet the protagonist was born ca. 1890! 2mo
LeahBergen Oh dear. 🤣 2mo
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CSeydel I‘m so sorry this one didn‘t work for you! 2mo
Ruthiella @CSeydel It wasn‘t all that bad, I just found Celia to be kind of a drip! 😅 Apparently this was based somewhat on Christie‘s own life, and she was (seemingly) a much more vivacious personality. 2mo
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#Two4Tuesday

Thank you for the tag @The_Penniless_Author . 😊

1. I‘m not a fan of pumpkin spice in my coffee, but I do enjoy pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie. 😋

2. Definitely spooky stories over cozy mysteries! Though I‘m not always 100% sure exactly what a cozy is…🤔

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2mo
PaperbackPirate I would say a cozy mystery is a non gory murder solved by an unlikely sleuth. It‘s like Oh I found a body in my barn and I feel compelled to solve this mystery even though I‘m a horse trainer. It‘s a safer, more fun type of mystery, and it seems like they often come as series. Hope that helps! 2mo
Ruthiella @PaperbackPirate Thanks! I have heard Agatha Christie described as “cozy” before and I love her books. I don‘t think she meets the definition really…generally they are not bloody and the detective isn‘t a police office, but still…. 2mo
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PaperbackPirate Hmm I haven‘t read any Agatha Christie so I‘m not sure! More detective work needed…😅🕵🏻‍♀️ 2mo
Ruthiella @PaperbackPirate I agree, you need to investigate! 😂 2mo
PaperbackPirate 😂😂 2mo
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#Weekendreads

Except for Tess, I just cracked all of these open this weekend. I rarely have only one book on the go anymore - gotta mix it up!

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A weakish sideways thumb from me. It was entertaining but too drawn out for me, given its thriller-like premise. A DC university has a special program for psychopaths, to help them assimilate better and control their impulses. What could possibly go wrong?

BkClubCare Yikes!😳😬 2mo
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What a voice! This is an unconventional novel told mostly in first person and in Black American vernacular about a trans woman‘s 48 hours after being paroled. I felt Hannaham is riffing on Joyce‘s Ulysses, putting his own spin on it. There is minimal punctuation, stream of consciousness, switches from 1st to 3rd person in the same paragraph...one has to read it carefully. I found it surprisingly exuberant despite the dark subject matter.

BkClubCare 👏 such a fun listen. 2mo
Ruthiella @BkClubCare You gotta love Carlotta! 2mo
Suet624 I feel as if this book hasn‘t received enough love. It was so good. Great review. 2mo
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Ruthiella @Suet624 Thanks! I wish it had been on the ToB shortlist. I think it was on the longlist and that‘s how I came across it? 🤔 2mo
Suet624 I think you‘re right. 2mo
Megabooks @Suet624 agree! Fantastic review! And it was on the tob longlist. I loved the audio too @BkClubCare 2mo
Ruthiella @Megabooks Thanks! I‘m also proud that I read it mere months after purchasing it in February! 😅 2mo
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - Absolutely 💯 2mo
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Thanks for the opportunity to win a book and celebrate your six year Litsyversary @BarbaraBB it‘s been a real pleasure getting to “know” you virtually. 😊

The tagged book is definitely one I‘m looking forward to in 2024! The fourth and last book of the Locked Tomb series.

I tag @Bklover and @dabbe !

#BBGiveaway

BarbaraBB Thanks for entering! I am very glad to have met you here too and always enjoy our interactions! 2mo
Centique Ohhh im looking forward to this book too! 2mo
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 🧡🎃🧡 2mo
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Tess of D'Ubervilles | Thomas Hardy
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This is the copy I will be reading from for the October #Pemberlittens #HashtagBrigade group read. It‘s used from Thriftbooks. Normally I‘d invest in a Penguin black spine classic edition, but I‘m pretty sure I‘m not going to want to keep this one. In fact, I think I will want to throw it across the room, from what I know already about the plot. 😬

Bklover I think you‘re probably correct! 2mo
BarkingMadRead You might 🤣 2mo
rubyslippersreads Oh dear, this doesn‘t bode well for me finishing this one. 😟 2mo
SamAnne 😂😂😂 2mo
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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This is what I‘m reading for the #20in4 readathon this weekend. I had a handyman come repair a bathroom door this morning, so my house is actually pretty clean! Never want the repair guy passing judgement on my housekeeping. 😂 More time for reading this weekend as a result.

