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I so enjoyed this one. Dolly Alderton writes from a man‘s perspective after his break-up with Jen and it felt completely believable and funny. I felt for him and felt sorry they didn‘t make it.
Then the perspective changes and we learn Jen‘s take on things. All the pieces fell into place. A light and hopeful read. Recommended! #ToB25Longlist

Cathythoughts Stacked of course 👍🏻😁 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures I have been meaning to get to this one, did you read, it sounds a lot like

Fleishman Is in Trouble

sarahbarnes On the list for this one at the library. Glad to see you liked it. Beautiful photo! 🌲 4d

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BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures I didn‘t like Fleishman much to be honest (I do have higher hopes of Long Island Conpromise though) because there was so much complaining about money while they were loaded.. this one is more recognizable to me personally. 4d

BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes It won‘t win literary prizes but it is real good comfort reading imo! 4d

Suet624 Oh good. Its next in my list so I‘m glad you liked it. 3d

merelybookish I finished this last week. I also enjoyed. Might have found it a wee bit too long. And the structure definitely reminded me of

Fleishman Is in Trouble

BarbaraBB @merelybookish I must have erased that book from my mind because I didn‘t like it but @ChaoticMissAdventures said so too! 3d

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Suet624 I hope you both will like it. Reviews are mixed! 3d

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Larkken

Glorious Exploits: A Novel | Ferdia Lennon

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I loved this, it was brilliant, but then maybe it is something only another Classicist would love? I have beef with the blurb calling it a comedy, it is def a tragedy, if a madcap one, and it is about POWs being forced to perform in order to eat, so rather brutal for even dark comedy. But there were still some flashes of beauty, and I appreciate the decisions the author made in plot and execution. #tob25 #tob25longlist

Larkken If the dialect is weird for you in print, I recommend the audiobook read by the author. Syracusans with Irish accents make sense to me now, what can I say. 1w

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BarbaraBB

Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel | Rufi Thorpe

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Margo is a single mom and, not surprisingly, she‘s got money troubles. Becoming active on OnlyFans means financial security for herself and her baby but there are many more insecurities. You have to root for Margo and her team, consisting of father Jinx (a pro wrestler), roommate Suzy and influencers KC and Rose. A fun read and a light pick for me. #ToB25Longlist

squirrelbrain Great photo! ❤️ 2w

Suet624 These days I‘m really enjoying lighter reads. 😊 2w

Megabooks Thorpe is just so fantastic! 1w

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BarbaraBB @Suet624 I‘m starting The Butterfly Girl now & have high hopes! 1w

Suet624 @BarbaraBB you probably saw my review? 1w

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Sure! And I loved the first book! 1w

Suet624 @BarbaraBB just want to keep your expectations a bit low. 😊😊😊 (edited) 1w

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Scaffolding: A Novel | Lauren Elkin

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#ToB25Longlist In the 1st part of the book a woman, living in a Paris apartment, is coming to terms with a miscarriage and the fact that her husband works in London.
The 2nd part is set in the same apartment, years earlier. A couple lives there and the wife is very much into female liberation
Both parts are terrific. The 3rd part is a continuation of the 1st and that one fell a bit short. I‘m not sure what it adds even though it was engaging

Ruthiella You take the best pictures! 🤩 2w

squirrelbrain Looking forward to this one! 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures I am going to pick this up, I am trying to pick #ToB 25 that might show up on the Women's prize list and this sounds right up their alley. 2w

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BarbaraBB @Ruthiella Thank you 🤍 2w

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures It‘s good and indeed very possible to end up on the women‘s prize list as well! 2w

Megabooks Sounds better than I thought it would. I‘m interested but it‘s expensive here! 2w

Suet624 The important question though is are you left handed? I can't take a photo with my left hand. :) 2w

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Funny question, I never realized that. I am right handed but do a lot of thinks with my left hand. I used to smoke left handed too 😉. No idea why I take my photos that way, I do it automatically I notice! 2w

