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#pop21 #advancedprompt #dnf
I originally had to DNF this one when my date ran out on my #ARC copy.... but weirdly, it appeared back on my Netgalley bookshelf! 🤷‍♀️

Bennet, an aging newly divorced father, whose artistic career is on the downturn, becomes an AirB&B host, renting out his ex-marital home, as he sleeps on a futon in his tiny garden studio...... (continued in comments)⬇️

Megabooks, Cinfhen, Kalalalatja, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

KarenUK As we encounter three very different women staying at his home, each lonely or stuck in their own way, he embarks on a new relationship with a woman, struggles with inspiration, and makes a connection with his artistic daughter. I loved the character studies of each of the women, and could have spent more time in their complicated lives..... 4y

KarenUK And even with all his flaws, I ended up rooting for Bennet, in all his cluelessness and ineptitude! A story of love, loneliness, art and finding renewed inspiration in work and life. I was really charmed by this simple, contemporary novel. Nothing much happens, but I enjoyed the ride. Funny, poignant and perceptive. 4y

Cinfhen Great review ♥️ 4y

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The Removed: A Novel | Brandon Hobson

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This just didn‘t work for me. It felt disjointed and aimless. I did like the 2 female characters but I did not care for Edgar‘s storyline nor that of the mystical spirit. I‘m disappointed that this was the inaugural choice for Roxane Gay‘s bookclub. It seemed to be a lot of stories that were just thrown into the pot. #MoreMehThanYeah #BorrowNotBuy Between a pan & so/so but total #CoverCrush #pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

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eanderson Oh man, I picked this for BOTM and your reasoning for not liking it would be the same for me... I may pass it on to someone else instead of reading it. 😳 4y

Cinfhen It was a past #BOTM for me too @eanderson ☹️it just didn‘t deliver!! It‘s still worth giving it a try. It‘s my second #BoTM backlog this month that I didn‘t care for. The other was this book

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Centique Oh well I will stick to the Colette book he mentioned rather than read this 👍😝 4y

swishandflick I completely agree! This was a miss for me as well. 4y

Cinfhen My last batch of BoTM books have all been pretty meh @swishandflick although I did like

The Book of Longings: A Novel

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My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past | Ariel Sabar

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I‘ve started this book SO MANY TIMES but was never able to stick with it. Today, I picked it up and literally couldn‘t put it down. It‘s probably a niche read, but the story of the last Kurdish Jews was ABSOLUTELY riveting to me. When the First Temple was destroyed in 587 BCE, a group of Jewish exiles fled to the mountains of now Iraq and remained there for the next 2500 years!!! The author‘s father was the last remaining Jew to have his👇🏽

Cinfhen Bar Mitzvah in Zahko. In 1953 Iraq threw all its Jews out of the country and many immigrated to Israel, the land they had been banished from centuries earlier. Once arriving in Israel, the Kurdish Jews found themselves shunned & ridiculed as their European counterparts found them ignorant, uneducated mountain people. 👇🏽 4y

Cinfhen Yona Saber broke the mold by becoming a linguistics scholar as he taught & reintroduce his mother tongue, Aramaic, to a new generation. This would work next month for #FoodAndLit #Israel and #ReadingAsia21 #Iraq @Butterfinger @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle (edited) 4y

Cinfhen This is also a #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt 4y

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TrishB Great review 👍🏻 4y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @TrishB 🧡 4y

Librarybelle This sounds very impactful ❤️ 4y

BarbaraBB Fab review! 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle I‘m not sure this book would appeal to everyone but the history was enthralling for me. 4y

Butterfinger I want to read this badly because of your wonderful review. 4y

Cinfhen Awwww, thank you @Butterfinger 😊that‘s a lovely compliment 4y

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Night Tiger | Yangsze Choo

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#LitLite Evocative and whimsical/ set in 1930‘s #Malaysia while still a British colony. There‘s mystery and romance and a touch of Chinese mythicism. Audio was wonderful. A bit melodramatic at times but still enormously engaging. #ReadingAsia21 #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen I think you‘d like this one @Crazeedi 💜 4y

BarbaraBB Did you love it as much as you thought you would? 4y

Librarybelle Glad you liked this one! 4y

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Cinfhen I really enjoyed it @BarbaraBB but I didn‘t “LOVE” it / still glad I listened to the audio and I‘m happy it was my #Malaysia prompt @Librarybelle I think you‘ll be happy with this choice too 💜 4y

Kalalalatja Hmmm... I think it goes into the #borrownotbuy pile for me 📚 4y

Cinfhen Definitely @Kalalalatja 4y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I'm going to look for it, thank you!! 4y

Cinfhen I was able to borrow through #Hoopla @Crazeedi 🤞🏽🤞🏽 4y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen good idea, my library might have too 4y

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The Night Tiger | Yangsze Choo

Really loving this one so far #ReadingAsia21 #Malaysia 🎧💕 #ReeseBookClub #Hoopla #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Oh wow, looking forward to your review. 4y

Megabooks Just checked this out on hoopla! Thanks!! 4y

Cinfhen I‘m really liking it @Megabooks @BarbaraBB just what I needed after my heavier reads/listens 4y

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Kalalalatja This has been on my radar since it came out! Looking forward to your review 🙌 4y

Librarybelle Already on my to read list! 4y

Cinfhen I DEFINITELY think you‘ll LOVE this one @Librarybelle not as convinced about you @Kalalalatja 😁 4y

batsy I enjoyed it more than I expected to! Found it really absorbing. 4y

Cinfhen Agreed @batsy although I‘m not a fan of the “romance” 4y

Cinfhen I don‘t care that they are step-siblings @batsy it‘s just so angst-y 4y

batsy @Cinfhen I understand! A lot of people didn't like that bit. I was ok with it, somewhat angsty and gothic-y which I have some tolerance for 😆 4y

