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bekakins
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Pickpick

#roll100 #hauntedshelf #screamteam I really enjoyed this weird folk horror-esque story… living basically exactly where it is set definitely added to it!

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1w
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Lcsmcat
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Panpan

OMG, this was so unbelievable, so overwrought. And the author couldn‘t stop writing about nipples. 🙄At least I‘ve knocked off one #readyoirkobo for September. But don‘t waste your time on this one. @CBee

CBee Omg, well this sounds….. terrible 😅 3w
Lcsmcat @CBee Yeah, especially if you like Dickinson, Melville, Hawthorn, or Whitman, stay away from this one. 3w
CBee @Lcsmcat I very much like Dickinson and Whitman 💚 3w
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Texreader
The Kelmscott Chaucer | Geoffrey Chaucer
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KadaGul L😍VE this. Thank you 🫶so much for sharing🧡📚💛😍🤎 1mo
Bette Beautiful books 👍❤️ 1mo
GingerAntics Wow 1mo
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britt_brooke
Earth | John Boyne
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make dumb choices, win stupid prizes. A hauntingly written battle of conscience.

#TheElements

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britt_brooke
Earth | John Boyne
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Been a while since I‘ve relaxed with a book at soccer practice. It‘s warm but pretty nice out! 📖⚽️

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Hooked_on_books
Earth | John Boyne
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I know Boyne is well liked, but apparently he‘s as bad as JKR and I thought people might want to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-w...

mcctrish This came up in my feed too 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading This is so disappointing. 😞 2mo
EKonrad Oof. So disappointing. 😢 2mo
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TheBookHippie I knew this. Also he‘s hugely antisemitic… covered in writing so you feel bad for the non Jewish person in his writing… hugely problematic. It is disappointing as I loved some of his books… there have been articles before about him. Not this huge however. 😵‍💫 2mo
lil1inblue Ugh. Gross. The statement from Polari gave me so much ick. 2mo
TrishB I‘ve been following this on Twitter….its been known for a while, sadly. 2mo
BarbaraBB Wow this is new to me. 2mo
Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie @TrishB My guess is this story hasn‘t been as big as JKR because he lacks her level of fame. But it makes me glad I‘ve never read any of his books. I for sure won‘t now. 2mo
TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I loved The Hearts invisible Furies by him … then I read quotes from him on how there were good Nazis 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 2mo
marleed Oh dang. I‘ve loved his books but have now dropped him from my auto read authors. 2mo
AmyG NOOOOOOOO. Goddammit. @TheBookHippie WTF? (edited) 2mo
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie What the what now? 😵 2mo
TheBookHippie @AmyG yup even got into a war of words with THE Auschwitz Memorial and others …. @lil1inblue (edited) 2mo
Deblovestoread So incredibly disappointing! I don‘t know why I expect better from authors but I do. (edited) 2mo
Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie Sure, all those good Nazis! What were the rest of us thinking? 😵‍💫 2mo
peaKnit @AmyG I think you were reading my mind with your comment. WTF indeed! 💩 2mo
CarolynM Seems a bizarre decision by Polari. I didn‘t know Boyne was problematic but I didn‘t much like the only one of his books I‘ve read so I wasn‘t planning on reading any more anyway. 2mo
Amiable DAMN. I love(d) Boyne‘s books. I‘d heard none of this. It feels like a kick in the stomach. 2mo
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sounds like an author to avoid. 2mo
AmyG @Amiable Same. 😢 2mo
janeycanuck I heard rumblings about this a few years after The Heart‘s Invisible Furies came out but nothing definitive. How disappointing that he‘s still on this train. 2mo
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bibliothecarivs
A Glastonbury Romance | John Cowper Powys
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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

#glastonbury #powys #novel

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Nicos
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Pickpick

An odd format, described as a novel but containing much biography and thoughts on the life of a writer. Thoroughly enjoyable mostly but the literary critical segments sometimes get a little convoluted. Definite pick though.

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JacqMac
Earth | John Boyne
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Pickpick

“I dreamed that I dreamed about the musty grey soil of the island and the sweet perfume it emits after rainfall, a double remove from a place I will never visit again. My mother explained to me once… We find the scent comforting, she told me, because we want to believe there‘ll be a welcoming place for us one day, when we‘re buried deep inside it.”
Phenomenal. John Boyne never disappoints me.

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JacqMac
Earth | John Boyne
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Hubby is at a late meeting. I‘m in my blanket fort with a flashlight. Shhh….

Clare-Dragonfly Sounds cozy! 5mo
PaperbackPirate Fun! 📖🔦 5mo
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