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peanutnine
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Mehso-so

Finished this a couple weeks ago but took me ages to get through bc it was difficult for me to want to pick up and read. The miscommunication really put me off. The flashbacks to each summer vacation was a good format to show their history and build up anticipation for what went sideways but it also just made me anxious for them lol. Loved all the travel destinations and banter just overall not my favorite of Henry's books

Cinfhen Congrats on finishing!! I bailed on your tagged book and this one too 11mo
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julieclair
Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
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Pickpick

Family love, family dynamics, family traditions, family secrets. A complicated story infused with a strong Caribbean vibe. Great reading.
#TitlesAndTunes #IslandVibes #ReadYourTBR

BarbaraBB Such perfect pairing 💛 11mo
Cinfhen So agree with your review!!! 11mo
julieclair @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Thank you for your nice comments, and a special thank you for hosting such a great event! 📚🎵👍 11mo
Cinfhen Glad you‘re enjoying #TitlesAndTunes 😁we are too!!! 11mo
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peaKnit
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Fun at my daughters first show!! Weezer! Which was perfect for #titlesandtunes last month as Islands in the Sun was my #islandvibes song!! 🏝️ @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Fabulous photo 😍🤘🏼woohoo 11mo
AmyG Ha! Great photo. Must have been a fun time. I love seeing music with my kids. 11mo
BarbaraBB Such a great photo! The energy!! Perfect for the prompt too! 11mo
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erzascarletbookgasm
This Rough Magic | Mary Stewart
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Pickpick

This was an enjoyable read. I love the vivid descriptions of the idyllic Corfu; the ominous atmosphere; the right amount of romance and suspense; and the references to Shakespeare's Tempest. A great escape read!
#islandvibes #titlesandtunes for May.

Cinfhen I hope you‘re joining us for #TitlesAndTunes #GuiltyPleasure 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 12mo
BarbaraBB Oooh this sounds good! 12mo
batsy Sounds like a fun read! 12mo
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Itchyfeetreader
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I played the #islandvibes playlist on a roadtrip yesterday and decided to throw in my own recommendation! I didn‘t read the book this month although I am due a reread so … and added On the floor by J Lo - the lambada element makes me think of holidays to Mallorca as a little girl #titlesandtunes

Cinfhen Thanks for adding to the playlist🥳 Hope you‘ll join us for June‘s theme #GuiltyPleasure 12mo
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BookwormAHN
The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas
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Pickpick

I absolutely loved this book. I'm so glad that I finally read it. Edward Dantes is wrongfully thrown in prison, but after almost 2 decades, he escapes. He then finds hidden treasure and then goes after the people who wronged him 🖤
#ReadTheClassics @AllDebooks #ChunksterChallenge2023 @Amiable #Pantone2023 #leekgreen @Clwojick #TBRTarot @CBee #titlesandtunes #islandvibes @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB #booked2023 #wronglyincarceratedmaincharacter @alisiakae

Clwojick This has been on my list for way too long! I need to get to it soon! 12mo
BarbaraBB Maybe you needed this recommendation @vivastory 🤍 12mo
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vivastory @BarbaraBB I'm def looking forward to diving in! Hope to start it this fall. 12mo
Cinfhen I think I might need to FINALLY read this book 12mo
IuliaC This is a great classic! 12mo
deeannloso Great book! 12mo
Amiable Yay! Great job! And so happy to hear that you loved it —it‘s a wonderful book! 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 12mo
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LitsyEvents
Guilty Pleasures | Cathy Yardley
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repost for @Cinfhen:

Hi friends! Don‘t forget on June 1 we‘ll share our newest #TitlesAndTunes prompt #GuiltyPleasure 😈😇
@BarbaraBB and I LOVED seeing all your posts and picks for #IslandVibes 🎶📚Here‘s the Spotify link in case you missed it earlier in the month:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Z1ir1tVKnmFCuHDlwGJA3?si=ay95GX-FQg-E8nu6lYdE...

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2590368

Cinfhen Thanks for the repost!!!!! 12mo
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DebinHawaii
Reckless Girls: A Novel | Rachel Hawkins
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Pickpick

I liked this one for a quick, easy read with #IslandVibes for #TitlesandTunes It‘s by no means perfect & I thought the twists were pretty easy to guess, but the tension was built up nicely & it kept me turning the pages. I liked the atmospheric remote island setting, beautiful but creepy & menacing. Overall a decent summer thriller & I am happy to have it off my #BOTM TBR stack at last! 🌺📚

Cinfhen I agree….the cover art was probably better than the story but it was still a decent read. Excited to see what you‘ll choose for #GuiltyPleasure 12mo
BarbaraBB The cover is so tempting indeed! 12mo
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Cinfhen
Guilty Pleasure | Kevin Dickson, Jack Ketsoyan
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Hi friends! Don‘t forget on June 1 we‘ll share our newest #TitlesAndTunes prompt #GuiltyPleasure 😈😇
@BarbaraBB and I LOVED seeing all your posts and picks for #IslandVibes 🎶📚Here‘s the Spotify link in case you missed it earlier in the month https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Z1ir1tVKnmFCuHDlwGJA3?si=ay95GX-FQg-E8nu6lYdE...

