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BarbaraBB
The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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#BookReport 21/24

I was underwhelmed by the Trickster but enjoyed the tagged one a lot and I LOVED Is Mother Dead. So I had a very good week!

sarahbarnes 🎉🎉🎉 3w
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BarbaraBB
The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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A woman in the Austrian Alps is suddenly surrounded by an invisible wall. Behind the wall the world seems to have come to an end. She lives on in her own little world, surviving with her animals. Despite the apocalyptic setting this book felt somehow soothing. I loved how the woman lives with nature and her animals. Thanks for bringing this to my radar @batsy

sarahbarnes Great review. I loved this one too and felt the same. 🩵🩵 1mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I loved your review and couldn‘t wait to read it too! 1mo
BarbaraBB #52BookClub24 - Land-locked country #ATY24 - Relates to “Raining Cats and Dogs” (edited) 1mo
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Hooked_on_books Oooo, that sounds good! 1mo
Lcsmcat Sounds intriguing. Stacking. 1mo
Librarybelle Sounds interesting! 1mo
Tamra I enjoyed the screen adaptation. 1mo
BarbaraBB @Tamra I need to check that out 1mo
Cathythoughts Sounds good. Stacking. 1mo
Anna40 I love Haushofer! She also wrote short stories. I even translated one but the Austrian publisher didn‘t want to give me permission to send it to a literary magazine for publication. Unless they translate her whole collection it will probably remain untranslated :(. She was brilliant. 1mo
batsy Nice review! Yes, there was something soothing and ultimately hopeful about it in a way. Happy you liked it. 1mo
BarbaraBB @Anna40 That is so cool! And such a pity you couldn‘t publish it. I‘d love to read more by her. 1mo
jenniferw88 This was my #blinddatewithabook book last year from Gladstones! 4w
Rissreads I think I‘ll bump it up my list! Great review! 3w
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sarahbarnes
The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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This book somehow presents circumstances that are both tempting and terrifying. Such a unique premise, although the themes felt familiar. The MC‘s relationships with animals in the story are poignant, and I felt so much suspense and dread about what was to come. This is a book that I‘ll be thinking about for a long time. Thanks @batsy for putting this one on my list.

Suet624 Hmmm - I seem to have stacked this already - sounds intriguing. 2mo
BarbaraBB Such an intriguing review, another recommendation by @batsy and that cover 🥰… sold! 2mo
batsy Great review. Her relationship with the animals—that was so moving. Glad you liked it! 2mo
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Readergrrl
Post-Office Girl | Stefan Zweig
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My #JolabokaflodSwap & #NaturaLitsyWinterSwap packages are in the mail and flying to their recipients! Waiting on one more item to arrive tonight and then I will mail my #CreepyChristmas package tomorrow!

Avanders 🫢🫢🫢 I‘m so excited!!! 6mo
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Jari-chan
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At first I thought this would just be another 60-something literati writing about how bad gaming is for our children. What a prejudice (the author is younger than I am)! It's actually quite the opposite. It's a book about abuse, about being young and becoming an adult, about first love and about finding what you're really good at and standing by it. It's a good coming-of-age novel with really hard to read scenes, that also brought memories back.

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Jari-chan
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15 pages in and I'm already terrified...

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Night_Reader
The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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3.5/5 🌟

The first third of the book was great and had me hooked from the beginning. However, it became monotonous, and my interest wavered as I progressed.

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ChelseaM6010
The Piano Teacher | Elfriede Jelinek, Joachim Neugroschel
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#VolumesAndVocals
Day 4. Shivers
Per Goodreads: “The Piano Teacher is a shocking, searing and aching portrait of a woman bound between a repressive society and her darkest desires.”
Definitely felt like this fit the bill for “shivers”. Erika, the piano teacher definitely has *issues*, and watching everything unfold in this novel made me shiver. The synopsis on Goodreads did not prepare me for it at all.
#Shiver

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 📚 12mo
Eggs Awesomeness ❤️❤️‍🔥❤️ 12mo
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Kristelh
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 13mo
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