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shawnmooney

Mr Wrong | Elizabeth Jane Howard

From the story 'Child's Play'

LeahBergen So good! 3w

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charl08

Emergency Questions: 1001 conversation-savers for any situation | Richard Herring

From the for-kids section of the book...

swynn Ha! I think someday I'd like to set a goal of reading all the books I've sometimes talked about as if I had read them -- but in fact had only been told about them by professors, critics, or fellow readers enough that I could fake it. I've started a list for that project, and it's depressingly long .... It's not about boredom though but about *time*. Okay, and sometimes boredom. 3w

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charl08

Emergency Questions: 1001 conversation-savers for any situation | Richard Herring

Asking for a friend...

BethM Anything that‘s a “classic.” 4w

Ruthiella I‘ve read both but, I have kept my copies of The Satanic Verses and Midnight‘s Children purely for pretentiousness. 🤣 4w

swynn I have a small library of French classics that I bought shortly after I graduated college. They were deeply discounted but still an indefensible expense at that point in my life. Turns out 4 semesters of conversational French is almost useless for attempting Zola 😀 I still have most of them, less for pretension than a memento of who I was then. 4w

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shawnmooney

The Misses Mallett | E. H. Young

https://youtu.be/hU9PLgad0ww

Intro

Mystery guest

Weekly highlights

Merch and Patreon

Ghosts by Edith Wharton

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa. Polly Barton (Translator)

A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet by Eavan Boland

The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young

Platonic Love: Three Tales of Language and Desire by Scott Watson

About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler, Jordan Stump (Translator)

Galatea by Madeline Miller

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Teresereading

George Beneath A Paper Moon | Nina Bawden

#BigMoon three moon titles
I saw PaperMoon at the drive in as a child and loved Tatum. Apparently its based on an obscure novel?
#falling
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheKidUpstairs I just read Moon Tiger this year. Soooo good. 1mo

willaful I actually own that novel and love it! They left the second half out of the movie. 1mo

Bookwomble Because of the cover sticker, I initially thought the Aaronovitch book was about London being attacked by dirigible cows! 🎈🐄💣😂 1mo

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 1mo

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LeahBergen

Mr Wrong | Elizabeth Jane Howard

I‘m currently reading my 7th Elizabeth Jane Howard with @shawnmooney and this one is a volume of her short stories. We‘ve been working through her books in publication order (and may even get to the start of The Cazalet Chronicles next year 😆).

Ruthiella I plan at a minimum to read at least one Cazalet Chronicle volume a year. You may finish before I do! I have three more to go. 😆 1mo

Tamra I‘ve had Cazalet on my TBR shelf for so long! 😬 I know I‘ll love it too. 1mo

LeahBergen @Ruthiella 😆 The first Cazalet book was the very first EJH I bought … and I‘m still waiting to get to it YEARS later. 😆 1mo

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LeahBergen @Tamra Right? Yeesh. 😆 1mo

Tamra Love that cover by the way. 1mo

BiblioLitten I have to read the second book in the Cazalet Chronicle this year. But might have to reread the first one to jog my memory 🤭 1mo

LeahBergen @BiblioLitten That always happens to me with series 😆 1mo

Bookbuyingaddict Oh the cazalet chronicles you are going to adore 🥰 my favourites - binge read them all In lockdown your in for a real treat 😍 have you read something in disguise & falling yet ?? Xxx 1mo

LeahBergen @Bookbuyingaddict I‘ve read Something in Disguise (loved it!) but haven‘t got to Falling yet. 😊 1mo

Bookbuyingaddict ☺️😊🥰😍 1mo

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merelybookish

My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir | Sarah Moss

Zipped through this excellent memoir about Moss's complicated relationship with food and subsequent eating disorder. She writes so well! And finds innovative ways to work within the genre. Loved how she seamlessly wove in literary analysis as well and explores how many classics support restriction and control of female bodies. It ranks up there with In the Dream House which is high praise!

sarahbarnes I agree - I would rank it alongside Dream House, too. 2mo

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konlitsy

Letter from the Dead: (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh Book 1) | Jack Gatland

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Suspended DI Declan , already under pressure as his career hangs by a thread, attends his father‘s funeral . He suspects the death wasn‘t natural. At the service, DCI Munroe from a cold case unit offers him a spot on his task force. They‘re reopening a 20-year-old murder case thought to be solved—until a lost letter suggests otherwise. Declan accepts, unaware how closely it ties to his father‘s past.🎧

Dralex090 @konlitsy .. this is a scary storyline. Do you think I can sleep in peace after reading lol. Happy Sunday 2mo

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sarahbarnes

My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir | Sarah Moss

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This book. 💔 I love memoirs written in unique ways, and I love Sarah Moss‘ fiction; learning about her life experiences gave insights into some of the components of her novels. She so accurately captured for me the relationship between body, food and control, and how the line past which you‘ve taken it too far can be easy to cross. I loved all the discussions of works by female writers. The audio was fantastic.

Suet624 Oooh, sounds great. Stacked!! 5mo

sarahbarnes @Suet624 I can‘t stop thinking about it. So good. 5mo

BarbaraBB Great review 🧡 5mo

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youneverarrived I ‘paused‘ this a little while back but must get back to it! Great review. 5mo

sarahbarnes @youneverarrived it was definitely intense at times and I can see why you did that. Hopefully you like it if you get back to it. 💕 4mo

merelybookish Just starting this! Excited to see you liked it. 2mo

sarahbarnes @merelybookish I see you liked it too! I love her writing, and thought the audio narration was fantastic. 2mo

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