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Read for #ChloeGongReadAlong & my 3rd Jan #Roll100 book (#96 Any Retelling & this one‘s a remix of Shakespeare‘s Antony and Cleopatra.)

Chloe Gong books are a rollercoaster🎢-thrills, twists, turns & deep dives into the unknown. Do I know what the hell is going on in this book or what‘s going to be revealed in the third book? Absolutely not! Do I care? Absolutely not! I just go where Chloe tells me too.

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I did not do a good job rereading this one at 2 chapters a day with the #JaneAustenThenAndNow group. I set out with one of my print copies (pictured) & ended up finishing it on my Kindle in 4 or 5 sessions. Here are my answers to the discussion questions:

1. Reread, maybe 10 times. As mentioned, I read from both my print edition & my Kindle.
2. Colonel Brandon, always & of course pictured in my head as Alan Rickman.⬇️

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I did better with the lit part of #FoodAndLit #Netherlands as I ran out of time to cook anything. The imported food section of my grocery store did have this peppermint licorice candy which I‘ll review below. Making this post while taking an errand break of this #Chatterday for coffee, breakfast & some #LitsyLove correspondence.

About the book: I‘ve long been an admirer of Audrey Hepburn & that increased with ⬇️

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I got behind in posting reviews for January so, I‘ll try to get them all in today.

From the #AuldLangSpine list of @JacqMac this book kind of wrecked me. I wasn‘t planning on reading it this month but my library e-book hold came in & so it jumped the line. I think my mistake was reading it the weekend before the inauguration & the dystopian story of the effects of totalitarianism & civil war on a family in Ireland, ⬇️

🎉 #JumpStart2025 gave me a good push this year! I read almost 8 more hours and 92 more pages than last January.
⌚️My favorite this month was A Tale for the Time Being, but I liked all my reads this month.
🙌 Thanks for the challenge @Lizpixie !

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I did pretty well for #Jumpstart2025
Only missed my gaol page count on two days.

This really helped me get to read every day for #StoryGraph #PageChalleng2025

Thanks for hosting @Lizpixie

January reading:
Finished:
So Late in The Day (43 pages)
The Party (117 pages)
Gone With The Penguins (448 pages)
The Pearl (128 pages)
Killing Time (105 pages)
The Children‘s Back (158 pages)
Fundamentally (352 pages)

Currently reading:
Clytemnestra (64%, 304 pages)
Murder on the Marlow Belle (65%, 228 pages)
Bonfire of the Vanities (14%, 103 pages)
The House on Cold Hill (57%, 184 pages)

Books 7/60
Pages 2210/18000
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Finished this yesterday and have been trying to process my feelings about it since. It tackles some deep subjects with a levity that makes the book seem trite at times, but there are some dark themes running through the story so it needs some humour to lighten it. On the whole, I enjoyed it, and felt invested in the friendship between the two MCs, especially towards the end.

Book 7/60 #Read2025 @DieAReader
Book 7/5 #JumpStart2025 @Lizpixie

I just finished this and it was so good! Told in 3 timelines by 3 narrators we meet Nao from Japan in the past and Ruth living in Canada in the present. Connected by flotsam their stories come together. I enjoyed both of their voices so much, and the metaphysical aspect.
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🎅🏽 My Secret Santa at work picked this for me
📚 Reading for the #keywordreadingchallenge : time
📸 Taken at Ja Ramen with their cool wallpaper
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12/100 Its been a long time since I read this, back in high school, but I'd forgotten how sad this book is, how melancholy the whole world was, even in the lighter moments. Sometimes Bradbury leans too much into the poetic for my tastes, but his vision of a Mars that will never be, definitely stays with the reader when its finished. 3 ⭐⭐⭐💫 #ClassicLSFBC #Jumpstart2025 #Read2025