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Forgotten on Sunday
Forgotten on Sunday | Valrie Perrin
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squirrelbrain
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Loved this, as I have loved all of Perrin‘s books. She writes melancholy stories so well.

I agree with you @BarbaraBB @TrishB - it‘s not quite as good as Fresh Water for Flowers, but what is?!

Thank you for gifting it to me Barbara! 😘

BarbaraBB Glad you loved it! ❤️ 1mo
TrishB ♥️ for the melancholy stories! 1mo
Tamra Can‘t wait for her most recent to be translated! 1mo
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Gleefulreader I also thought it wasn‘t quite as strong as her previous two books, but Perrin‘s not-quite-as strong is still better than many others‘ best offerings :) 1mo
squirrelbrain I can‘t either! @Tamra 1mo
squirrelbrain Exactly! 😀 @Gleefulreader (edited) 1mo
sarahbarnes Excited to get to this last one of hers! Not expecting another Fresh Water, but looking forward to it. 1mo
squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - I think I‘d put it in between Fresh Water and Three. 1mo
sarahbarnes Oh that‘s good to know! 1mo
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squirrelbrain
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My #bookhaul from our reading retreat at Gladstone‘s Library.

The bottom two are from Emma @Oryx

Catalina is a gift from @MicheleinPhilly and Forgotten on Sunday (which I‘ve just started) is a gift from @BarbaraBB .

The top one is my pick from our Blind Date with a Book swap - it sounded so intriguing from the clues that Jess @jhod had written, and even more so know I know what it is.

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Gleefulreader
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This was a recent vacation novel and as with all Valerie Perrin novels I have read thus far, quite good. Perrin is an expert at telling the stories about the secrets we keep, their long term impact and how we hurt and are hurt by others and how we heal. Perrin also doesn‘t need to tie everything up with a bow at the end or find resolution where perhaps it cannot ever exist. Thoughtful and sad.

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janeycanuck
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This was really quite beautiful & moving. The characters are so perfectly flawed and even though I am neither a young woman who works in a retirement home nor an old woman who lives in one, I felt like I could still relate.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good 🤍 3mo
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Tamra
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Another 5⭐️ read by Perrin. I can only hope another is published and translated soon! 🙏🏾

As always Perrin writes interesting characters with intertwining plots that are slowly unwound.

BarbaraBB A five star read for me too. 3mo
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Tamra
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Moving on to another novel I‘ve allowed to linger on my shelves for the anticipation. I‘ve put this off because I don‘t think there is currently another Perrin book in translation I haven‘t read. 🥹 I hate to be a nag, but pretty please???? I‘ve added her to my short list of auto buy authors.

CBee I‘ll nag too - pretty pretty please?!?!? Though I do still need to read Three 😅 4mo
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful pic 4mo
BarbaraBB She‘s an auto buy for me too. I loved this one! 4mo
Cathythoughts I have this one stacked already 👍🏻♥️ 3mo
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Reecaspieces
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AnneCecilie
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I loved this book. A book that sneaks up on you and silently steals your heart

Justine‘s a 21-yr old working at a retirement home. Here she collects the residents stories and particularly that of Helene. At the home some residents are never visited, suddenly these relatives will be getting phone calls that their relative has died. Who is making these false calls?

As a kid, her parents died and she has grown up at her grandparents with her cousin

AnneCecilie Justine starts to look into her parents death and might discover some truths that better be hidden. A book about family, our relationships with other people and how sorrow can influence our relationships. 7mo
BarbaraBB I loved this one too. Like I loved all her books 7mo
Deblovestoread I've loved all her books, too. 7mo
Tamra I love Perrin‘s work! 7mo
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Lesliereadsalot
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I really loved the other two books written by this author: Fresh Water for Flowers and Three. Recommended them to everyone. This book just didn‘t grab me…until a huge twist in the middle! And then I couldn‘t put it down. Our narrator works in a nursing home where she writes down the stories told to her by the residents. One story is the gist of the book while the narrator‘s story is a parallel one. Two terrific stories for the price of one.

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CBee
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I agree with @TrishB that we should organize a Valérie Perrin fan club ♥️ How does she write such beautiful books? I think it must be magic. Fresh Water will always be my favorite (and I still haven‘t read Three), but I loved this one almost as much. What a great way to start 2024!

