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Rissreads
The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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Meet my son‘s new kitten Earl.
Well this book was extrordinary, profound and devastating.
Basically it‘s about the last woman alive who could just lie down and give up but refuses too as she has a cow, dog, bull and some cats to look after. She struggles through everyday for them. Her family now.
Even though her future is bleak and uncertain the book is contemplative and beautiful too. It‘s a book that I will think about often.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rissreads And then of course the last man in the world had to come along and fuck it all up! It broke my heart! 2h
sarahbarnes Yes! I loved this one so much. Agree very much with your spoiler comment. (edited) 58m
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Liatrek
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Dark twisty morally gray characters dealing with a multiverse of problems. Loved coming back to the world and seeing Cara and Dell again. Mr. Scales was an interesting main character to follow. #HolidayBookDragons #WinterGames24

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1d
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iread2much
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I finished for a buddy read and I have to say I really didn‘t care for it. Anything that starts with a spoiled rich person who is bored with their life is going to be hard for me for to like and this is one of those books.
Spoiled lady with a rough family uncovers what may or may not be many secrets and plots with some ties to ecoterrorism and the end of the world-ish.
0/5 Read if you like spoiled rich people who are nihilistic.

catiewithac Bummer. But cute dog 🐾💜 2d
iread2much @catiewithac thank you 😊 and maybe it‘s something someone else will like, just not for me 😅 (edited) 2d
Jari-chan Definitely not his best book. I'm sorry you had to push through 😱 2d
AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 2d
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Hello #SheSaid!

How is the book going? I‘m way behind and still packing, but hoping to be on the other side soon and able to unwind with this book. So I hope it‘s a good one!

Bookwormjillk I still haven‘t started this one…but I will eventually! In the meantime I did receive last month‘s book from you and will read it soon. Thank you so much! 1d
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vlwelser I'm reading this alone it seems 😂 serves me right for lurking while you all read the last one. The book is good even if it's a bit slow. 1d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk you are welcome, I‘m glad it arrived safely. Just let me know when you are ready to pass it on. No rush, holidays and all. 13h
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I started it last night! So go me! U-Haul and big furniture goes tomorrow so hopefully I can be settled in enough to read this one before the end of the month 😂 13h
vlwelser You're fine. I'm trying to stay on schedule because I have to travel for the holiday. Is there a January book yet? I like to plan and I didn't see a book list. 12h
Deblovestoread I‘m refining my commitments for the new year and would like to be removed from the tag list. Thank you 🩵 11h
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Megabooks
The Book Censor's Library | Bothayna Al-Essa
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Loved this. It‘s the first non-reread I‘ve given more than 4⭐️ to this month. I love how she brought in classics like 1984 and Alice in Wonderland. A truly important read in this time of repression and book banning.

A man gets a job as a book censor in his repressive state. But he didn‘t anticipate falling in love with books. Now he must manage his books and his family with ever increasing danger from the state and the resistance. #tob25

squirrelbrain Looking forward to this….when I can get hold of it! It‘s not on Amazon but it was on bookshop.org so I ordered it, only for my order to be cancelled. 😳 Blackwells have it so I‘m going to order it after Xmas. 2d
Librarybelle This was incredible! I‘ve started recommending it to non-Litsy friends! 2d
vlwelser I also loved this short little book. I thought the story was creative. 2d
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ChaoticMissAdventures I have been waiting for weeks for this from my library. Glad to hear people are enjoying it!! 2d
BarbaraBB Great review Meg. An important read indeed. 2d
Megabooks @squirrelbrain it was back ordered on Amazon and I had to wait a month for it. That‘s probably it. 2d
Megabooks @vlwelser agree! Plus I need to read Zorba the Greek now. 2d
Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures I think it‘s been a surprise hit. I hope to read more from her. 2d
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks! 😘 2d
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Maria_Pulver
Roadside Picnic | Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
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#reread for #bookclub The book was a legend way before I read it for the first time, but now I believe I didn‘t appreciate the complexity and the clues between the lines, hidden from the Soviet censorship. The story is deep, dark, frightening and full of hate, but there are also sparkles of decency and love. The ending is somewhat hopeful, or at least open for interpretation

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shawnmooney
Prophet Song | Paul Lynch
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"Why should I? You're crazy as a loon!"
Luciente beamed, capturing her hand in his dry, warm grip. "Ever see a loon, Connie? It's the sound they make that's crazy. They're plain but graceful birds that glide with only the head full out of the water. Like turtles, they swim low.
Maybe I can show you loons when they migrate through....Don't fear me.

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BallroomsOfMars
An Unkindness of Ghosts | Rivers Solomon
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Audiobook. Solomon wrote this before Sorrowland, and it's interesting to see how faer writing developed between books. Excellent premise; black, neurodivergent, queer protagonist; own voices. Sadly all plot threads slowly sunk into a swamp and never re-emerged. 1/2

BallroomsOfMars Was this a mystery to find out what happened to her mother? Rebellion against horrific oppression? Sci-fi to find a new planet to call home? It can of course be all of these things, it almost was, but I got lost in the murkiness. Glad I read it, though. Excellently narrated. 2/2 (edited) 4d
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melissajayne
Saturnalia | Stephanie Feldman
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A fascinating podcast on Roman Saturnalia #wintergames #xmaschacha +5pts