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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Benjamin Alire Saenz

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An angsty and sweet love story. And can I just say, both sets of parents are parenting goals!

47/80

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DieAReader 🎉Fantastic! 16h

TheBookHippie Such a good read. 16h

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lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 13h

bookandbedandtea I've been meaning to read this. I love hearing that there are good parents in it. 12h

TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea It was a refreshing change to read such good parents!! It's a very quick read, if that helps to slot in your schedule. 11h

bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Refreshing is exactly what I was thinking. As a parent, it sometimes gets tedious to read about so many awful parents. 😣 10h

TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea It does 10h

Reggie I saw the author at a bookstore and he said that one of the nicest comments he ever got was from a mom who got flowers from her son after he read his book because he said she was an awesome mom. 6h

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The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir | Isabel Allende

so-so

Not my favorite of her memoirs. As it is a memoir of her family tribe there was just so much going on with all the various family members that the writing felt choppy. I did very much love the tribe living though; and if I could, I too would have my whole family within a six block radius.

46/80

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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books | Azar Nafisi

so-so

The history of Iran just before, and following the revolution was interesting. I didn't care for the writing, however; and it was too long.

45/80

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Karisimo If you want to revisit this time/place, a good fiction story is

The Lion Women of Tehran

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Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond

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I learned a lot; thanks Litsy for putting this on my radar!

44/80

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julieclair Did it make you sad? Angry? Frustrated? I‘m interested in reading this, but I‘m not sure I‘m up for it right now. So I‘m wondering how you felt… 3w

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair The first 1/4 or so made me so depressed I wanted to vomit from hopelessness. But as I read on, I felt more thoughtful and hopeful. Some of my initial reaction has a bit of a personal bend to it. Hope that helps 😊 3w

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julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau That does help, thanks. 💝 3w

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The Ditch | Herman Koch

bailed

I don't even know what the hell I just read.

#HailTheBail

42/80

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dabbe Thanks for lessening my TBR! 😍 1mo

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May Wrap-up

Total read: 7
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5 Star Read: 1
DNF: 1

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DieAReader 🎉🥳Excellent!!! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 1mo

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Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Another worthy #BlameItOnLitsy read! Thanks all 😊

The story really pulled me in from word one. I had a few eye roll moments, but over all I found it hard to put down.

38/80

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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

TieDyeDude Agreed. I read it pretty soon after reading Rebecca, and it was fun to compare the two. 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau @TieDyeDude That had to be a fun comparison! There were some definite Rebecca vibes; a little Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and even some VC Andrews vibes, too 1mo

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The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man | David Von Drehle

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From before radio to the smartphone how the world changed and one man exemplified going with the flow. Highly recommended!

37/80

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DieAReader 🎉Excellent!! 2mo

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Take Me Where the Good Times Are | Robert Cormier

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Very much felt like an elderly coming of age story for 70 year old Tommy who thought he could back to his old life. I kept hearing Billy Joel in my head, "then the king and queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again." It also felt Twilight Zone-y as Tommy walked around Downtown not understanding why it all looked so different, and feeling like an "old fool" for thinking it'd be the same.

34/80

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Leftcoastzen That‘s an oldie 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Leftcoastzen Yes it is. It's been sitting on my shelves since the 90s, and it was an oldie then 😂 I thought I had read it, turns out I hadn't 2mo

DieAReader 🤭🤭🤭 2mo

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The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances | Ellen Cooney

bailed

I thought the story would carry the weird writing style. I thought wrong. #HailTheBail

33/80

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