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Kshakal

Death by Bubble Tea | Jennifer J. Chow

#mystery #wickedwhispers @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Clever titles👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

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Sleepswithbooks

The Wizard of La-LA Land | Robert Campbell

Hope everyone finds what they‘re looking for this weekend - mostly books, laughter, and all this #HauntedShelf.

@OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 😂 2mo

julieclair 😂 2mo

AmyG Ha! No wonder she loved him most of all. (edited) 2mo

dabbe 😂😂😂 2mo

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The_Penniless_Author

Eve's Hollywood | Eve Babitz

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Yuki_Onna ✋️

1. Not much competition given my current reading rate, but really enjoyed this one.

2. Paper!

3. Literary Fiction

Eggs Thx for joining in🥳 2mo

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Larkken

Tehrangeles: A Novel | Porochista Khakpour

so-so

I wanted the satire sharper and the humor funnier in this new novel about Iranian-American food heiresses who want to be the next Kardashians but the pandemic gets in the way. Great cover though.

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The_Penniless_Author

Eve's Hollywood | Eve Babitz

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I can't imagine a more surreal upbringing than being born in LA during the Golden Age of Hollywood, coming of age through the death of the studio system, and being there in your 20s for the height of rock and roll and the hippies, let alone going to school at Hollywood High, having artist parents, and literal Igor Stravinsky as your godfather. This is a fun book beginning to end, and Babitz is a fantastic natural writer, the sort of person 👇

The_Penniless_Author ...you hope to end up next to at a party, who can keep you entertained with stories all evening long. 3mo

TheBookHippie I love this author. This book is my favorite of hers! 3mo

Ruthiella I‘ve been wanting to read this for a while now and now I MUST own it in the NYRB edition. Fabulous! 3mo

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The_Penniless_Author @TheBookHippie I never knew anything about her until they covered this book on the podcast Backlisted (where all of my recommendations come from these days). I'll definitely give her other stuff a try if I come across it. 3mo

The_Penniless_Author @Ruthiella I subscribe to the NYRB monthly bookclub, but unfortunately started too late to get this one. Luckily, our local Barnes & Noble had this edition in stock. 3mo

TheBookHippie @The_Penniless_Author she was fascinating!!! All her books are good. 3mo

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Megabooks

Tehrangeles: A Novel | Porochista Khakpour

so-so

I was so hopeful that I‘d enjoy this but it was mid AF. Really disappointing, especially since reality TV usually works for me as a trope.

The four Persian-American Milani sisters have grown up wealthy from their Dad‘s fast food fortune. Right before the pandemic, they start taping a Kardashian-esque reality show, but their different reactions to the pandemic threaten to tear the family and show apart (in a VERY low-key way). 🙄

BarbaraBB That‘s too bad. The premise sounds good! 4mo

britt_brooke Love the cover! 3mo

Megabooks It‘s fantastic! I wish I had loved the book. @britt_brooke (edited) 3mo

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Cupcake12

Adult Assembly Required | Abbi Waxman

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Laura moved to LA to escape a controlling family and make a new start at Grad school. She‘s made homeless within one week and still dealing with past trauma. Enter Polly and Nina who befriend her and welcome her with open arms into their friendship circle. They accept her and protect her.
Such a warm, funny and heart warming story. I loved all the main characters. Each housemate was quirky in their own way and should have their own stories 4🌟

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Cupcake12

Adult Assembly Required | Abbi Waxman