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Secret History
Secret History | Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizefor hermost recent novel, "The Goldfinch," established herself as a major talent with "The Secret" "History, " which has become acontemporary classic. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill."
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GatheringBooks
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Eggs Well played 👏🏻 1w
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Acoleman
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Mehso-so

A wanted to love this one because I know a lot of people do. But it was just ok for me. Spoiled rich kids making poor decisions without consideration of the people they are hurting.

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PuddleJumper
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Autumn always makes me think of university and schools starting

#HauntedShelf book cover hunt

Team #Flerken

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mcctrish
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Mehso-so

What a train wreck!
I loved Goldfinch but this was insane! I‘m not sure I‘d have made it through a print version but audio was good because I could talk back to it.
Entitled trust fund college kids with no moral compass fail at life in a nutshell

Litsi Loved Secret History. Could not get past the endless, endless description in this one as well as odd oversights in the narrative. (edited) 1mo
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ChrisBohjalian
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Yes, I loved re-reading this novel.

LeslieO Reread it recently. Never picked up on the names. That is funny! 2mo
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LatrelWhite
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Loving this…so haunting, compelling and brilliantly written.

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ChrisBohjalian
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My lovely bride and I just re-read this first novel by the brilliant Donna Tartt. And, wow, it really stands the test of time.

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mcctrish
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Audio books helping with Costco runs $300 doesn‘t buy a lot ( this story just took a TURN 😳)

KadaGul I think 🤔 the new magical number #️⃣for Costco is $500. Pre-Covid $300 got you 2-3 weeks of groceries 🏪 easily. #InflationisReal 2mo
bookandbedandtea Costco is a nightmare! (Both from a people standpoint and a financial one.) Yay for audiobooks! 2mo
mcctrish @KadaGul I think you are right. I didn‘t buy any fresh meat/chicken/fish this time, it was more a mid ‘big shop‘ shop 2mo
mcctrish @bookandbedandtea it was chaos today! So Many People 🤯 I timed if for mid morning to avoid the keeners who want in when it opens and the later morning ones who stay for lunch but instead I got every body ever 2mo
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mcctrish
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My Libby hold finally came in ( 2 of them in fact = 22 + 11 hours of listening ) so my cleaning game just got some gas. Kitchen is getting a deep clean; drawers and cupboards emptied, vacuumed ( where do these crumbs come from?!) wipe down, and the stove and floor get the same treatment. It‘s a rainy day so it‘s a great way to spend the day

Susanita Ugh. I hate those crumbs! 2mo
Suet624 I just realized my apartment is messy because I don't listen to audiobooks very often. 2mo
mcctrish @Suet624 they do inspire productivity 2mo
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janeycanuck Feel free to swing by my house if you need more listening time! 2mo
mcctrish @janeycanuck my chore list is loooonnnngggg 😆 2mo
janeycanuck @mcctrish my offer will ALWAYS stand 😂 2mo
mcctrish @janeycanuck 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
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Coffeymuse
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It was 1/3 of the way through this book that I realized dark academia is not for me. I then chucked the book in the return bin at the library and moved on to the next book.

Not all genres fit all readers!

#Schoolspirit
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Eggs So true 👍🏼 2mo
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chlolovesbooks
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Amazon book haul 📚💙💜🙌🏻

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20-3 Aug 24 (audiobook)
The first time I read this was because a colleague said it was her favourite book ever. I was not so impressed. I did enjoy it more the second time around (20+ years later). In many ways, The Secret History is reminiscent of The Great Gatsby - an outsider gaining restricted admittance to a gilded society verging on tragedy. But Henry is never the tragic hero - I do not wish for him to get the girl and get away with murder.

dabbe Love your insight 20 years later. 🎯. 🩶🖤🩶 2mo
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Emilymdxn
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#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. I usually read in tiny fragments through the day, so a lot in a day but only a few pages or minutes at once. I‘m always so busy it‘s a lot of snatched moments on buses etc

2. Fangirl down by Tessa Bailey was an odd one for me - maybe I‘m just not attracted to golfers

3. Tagged my absolute fave modern classic

Eggs Thanks for joining in🫶🏻 3mo
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eeclayton
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Here are my next 4 books for #52bookclub24
I wasn't blown away by The Thursday Murder Club, but it was OK. The Secret History by Donna Tartt turned out to be an unexpected gem that I had picked up thanks to this challenge. Sorry I'm Late was kind of interesting, but I found it much less relatable than expected. The 4th book was about Hungary's history in 1918-1919, super intriguing but difficult to read due to all the info that was in it.

