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We Could Be Rats
We Could Be Rats: A Novel | Emily Austin
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A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination�from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid (…more)
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Megabooks
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I went in with expectations a bit too high because i just gave her last book (tagged below) 5⭐️ in the Fall. This book deals heavily with suicide as about half of it is a woman trying to write the correct suicide note to her friends and family. Some reveals in the second half 🤐 negatively changed the way I saw the characters, and I think that contributed to this being a more mid-range pick. I do want to reread knowing what happens at the end.

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ICantImReading
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4.25 stars. Another perceptive Emily Austin stunner! This time she offers a different story framework from her previous books, which I think was pulled off beautifully and expanded the dimension of the sisters‘ relationship. Her writing touches my heart and makes it ache in a very particular way. #BOTM

catiewithac I‘ve loved all her books! 2w
ICantImReading @catiewithac same, she‘s a really special and distinctive writer! 🩷 2w
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Branwen
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YES! My Book of the Month Box arrived today, which helped with the post holidays depression! 🤭💕 I'm absolutely starting the Austin book first! I love her writing so much! #botm

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Beachesnbooks
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First #botm picks of 2025!

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nitalibrarian
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My January #botm are here already! I'm really excited for all four books. In fact, I'm probably going to have a hard time picking which one to read first. And I got my hammer for finishing the 2024 reading challenge. It's heavy!

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Megabooks
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I just wrote to @Hooked_on_books that #botm is that good-kisser ex I keep slithering back to and always feel a bit ick about. My main issue with them is the whole main pick versus add-on thing. I thought Rats or Maddy would be a main pick, but I had to rejoin to find out they weren‘t. 😡🙄 But I loved Daniel Black‘s last book, so I rolled with this box. Plus I hate that you have to be a “friend” to get a decent add-on price. Sigh. #botm

Kitta I went for Isaac‘s song too because I loved his last one! (edited) 3w
Sace I remember when add-on price was $9.99 😢 3w
Amiable Ooh, I love Lisa Genova! What is this one about? 3w
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Megabooks @Amiable college student with bipolar disorder. I really love her books! 3w
Amiable @Megabooks Me too! This one was my favorite so far: 3w
LeafingThroughLife I‘m with you on the main pick vs add on thing. I almost always find an add on I want but only like the main picks about a third of time so it‘s always a battle deciding whether I want to take a chance on a main pick that doesn‘t excite to be able to get an add on or not. Happily, The Favorites piqued my interest this time, so I‘m happy with my whole box and not just feeling held hostage by suboptimal main picks. 🙃 3w
Hooked_on_books I hate the add-on pricing structure, too. It‘s crap. 3w
BarbaraBB I see your ex is back 😀😉 3w
MaleficentBookDragon @LeafingThroughLife I‘m with both of you. I have a long #tbr on the #botm app but they are all “add-ons”. It‘s frustrating when I would buy 5 books but I can‘t because I‘m not interested in the main picks. I wanted to skip January but I choose A Killing Cold because it‘s my birthday month and they won‘t let you carry over your free book to next month. 😣 Though it does look like a fun winter thriller that‘s right up my alley. 😊 3w
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to love this. I read Interesting Facts About Space earlier this year and thought it was creative and fun while keeping respectful of mental health. This keeps the respectfulness but I felt it missed the mark for me. It is fairly repetitive which got old really fast. The first part is multiple attempts at a suicide note and it could have been half the length. I think there are interesting ideas but I lost steam.
Pub Date Jan 28