Andrew65 Hope it‘s going well 😁 2mo
Reggie I totally get that 2nd sentence. 2mo
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#TLT

Thank you for the tag @Bklover 😊

⭐️ Keanu Reeves
⭐️ Sandra Bullock
⭐️ Hugh Jackman

Because they all appear to be kind and down to earth people in real life.

Bklover Oh you have great picks!! Sandra Bullock was definitely on my shortlist!!😊🧡👏 2mo
TieDyeDude Hugh Jackman is such a class act! 2mo
dabbe I love that you thought of them as humans, too!
1. Keanu. #matrixman
2. ADORE her. Feel so sad about her losing her partner. 😢
3. HJ is just a class act. Sorry his marriage ended after a number of years.
Thanks for playing! 🧡💜💛
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The Rachel Incident: A novel | Caroline O'Donoghue
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#Two4Tuesday

🍁1. The tagged book was one of the most enjoyable books I read in September.

🍁 2. I‘m looking forward to tackling Tess of the D‘Urbervilles this October for #Pemberlittens #Hashtagbrigade I‘ve never read any Hardy before.

Feel like playing? Consider yourself tagged! 😃

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2mo
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A Passage to India | Edward Morgan Forster
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#Weekendreads

🇮🇳Still plugging away at A Passage to India for #Pemberlittens #Hashtagbrigade

🇺🇸 The Turquoise Shop must be finished by Sunday morning for the #GoldenAgeCrimeClub pick.

🇷🇺 I hope to at least get a chapter or two in from City of Thieves in between.

ChaoticMissAdventures I have tried to read Passage to India many times and have never gotten through it. I hope you make it! 2mo
Ruthiella I will! Reading in a group on Litsy makes it easier. 😀 2mo
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Making progress on my planned #SummerEndReadathon books, with a only a small diversion when I read A Pale View of Hills. Four more books to go and nine days left! Can I read the remaining four books? 😬

TheSpineView Good luck! 2mo
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs 😊. #TLT

I‘ll limit my responses to books…you might notice a commonality. 😂

1. Mr. Murdstone from David Copperfield
2. Mr. Tulkinghorn from Bleak House
3. Bradley Headstone from Our Mutual Friend

dabbe Three of the best Dickens' villains ever created! 🤩
Thanks for playing! 🧡💜💛
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Eggs 🩷🩷 2mo
Centique Ohhhhh Mr Murdstone! I totally agree! 2mo
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Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author 😊

1. I had a paper route when I was 12-13.

2. No. When I lived in Germany, I tried to teach English on the side but I wasn‘t very good at it and my 9-5 job exhausted me already.

3. I think so, but I don‘t think corporate employers really support it. They just mouth the words.

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs I hear y‘a on # 3! 2mo
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Thanks for the tag @Bklover ! 😊

1. While I skip it often, breakfast is my favorite meal.

2. Wahala by Nikki May had mouth watering descriptions of Nigerian food. 😋 Sweetbitter by Stephanie Dandler was, in my opinion, an accurate depiction of the stress and the euphoria of restaurant work.

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2mo
Bklover ❤️😊❤️ 2mo
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A Pale View of Hills | Kazuo Ishiguro
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#TBRTarot. A book with five words in the title

I‘ve long wanted to read Ishiguro‘s back catalogue. This was his debut novel. Enigmatic and haunting. A Japanese woman looks back on her life and the choices she made shortly after WWII in Nagasaki. There‘s a lot of room for interpretation here, a lot which is left unexplained. Interesting to see some “typical” Ishiguro themes have been since the beginning.

CBee I haven‘t read any Ishiguro. I should! 2mo
Ruthiella He‘s become a favorite of mine. I‘d suggest starting with his most famous 2mo
Billypar I loved Remains of the Day and then Buried Giant made me realize I should read everything he's written. I think Never Let Me Go has to be next - I'm so curious. 2mo
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Ruthiella @Billypar I started with Never Let Me Go and was mesmerized. His books are all so different and yet there is a continuity of themes and style which I love. 2mo
Bklover @CBee I loved Never Let Me Go! 2mo
CBee @Ruthiella thank you 😊 2mo
CBee @Bklover good to know 😊💚 2mo
The_Book_Ninja Reading my 1st Ishiguro at the moment 2mo
Ruthiella @The_Book_Ninja Which one? 2mo
The_Book_Ninja @Ruthiella The Buried Giant 2mo
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Galapagos: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut
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Really great discussion on the podcast Backlisted on Vonnegut and the novel Galapagos, if you‘re interested. https://www.backlisted.fm/ and haven‘t already listened. The guest is author Shehan Karunatilaka whose Booker Prize winning novel I admired more than I loved, but I love him here as he declares his love for Vonnegut (and the band The Police). Very satisfying for Kurt Vonnegut fans.

