Litsy

Bec_lectic

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

It‘s a good day when you find a good book in the lending library and cover color matches your scrubs!

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

All Fall Down: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner

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This was my rescue (I guess my sister bought it for Kindle) when I ran out of books on the plane and the flight left at 23:15. I have mixed feelings about Jennifer Weiner's writing but found this quite enjoyable. I could relate somewhat to her difficult child and financial worries though my situation was never that bad. I did want to throttle her while she was in denial and thinking she was so much better than others, though.

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MyNamesParadise

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

so-so

3.5 stars rounded down on Goodreads. I didn‘t really care 4 any of the characters but after a twist near the end maybe that was the point. I generally don‘t read books focused on those suffering from addiction but the premise sounded really good so I gave it a shot. But the pacing wasn‘t consistent & several times almost lost interest. I was able 2 finish it & the story concluded well but I felt indifferent 2 it. I wouldn‘t read the author again.

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dabbe

A Million Little Pieces | James Frey

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#memoir
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The fake memoir that pissed off Oprah Winfrey. 😱

lil1inblue I had totally forgotten all about this controversy! 😨 8mo

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 🤩😂😱 8mo

vivastory I haven't read the book, but what stuck with me from interviews at the time was him saying that nobody would pick it up as a novel. I find that really interesting. 8mo

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Eggs I liked this book; read it fairly recently. Hardly ever watched Oprah. 8mo

Lesliereadsalot Loved this book when it came out and the sequel too. 8mo

dabbe @vivastory I do, too. I'm a much bigger lover of fiction than I am of nonfiction (though I love NF, too). 8mo

dabbe @Eggs Would you categorize it as a memoir? Quite a bit of it was embellished or not true. It makes me wonder where the line is between fiction/nonfiction ... a similar discussion occurred when I posted IN COLD BLOOD as #basedontruestory 8mo

Kitta Like @Eggs and @Lesliereadsalot I loved this, I found the sequel not as good but still entertaining. I was in a phase at the time of reading memoirs about disasters and drug addiction lol although I would have read it if it had been marketed as fiction or based on a true story. I feel like lying and marketing it as NF ruined his credibility though, he shouldn‘t have lied. It should have been fiction. 8mo

Lesliereadsalot @Kitta yes it definitely should‘ve been fiction but it wouldn‘t have slammed me the way it did as non fiction. Totally understand why Oprah was devastated to learn she‘d been lied to. I was shocked but even now I remember how the book made me feel when I read it, even knowing now that it was a lie. 8mo

Eggs @dabbe No on memoir…more like historical fiction. I haven‘t researched him, but if he was a tragic addict and embellished his experience , seems still like F. HF writers add/edit history all the time. 8mo

dabbe @Eggs @Kitta @Lesliereadsalot Labeling it as HF seems the best way to have gone, but one wouldn't have been as gobsmacked as you said, @Lesliereadsalot. I haven't heard much from him since, so I think this whole episode definitely had a negative impact on his career. 8mo

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jackilynn

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

About halfway through and I don't trust anybody!! Something hinky is definitely going on!

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Kboltz

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

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Because the author herself went to rehab this book made sense to me. I would have liked to have read more about the other patients backgrounds but as a whole it‘s a pretty good murder mystery. Can all of those rooms be in that house that they have on the cover? Yep, that bothered me!

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BoleyBooks

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #TheClinic #catequinn #bookbeast #bookbuds #bookchat

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LatrelWhite

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

Wow…loved this,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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BeeMagical

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

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Book 33📚 4⭐️

A great locked house thriller! Lots going on and a lot of deception!

I have been a little MIA lately cause our little man arrived early!! He is absolutely precious🩵🌎

Mollyanna Congratulations! 🎉🎉🥳 11mo

Yuki_Onna Aahhh! I kept looking for this message and somehow Litsy is only now showing it to me...
Congratulations, sweet Bee Bunny! 💕💕💕 11mo

BeeMagical @Yuki_Onna Thank you Bunny!!!🩷🩷 He is absolutely precious🩵🩵 11mo

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