Librarybelle I have the top two books on my to read list! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks I've had Thursday Murder Club on my shelf forever! 4mo
eeclayton @Librarybelle @TheAromaofBooks I'll be curious to read your reviews when you get around to them! 4mo
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Birdsong28
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Good. Even though the characters are hard to relate to, the connection between them all is interesting to read. Connected by an event in their lives you get to see how it affects them all and how they deal with it.

#Penquin
#PenquinRandomHouse
@penguinrandomhouse

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Blueberry
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Eggs Perfect 🤩 6mo
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dabbe
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Leftcoastzen I kinda avoided this one for a long time, ended up really liking it. 6mo
dabbe @Leftcoastzen I did, too! It took me a while to read as well because there was so much to absorb! 🤩 6mo
Eggs I haven‘t tried Tartt yet…great choice👏🏻 6mo
dabbe @Eggs This one's worth it. 🤩🤗😘 6mo
Eggs @dabbe Thanks 😊 6mo
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LiteraryinPA
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It took me a good while to get through, but I‘m glad I read this book. It seems like it‘s the origin of dark academia as a genre, and I‘ve wanted to read it for a long time. The prose is rich and the story of a group of Classics students at college is both bizarre and mundane. It reminded me of Brideshead Revisited even though this was written in the 1990s, with its intense secretive friendships, sibling relationships, class differences, etc.

ChaoticMissAdventures I really enjoyed this one too. I know some think Tartt is pretentious but I love her moody vibe. I am trying to get to her other 2 novels this year. 7mo
jewright Have you read The Goldfinch? It‘s my favorite by Donna Tartt. 7mo
Bec_lectic I‘ve been wanting to read this for some time..I loved the Goldfinch but look forward to checking this one out! 7mo
Suet624 I‘m annoyed I still haven‘t read it. 6mo
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shantireads11
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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 👏👏 8mo
Cathythoughts Definitely worth it ♥️ 8mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#LitsyLove #FreebieFriday giveaway.

To enter comment or repost and tell us your favorite #chunkster or a chunkster you want to read.

Open to all members. (International and US)

Enter & Share. Just remember to use the #FreebieFriday hashtag and tag us: @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life

Winner randomly selected tomorrow

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#SetInYrFaveSeason #NewYearNewBooks @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks My favorite season would be fall, and while this takes place over more than one season the combo of the back to school vibes and some spectacular Vermont foliage scenes make this feel like a fall book. Really all dark academia books have that New England autumn vibe. Or maybe they all have that vibe because Tartt captures it so well here and this book was the original, hmmmm 🤔

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🤎🧡 10mo
Eggs Perfect 🍁🧡 10mo
lynneamch Definitely worth a reread for me 10mo
thewallflower0707 Have been planning to reread this for the last two autumn 🍂🫣. It‘s a perfect November read. 10mo
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Ellenabon
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Interesting story in dark academia style.

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Ruthiella
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Two4Tuesday

1. There isn‘t a language in the world that I don‘t want to learn, including Klingon. Qapla‘!

2. The tagged book is the first that came to mind. Takes place at a private university among an elite group of Classics students.

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ! 😃

The_Penniless_Author Oh, that's the best answer. I should change mine to "every single language on Earth". 11mo
Ruthiella @The_Penniless_Author You know, I‘d like to learn how to play the piano too, but I have no talent at all. I had lessons as a child and they were wasted on me because I can‘t read music. I could more easily learn Greek or Russian than how to play an instrument. 😆 (edited) 11mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 11mo
Reggie Lol, during the summer we had these swimming lessons and swim team and alot of us would get there early and this kid, Jason Haddix I think his name was brought the Klingon English dictionary and this other kid named Preston and him would practice. Lolol it was awesome 11mo
Ruthiella @Reggie 😆 I used to know more in the ‘90s when I watched A LOT of Star Trek. 🖖 Never dedicated enough to have a dictionary though. 11mo
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RaeLovesToRead
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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView 💕
Thanks for the tags @JenReadsAlot and @The_Penniless_Author 😊

1) To play the saxophone! 🎷
To learn Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese properly
To ice skate
To ballroom dance
To do all kinds of dance!
To paint well

But alas, my talents lie more in the napping and stuffing my face bracket, haha.