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jenniferw88 It was much easier for me to come up with the book & song for this prompt! I've had the template ready for weeks 😂 12mo
dabbe Such a fun idea! Thanks for doing this. LOVE the list! 🤩🤩🤩 12mo
Cinfhen Hahaha @jenniferw88 Great @dabbe Excited to see what you both come up with ♥️ 12mo
squirrelbrain Looking forward to seeing all of the choices! 12mo
Cinfhen Me too @squirrelbrain 🥰 12mo
Bookwormjillk I have the book still thinking about the song 12mo
dabbe @Cinfhen 😘 12mo
Jari-chan Thank you for the song collection and this challenge!❤️ 12mo
TrishB I think I have this one sorted👍🏻 great to see the whole list. 12mo
julieclair I‘m the opposite of @Bookwormjillk . I have the song, but still thinking about the book. 12mo
Cinfhen Honestly, my list of #GuiltyPleasure songs is SO LONG @TrishB @Jari-chan I can‘t decide which one to choose 12mo
Cinfhen I‘m the same as @Bookwormjillk 😄 @julieclair although I do have a few authors that fall under the #GuiltyPleasure category 12mo
jenniferw88 I had the singer, which led to the book, which led to the song (the book is a title of one of the songs he's covered!) 12mo
DGRachel Ooh. This one is going to be tough. I‘m trying to reject the idea of guilt or shame around things I read. I may have to back into it by picking a song I‘d be embarrassed for anyone to find on my phone. 🤣🤣 12mo
BarbaraBB Clever to post the whole list again! Looking forward so much to June‘s playlist 💃💃💃💃 12mo
Cinfhen I stand by ALL of my song choices @DGRachel even the Ketchup Song 🎧 12mo
Cinfhen Me tooooooooo @BarbaraBB Im sure the playlist is gonna be hilarious 😂 12mo
DGRachel @cinfhen 🤣🤣 I‘m sure I can find a song from middle school that is cringe-worthy. 12mo
willaful @DGRachel I do as well, but as a romance reader I have no lack of embarrassing options. 😂 12mo
CarolynM Hmm, this is a hard one. I think I‘ll be taking the “embarrassing” route too @DGRachel @willaful 12mo
Rissreads I‘m struggling with this one! 12mo
Bklover I have the song picked out - still pondering the book. 12mo
Rissreads @CarolynM yep definitely a cringey song! 12mo
Rissreads This playlist is going to be a Clanger! Bat shit crazy! 🤣 12mo
Librarybelle I‘m debating the song - do I go with a song I‘d so hate others to know I like or a song about guilty pleasures??? 🤔😂 Still thinking about the book! 12mo
Cinfhen The possibilities are endless @Librarybelle @Rissreads @Bklover @willaful @CarolynM There are too many choices and I can‘t wait to listen to them all!!!!! 12mo
batsy This is a fun but deeply complex theme lol! I'm still mulling over my song pick... The book might be easier, I think. 12mo
EclecticBookLover May didn't work our for me, but im looking forward to June! 12mo
Cinfhen Looking forward to seeing your June pick @batsy @EclecticBookLover 🤩 12mo
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Billypar
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#IslandVibe #Titlesandtunes
I was never assigned Lord of the Flies in school, but it's been a long-time resident on my shelf and one I'd been interested in trying. So this month's prompt is a great excuse, and I'm really enjoying it so far. I just finished the scene where they're feasting on pig meat, so I thought Jimmy Buffett's 'Cheeseburger in Paradise' might be a fitting song pairing (even if a hotdog theme would be even closer 🌭 🏝).

Leftcoastzen 👏😄 12mo
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BarbaraBB Glad you found a reason to read Lord of the Flies, it‘s worth it! And I love the song you chose 🤣 12mo
LeahBergen I read this in grade nine and loved it! 12mo
vivastory I really enjoyed this one when I read it a couple of years ago and find myself thinking about it often 12mo
Cinfhen So glad you found the opportunity to pick up this book!! Fantastic pairing 💙🐷 12mo
batsy I loved this when I read it long ago! I've been scared to reread it because it was kind of like entering a particular world at the right time and you don't know if that world will stay the same when you go back 🙂 I hope you like it; you and I have the same theme for #IslandVibes because I read this one which I also recommend if you like Flies (though A High Wind is more sophisticated) 12mo
Suet624 Read this for school and it put me off reading books. Such cruelty. 12mo
Liz_M Another good continuation of the theme (and was written in reaction to LotF, I think?) is the tagged: 12mo
Billypar @BarbaraBB Me too! The song checks the island and carnivore boxes but may be just a bit off tonally for the material - not sure it would fit on a LoTF film soundtrack 😅 12mo
Billypar @LeahBergen With all of the questionable selections in the high school canon, this one seems like a better choice than most! 12mo
Billypar @vivastory It's got such an intensity right from the start - I can definitely see it sticking with you. 12mo
Billypar @Cinfhen I realized that the last one I just finished also took place on an island but definitely no island vibes in 19th century Sicily, lol (edited) 12mo
Billypar @batsy I have so many old favorites in that category - I'd love to revisit them but fear disappointment. I remember considering A High Wind in Jamaica when I was trying to find possible picks for the nyrb club - I'll definitely have to check it out! 12mo
Billypar @Suet624 I could see that! In most books, I think the leader would be more heroic and stick up for the boy getting picked on, but he's just another bully. 12mo
Billypar @Liz_M That's quite a title - I stacked it. I like it when authors respond to a past novel but do more than just a simple retelling or modern update. 12mo
Rissreads This book is one of my favourites! I read it at school then reread it not long ago. I‘m glad I did as there was so much I had forgotten. (edited) 12mo
Billypar @Rissreads I honestly never realized how many people loved this book - I probably would have picked it up sooner if I had! 12mo
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