Suet624 That‘s funny. 2w

Megabooks I‘m left handed and smoked left handed, but a lot of righties do here because they learned to smoke out the window while driving. Hmmm… 1w

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I did that too 😀 but I smoked earlier than I learned how to drive(we can have driving lessons from 17 and have our licenses at 18). 1w

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Banal Nightmare: A Novel | Halle Butler

so-so

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Millennials in a Midwestern university town, unhappy with their situation, or maybe not but everyone is feeling sorry for themselves anyway and nagging and complaining about their situation (just like in The New Me, Halle Butler‘s other book I read).
Nothing much happens and it is kind of engaging but definitely not worth to be shortlisted.

NB Why is there a visiting artist? What does he add to the book? I really have no clue!

squirrelbrain I‘m getting this from the library. Luckily, going by your review! 🤣 3w

Cathythoughts I‘m not rushing out 👍🏻 3w

Suet624 Off the list! 2w

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BarbaraBB

Yr Dead | Sam Sax

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In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire in front of the Trump Tower and when Ezra dies, life flashes before their eyes. People Ezra loved, people who left or betrayed them, places they‘ve felt at home or estranged, good and bad feelings of being queer. Written in short fragments , Ezra dissolves into everything that made them into the person that‘s decided on this final act of protest.

#ToB25Longlist A light pick

squirrelbrain

Suet624 Gulp. Um..... so not exactly a Christmas read? 😬 3w

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Ha! No not really. It‘s quite sad, not really festive 😉 3w

squirrelbrain Thanks for the tag Barbara! I have ordered this one, second-hand off Amazon, so it‘s coming later this week. I had the feeling it might be a ‘typical‘ ToB read…. 😬 3w

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Roosters Are Assholes | David L. Sloan

I still need to look and see which I'd like to read, but here is a list of ones I have & ones I own. Since I was so scant on doing reviews parts of this year I've marked the ones I loved (top pick!) and ones that were still fantastic (HM - honorable mention). I honestly didn't think I would've read so many because I've read more nonfiction and fewer books overall this year. ToB and I just must've been on the same wavelength. #tob25 #tob25longlist

Megabooks Sorry I didn't do a cool graphic. 😔 4w

BkClubCare Whoa - you have read a lot! Very 😎 4w

Deblovestoread Wow you have been on the same wavelength! Love seeing your top picks. 💜 4w

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Ruthiella I think that the ToB is very much on your wavelength this year…though, on the other hand, following the ToB has also maybe influenced my reading too and maybe yours as well? 🤔 (edited) 4w

squirrelbrain I agree with a lot of your top picks! 4w

Chelsea.Poole You‘ve read so many! 4w

Megabooks I also own Good Material. Whoops! 3w

Megabooks @BkClubCare Thanks! I've got to give a lot of credit to @aardvarkbookclub for having several as picks and my local library, too! 3w

Megabooks @Deblovestoread Thanks! I'm really digging the longlist this year. I'm already reading one on hoopla tonight and have several I'm looking into buying.

Mood Swings: A Novel

Megabooks @Ruthiella OTH? I'm having trouble with that abbreviation for some reason. But year, I think I was just into weird books this year....wait that's every year! 🙃 3w

Megabooks @squirrelbrain Yay! I was really pleased with this longlist. I wonder what will be on the short one?? 3w

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole I am shocked by that because I didn't read nearly as many books as other years (like over 100 fewer), and I had quite the memoir/nonfiction year, too. 3w

Ruthiella OTH = on the other hand. 😊 3w

Megabooks @Ruthiella why did I not know that one??? 😩🤣 yeah, maybe we all just like weird books and have found our people here. 💙 3w

BarbaraBB You are definitely on the same wavelength, wow, so impressive! Thanks for adding your favorites and HMs. So helpful 🩷 3w

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