2) Edited: OK FINE, THE SECRET HISTORY! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, RANDY?! 🤣🤣

The_Penniless_Author Surprised you didn't pick The Secret History. 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author The Secret History is set in a university (college).. 11mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead That's just a type of school! 11mo
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RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author When I was at uni, I wouldn't have said I was "in school" ? Secret History is 100% the gold standard of dark academia. 11mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead It's pretty common here. College/university/school are fairly interchangeable (depending on the context it's being used). And when you get get your Bachelor's degree and decide to go for your Master's, it's literally called "grad school". 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author Fiiiiiiiiine. Edited 😜🙃 11mo
TheSpineView Hope you get to all of those things. Thanks for playing 11mo
julesG Rae & @The_Penniless_Author 🤣🤣🤣🤣 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @TheSpineView It would help if I owned a saxophone 🎷 haha... one day! 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @julesG Don't encourage him 😅 haha 11mo
The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I'm just helping you stay true to yourself. 😊 11mo
Clare-Dragonfly Now I want to know what you originally had! 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Harry Potter and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 😄 Books where the characters are ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL, haha 11mo
DaveGreen7777 Before today, I never realized how much I need to hear a Dr. Rae saxophone solo! 🎷 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Dave, I promise that if I ever finally buy that saxophone... I will treat you to an exclusive video-concert 😁 You will probably unfriend / block me after about a minute of content, but I will have fulfilled a great purpose, haha 😌 11mo
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead Unfriend you?! NEVER!!! NEVER EVER!!! 😁 11mo
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Aww, hugs!!! 🫂🫂🫂 (until you hear my sax skills haha) 11mo
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Birdsong28
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Been seeing the tagged book everywhere recently either t.v shows or online so I think that the universe is trying to get me to read it. So in January after the (compulsory 😂) Xmas books I will be straight on it!! Has anyone else had this with a book and do you believe me or think I'm weird? 📚📖

quietlycuriouskate Not weird at all: it's the reticular activating system doing its thing. 👀 11mo
Caroline2 Oh my god!! Me too!! I read it a couple of months ago because I kept seeing it everywhere too! Tell ya what, I bloody loved it. It‘ll prob be my fab book of the year. 👍 11mo
Branwen This is one of my favorite books EVER! You should definitely read it, you won't regret it! 📖 11mo
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NatalieR
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This is incredible. I didn‘t know much about the plot when I started reading, which I think best suited my experience. My personal challenge while reading is that I kept comparing it to how much I loved The Goldfinch, and this didn‘t quite rise to that level for me. I reminded myself to manage my expectations and when I was able to do that, I became immersed in the story.

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

Octoberwoman I haven‘t read The Goldfinch yet but I absolutely loved this one. 11mo
NatalieR @Octoberwoman I‘m glad you loved it! 11mo
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Bailedbailed

1/5⭐ DNFed 20% in. I'm not connecting to or intrigued by any of the characters or the mystery. It seems like the payoff won't be worth the journey given what we know from the beginning. It toes the line between reasonable and “edgy“ assholeness for the sake of it that a lot of literary authors think makes their books the bees knees. It does the slow gothic atmosphere well. The author is very good as the audio narrator.

CarolynM I didn‘t like this book at all. I don‘t get the love for it. #unpopularopinion 12mo
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The Secret History is as good as everyone says it is. Its enduring popularity is entirely deserved. I‘ll be joining the ranks of Donna Tartt fans, hanging desperately onto hope that a new novel is coming from her very, very soon – she‘s past due! Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-secret-history-donna-tartt/

Ruthiella She is due now to deliver her next novel! Come on Donna! 😂 12mo
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rmaclean4
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What a perfect fall read. A classic dark academia novel with echos of The Catcher in the Rye. Loved it! 4 🌟

Suet624 Ridiculous fact: I have yet to read this novel. 11mo
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JMPemberton
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This book is so beautifully written. The characters are unlikeable, but they are nuanced and felt so real. The plot moved a little slowly for me, I got bored around the middle mark…but it picked up again in the last 100 pages. I can see why this is a modern classic and a core work of dark academia. Unique, poetic, thought provoking, slow moving. Personally though it lacked something, some spark, some warmth that would have made it perfect.

