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November's #LiteraryCrew selection is a tad different than previous reads, so it adds a change of pace to our #BuddyRead. Discussion on November 30th.
Read at your own pace. I'll post periodic check-ins throughout the month (unless the month really slips by me).
All are welcome to join us! Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list.

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November‘s #LiteraryCrew selection is a tad different than previous reads, so it adds a change of pace to our #BuddyRead . Discussion on November 30th.

Read at your own pace. I‘ll post periodic check-ins throughout the month (unless the month really slips by me). All are welcome to join us! Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list.

I loved this HBO series back in 2017. Now going back and reading the book it was based on, I can say this is another rare example where the show was better. The book had the same main concept—on October 14th millions of people around the world spontaneously disappear at the same time—but the book just kind of ends with no real resolution. Among many other changes, the show provided a lot more character growth and something resembling an ending.

#bookmail. Never should have opened the "50 great apocalypse books" post.... ???

Loving this. Not sure where it‘s going, if anywhere.

⭐️⭐️ I thought I was liking this book at the beginning. But after 200 pages I saw this book going nowhere. I was so bored the last stretch of the book. I kept expecting something to happen. I was hoping for a little more supernatural plots but it was really just a book about life after a loss. It just wasn‘t for me. This was my #bookspinbingo September No. 20 pick.

I‘m officially done summer term classes! I now have a month off before fall term classes start. Celebrating by finishing this and hopefully setting up my new computer when it arrives today 🥳

I didn‘t see the series. I loved Little Children, but halfway through this one, I felt it unraveled with a too-tidy ending. I‘m also wondering if I would‘ve experienced this book differently before the pandemic...

In this book the rapture is called the 'sudden departure'.

#rapture #StarTrekSummerJune
@Megabooks

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain 1. Becoming, The Witch Elm and Leadership in Turbulent Times 2. Tagged. I loved the book but the HBO show The Leftovers brought it to another level. Crazy how much better adaptations have gotten in recent years. 3. GR

The #HBO series based on this book has become so bizarre after season one.

This was perfect for me. I don‘t know why I didn‘t pick it up sooner! I listened rather passively which I thought was fine because of the fragmented writing style & I plan on rereading anyway. All the people described loosely relate (and some are followed up with) but mostly the chapters seamlessly switch characters, analyzing how people carry on after the not-Rapture. Tom Perrotta has SKILL. I LOVED how he wrote this and can‘t wait for more.

After reading the book for #lmpbc #grouph, I decided to watch the show!

@mariaku21 @Jerdencon @Blaire

Oh, and I got the book yesterday, @Jerdencon !!

#Babysitting two year old #twins. Finally nap time!!

#uncle

My first Funkos. However, all of my Funkos are new. These were not even on my radar before Litsy. Thanks again! It‘s only been, what, two months?! I now have these, the Westworld set, and a Weeping Angel. They are like creepy pop culture Precious Moments figures.

Got hooked on the show before I knew it was a book. I thought it was brilliant. Still have not read the book.

#ReadingResolutions | 18: #BookishFunkos

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I said #HelloGoodbye very quickly to these three books, also known as “I bailed”. I‘m usually pretty bad at bailing, but these did nothing for me at all..

#HeyJune

#booksandbooze #lmpbc #grouph

Early #morning #airport reading.

Good, but if you want 'amazing' watch the hbo series.

He'd seen this process before: It didn't matter what happened in the world - genocidal wars, natural disasters, unspeakable crimes, mass disappearances, whatever - eventually people got tired of brooding about it.

Finally started reading The Leftovers. I was a bit reluctant to start this because I was afraid it wouldn't be as good as the tv series (I know it's usually the other way around 😅). But so far I'm really enjoying it.

#Thehoneymoonisover for me and this book. I‘m 114 pages in, and not really connecting or caring about anything or anyone in it. Does it get better?? I‘m really considering bailing, or maybe just putting it down for now.

The flowers are from yesterday which were our 6 year anniversary ❤️❤️

#MarchintoOz #CurrentlyReading

This was recommended to me, it was fine. Not “The Best Book I Read All Year,” but a good enough vacation read. An interesting look at how grief affects us all in different ways.