CBee @TheBookHippie and @AmyG I think you‘d both love this! 11mo
AmyG I know I will but with challenges, I just haven‘t gotten to it yet. 11mo
CBee @AmyG I understand! 11mo
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Bookish.SAM I loved Fresh Water! Her writing is incredible, after just one book she‘s already a must-read author for me 😍 11mo
CBee @Bookish.SAM so glad to find another Perrin fan! I think you‘d love this one too ♥️ 11mo
Megabooks Yes, let‘s form that fan club!! 11mo
Tamra Fan girl here! 11mo
BarbaraBB She‘s really exceptional - and so is the translator 🩵 11mo
CBee @Tamra I meant to tag you 🤦‍♀️ 11mo
CBee @BarbaraBB yes! And I love how Lucien in the book is named for her grandfather! 11mo
TrishB I can‘t wait for a new one! 11mo
BarbaraBB I didn‘t know that. How lovely 11mo
Tamra @CBee 😉 I hope she writes more quickly! I am hoarding tagged book. 11mo
Suet624 This is my second favorite of hers. Three comes in third. I love her. 11mo
CBee @Tamra I did the same thing for a few months! Now I need to get to Three - have you read that one? 11mo
CBee @Suet624 ♥️♥️ 11mo
CBee @BarbaraBB in the back she thanks him, plus a few other people in her family who pop up in the book too 😊 11mo
Tamra @CBee yes! Not as good as Flowers, but worth reading for sure. (edited) 11mo
CBee @Tamra awesome - but is anything as good as Flowers? I‘m not sure 😂 11mo
Tamra @CBee 😜 Funny you should say that because today I watched a Booktuber today say she didn‘t enjoy Flowers as much as she anticipated - too repetitive & commercial she thought. To each their own! 11mo
CBee @Tamra blasphemy 😂😂😂 11mo
RebelReader I loved Fresh Water! 11mo
CBee @RebelReader I think you‘d like this one too! FW was my favorite read in 2022 ♥️ 11mo
Mitch She‘s fab! So glad she‘s getting translated. Loved Three as well. 🥰 11mo
CBee @Mitch I saw that you read FW and was so happy to see that you loved it too ♥️ 11mo
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BarbaraBB
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#12daysofChristmas #12Booksof2023

August was my best reading month with three 5⭐️ reads. This one obviously, I have mentioned it everywhere, but also The Passengers by John Marrs and Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Ricky Onda.

Andrew65 Not aware of this book. 11mo
Suet624 💕💕💕 10mo
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CBee
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My last book of 2023 and my first of 2024 is the tagged ♥️😊 #lastfirst @BookNAround

BarbaraBB What a way to end/start the year! Loved it 🤍 11mo
Deblovestoread Loved it! Think you will, too. 😀 11mo
CBee @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread really enjoying it so far! 11mo
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Megabooks
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Is there an author out there writing more beautiful books than Perrin? If so, I‘d like to know because Perrin is effing perfect at evoking quiet joy and sorrow. 5⭐️ Shout out to the translator, too!

Justine works at a nursing home and is particularly close with a resident, who spins a tale of love and survival in the face of WWII. The book goes between this story and Justine‘s investigation into the death of her parents, who died years ago.