Cinfhen Despite not “liking” it @batsy I‘m totally rooting for them to get together 😜 4y

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This Tender Land: A Novel | William Kent Krueger

Jesus 😔This book is ROUGH!! I cant say I‘m “enjoying” but I‘m curious to see how the book plays out. Switching between audio & print #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

SamAnne Recently read this one. Had a hard time putting it down! 4y

Cinfhen I‘m a little disappointed with this one @SamAnne I think my expectations were too high 😢I still have about 5.5 hours of audio left....so maybe it‘ll turn around for me. It is hard to put down, though!!! 4y

SamAnne @Cinfhen I had issues with the book as well. Some of the magic realism didn‘t work for me, and the Christian themes wore on me. The unprobable events. But I still couldn‘t put it down! 4y

Cinfhen Yesssss!!! Exactly what I‘m feeling @SamAnne 4y

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Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In | Phuc Tran

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“Phuc It”~This book was awesome!
Memoirist Phuc Tran humorously & delicately shares his growing up as the only Vietnamese boy in his small Pennsylvania town. It covers everything I love; literature, music, family drama, belonging, isolation, teenage rebellion and the 80‘s!!!!!!! Audio read by author was wonderful 🎧♥️ #NonFictionChallenge21 #AboutReading #FoodAndLit #Vietnam #pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, britt_brooke, Texreader, Butterfinger

Cinfhen I can‘t wait to hear your thoughts when u pick this book up @Librarybelle !!! 4y

squirrelbrain Sounds wonderful! 4y

Librarybelle Yay! I‘ll definitely have to pick it up VERY soon! 4y

peaKnit I listened to the Audi also and agree, he is fantastic! 4y

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Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In | Phuc Tran

I can tell, this is TOTALLY my jam!!! Have you listened to this @Megabooks @britt_brooke ?!?!! Music, literature, immigrant story, NF, potty mouth pages and some PA bad-assness 🙌🏻🎧 #FoodAndLit #Vietnam #NonFiction21 #AboutReading #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Texreader, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Butterfinger

Megabooks Yes, listened when it came out last April! Great book! 4y

Librarybelle This will probably be my #hearhere , as he chronicles his life in my hometown...cannot get any closer to home than that! I‘ve yet to start it but have it through Kindle. 4y

Butterfinger This just made me smile. 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds great! Stacking!! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Butterfinger Right! Great book plug! (edited) 4y

britt_brooke I haven‘t, but definitely stacking - thanks! 4y

Cinfhen Oh wow @Librarybelle !!!! You‘re probably going to LOVE IT!!! It‘s HILARIOUS and also heartwarming and at times sad too, to see how cruel people can be 4y

Cinfhen This has POTENTIAL to be a 5 star @Butterfinger @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @britt_brooke I‘ll let you know 💜💜💜 4y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen Oh wow! Def let me know. 👀 4y

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Interior Chinatown: A Novel | Charles Yu

I know @BarbaraBB and @Megabooks LOVED this one but so far I‘m not enjoying the sarcasm & writing style. I don‘t always handle satire very well 🤷🏼‍♀️ #Tob21 #pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Megabooks Give it time!! I wasn‘t wild at first either. I even put it away once. Be patient!! It will pay off. 4y

BarbaraBB What @Megabooks says though I‘m not sure you it will pay off for you if it hasn‘t already. 4y

Ruthiella I thought this was gimmicky. I would have preferred a more straightforward story. There is a scene where everyone starts “kung fu” fighting in a courtroom which was awesome, however. And it‘s quick read. 4y

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Cinfhen Hahaha @Ruthiella now I have that 👂🏼🐛 stuck in my head 🎶 Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those kicks were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightening🎶 4y

Cinfhen Ok, @Megabooks @BarbaraBB I‘m trusting your judgment xx 4y

emilyhaldi I loved this one too! 🙃 4y

Cinfhen I didn‘t love it @emilyhaldi 🥴it was clever but satire isn‘t really my jam 🙄 4y

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail | Cheryl Strayed

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By the end this memoir really got to me. Feeling lost and without a home, family and direction, Cheryl Strayed impulsively decides to hike the PCT (Pacific Coast Trail) without any proper planning or physical training. She makes SO MANY bad decisions, takes SO MANY dangerous risks but yet, her determination and tenacity really started to grow on me. #NonFictionChallenge21 #WrittenByAWoman #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt

Cinfhen Thanks for the gentle nudge @Megabooks 💓💓💓you were right #MyAudioGuru 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen you‘re welcome! ❤️ glad you enjoyed it!! 4y

Crazeedi Looking forward now to reading, someone gifted me this book, sadly I can't remember right now. I need to find a way to remember these things🙄 4y

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Cinfhen I‘m adding books I was gifted to my #BuJo this year @Crazeedi because my memory isn‘t 💯 anymore 🙄 4y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I am going to start one to do the same, great idea 4y

TrishB I put a sticky note in them now so I know when I read @Crazeedi 4y

Cinfhen That‘s clever @TrishB !!!!! 4y

Kalalalatja Good idea @TrishB 👏 4y

TrishB @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja good job I work in administration and use my skills appropriately 😁 if only the rest where so easy!! 4y

Crazeedi @TrishB clever! 4y

Reviewsbylola This sounds like it would either be inspiring or super annoying. 😂 4y

Cinfhen I‘m pretty sure YOU will not be inspired @Reviewsbylola I think YOU might want to PUNCH her in the face 😉😜Cheryl was SUPER FRUSTRATING at times, but ultimately I grew fond of her. I have tried reading the book so many times so audio was definitely the key for me 4y

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