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Lesliereadsalot
The Loft | Marlen Haushofer
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This author can really write! I love her stories, the secrets and surprises seep out of the pages and the meanings are never crystal clear. In this book, the narrator lives her quiet, routine life with her family until she starts receiving pages from her diary of 20 years ago, pages she hasn‘t thought about in all this time. It‘s a mystery and a character study, each of equal importance.

BarbaraBB 👯 6d
squirrelbrain @barbarabb gave me this after reading it at Gladstone‘s- I‘m really looking forward to it. 6d
Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain We do like the same books (except for King of Ashes, ha ha) 5d
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Cathythoughts Great review, stacked ❤️👍🏻 5d
Lesliereadsalot @Cathythoughts All her books are terrific! And quick reads too. 5d
Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB Really liked Killing Stella, again such well drawn characters. 5d
sarahbarnes Excited for this one! 5d
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Centique
Dept. of Speculation | Jenny Offill
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Loved this! For those who havent read this, it‘s a novel told in a series of thoughts. You‘re reading this woman‘s thoughts and figuring out that she is entering a relationship, starting a job, struggling with anxiety etc. Its a format that could lose the reader, if the thoughts and fragments werent so beautifully crafted and sharply insightful. Some of the metaphors Offill came up with felt very new and superbly apt. ⬇️

Centique You know when you put the book down and say Yes! Ive felt exactly that way too! And someone has perfectly captured a feeling youve never put into words. Thats what is great about this short thoughtful heart-rending book! 2w
Centique Photo is from my friend‘s garden - is it an iris? Im not sure. 2w
MommyWantsToReadHerBook Somehow I felt I needed to know, as we call these "rain flowers" in Afrikaans (when they're open, we expect rain in a few days but it's probably scientifically wrong) but I never knew their real name. It's an African iris - Dietes grandiflora. I didn't know they grew elsewhere in the world. 2w
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads These kinda books are my favorites 2w
Reggie Love the pic and the review. I was pissed when he told HIS wife, what does he tell her when she shows up to his work, you ambushed us. It doesn‘t matter because I was mad when he used us but it wasn‘t him and his wife. It was the other woman. Boooo. And there‘s also bedbugs, right. I felt so bad for her. What a tough time, right? 2w
Centique @MommyWantsToReadHerBook thats so interesting! Thank you for letting me know! This photo is taken in Northland New Zealand, so its a warm temperate area where tropical plants can grow too. 1w
Centique @Reggie yes there are the bedbugs in here too. Yikes! 😫 It was so heart breaking to feel the betrayal along with her, and when he says “us” ooof! 1w
CarolynM I didn‘t know that either @MommyWantsToReadHerBook We have a large patch of them in our garden in Melbourne, Australia 1w
Ruthiella @MommyWantsToReadHerBook These irises are common in Southern California as well. 1w
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BookwormAHN Fantastic 💜🐈‍⬛💜 2w
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BarbaraBB
The Loft | Marlen Haushofer
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An Austrian housewife, estranged from her husband and kids, keeps herself busy by tidying the house. One day, she receives her own diary entries from 20 years earlier, sent anonymously by mail.
These entries transport her back to a time away from her family, and the reader gradually learns more about why. But this is Marlen Haushofer, the author of the enigmatic The Wall—and this book is just as mysterious. Perhaps even more so.

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Centique The book sounds great and the landscape is just beautiful. Hello sheep! 3w
Lesliereadsalot I‘ll have to get this one! 3w
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GatheringBooks Love the sound of this austrian novel! 🌹 3w
squirrelbrain Sounds great! 3w
Amor4Libros Sounds good, stacked! 3w
Lesliereadsalot Already ordered it! 3w
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot I thought so 😉 3w
youneverarrived Stacking. Love the cover 🧡 3w
LeahBergen This sounds good! 3w
BarbaraBB @youneverarrived I bought it for the cover too. And I liked 3w
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen I think you‘d like it 3w
sarahbarnes Oh wow, another by her! I bought another one this summer and have been looking forward to reading it and so glad to see there‘s another by her out as well! 2w
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes oooh I heard about that one (was it @Lesliereadsalot ?) but forgot about it. Stacking now! 2w
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angieinwonderland
Dept. of Speculation | Jenny Offill
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I'm not 100% sure I caught everything that was going on there, and yet, it was understood. For the most part. The structure is very unusual, but I was relieved by how short it was.

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Sharpeipup
Leaving: A Novel | Roxana Robinson
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Safe bet - I‘m either that or reading…sometimes both!

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rebcamuse
Liars: A Novel | Sarah Manguso
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Well, I tried. I had a really hard time relating to the relentless onslaught of the narrative. I felt like I was a therapist, and I was simply reading a transcript of sessions of a woman in an unhappy marriage. As a child of divorced parents, it did make me think a bit, but mostly the book just tired me out. I needed more shape and direction. #TOB2025

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rebcamuse
Liars: A Novel | Sarah Manguso
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“I began to understand what a story is. It‘s a manipulation. It‘s a way of containing unmanageable chaos.” Finally something resonates in this book. #TOB2025

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rebcamuse
Liars: A Novel | Sarah Manguso
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I‘m in a test of wills with this book. Just renewed it for a week because I‘m determined to finish it, but I‘m 70% there and EXHAUSTED. Sorry—unpopular opinion, I know. 😢#TOB2025

BkClubCare Thank goodness it is not longer than it is. I suggest powering through. 2mo
rebcamuse I‘m determined!! 2mo
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