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Beyond a Darkened Shore | Jessica Leake
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lil1inblue 💗 💗 💗 💗 💗 1h
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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A wonderful Litten (I feel awful - I've completely forgotten who) sent me a parcel of books a few years ago (now our post office system has almost completely collapsed). I read Fates and Furies and it was good, but intense. I can't explain why it took me so long to pick this one up. Her writing is definitely unique; I often find it difficult to understand her characters emotionally. But the story is engrossing and the magical realism so well done.

BarbaraJean I haven‘t yet read anything by Lauren Groff, though I‘ve been meaning to! (I own Fates & Furies and Arcadia already 🤦🏻‍♀️) Which of her books do you recommend? 1h
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @BarbaraJean I've only read these two. For some reason the cover of Florida really captivated me, even though I think I missed that it was short stories, which I sometimes don't like 1h
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @BarbaraJean I think you would like Monsters. The description of Arcadia sounds really good too. Maybe I'm being unkind to Fates and Furies but my memories of it are a bit depressing. 1h
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longbottomlk
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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I‘m loving it so far

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Wowwowwow
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Delightful

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longbottomlk
The Book Thief | Markus Zusak
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I love this book it is my favorite book of all time 🤟

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GidgetsTreasures75
Women's Hotel: A Novel | Daniel M. Lavery
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4-3-25: My 22nd finished book of 2025! Soft historical fiction tale about one of many “women‘s hotels” in the NYC area during the times ranging from late 40s through early 60s. For the singletons of the time, these hotels offered young women a decently priced place to lay their heads upon arriving in the Big Apple for the first time. Following many storylines of the girls who lived at the Biedermier Hotel it was at times fun but sad as well.

GidgetsTreasures75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ 2h
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melissajayne
Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson
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Really enjoyed Good Dirt #weeklyfavorites

Read4life 💙📚💙 4h
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Melismatic
The Phoenix Crown: A Novel | Kate Quinn, Janie Chang
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Whether or not you‘ve worked with divas in the arts, this is pretty hilarious…and right on the mark. 😅 #AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville 😆😆😆 5h
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TieDyeDude
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Panpan

A steamboat captain saves an injured mermaid, but her situation isn't as innocent as it seems, and the boat's owner's promiscuity is hiding a complex secret.
What a wasted set-up!
Aside from this beautiful imprint under the dust jacket, I didn't like much about this book. The art was mostly bad, the main character looked like a muppet, and the story kinda sucked until around Page 300, but then it totally flubbed the ending. Very disappointing.

TieDyeDude Sorry to ruin the cover, but I had to show you the main character. Seriously, how do you settle on that design? And yes, he looks just like that 75% of his panels. No one else looks like a muppet, BTW. The book was also way too horny for my liking. 13h
Clare-Dragonfly The art style reminds me of Over the Garden Wall. But if no one else looks like that… 🤨 8h
lauraisntwilder My husband read this a long time ago and I remember thinking the cover was gorgeous. It has such a great set up! I love the idea of a freshwater mermaid. But I never bothered to read it. I guess if he'd thought it was good, he'd have suggested I read it, too? 7h
TieDyeDude @Clare-Dragonfly Maybe I would have been more forgiving if I thought of Wirt 😋 2h
TieDyeDude @lauraisntwilder There were some really interesting aspects of the mythology, it just didn't come together well, IMO. 2h
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