To Have and to Heist

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Ruthiella I want to know what the book was! š‚š‚š‚ 4mo

Dilara @Ruthiella The Gods at Six O'Clock (Gli dĆØi alle sei) by Giovanni Nucci. Apparently, when he heard about it, the author offered to send the book to the robber so he could finish it š‚

Edited to add that I got the info from this LT convo: https://www.librarything.com/topic/362836 and to tag the book

Gli dči alle sei: L'Iliade all'ora dell'aperitivo

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Ruthiella @Dilara It must a compelling book! I hope he renounced his life of crime and also finishes the book. š‚ 4mo

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Dilara @Ruthiella š š‚ And also, let's hope that the Netflix series it will no doubt inspire is decent š‰ 4mo

Sharpeipup @dilara Thanks for the details! 4mo

MonicaLoves2Read I saw this on FB. I laughed. I may have to read the book to see why the burglar thought it was so good š‚ 4mo

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julesG

To Have and to Heist | Sara Desai

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Palate cleanser heist/romance story accompanied today's #audiosewing.

A bit of Ocean's 8/11/12/13, a great crew including an octogenarian grease person. It was fun to listen to.

#LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks

No interference from the #creatures today, they are both soaking up the sunshine.

Catsandbooks So cool!! šˇ® 1y

MissyD So cool. Maybe I should go an audio knitting session. š¤£ 1y

julesG @MissyD Sure! I do a lot of #audioknitting. See, even my phone knows it's a # I use regularly. š 1y

MissyD @julesG š¤£š¨ 1y

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TheAromaofBooks

To Have and to Heist | Sara Desai

Do you ever have a book that just seems like it should be PERFECT for you, but somehow the notes are just a little off? I read about half of this romcom, by an author I've enjoyed in the past, and just... couldn't jive? Everything about this plot sounds like it should be up my alley, but I found Simi annoying and was confused about what Desai was trying to do with Jack's character - I think I'm supposed to both be unsure if he's a good guy while ā¬‡

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) also shipping him with Simi, but he just felt sneaky and manipulative to me and I couldn't quite get behind him as the love interest. I'm also really over the whole ā€slutty old lady sidekickā€ character where someone in their 70s/80s sleeps with every penis she can find and talks about incessantly and we're supposed to find it funny/inspiring that someone her age is still getting around!!! Just. No. It's not even her age, I just don't ā¬‡ 1y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) need a character who details every sexual exploit she's had every time we see her on the page. I'm really struggling with modern romcoms that seem to think that if they don't mention sex in some form on every page I'm going to forget that I'm reading a romance.

This one had a lot of good ingredients, so even though they didn't gel for me, I can see them working for someone else. I wanted them to, but I just wasn't feeling another 150pgs. 1y

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TheAromaofBooks @ICantImReading - I wanted to like it so much because it sounds exactly like something I would love!!! But it just was NOT working for me! 1y

Susanita I love the title. š‰ 1y

Nessavamusic I have had this exact feeling! It is why I dnf books most of the time 1y

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