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The Most | Jessica Anthony

Housewife & mother, Kathleen, opts for a day at the apartment pool on a Sunday the beginning of November. While rebuffing her family's pleas to leave & resume her socially assigned gender roles, she is listening to news updates of the launch of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. The live passenger of Sputnik? The dog, Laika
About halfway through this one and really liking it.
#weirdwords @cbee

CBee I‘ve heard this one is good! 6h

vivastory @CBee So far it's working v. well as a novella, should finish it tomorrow 6h

CBee @vivastory 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5h

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TheKidUpstairs @CBee I loved this one! I think it was on my best of 2024 list :) 5h

vivastory @cbee Can't go wrong with a @TheKidUpstairs recommendation! 5h

CBee @TheKidUpstairs I better read it then! 😊 5h

CBee @vivastory she and I were matched for #auldlangspine this year and I can‘t wait to read more of her list! 5h

TheKidUpstairs @vivastory thank you! That's so awesome of you to say 😊 4h

BarbaraBB A great little book now

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la_rose_noire

Still Life With Husband | Lauren Fox

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My first #laurenfox but certainly not my last. I love the way she writes.

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Felso

Midwinter Break | Bernard MacLaverty

It‘s starting off a little slow but I am curious.

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BarbaraBB

The Odds | Stewart O'Nan

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A couple revisits Niagara Falls, where they honeymooned long ago and where they plan to visit the casino. It‘s an all or nothing weekend: their marriage and their financial situation are on the brink of collapse.

Now it seems as if there‘s a lot of plot but the book is actually much more character driven: husband and wife circling around eachother, thinking for one another, and reliving their shared years. Very subtle, very good.

youneverarrived I really like the sound of this one. Great review. 4d

ferskner Sold! 4d

BarbaraBB @ferskner I hope you‘ll enjoy it when you get to it! 4d

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BarbaraBB @youneverarrived It‘s short and sweet, I hope you‘ll read it! 4d

Reggie I loved this book. They were gonna be alright in the end, right? 3d

BarbaraBB @Reggie I think so yes. And I think they had been heading that way for a while already without me being aware of it, while looking back I could have. I loved that!! 3d

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rachaich

Dept. of Speculation | Jenny Offill

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My secret Santa book from Christmas Eve.
S series of vignette style chapters, concerning her relationship and marriage and some life with her husband, recounted through small sections.
Sometimes hard to follow as it's not linear but an insight into her mind.

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