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thebacklistbook

#two4tuesday
Yes I was. I was such a reader that by the time I left elementary school I had read everything in the library, even the encyclopedia. In high school I struggled with certain aspects of math.

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CSeydel
My Family and Other Animals (Revised) | Gerald Malcolm Durrell
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Pickpick

I‘ve been reading this one a little at a time for a couple of months now, but it‘s really good and I‘m picking it for my March winner. It was a tight contest and I may yet add a February or March book as a wild card pick … looking at you, Intermezzo … we‘ll see

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xicanti
This Rough Magic | Mary Stewart
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I spent part of today reading Mary Stewart with my favourite cat. (He‘s also the only cat I spend significant time with, but nobody tell him that.) I like THIS ROUGH MAGIC so far, but I‘ve had too many interruptions. Here‘s hoping I can dig into a bigger chunk before bed. #MFMarch

Texreader ♥️ 🐈 1mo
Sace He‘s very handsome! 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Birdsong28
Odyssey | Stephen Fry
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NotCool
Pickpick

Readable, but not in depth. Does pretty much exactly what it says on the tin.

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Ravenpuff
Love and Olives | Jenna Evans Welch
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Mehso-so

Liv‘s dad, who ran away to Greece, asks her to help him w/ his Atlantis documentary. When she gets there, she meets Theo, her father‘s charming “prod g”/assistant. Will she ever understand her dad? Will all the alone time w/ Theo led to something?

This one was cute. It was just a little slow & long for me. I also wanted a little more romance. It was interesting learning more about theories on Atlantis tho

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merelybookish
My Family and Other Animals | Gerald Durrell, Jocelyn Potter
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Pickpick

Was fun to escape to Corfu with the Durrell family for a while. Was surprised at how often I chuckled aloud while reading, also how well the TV miniseries (which I watched a few years ago) adapted it.
And ticked off another prompt for the #192025 challenge. @Librarybelle
Meanwhile more snow in the forecast for tomorrow. 😑

Librarybelle A snowy day is a good day to escape to Corfu! 2mo
CSeydel Ahhh I‘m reading this right now too! It‘s so good 2mo
Sparklemn I adore that show. It‘s a comfort watch. 🥰 2mo
Cathythoughts We get snow once in a blue moon.. and never like in your picture. So I love looking at it 🤍 2mo
Centique WOW. that is a lot of snow! 😍 2mo
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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Ididsoidid
August Blue: A Novel | Deborah Levy
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Pickpick

A great companion for a Mediterranean trip. August Blue is alluring, hard to put down and sprinkled with witty humour and biting social commentary. I have a sense that a little too much goes left unsaid to really understand what‘s going on, and I didn‘t get particularly invested in Elsa‘s narrative; we join her following THAT performance when she is trying to redefine and reassess who she is. Ultimately the dreamlike prose pulled me along. 7/10

Ididsoidid Lots of quotable lines, but I felt this one really punched: “There were wealthy people telling her how the pandemic had made everyone aware how people like her were truly valuable.
It had never occurred to her, she said, that she wasn't valuable.”
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Sparklemn Wow - that quote is disturbing 😖 2mo
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