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The Clock Winder | Anne Tyler
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 2w
Eggs Excellent 🕰️ 2w
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LiseWorks
Clock Dance | Anne Tyler
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Eggs 🌵💚 🕰️ 2w
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Yenya1954
Vinegar Girl | Anne Tyler
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A funny retelling of Shakespeare‘s Taming of the Shrew. Anne Tyler sets this novel in Maryland. Kate Battista feels stuck in life. She‘s been caring for her scientist father and younger sister, seemingly forever. Her father is researching autoimmune diseases and his brilliant assistant is about to be deported. Pytor must either reapply for a visa or marry to be eligible for a green card. Unusual characters and circumstances abound. 3.5/5⭐️

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Almost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️

Texreader own reasons—and the hypothesis seems to make sense! I had heard about this historical event but I‘d never realized how many “northerners” from England, Iceland, etc were captured as slaves by Barbary pirates and not just sailors from captured boats, but hundreds of women and children. I also learned how the women may have had a better life as slaves than in the cold northern climes. Islam treated women more equally! A very interesting read for ⬇️ 1mo
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 1mo
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Teresereading We visited Baltimore in 2016, it‘s a fascinating story and one I hadn‘t heard before. Thanks for sharing. 1mo
Butterfinger So interesting. 1mo
tpixie Wow! Interesting part of history! 1mo
Cuilin One of my favorite places. I grew up near there. #🩷Cork 1mo
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Texreader
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I‘ve long wanted to read about the Irish taken into slavery in the Islamic world. So this book is perfect for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇮🇪 1mo
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JoeMo
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This is a true story of corruption within the Baltimore Police Dept. When reading this, I can‘t say that I was really surprised. But, part of me wondered how a division could get away with so much…the lack of real oversight that was in place was ridiculous!

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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2mo
Amiable FYI—there‘s a docuseries on HBO/MAX based on this book, if you‘re interested! 2mo
JoeMo @Amiable What???? Hell yeah!!! I don‘t have MAX right now, but this will definitely be on my list for when I switch some of my apps around! 2mo
Amiable @JoeMo Yes! It was produced by David Simon, too —so it has the same vibe and flow as “The Wire.” 2mo
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Centique
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A slow start to my reading year but I flew through this one super quick. I do just love Ann Tyler. This story of a dysfunctional family all impacted by each others anger or bitterness has a quiet vein of hope throughout. There are some lovely moments where each one (not all but most) finds a spot of peace, love or happiness within their grasp. I do wish we had seen more of the daughter Jenny though as that piece felt a little less resolved.

BarbaraBB And what a great view again 😍 3mo
Centique @BarbaraBB thank you Barbara 😘 Im back up in the Bay of Islands where we go each January for the last few years. Beautiful sunshine at the moment! ☀️ 3mo
Ruthiella This was my first Ann Tyler. My favorite (so far) is 3mo
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LeahBergen Lovely review! Amazingly, I‘ve never read Tyler. 🤫 3mo
TrishB Great review and pic ♥️ 3mo
Centique @Ruthiella i havent read that one! Next time i want a Tyler read i will try it for sure 💕 3mo
KCofKaysville @Centique That was my first Anne Tyler and I liked it. I read several more! 3mo
Centique @LeahBergen you might like her i think! There‘s something a little similar in the ones ive read - messy dysfunctional families but an underlying belief in the human spirit - kind of an emotional pay off for me anyway 💕 3mo
Centique @TrishB thank you Trish 😘 3mo
Centique @KCofKaysville i think ive read four now 😊 More will surely follow. 3mo
CarolynM That looks beautiful. Hope you‘re having a wonderful time💕 I like Anne Tyler a lot too, I think she‘d be your cup of tea @LeahBergen My favourite is 3mo
LeahBergen @Centique @CarolynM Well, I‘m definitely going to have to try her now! 3mo
Reggie I‘ve never read her either. I keep seeing her book with the blue spool of thread. Also, lovely view. 3mo
Centique @Reggie definitely try her one day! I think this is a good one - characters to get mad at, characters to root for, nothings too tidy - if you liked Hello Beautiful i think you‘d like some Anne Tyler too. 3mo
Rissreadswithcats I liked this one too 3mo
Suet624 I believe they made a movie from this book that I watched decades ago. Is it that old? 3mo
Centique @Suet624 published in 1982 apparently. So you probably did! 3mo
Suet624 I just looked it up and I have it confused with another Tyler book, the accidental tourist. Geena Davis was in it. 3mo
Centique @Suet624 oh i remember that movie! It was good if i remember correctly. 3mo
Suet624 I remember enjoying it. 3mo
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Andrew65 Looks an interesting read. 3mo
Amiable @Andrew65 It was also turned into a docuseries on MAX that was very good. 3mo
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Susanita
Life Sentences: A Novel | Laura Lippman
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1. Tagged book that I picked up from someone in my free cycle group.

2. I stumbled on a series of Hamilton reaction videos. Very thorough and insightful.

3. Tom and Lorenzo‘s podcast gives me joy most weeks, especially the last episode.

4. 2025 author a month list.

5. Vietnamese coffee, where have you been all my life?

#5joysfriday

dabbe 🧡🤎💛 4mo
julieclair I have never even heard of Vietnamese coffee! I‘ll have to look for it now… 😀 4mo
mcctrish Vietnamese coffee is amazing ( someday I hope I can get one in Vietnam ) 4mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list! 💛💛💛 Vietnamese coffee is so good! ☕️ Thanks for joining in. 4mo
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#DaysDevotedTo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This series, Hard Ink, is about a group friends who are veterans trying to clear their name after taking the fall for a corrupt commander and the women they meet and fall for along the way.

CoverToCoverGirl Loved this series! 📚 5mo
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