I enjoyed this book. It was episodic, yet still compelling. I felt the tone fit the story.

It's #TopTenTuesday time! Books I once wanted to read but probably won't make time for now.

Hmmm, I liked this book but I didn't love it as much as I was expecting to. The concept, that "Left Behind" type storyline minus the overtly Christian message, really spoke to me. But it never sucked me in all the way. Don't get me wrong, Perrotta's writing is as compelling as ever, these characters just never completely clicked for me. Still more a pick than so-so and I can see how it would translate well to TV so I'll def check that out!

Got some #bookoutlet #bookmail at work today! It's been very distracting all day because I'd much rather be reading than working (obviously 😂).

So after reading and loving Mrs. Fletcher, my first Tom Perrotta, I thought I'd just "check and see" if there were any of his other books on #bookoutlet ?

I absolutely loved this book. I get to meet Tom Perrotta at the Tucson Book Festival and I cannot wait after reading this excellent book!! It was great on audio, too. An absolutely fascinating story, beautiful and complex characters and such an interesting plot. I stared watching the HBO show too and it is also excellent. Can‘t wait to read more of his books! #tfob2018

I finally picked this up from the post office - thanks Jen! 💜👏

#bookmail

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2059305254?book_show_action=false&from_rev...

One more day of work before Christmas break that means one more day before I can sit around with my book & a hot beverage of my choice all day. I can do it...maybe?!

After a day of baking (roughly 36 dozen Christmas cookies or treats) & housework it feels good to kick of my shoes & curl up with my book.

The premise of this book was intriguing. It just felt a little flat. I didn't feel particularly interested in any of the characters. This book should have been right up my alley, but it just seemed like something was missing.

Someone told me to watch this- but I decided first, I want to read it!

I haven't seen the tv series but talk of it put this back on my radar. It was definitely entertaining. I think maybe I expected it to go more places? And the ending left me scratching my head a bit. Does the show come off depressing? Some of this seemed like it'd be hard to watch. #mommyreads #audiobook #booksontv

Perhaps the most mismatched cover I've ever encountered, but...About the book, it was strangely satisfying. An intriguing premise -- reminds me of all those who deal with indeterminate loss: missing children, people in persistent vegetative states, Alzheimer's patients, etc. How do you move on with life under those circumstances? Felt slightly sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, but still solidly literary, focusing on human relationships among the leftovers

When your words are futile, you‘re better off keeping them to yourself, or never even thinking them in the first place.

Perrotta's novel opens with the Sudden Departure, an event similar to the rapture in Christian theology; however, as people from all faiths & even atheists are among the disappeared, there is an obscure logic as to why people were selected. There is a dark humor in this story of loss & grief. Unusual cults spring up across the nation. This is just one of the ways people attempt to make sense of the event & find purpose in their new lives.

Strong feelings!

The abolition of Daylight Saving Time. A cause worth fighting for...

The Garvey clan was like the old Soviet Union, a once mighty power that had dissolved into a bunch of weak and cranky units.

This paragraph made me laugh, especially the last sentence.

Brought this home with me yesterday. I have no idea when I'll get to it, but it's mine... that is all that really matters.

#junetunz #hallelujah

This is the book that came to mind with today's prompt. I recently read Perotta's upcoming novel, Mrs. Fletcher and have had his books on the brain, I guess.

I had not heard of this one before @Dragon 's recent post, then bumped into it on Overdrive. It's a fascinating take on the post-apocalyptic novel in that the apocalypse doesn't occur. Rather, several million people disappear and the narrative explores the aftermath. It's tinged with an anti-climactic feel in a good way that keeps you on edge. Pretty fascinating.

Did anyone else watch The Leftovers through the series finale the other night? This is one of the rare cases where I liked the adaptation better than the original book. I know the show didn't work for many, but I thought it was one of the better shows of the past decade. It was right up my alley with its relentless bleakness, damaged characters, and homages to David Lynch. And the series finale was a masterpiece. I can't stop thinking about it.