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shantireads11

shantireads11

Joined September 2023

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Bailedbailed

⭐️⭐️ I tried… I tried SO hard to love this book, but bailed more than halfway through. ?

A novel about a woman who takes a year to “rest and relax” to cope with the loss of her parents by abusing sedatives. The blasé nature of the main character made it so challenging for me to hold on. Maybe one I‘ll come back to if I‘m feeling uninspired?

LeahBergen I haven‘t read this one (as I thought I wouldn‘t like it) but I did enjoy Eileen. 5d
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of my favourite reads of the year so far, a seamless magical realism about love, family, and coming-of-age. #magicalrealism #heartwarming #powerfulwomen

LeahBergen I loved this one, too. 1mo
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Secret History | Donna Tartt
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A novel that brought me back to my cultish Arts undergrad experience, with an element of murder and mystery. Not an “easy” read, but a “worth it” read for sure!

LeahBergen 👏👏 1mo
Cathythoughts Definitely worth it ♥️ 1mo
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This week‘s lineup in the #LFL featuring some for the kiddos in the neighbourhood and this week‘s homemade bookmarks. Are we missing anything? #haidagwaii #littlefreelibrary #mixedbag

LeahBergen It looks perfect to me! But you‘ll need more bookmarks, of course. 😄 2mo
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Added a little free library to our book desert neighbourhood here in Haida Gwaii. It has been up for about a three weeks, and we have had 14 books taken, 12 added… pretty good for a town of 150! Many thanks to my expert advisor @LeahBergen #lfl #littlefreelibrary

LeahBergen It‘s a beauty! 😍 2mo
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Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Heartwarming, relatable, beautifully written and translated. Always love a book that changes my perspective of the world… and this one did so in under 200 pages! #onedayread #mycupoftea

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Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Intense read for an intense boat ride! Creepy dystopian about a world without non-human animals… not a world I‘d like to live in. #cannibalism #dystopia #thoroughlydisturbed

LeahBergen Was it rough sailing? That added to this book = 🤢 2mo
shantireads11 Rough sailing, rough book 😂 hahah both made me nauseous at points! 2mo
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Good little heart warmer, all written in letters! #WWII #bookclub

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“The hardest question we have to ask ourselves in this life is, "Who am I?" Ideally, we answer it for ourselves, but be warned that others will strive to do it for you- so don't let them.” #feminism #pageturner

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Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner
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Easy read and perfectly paired with a cup of tea and Christmas Eve. #feminism

LeahBergen I love the festive whale bones! 4mo
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Pickpick

“He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.” #putrid

Can‘t beat a creepy portrayal of an 1800s murderer

LeahBergen Yep, it‘s a creepy one, isn‘t it? 5mo
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The Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger
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“All my pleasures are homey ones: armchair splendour, the sedate excitements of domesticity. All I ask for are humble delights”

Awesome cozy October read 🍁🍂

LeahBergen Look at your roaring fire! 🥰 6mo
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A Certain Hunger | Chelsea G. Summers
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A book that made me horny for food and hungry for people 🫠. #cannibalism #foodwriting #delicious

Gaillovestoread I want to read this book! 8mo
LeahBergen I‘m going to have to read this one! 8mo
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