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A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson | Camille Peri

Ebook on sale. Will work for November‘s #foodandlit country #Samoa @Catsandbooks

Butterfinger Bought. Thanks for sharing. 3d

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

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The ending felt very unsatisfying. The whole book I felt like the ending was going to involve divorce, but the ending didn‘t even involve a proper ending or closure. This book is funny in the way of a Troost book, but it had a much darker tone because, ultimately, this is his addiction and recovery memoir. It‘s actually heartbreaking in some ways, and it‘s hard to put my finger on exactly why.
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GingerAntics I honestly wish there was one more Troost book after this one (this is the last he published), just to have that happy, goofy, inquisitive feeling of the first two books in this trilogy, and to know how things turned out. #JMaartenTroost #HeadhunstersOnMyDoorstep #addiction #recovery #alcoholism #audiobook 2w

GingerAntics @5feet.of.fury yes, very different tone to the first two. I have mixed feelings here. The ending was almost just “well, the deadline is in five minutes and I have to attach it to the email first.” Did that happen in his little one bedroom or efficiency apartment or at home with his wife and children? Who knows? We may never know. I really hope it‘s the latter. 2w

kspenmoll Wonderful review! 2w

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5feet.of.fury @GingerAntics yeah he seems to have fallen off the map entirely after this (&there was@supposed to be another book) The opening of this book is amazing. His wife was such a trooper too (hiking on remote islands heavily pregnant, etc) so you just know he was putting her through it. 2w

GingerAntics @5feet.of.fury I love how she said if he ever drank again she‘d make him a eunuch. 🤣😂🤣 that makes me think she probably didn‘t divorce him… but then he ran away from home. I don‘t know. Last updated bio I saw say he lived with his wife and 2 sons in California. 2w

Bookwormjillk I wish there was another book too. I enjoyed these. 2w

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

I‘m not sure if this is funny or tragic. He‘s returned to Kiribati without his wife and children (apparently they have 2 sons now), having seemingly run away from home after going to rehab for alcoholism (at least he‘s not drinking), and he‘s waxing poetic about how things are just how they were when they left. It‘s funny in its way, but it‘s also heartbreaking. I seriously feel like this is a harbinger of divorce ahead.

GingerAntics #JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #Kiribati #alcoholism #divorce #MixedFeelings 2w

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

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#JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #MormonChurch #MormonMissionaries #MagicUnderwear #Mormon

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

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I died when I heard this.
#JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #WilliamShatner #BoldlyGo #DontBoldlyGo #cannibalism

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

This is a question I have absolutely asked about some people.
#JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #evolution

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

I mean, at least he‘s loyal.
#JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #monogamist #grapes #grapevine #wine

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GingerAntics

Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story | J. Maarten Troost

Finally have some time to read today. I am so excited to start this one!!!
#JMaartenTroost #HeadhuntersOnMyDoorstep #audiobook

GingerAntics @5feet.of.fury how am I not surprised he‘s an alcoholic? I‘m really hoping this doesn‘t end in him getting divorced. (edited) 2w

Texreader Once you read one you have to keep going right? 😁 2w

GingerAntics @Texreader seriously! Yes! I even want to read the one on China. 2w

GingerAntics @Texreader I‘m just hoping he‘s not divorced by the end of this book… that shouldn‘t exist because they cancelled his contract for it?! 2w

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Currey

The Last Bookaneer | Matthew Pearl

so-so

#Readingoceania2024 #samoa Although the plot is contrived and the pacing erratic, the main characters/narrators had charm enough for me to keep reading. Plus, the invention of the stories around Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelly was a nice addition. I even learned a bit about Samoa.