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Ch 5.5: y‘all. #realtalk #iskimmedthisbitch #ifeelcheated #thatwasnopoem #ididnotlikeit #alyoshadidnteither #peaceoutivan #goonwithyourcrappyasspoem #ps #wheresdmitry #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @currentlyreadinginco 12mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 12mo

SamAnne I real hate the way Fyodor talks at the reader…insufferable rants on his deep, deep thoughts. 12mo

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BarkingMadRead @SamAnne for real! Ugh! 😩 12mo

IndoorDame I totally skimmed that “poem” too 😂😂😂 and I only figured out what it actually said when I got to Alyosha‘s summary 12mo

currentlyreadinginCO Absolutely 😂😂 @IndoorDame 12mo

mcctrish Absolute bullshit! Ivan will not be invited to the Tortured Poets Society after that fail! Also Fyodor needs to keep his chapters shorter, that is too much blah 12mo

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish so much blah! 12mo

Bookwormjillk Totally skimmed it too. When I saw it was a 28 minute read I almost fell out of my chair. 12mo

Bookwormjillk The only good parts were when A interrupted to tell him his poem didn‘t make sense 12mo

Librarybelle I feel like I need a quick education on what was happening in Russia at this time. There is so much deep thought on some really heavy issues - I know it‘s a commentary on contemporary happenings, but me as a 21st century reader, and a non-Russian reader, is a little in the dark. I can only imagine how Crime and Punishment compares! 12mo

daena “Alyosha, who had listened to him all this time without saying anything, though towards the end, in a state of extreme agitation“. All I could think was same bro, same. #readtheroomivan (edited) 12mo

dabbe Me during this chapter: 😳 ... 😳 ... trying to read ... 😤 ... 😩 ... 😰 ... 🥱 ... 💤 ... wake up ... skim the mother-f---er ... 😎. In tomorrow's chapter, Ivan says this: “For so many years I was silent with the whole world and did not deign to speak, and suddenly I spewed out so much gibberish!“

Thanks, Ivan. Could you have said that BEFORE you started speaking in the last chapter? As @TheBookHippie would say, #oytothevey! 12mo

Cuilin So glad it wasn‘t written in verse, prose was bad enough!!!!! 😩 12mo

TheAromaofBooks I used to think I was bad at writing poetry... then I met Ivan 😂 12mo

Ruthiella Guys, according to my sources, this is the CRUX of the novel, the jewel in the crown, it‘s raison d‘etre…😂 12mo

currentlyreadinginCO This is the first chapter I've seen in my used edition that was heavily marked up from the previous owner! I wondered if they were reading this for school and if this may have been one of the most important chapters, and then I thought about doing some research, but then I got pulled into my actual job and forgot ... @Ruthiella 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I saw that! I must be broken 🤣 it made me want to commit crimes against myself 🤣 12mo

KAO I had been looking forward to this chapter, because I remember (from somewhere) that this was the most famous segment. So I really gave it my full attention—but I found it disappointing. Deep, but honestly not up to the hype, in my opinion. Can it be that I am suffering from a short attention span?? Maybe. 12mo

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Megabooks

Fight Night | Miriam Toews

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Real talk: I did not like the little kid narrating this one. It was super annoying being in her head and listening to her thoughts. I didn‘t find it cute, and her brand of precociousness wore on me. I‘m kind of surprised I finished, but it was short, and #DriveTo500.

Cinfhen

vivastory I can deal with child narrators. Precocious child narrators are another story entirely 😂 3y

Megabooks Truth! 🙌🏻 I think I‘m the end she was supposed to be six?! Just nuts. 🥜 3y

Cinfhen Yeah, that‘s always a hard sell!! I love your #RealTalk xx 3y

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Hooked_on_books People raved over Women Talking and I just found it disappointing, so I‘m not in a hurry to try her again. I suspect I‘d have the same reaction to this book as you. 3y

Megabooks @Cinfhen yeah, this is going to put me of kid narrators for awhile! 3y

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books you probably would. I enjoyed the one I‘ll tag but I read it years ago and don‘t know how I‘d feel now.

