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Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru
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Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day: purchased Blue Ruin for this year‘s Tournament of Favorites and they gave me the Supersonic. Posing in front of a pretty mural across the street from my next stop (which isn‘t open yet! 🤨) #ibd #indiebookstoreday

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Cathythoughts
Sheep's Clothing | Celia Dale
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Pickpick

Another great read from Celia. I couldn‘t put this down.. Grace and Janice meet in prison , when they are released they team up and make their living visiting old ladies. There‘s a bit of romance thrown in too .. and the result is a compelling story. I loved it ! The more I read her , the more I like her. I must get another one for my shelf.
Thankyou Trish for the gift of this book ❤️👌🏻
N. B. The book is not, 700 pages. It‘s about 300.

TrishB Great review and picture! So glad you enjoyed it. And that cover is so striking. 7d
BarbaraBB Great review. Stacking! 7d
Tamra I have it stacked! 😃 6d
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Cathythoughts @TrishB Thankyou, I loved it. I think you might like it yourself 😁. 6d
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I‘ll look forward to your thoughts whenever you may get there. 👍🏻❤️ 6d
Cathythoughts @Tamra Oh I think you‘ll like it 👍🏻😁 6d
LeahBergen There‘s a new one being republished this August 6d
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen That‘s brilliant news Leah , stacking. ❤️ 6d
sarahbarnes You‘re really making me want to try this writer! ♥️ 5d
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes She‘s similar to Celia Fremlin and Ruth Rendell … so if you like the domestic noir set in and around mid 1900‘s .. psychological thrillers and murder and mystery … then you‘d likely enjoy her ❤️ 😁 (edited) 5d
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Cathythoughts
A Dark Corner | Celia Dale
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Thankyou Leah. Celia Dale knows how to tell a suspenseful dark tale. This seemed darker to me than the others we‘ve read ( or maybe it‘s just me ). I loved all the details of 1970‘s life in this London house and three well designed characters. I really enjoyed this. 👌🏻❤️🖤

andrew61 Sounds good Cathy. I have a copy of sheep's clothing in my tbr but I like the sound of something even darker which after reading a helping hard struggle to imagine. 1w
sarahbarnes Already stacked! ♥️ 1w
Tamra Stack stack stacking! 📚 1w
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LeahBergen Awesome! I‘ll have to get to it myself very soon! 1w
AnnCrystal Book staging 🤩👍🏼📚💝. 1w
Cathythoughts @andrew61 I have Sheep‘s Clothing too. I think I‘ll read it soon. 1w
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes Look forward to your thoughts.. whenever you may get there. ❤️ 1w
Cathythoughts @Tamra It‘s a good one 👍🏻❤️ 1w
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I look forward to your thoughts. ❤️ 1w
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Cathythoughts
A Dark Corner | Celia Dale
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Just settling in with this one. Perfection…
It‘s an overcast rainy evening and a stranger has knocked on the door, the lady has taken pity on him and let him in … she‘s making tea … suspense from the first page! I love it. @LeahBergen

LeahBergen Oh no … don‘t let him in! Or do, maybe. 😆😆 2w
BarbaraBB That sounds perfect indeed! 2w
Tamra Ooooooooo 🥺 2w
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rmaclean4
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This novel about generational drama I found uneven. The story in London was more compelling to me than the "Then" part set in Australia. Just did not work for me. 2.5 ?

ChaoticMissAdventures I felt the same. I was much more interested in the boyfriend trying to mess with the cat 😂 3w
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BaBaBaBillyAndTheBooks
Blue Ruin: A novel | Hari Kunzru
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Mehso-so

Part of why everyone here annoys me, I think, is no one appears to have real responsibilities, even as COVID hits. Rob and Alice have a daughter they ignore, Jay‘s life has mostly been wading through an art scene while being high, and the art anyone does finally do feels pretentious and light. They have disappeared into their art, a major theme. People return when they connect with others, and mostly everyone here is too selfish to do that.

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Cathythoughts
Sheep's Clothing | Celia Dale
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Thankyou Trish! More Celia Dale 🥰 Yay. I am spoilt for choice now. Thankyou my old Litsy friend XxX

TrishB You‘re very welcome 😘 sorry it‘s a day late! It was supposed to be delivered yesterday. Hope you had a lovely day. 4w
TrishB And the pic is awesome 👍🏻 4w
sarahbarnes Happy Birthday! ♥️♥️♥️ 4w
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youneverarrived I love these covers for her books! 4w
LeahBergen Ooo, I ALMOST sent you that title! 4w
Cathythoughts @TrishB Thanks again Trish, I couldn‘t be more thrilled with the book. That‘s my William Morris chair with the sheepskin rug, grand little reading spot 🥰 4w
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes Thankyou Sarah ❤️ 4w
Cathythoughts @youneverarrived Me too 👍🏻❤️ 4w
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I love her books… so delighted to have new ones. I want to abandon everything and read them … 😁❤️ 4w
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Cathythoughts
A Dark Corner | Celia Dale
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Thankyou Leah ❤️ I love my books , Celia Dale and Elizabeth von Armin. I love my cup of tea and I will enjoy this cup very much. A beautiful bookmark too. Thankyou friend 🥰🥰🥰

AmyG Happy Birthday. Those are such beautiful bookmarks. I have one and it‘s my favorite. 4w
Cathythoughts @AmyG I think it will be my favorite too, and I‘m getting g more into bookmarks than I ever was 🥰 4w
LeahBergen You‘re so welcome! Happy Birthday, my friend. I hope you had a wonderful day! 😘😘 4w
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Thankyou Leah. I had a great day altogether 🥰 I love my presents from you. X 4w
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Chelsea.Poole
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Pickpick

The review backlog continues. The Echoes pulled at my heartstrings but didn‘t destroy me like I was prepared for..after reading reviews (and the blurb!) I was hesitant to pick it up for fear of being too sad, but I found plenty of moments of levity here. 3 timelines, 2 settings: different perspectives and locations. Max is still lingering after his death, watching Hannah in the London apartment they shared. Hannah remembers her past in Australia.

sarahbarnes I‘ve avoided this for the reasons you described. Good to know it wasn‘t too much for you. 1mo
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