Suet624 I can‘t believe I haven‘t read this yet. 12mo
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For day 24 of the #scarathlonphotochallenge and the word #kill - I was musing on this prompt while staring at the secret history for the millionth time so I wound up at the ancient greek personification of death. He might be a bit weathered in this carving but I still reckon he could kill me if he was trying.

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew

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JMPemberton
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I read this book when I was around 15…20 years later I‘m giving it a re-read…my Lord it is STUNNING! #I don‘t remember the writing being so sublime and beautiful and compelling.I can‘t put it down.
“Does such a thing as the ‘fatal flaw,‘ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn‘t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”

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Gissy
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I wanted to read this book for a long time because it is well recommended. I liked but didn‘t love it. I think is too unnecessarily long but I never felt bored because you want to know about these characters. It is about this selected group of unlikable students who attend this special program of classics with this eccentric professor. A murder occurred and you know who did and how from the beginning of the story.⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) So this is a character driven story. I don‘t know about that ending. But I like that academia aspect of books and quotes. It was well written but too long with not much happening, it goes around and around of these guilty destructive feelings experience in different ways by each character. Like a Greek tragedy, no hope just self destruction. The author is the narrator in the audiobook. 3.75⭐️ 13mo
sisilia I love the tote bag! 👀 13mo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
Gissy @sisilia It was a gift from a friend🤗 13mo
Amiable Yay! Great job! 13mo
TheSpineView Fabulous! 13mo
Gissy @sisilia Thank you! It was a gift🤗 12mo
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cherryluvr
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📙Reading The Secret History transported me into another world, an alternative world of college students. This book definitely takes you on a journey of all possible human capabilities, even those that are evil! A must-read! It really takes you out of your mind.

⭐4.75/5

RaeLovesToRead Welcome to Litsy!! 13mo
cherryluvr @RaeLovesToRead thank you!! 😊 13mo
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Blueberry
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Wow. A LOT going on there. And not always comfortable.
So many triggers but especially so MUCH drinking.
3.75 ⭐

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Brooke_H
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With both Donna Tartt books I've read, I opened the first page and just sort of fell in. The writing is perfect and gorgeous while also completely effortless to read and so real-seeming. In the first five pages, the reader is told that a group of friends has murdered one of their own. The lead-up and aftermath are the rest of the book. A nail-biting slow burn.

REPollock I read this when it first came out, I was the same age as the characters. Blew me away. 14mo
Brooke_H @REPollock I was also right around that age when it came out, and I was just thinking how I would have LOVED it back then. 14mo
REPollock @Brooke_H I reread it like 3-4 years ago and I was struck by how I could feel so keenly why I had loved it and also how much now-me was like OMG YOU ARE ALL PRETENTIOUS ASSHOLES. 14mo
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Blueberry
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🍂Enjoy the fall colors. I would enjoy fall temps but we often have summer until the end of October and then jump into rain or winter.
🍂 terrible headache
🍂The Secret History by Donna Tartt

#WonderousWednesday
@Eggs
I tag @NataliePatalie

Eggs I hope You feel better ❤️‍🩹 🤕 14mo
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Blueberry
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Next to read...starting now.

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RaeLovesToRead
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Thanks for the tag @CBee 💕
#top10summer2023reads

Gonna cheat and just do 5...

