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December picks for the #EuropaCollective. Links to descriptions in comments. Go vote!
All are welcome to join in! Let me know if you‘d like to be tagged.

@mcctrish @LeahBergen @DrexEdit @Tamra @lauraisntwilder @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @jlhammar @Deblovestoread

Aimeesue https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609454982/sealskin 2y

Aimeesue https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609455781/a-novel-bookstore 2y

Tamra I‘m all about Bookstore love! My vote is for Cosse. š“ 2y

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mcctrish @Tamra I saw bookstore and thought the same thing š¤£š¤£ 2y

jlhammar Great picks! Definitely intrigued by Sealskin, but my vote goes to the one I already own and have been meaning to read for ages -

A Novel Bookstore

jlhammar @BarbaraBB You can go ahead and post your two nominations for our March 2024 read. Thanks! 2y

Deblovestoread

A Novel Bookstore

LeahBergen Great picks! I‘ll vote for

A Novel Bookstore

GatheringBooks Oooh! A europa book club! Is it too late to join??? š’• 2y

lauraisntwilder My vote goes to Sealskin. 2y

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks I‘m sure you can still join! @jlhammar is hosting š’• 2y

BarbaraBB I‘ll vote for A Novel Bookstore! 2y

squirrelbrain Ooh, A Novel Bookstore sounds so good! That gets my vote. 2y

Aimeesue @GatheringBooks Of course! You will, however, have to learn the secret handshake. š‰ 2y

jlhammar @GatheringBooks @CSeydel So glad you‘re both joining us!! 2y

jlhammar @charl08 You can still vote for this one if you‘d like. 2y

jlhammar @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader Feel free to cast your vote. Happy to have you in the mix! 2y

Adventures_of_a_French_Reader For this one, I'll vote for

Sealskin

GatheringBooks @Aimeesue lols! Looking forward to learning the secret š¤¯ hehe. Happy that you organized this @jlhammar 2y

GatheringBooks In the event that I can also vote for this one, will go for

A Novel Bookstore

jlhammar @Sapphire Voting is still open on this one if you have a preference. 2y

jlhammar @TheKidUpstairs Feel free to cast your vote, Megan! 2y

TheKidUpstairs Definitely

A Novel Bookstore

Sapphire I already have ANB on my TBR so I will vote for that one! Thanks

A Novel Bookstore

jlhammar @Cathythoughts This one is still open if you‘d like to vote for your preference. 2y

Cathythoughts @jlhammar Thankyou! I‘d go for

Sealskin

jlhammar Okay, I think we can call this one since we have a majority. Our December 2023 read will be

A Novel Bookstore

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quietlycuriouskate

Sealskin | Su Bristow

so-so

It grieves me I didn't love this: it was a gift and selkies are my favourite mythical creatures. There are character arcs galore. The problem begins with the rape on page six. It's a subject I daren't go near, usually, but this horrific episode (which drives the story) was... meh. How can it be?! I didn't feel any connection to the characters then and scarcely more by the end of the book. Either I've lost all empathy or the writing was flat.

Cathythoughts Interesting, I have this for a long time. Started it once or twice, but just couldn‘t get into it. And the whole idea of it has seemed so brilliant š¤·ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ 7y

quietlycuriouskate @Cathythoughts There were definitely things I liked about it, not least the theme of belonging/being an outsider; I appreciated that it wasn't just Mairhi the selkie woman who had to negotiate that one. But, there is to my mind something troublingly anaesthetic about the writing. 7y

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Bookworm-Bobbie

Sealskin | Su Bristow

Great gift haul from @EmmaPlum š including the Gryffindor jumper that I‘m currently wearing š¦š§™š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸

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laurieluna

Sealskin | Su Bristow

So I actually managed to write a blog post! I'm going to try and do weekly roundups. It's still a work in progress and I apologise if there's any spelling mistakes etc. Here's the link if you fancy a read!
https://miralunasbooknook.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/weekly-round-up-16th-22nd-oct...

EchoLogical Go you! šˇ‰ 7y

laurieluna @EchoLogical thanks š„ I found it such a good way to organise my reading too and write down my thoughts! Just hope I can keep it up. 7y

Cinfhen It‘s one of my goals for 2018!!! Good for youš™š¸» 7y

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Tamra š‘¸š¸¾š‘¨š¸¾ 7y

laurieluna @Cinfhen go for it! It was really good to write things down like that. @Tamra thanks! š„ 7y

Bklover Good for you! Enjoyed it! 7y

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laurieluna

Sealskin | Su Bristow

pick

I'm so conflicted by this story. The writing and the characters, fantastic. Even the majority of the plot. And although I cried at the end, my heart is a little broken by how it started. 4.5š

Cathythoughts Great pic. It‘s been on my kindle for awhile, I must read it soon. š‘¨ 7y

laurieluna @Cathythoughts I definitely recommend it. Just prepare for it to conflict your feelings somewhat. Think it may take me some time to work this one through in my head. 7y

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laurieluna

Sealskin | Su Bristow

Struggling to put this down! Despite the circumstances surrounding the characters I'm finding this story engrossing. It reminds me a bit of a childhood favourite of mine, The Raging Quiet. Would not be surprised if I had this finished today.

LeahBergen This sounds good! 7y

laurieluna @LeahBergen it really is! There is a trigger warning for it (I'll not post here but theres a few goodreads reviews mention it) but it is a blink and you'll miss it moment, and if it didn't happen the rest of the story wouldn't either. Over a third of the way in now. 7y

Cathythoughts I have this one , must read soon. Sounds good š‘¨ 7y

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KT_Scarlett

Sealskin | Su Bristow

pick

I liked this one. Selkies have been one of my favorite mythical creatures for a long time and this is the first book that I've read involving one. There were some issues with it but I really liked the writing style.

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Anjuk

Sealskin | Su Bristow

Based on the legend of the selkies ā€“ seals who can transform into people .
ā€What people say to your face and what they‘ll tell each other can be a long way apart. And as for what they feel in their hearts ā€“that can be another thing entirely.‘

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