Megabooks Molly got a purple harness in her new size for Christmas! Thank you for the book @BarbaraBB !! 💜😘 (edited) 11mo
jlhammar Adorable! Looking forward to this one. 11mo
Tamra This one is even better! 💚 11mo
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IndoorDame Molly makes an extra cute book model in her new harness 🥰 11mo
Megabooks @jlhammar thanks! I hope you enjoy it! 11mo
Megabooks @Tamra I actually liked this a smidge better, but they‘re both fantastic! Maybe it‘s all the elder care I do. 🤔 But if you want another great cemetery caretaker book, I loved this as well. 👍🏻 11mo
Megabooks @IndoorDame thank you! She‘s my best girl! 💜 11mo
Tamra @Megabooks thank you for the recommendation - I will stack it! 😄I guess we‘ll just have to wait for someone to translate more of Perrin. 😅 (edited) 11mo
Megabooks @Tamra I hope it‘s not a long wait!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻 11mo
JamieArc I think one of my few reading goals for 2024 is to finally read one of the Perrin books on my shelf. 11mo
LiteraryHoarderPenny I still have Three sitting in the shelf waiting for me! Adding this one of course! 11mo
TrishB She is amazing 👍🏻 11mo
vlwelser I have this tucked into my tbr because I want her to write more. If I read it, I no longer have one to look forward to. That must be book math or something. 11mo
AmyG Nice photo match!!! I need to read this. (edited) 11mo
Megabooks @JamieArc you definitely should! 11mo
Megabooks @LiteraryHoarderPenny three was fantastic too! It had a great twist! 🤫 11mo
Megabooks @TrishB 💯💯💯💯 11mo
Megabooks @vlwelser definitely book math I have done as well! 😂😂 11mo
Megabooks @AmyG thanks! I think you‘d enjoy it! 11mo
squirrelbrain I still haven‘t read this, or Three. 😬 Hey, Molly, you look so cute in your new harness! 💜 11mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain jump on those! And thank you auntie Helen! 11mo
ShelleyBooksie Adorable photo ♡♡♡ 11mo
Megabooks @ShelleyBooksie thank you! 11mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
LiteraryHoarderPenny @Megabooks ooooo okay!! Now it‘s been moved up the list!! 😊 11mo
BarbaraBB Such a lovely combination, Molly and Valerie 💜 I am so glad it‘s a 5⭐️ read for you too! 11mo
Megabooks @dabbe 😁🫶🏻🐾 11mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB yes, just fantastic! Molly says hi to her auntie Barbara!! 💜💜 11mo
BarbaraBB She‘s so cute and those eyes! Give her a big hug from her auntie 💜💜 11mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I will! She‘s angling for dinner now! 🤣🤣 she refuses to accept it‘s not daylight savings time anymore. 11mo
BarbaraBB 🤣 That‘s been the case for quite some time now I guess?! 11mo
Tamra @Megabooks 😲😲 I just realized I was thinking of “Three” in my reply to you when I found “Forgotten on Sunday” on my TBR shelves! Woot woot! Can‘t wait to read it. 🎉 11mo
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Megabooks
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@BarbaraBB thank you for such wonderful Just Because presents! 🥰 I really appreciate you thinking of me, and now that I‘m on the mend, I can truly enjoy reading these! I can‘t even buy the Perrin yet here. 🙏🏻🎉 You are such a thoughtful friend. 💕💜😘 plus, I love the wrapping paper!

squirrelbrain Lovely! ❤️ 13mo
LeahBergen How nice! 13mo
vlwelser 😍 I have that Perrin. I should pull that out. 13mo
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BarbaraBB I am glad it reached you so fast! I hope you‘ll enjoy the books. 💕 (edited) 13mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain @LeahBergen Barbara is such a wonderful, thoughtful friend! 13mo
Megabooks @vlwelser I‘m so excited for it! 13mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I think I will. 😁 I loved seeing what you read in What to Read Next! I value your thoughts so much that it is really exciting to have that. Thank you so so much!! 💜💜💜 (edited) 13mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB was your gift supposed to have socks in it? They were listed on the customs form, but the package had been opened and retaped, so they could‘ve fallen out/been removed. I‘m sorry if that happened. 13mo
BarbaraBB I hoped you liked that in the what to read next book! And I am sorry about the socks but glad the books made it at least!! 13mo
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Suet624
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My favorite book of September would be Forgotten on Sunday by Valerie Perrin, which will not be a surprise to those who follow me. She understands my need for emotionally intelligent writing. The Tender Bar came in a very close second.

October brings the peak fall colors in my neck of the woods and lots of reading time. @The_Penniless_Author Are you going to the Burlington Book Festival this weekend?
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 14mo
The_Penniless_Author I forgot that was this weekend! I just might, we end up in Burlington most weekends anyway. 14mo
Suet624 @The_Penniless_Author if you‘re interested, Friday night Alison Bechdel speaks at Contois Auditorium. 14mo
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BarbaraBB You should read the new Claudia Piñeiro too. Her writing reminds me of the way you describe Perrin‘s ? 14mo
Suet624 @BarbaraBB alrighty then! On it. I‘ll check and see if one of my libraries has it. Oh! I just saw it‘s written by the woman who wrote Elena Knows! Yes, yes, yes. (edited) 14mo
BarbaraBB 💃❤️ 14mo
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Suet624
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Perrin does it again. A week after reading it I come back to images and memories of the characters & their stories. A young caretaker at a nursing home befriends patients & listens to their stories. One patient in particular has a story that captures the universal theme of love, loss, and faith. Other than one section that seemed unnecessary, the rest was brilliant. This is her debut novel & I‘m so happy they finally translated it.