- The Secret History: the dark academia OG: spellbinding

- Woman in Cabin 10: most gripping setup I've read in a long time

- Priestdaddy: laughed out loud

- Bunny: b@tsh*t genius

- The Bandit Queens: dark humour and satire done well

I have just read another AMAZING book, but I have to keep it secret - it's my #blinddatewithabook pick for #gladstonerds trip 🤫

CBee I‘ll just be sitting over here crying in my cornflakes #gladstonerdenvy 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @CBee I'm so excited... only a few weeks to go! 😁 You're in the US, right? 14mo
sarahbarnes So many good ones on this list!! 14mo
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CBee @RaeLovesToRead I ammmmmm 😭😭😭 One day I‘ll get there!! 14mo
batsy Haven't read the Lockwood and Ware but totally agree on the other three! 🙌🏾 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @sarahbarnes Thank you!! 😁😁 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @CBee Speak to @squirrelbrain if you want to know more about the trips! Which state are you in? 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @batsy I have decided I want to read everything by Ruth Ware! It was so gripping 😁 And Lockwood is one of my poetic idols 🥰 14mo
CBee @RaeLovesToRead I‘m in Alabama. I definitely hope to do it at some point! 14mo
Branwen Such great picks! 🤩📚 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen Thanks!! 😁 14mo
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Ephemera
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I don‘t read a lot of fiction but I really enjoyed this book. It‘s been around awhile, came out in the 90s, when it was apparently a best seller. Set in a small liberal arts college in Vermont, it‘s the story of a small group of friends whose lives change forever after a local man is accidentally killed. Wonderful writing and interesting characters and an ending that jolts. A psychological thriller and a page turner. Five stars.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#DarkAcademia 🖤🧳♟️🎻⏳🗝️📜🖋️🔍🤎

#BookBinge 📚❤️📚

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful photo 1y
DivineDiana Great photo! Reading this for IRL book club now! 1y
Eggs Beautiful tableau📚👌🏼🥰 (edited) 1y
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IndoorDame
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My all time favorite #darkacademia book is the one that launched the genre. #bookbinge @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheLudicReader It was really interesting to re read it, which I did this summer, because now you see all the things that we take for granted in dark academia…but Tartt did it first. It‘s a terrific book. 1y
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 1y
dabbe I just may have to reread this one. 🧡💚🧡 1y
IndoorDame @dabbe I reread it last year. Perfect fall book! 1y
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LeslieO
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Got some school themed books for September. I‘m hoping to reread the tagged book. Also hope to celebrate the US Open with Agassi‘s bio. Ready for the month! #bookspinbingo #bookspin #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Ruthiella
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1. Beginning of August, which feels way too early for me. I think it should start in September, when it‘s Fall!

2. The tagged book is the first that came to mind. Set at an elite US university in the northeast, most of the characters are students.

Thanks for the tag @Amiable 😊

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1y
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ChelseaM6010
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#BookBinge
Day 8. School subject in title
#SchoolSubjectInTitle

Eggs Perfect 🤩 🤗 1y
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brynnlizzie_1
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dark academia 🫶🫶

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sisilia
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3⭐️ Somehow I didn‘t like it as much this second time (first read was 5⭐️). I was annoyed by this bunch of kids. Yes, they are quirky and interesting, but the alcohol and drugs made my head spin. Now I remember that the character in The Goldfinch is pretty much the same. Is it a Tartt‘s recurring theme? Anyway, these kids are still better than the madness happening today, with the confusion over genders and angst over climate change.

Ruthiella The 10 year old protagonist in her second novel is drug free . 😂 But her nemesis comes from a drug dealing family…you might be on to something! 🤔 1y
currentlyreadinginCO Lol I have wondered about this as well. Some of Donna's drug-fueled scenes are so well-written that I have a lot of questions... 1y
Cathythoughts I did love Secret History. But the drug scenes in The Goldfinch were not for me, I loved the beginning of Goldfinch but bailed when the drugs got too much for me. 1y
merelybookish There's an excellent podcast called Once Upon a Time at Bennington College. Some of it explores Donna Tartt's time at college and looks at how much of Secret History is based on people she knew there. It's pretty wild! I found it highly entertaining and I don't even like podcasts. 😄 1y
sisilia @merelybookish Thank you! I‘m going to listen to that 🎧 1y
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Shemac77
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Mehso-so

Not a fan of this book at all

zezeki I wasn't crazy about it either. 1y
Hooked_on_books Me either! 1y
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TheLudicReader
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I read this book for the first time 30 years ago…and as I often recommend it, I thought it was time for a reread. It definitely landed differently this time around, but was an enjoyable experience. Tartt is a masterful writer, and this story of a group of pretentious college students is amazing considering it was her first novel. I did find it overwritten but I am very glad to have read it again.