The Flying Troutmans: A Novel

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FelinesAndFelonies

The Night Always Comes | Willy Vlautin

#realtalk

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kaysworld1

The Heart Of A Woman | Maya Angelou

so-so

Finished this book this morning everyone was raving about it so I listened to it on audio. It started great I loved her singing the old songs but that was it the rest of it was just meh......

#blackauthors #femaleauthor #audiobook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #reading #reality #realtalk #booknerd #booknerd #read #servingthetea

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kaysworld1

Carry On, Teachers!: Representations of the Teaching Profession in Screen Culture | Susan Ellsmore

Hello Everybody 👋
Great new I just have to share i have been offered a teaching assistant position in a local school, finally!
I will be working with all different ages of students and I am so excited 😁 I am so proud of me finally getting somewhere.

#teachertraining #teachersoflitsy #TA #bookteacher #litsyfamily #goodnews #lifeevent #realtalk #reality #jbuk

AmyG Congrats!!!! 🎉 4y

TrishB Great news 😘 4y

rather_be_reading Congrats 4y

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SeaToSkyes Congratulations! 🎉🍾 4y

xicanti Congratulations! 4y

squirrelbrain Yay - congratulations! 🎉 4y

wordslinger42 Congratulations!! 4y

Birdsong28 Congratulations 🎊 🎉 📚 📖 4y

Kenyazero Congratulations, that's very exciting! 4y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 🎉🎉 4y

Sleepswithbooks Yahoo!!!!!!! ✨✨✨✨ 4y

Libby1 ⭐️🦋❤️🍀💐 4y

eraderneely 🎉🎉 4y

kaysworld1 Thank you everyone for all the love and support ❤ 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Congratulations and good luck! 🎉🍀 4y

youneverarrived Congratulations 😘 you will have to let us know how you get on x 4y

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kaysworld1

In at the Deep End | Kate Davies

I don't know about this book there's something that's just not sitting right! It feels like she's making being a lesbian or just being gay is a new trend or a new fashionable thing.

#currentlyreading #audiobook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #reading #femaleauthor #reality #realtalk #anywayyoureadathon #queerbooks #lgbtq
@Eggbeater @kimmypete1

Megabooks That‘s weird. 4y

kaysworld1 @Megabooks Maybe it just me but that's what I'm getting from it and now I've had so many boring chapters on her controlling girl friend Sam, I'm finding it so boring. 4y

Megabooks I‘m taking this off my TBR. I had put it on mine, but from what you‘re saying, it doesn‘t sound like anything I‘d be interested it. I have a low tolerance for manipulative relationships unless the writing is awesome. 4y

MidnightBookGirl That sounds annoying. 4y

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kaysworld1

All That Remains: A Life in Death | Sue Black

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I throughly enjoyed this book, I feel I have a better understanding of human anatomy and death.
It started off slow but stick with it.

I finally managed to finish this book one day late but I'm counting it because it was 12 hours long! #dashingdecember #readathon book @Andrew65 thank you for letting join in i love a good readathon.

#audiobook #audiobooks #readingthelibrary #librarybook #reading #femaleauthor #reality #realtalk #death

Andrew65 Great thanks have you with us. 😍 4y

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kaysworld1

All That Remains: A Life in Death | Sue Black

Put a good 4 hours to this book today at work.
I didn't like the beginning but definitely stick with it, its really interesting 🤔
Last book of #dashingdecember #readathon
@Andrew65

#audiobook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #truecrime #truestory #readyourownway #readathon #booknerd #read #NovelNovember #reality #realtalk

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y

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OhNoMersault

Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli

All the ruins of early capitalism now engulfed by future ruins of later capitalism. #realtalk

BarbaraBB Such a great book 5y

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ManyWordsLater

Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It has taken me a week to get into this book (I blame real-life commitments and stresses) and now I‘m itching to take another book off the shelf but I still have a ways to go in this guy!
#realtalk

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