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 I just started Three yesterday. I‘m looking forward to this one too. I am anxious for her to write more & to be translated! 1y
Suet624 @Tamra have fun with Three. For some reason it didn‘t quite have the emotional impact for me as her other two books but I certainly enjoyed it. 1y
BarbaraBB It‘s another winner right? Such a gem 1y
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Suet624
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Well … Perrin is doing it to me again. I‘m on page 21 and I‘ve already gotten misty-eyed twice and my heart hurts. This woman is amazing! Like Fresh Water for Flowers, I think I‘m going to read this book very slowly so I can treat these words with the respect they deserve.

sarahbarnes 🩵🩵🩵 1y
Tamra 💙💙💙 1y
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Deblovestoread
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Justine is a carer in a nursing home who listens to a patient‘s love story while also discovering her own family‘s story. Fresh Water for Flowers is still my favorite but I loved this debut novel. Looking forward to whatever she writes next.

Suet624 Fresh water ❤️. So happy to hear you liked this. 1y
Tamra So far, reviews have been positive! Yay! 1y
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Deblovestoread
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#WeeklyForecast

These are all in various states of progress. I know I‘ll finish the top 3 but might put the bottom 2 back on the shelf.

Cinfhen Yikes!!! I‘m still on hold at the library for this one 1y
Deblovestoread @Graywacke posted it starts slow but gets better so I‘m going to hang in there. @Cinfhen 1y
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BarbaraBB
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Another 5 star read by Valerie Perrin. This is her debut and it is terrific. Justine works as a carer in a retirement home in the small village where she grew up, listening to the stories of the residents. Those stories, her own past and the present: it‘s all woven together so neatly. It made me want to read on and on while on the other hand I wanted to cherish every beautiful sentence and wanted it to never end.

Photo: Vathi, Ithaca, Greece

kspenmoll Wonderful review! Stacked 1y
TrishB It was lovely. This author is fabulous isn‘t she. 1y
Suet624 I can't wait! It's on my dining room table waiting until I finish two other books. 1y
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squirrelbrain Lovely review and lovely pic! ❤️ 1y
Deblovestoread My copy just arrived today. Can‘t wait to dive in 1y
Tamra I can‘t hardly stand it!!! Why do I wait? 1y
CBee @BarbaraBB I caved and ordered this today 💚💚 1y
BarbaraBB @CBee I am happy for you! Can‘t wait to hear what you think once you get to it! 1y
CBee @BarbaraBB I will let you know! 1y
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Suet624
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Still down from Covid. Sad part is I can‘t read. My mind feels very scrambled. Yesterday was better in that I ran out and cut some flowers, received this book in the mail, and got off Paxlovid which had kept me from sleeping for two days. Super happy it works for so many folks - and it sure does - but it did me wrong. 😝

