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I'm at odds about this book. On one hand it is gently interweaving multiple story threads with patience and care.
On the other hand it includes lines like this:
"His penis was more narrow than wide, more O Henry bar than chocolate slab, more spring rhubarb than autumn gourd, more canoe than motorboat." ?????
Which might be one of THE worst sentences I've ever read in a novel.
So...a real toss-up right now. ?

Aims42 😳😖😳😖😳😖 18h

Soubhiville Well that‘s bizarre. 18h

kspenmoll What?!😳 17h

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Leftcoastzen 😵 17h

willaful *boggle* 17h

Ruthiella 🤮🙄😳 17h

Hooked_on_books 😂 15h

BarbaraBB 🤣🤣 love the accompanying photo 🤣🤣 15h

Cathythoughts Yuck 🤮 I‘m staying away from this one. 13h

CSeydel Whoa, that‘s a sentence I can‘t unread 13h

Susanita That‘s pretty bad 🤣🤣 13h

Anna40 Why oh why? 9h

OrangeMooseReads That line gives me the ick lol 8h

youneverarrived 🙈😂😂 8h

sarahbarnes That is…so bad. 😆😆😆 7h

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Thanks for sharing that sentence 🤣 I think I‘d take it as my sign to DNF 6h

merelybookish @aims42 @soubhiville @kspenmoll @leftcoastzen @willaful @ruthiella @hooked_on_books Definitely a sentence that inspires a lot of emojis! And disgust. 😂 5h

merelybookish @barbarabb seemed better than an Oh Henry bar. 😆 5h

merelybookish @cathythoughts A wise decision! 5h

merelybookish @CSeydel Oh, it's bad! Perhaps I should have provided a trigger warning. 5h

merelybookish @susanita @anna40 @youneverarrived @sarahbarnes It's like one of those comparisons would have been more than enough to gross me out... but three???? 5h

merelybookish @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Yeah, this is the dilemma. I'm more than halfway and I'm slightly interested in the storyline. So not sure I'm ready to DNF just yet. (Instead it will probably become a hate read.) 5h

TheLudicReader Dear Lord, I have no memory of that. 🤮 now

quietlycuriouskate Oh dear God.... and I still haven't forgotten the penis/seahorse image in The English Patient! now

merelybookish @TheLudicReader This is one of the downsides of audiobooks. Harder to ignore or not hear terrible prose. now

merelybookish @quietlycuriouskate Oh God, I wonder if it's a Canadian thing. 😒 now

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merelybookish

Late Nights on Air | Elizabeth Hay

Happy Caturday from my favourite napping pals!
Started this 2007 Giller Prize winner today (for #192025 natch). One of those works of Canlit that everyone seems to have read except for me. Decidedly mixed reviews on Litsy including a definitive pan of Hay's writing style by @Lindy 🤨🙂 whose opinion I respect. So we shall see...

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😽 🐾 1w

TheKidUpstairs I've actually never read this one, either! I've got it on my shelf, probably been sitting there since about 2007 😂 Someday, maybe, I'll get to it! 1w

Librarybelle A lovely Caturday! 1w

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Lindy I look forward to hearing what you think. I‘m a minority opinion on this. 1w

TheLudicReader I read this years ago and really liked it. 1w

merelybookish @TheKidUpstairs I'm not the only one!! 1w

merelybookish @Lindy I'm not far but am already feeling conflicted. On one hand annoyed at how main female character's sexiness keeps being described. On the other, was heartened by the inclusion of an Alden Nowlan porm. So we shall see! 1w

merelybookish @TheLudicReader Good to know! The women in my book club are also fans. 1w

merelybookish @Librarybelle @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love a Caturday! 😺 1w

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Moss_Croft

As for Me and My House | Sinclair Ross

Creadnorthey

The Sentimentalists: A Novel | Johanna Skibsrud

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Definitely deep in the poetic stream. This does not always lend itself to the full story as I might have chosen to structure this differently- reserving the imagistic for the Vietnam segment so beautifully juxtaposed with the father‘s decline. Ultimately this is a beautiful story of love, family bonds, and events that shape us.

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Dilara

Children of My Heart | Gabrielle Roy

The life of a young teacher in 30s Manitoba. Her pupils‘ poverty is incredible. Meanwhile, where I live, the fog outside is so thick right now it‘s like living in cotton wool...
#FoodandLit #Canada
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

JulietteReadsALot J'avais bien aimé Un jardin au bout du monde, merci pour cette recommandation ;) J'avais beaucoup aimé ses descriptions, très bien écrites, merci de m'avoir refait penser à cette écrivaine. 4mo

Catsandbooks Oh wow! 4mo

kwmg40 Nice to see a recommendation for Gabrielle Roy. I've not read this one, but I've read and liked very much several of her other books. 3mo

Dilara @Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @kwmg40 I don't know if I'd go as far as recommend it - her portrayals of minorities made me slightly uneasy sometimes - but it was an interesting window into another world and another time. 3mo

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Magdalenka

Strangers with the Same Dream | Alison Pick

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Teresereading

A New Season | Terry Fallis

“Now that‘s using your face, Jack Mac,” a spectator shouted as the buzzer sounded to end my weekly ball hockey game.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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merelybookish

Light Lifting | Alexander MacLeod

Rainy Saturday and managed to finish two books. Even better, they both fulfill a #192025 prompt. And they coordinate. 😀
Anais Nin's diary has been my morning coffee read and I've been making my way through the MacLeod collection for a few weeks. The stories reminded me a lot of his father's (Alistair MacLeod) writing. Quintessential Canlit.
Anyhoo feeling accomplished and grateful for an un-schdeduled Saturday.
@Librarybelle

Librarybelle What a great way to spend a Saturday! 6mo

merelybookish @Librarybelle Agreed!! 6mo

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PurpleyPumpkin

The Bittlemores | Jann Arden

Written by one of Canada‘s musical icons, I‘m very much looking forward to reading this “rural fairy tale, coming-of-age story.”
#AboutABook #Published2023 #MyNeverendingTBR

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Pretty photograph🩵🤍 7mo

PurpleyPumpkin @Eggs 🥰🙏🩵🤍 (edited) 7mo

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Kris10H

The Bittlemores | Jann Arden

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I love all things Jann, and this is not an exception. 🥰
The Bittlemores is both tragic, and funny. The characters are multidimensional and relatable - even the cantankerous antagonists, Mr. and Mrs. Bittlemore. Jann said that this story has been inside her for years, and I am so glad she was finally able to finish and share it.

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