Bklover I haven‘t read Galapagos! 2mo
Ruthiella @Bklover Listen to the podcast and you will be inspired to pick it up! 2mo
Leftcoastzen Thanks for the tag! I will check it out ! 2mo
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Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen You‘re welcome! think you will enjoy it. 2mo
britt_brooke Ooh, thank you!! 2mo
Ruthiella @britt_brooke You‘re welcome! 2mo
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All Done by Kindness: A Novel | Doris Langley Moore
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#FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

This was fun. 😃 It took a bit for the story to get set up but once it did, it was full speed ahead. A kindly GP financially aids one of his elderly patients and she insists on his taking a chest of old paintings in exchange. Is it a bunch of junk, as his daughter insists? Or could it be priceless Renaissance art as the local librarian suspects? Plots and counter plots ensue, with a little romance thrown in to the mix.

batsy Cute collage! I'm looking forward to spending some time with it tonight and seeing how it resolves. 3mo
Kimzey Can‘t wait to get into it! 3mo
jlhammar Love that collage! Such a fun read. 3mo
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LeahBergen I like your collage! And I‘m enjoying the books so far, too. 😊 3mo
Ruthiella @batsy I really liked how I had no idea how the story would pan out in the end. 3mo
Ruthiella @Kimzey I think you will enjoy it! 3mo
Ruthiella @jlhammar Thanks! This was really amusing! Love how it all came together at the end. 😂 3mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen Thanks! I think this one might be for me a top favorite of all the DSP so far. 3mo
quietjenn Great collage! I am very much enjoying this, but it's also given me so much anxiety 😰 3mo
Tamra I can‘t see where it‘s going or how it will end, which is fun! 3mo
Ruthiella @quietjenn I know what you mean! It made me anxious too at first! 😂 3mo
Ruthiella @Tamra I know, right? I loved that! 3mo
Cathythoughts Nice review 👍🏻❤️ I really enjoyed. 3mo
Aimeesue Great review! The comic made me laugh. 😄 3mo
Aimeesue @quietjenn Yes! I had to put it down last night because I was getting nervous and I was afraid it would keep me awake! 😄 3mo
Ruthiella @Aimeesue It‘s such a perfect comic for this book! 😂 3mo
Ruthiella @Cathythoughts Thanks 😊 2mo
CarolynM Lovely review and I love the cartoon🤣 Have you seen the film The Duke? It‘s based on a true story of a theft of a painting from the Nation Gallery in London. 1mo
Ruthiella @CarolynM I have not seen that film but will check it out! 👍 1mo
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Treasure Island!!! | Sara Levine
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I was no fan of A Confederacy of Dunces, but I also read it 30 years ago. I‘m not the same person I was then. At first this book annoyed me because like Ignatius J. Reilly, the narrator is a self absorbed sociopath. But it‘s a short book, I persevered and I was able to enjoy it, weird as it is. I laughed out loud a few times. A woman adopts Treasure Island as a self help book and proceeds to alienate everyone around her. TW for animal neglect.

Vansa I didn't like A confederacy of dunces either. I absolutely could not get it 3mo
Ruthiella @Vansa I wonder if I would feel differently about it now? I might? 3mo
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This is what I have on deck this weekend! 😃 One for #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade one for #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub and one library pick.

#Weekendreads

Tamra That looks like a great weekend. 😊 3mo
Ruthiella @Tamra I hope it will be!🤞😃 3mo
batsy Halfway through our FM read and really enjoying it! I'm already "shipping" a particular couple ? 3mo
Ruthiella @batsy Ooh! Is it Stephanie du Plessis and Arnold Bailey? I at first wanted her to be the love interest for the doctor… 3mo
batsy @Ruthiella Yes!! I'm just at the bit after their walk. I've kind of fallen for Arnold myself 😂 3mo
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