Amiable Sorry you are feeling punky. :( 1y
JamieArc Sorry you‘re feeling like that! 😕 1y
Jas16 I hope you feel better soon 1y
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batsy Feel better soon, Sue 💛🌻 1y
Deblovestoread Hope you are on the mend soon! 1y
Suet624 @Amiable @JamieArc @Jas16 @batsy @deblovestoread Thanks, all. This was my first time - thought I had escaped the darn thing. I can tell I'll be better soon. 💗 1y
SamAnne Oof. Hope you feel better soon. I‘ve escaped Covid so far. But am sitting in an airport coming from Dublin. Ireland is having a big outbreak of a new variant and I‘m crossing fingers I‘m not bringing any back. 1y
Suet624 @SamAnne How exciting to be coming from Dublin! I think the new variant might be here already. I know so many people in Vermont who have Covid right now. I‘m telling everyone to wear masks. I hope you stay safe. 1y
mcctrish I‘m sorry to hear you aren‘t feeling well ☹️ I‘d managed to avoid it until we went to France last month ( who knows if it was on the plane or out and about - @SamAnne is right, there‘s a new super contagious strain floating around) we weren‘t too hard hit ( I thought it was just my allergies out of whack and my husband had nothing but was positive for 5+ days) I‘m glad you feel like you‘re going to turn a corner soon 1y
TrishB Hope you‘re on the mend soon. You‘ll enjoy the book when you get to it! 1y
quietlycuriouskate Hope you are feeling better soon. 1y
LeahBergen Oh no. Feel better soon! 😘 1y
Bookwomble Glad to hear you're on the mend, Sue 💖 1y
jlhammar That does not sound fun. Hope you are feeling better and back to reading very soon. 1y
Ruthiella Hope you get well soon! ❤️ 1y
BarbaraBB I somehow missed you‘re having COVID. So sorry to hear that. I hope you‘re feeling better soon and will be able to read the book! 1y
Tamra Yay for book mail - a little ray of well deserved sunshine! 🌞 1y
Suet624 @Tamra Definitely! And from my favorite author too. 1y
Suet624 @BarbaraBB You didn't miss it. I just was too out of it to say anything about it. But my symptoms are now manageable and I can even imagine reading again. Hope you stay well. Sounds like things are heating up all over, between COVID and weather situations. 1y
Suet624 @mcctrish I'm so glad you didn't get super sick. 1y
DivineDiana Just reading about your COVID infection. Hoping you are feeling stronger every day. ❤️ 1y
Suet624 @DivineDiana thank you! Slowly but surely. Reading has really taken a hit though! 1y
DivineDiana Your health is what is important now. Reading will be there when you are well. ❤️ 1y
Jeg Do hope you are better soon. And 1y
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TrishB
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Can‘t believe this was her debut novel. So glad it got translated. It‘s another beautiful, melancholy, lovely novel ♥️ Do we have a Perrin fan club yet!
And the title 😢

Cinfhen Ohhh! Sign me up for the fan club 🫶🏼 1y
Deblovestoread 🙋🏻‍♀️ I‘ll join, if I may. Can‘t wait to read this one! 1y
Cathythoughts Stacking 👍🏻♥️ 1y
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TheBookHippie Oh stacking and maybe we should start -I‘ve only read one so far! 1y
squirrelbrain I‘ve still got Three on my physical TBR shelf. 1y
TrishB @Cinfhen @Deblovestoread @TheBookHippie she‘s such a treat as an author! (edited) 1y
TrishB @Cathythoughts hope you enjoy when you get to it 🤞🏻 1y
TrishB @squirrelbrain it will call you eventually 😁 1y
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Have a day off today, this is my plan 🤞🏻

Tamra Ooooo I hope it‘s great! 1y
BarbaraBB Sounds like a plan! It‘s in my holiday bag too! 1y
sarahbarnes 🤍🤍🤍 1y
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TrishB @Tamra @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes the plan came together and I‘ve just finished. It was a beautiful, sad read ♥️ 1y
Tamra @TrishB you‘ve heightened my anticipation! 1y
TrishB @Tamra I think you‘ll love it ♥️ 1y
BarbaraBB Ooh, so happy it did live up to your expectations. It was her debut after all! 1y
TrishB @BarbaraBB it definitely exceeded expectations for a debut! 1y
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I am impressed with the speed of my first Blackwells order! 5 days from dispatch isn‘t bad - I figured it would at least 10 days if not two weeks.

Besides that, I feel like a kid at Christmas. 🤩 I have a couple of auto buy authors and Perrin has become one.

Suet624 I'm with you - Perrin is an auto buy. I'm super jealous. I can't get it yet in the U.S. 1y
Tamra @Suet624 I am in the US and ordered through Blackwells - free shipping. 😁 1y
Suet624 @Tamra Really??? Wow!!!! Alrighty then. I didn't realize Blackwells shipped here. Thanks! 1y
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Suet624 Just ordered!! 1y
jlhammar Wow, that is speedy! 1y
Tamra @Suet624 woot!! 👏🏾 Happy Book Mail 1y
BarbaraBB Glad you received it so fast! 1y
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Good for you! 💛 1y
TrishB Just brought today 😁 already reading on train! 1y
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