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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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BarbaraJean
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🎶 It‘s the most wonderful time of the year—my #AuldLangSpine list has arrived!! I‘m so excited to be matched with @Librarybelle ! I‘m planning to drop in where I can with #AgathaChristieClubR3, and am also doing the #192025 challenge, so I love having the #AuldLangSpine connection as well! This is a great list, with a nice mix of genres and moods—a few I‘ve read & loved (always a good sign), some from my TBR, and lots of new-to-me picks! ⤵️

BarbaraJean I‘ll likely start with Best Wishes, Sister B and the others pictured above…and for the rest, I‘ll leave the timing to the gods of the library holds! 3w
Librarybelle Yay!! Best Wishes is a quick read and a fun read. Perfect way to start the new year! 3w
JamieArc Great list! 3w
Chelsea.Poole LOVED #5! 3w
BarbaraJean @Chelsea.Poole I'm planning on reading that one as well!! There are so many here that I want to get to. 3w
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monalyisha
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A quaint little epistolary novel, in which a nun from a tiny English village writes letters about her daily life to another nun abroad.

I told myself that one of these was quite enough…and then an unexpected marriage (not to Christ!) was hinted at in the third act. I‘m such a sucker. I bought the sequel immediately, which I‘m reading now.

Suet624 I‘m still on a wait list for this. It‘s been months. I didn‘t realize it was so popular. 1mo
monalyisha @Suet624 I wonder if there aren‘t many copies available in your network? There were none in (either of) mine! I had to buy it. Where are you located? 1mo
Suet624 Vermont. I can ask my library to try to grab it from another state perhaps. 1mo
monalyisha @Suet624 I‘m typically slow to actually make good on my offer to visit the post office…but I can send it to you! I might be *slightly* faster than the library. 😅 Email me your address? Monalitsy@gmail.com 1mo
Suet624 What??? Wow!!! That‘s so kind of you! I‘ll email you. 1mo
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Rissreads
Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
This book was the opposite of Betty and I am grateful for that. I needed to quiet my brain. I loved all the small stories of the narrators life. All those thoughts you have that you file away, that then pop up later. Some are profound, enlightening and instrumental to your past, while others are just bits of fluff, insignificant observations. #Ozfiction

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quietlycuriouskate
Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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#bookerprizeshortlist
I have yet to read Safekeep (my next-up) and Creation Lake but, as it stands, for me it's a contest between this and James.

It's a quiet, pensive, slow-paced book, with themes of grief, remorse, forgiveness. It explores how we go about the task of being able to live with ourselves (never mind others!) and whether "retreat" is a culpable or even possible response to the world. Oh, and there's a plague of mice to keep it real.

squirrelbrain This was my favourite until I read Safekeep. 1mo
BarbaraBB Such a good read. I‘d be happy to see it win too. Although my favorite remains The Safekeep 1mo
Suet624 I‘ll join the chorus about Safekeep. 1mo
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Freespirit
Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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My pile of recently read books!! First Slow Horses by Mick Herron…I love a spy thriller. This one..the first in the series introduces us to the spooks from Slough House..I will definitely read the next book! One of my favourites Tokyo Express…A clever twisty Japanese crime novel. The Big Sleep.. my first Raymond Chandler..fab! Stone Yard Devotional..a quiet book that will stick with you and Evie Wyld and Kate Atkinson always worth reading!

Tamra Ooooh! A beautiful stack! 1mo
Freespirit Thanks @Tamra there‘s too many good books to read!!! 1mo
CarolynM Some great books there! 1mo
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Jeg What a great pile of books. 1mo
Freespirit Yes all of them are worth reading @CarolynM @Jeg 1mo
Rissreads I‘m reading the tagged book now. ♥️ 1mo
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andrew61
Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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4th booker shortlisted book + another excellent read. The narrator is a woman impacted by the death of her parents + after a short 1st visit moves to live in an Australian priory where she recounts life with the nuns but also her memories which are peppered with curious tales. Covid, an infestation of mice, the return of the bones of a murdered nun, + their escort a nun the narrator recalls from school add to the hypnotic fascination of the tale.

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Suet624
STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL. | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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It was a very good month.

TheKidUpstairs Every book here that I've read was great! Did you have a favourite of the month? 3mo
sarahbarnes Great month! 📚 3mo
Suet624 @TheKidUpstairs I was trying to pick a favorite before I posted this and I couldn‘t come up with one. God of the Woods and Tom Lake may have had the least emotional impact but they were all good. (edited) 3mo
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Suet624 @sarahbarnes I‘m so glad not to be working so I can read. I think I‘m officially retired from a 9-5 job. Still have several work obligations but nothing like before. 3mo
sarahbarnes That‘s amazing - congrats! That‘s what I will do too - read and garden. 3mo
Suet624 @sarahbarnes and walk. 😊💕 3mo
LiteraryinPA Congratulations!! 3mo
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jlhammar
Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD
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I so loved this quiet novel. A masterpiece of interiority.

#Booker2024 #NunLit

BarbaraBB Hear hear 🤍 3mo
JamieArc Looking forward to getting to it! 3mo
Graywacke Yay! It‘s still my favorite. ( @JamieArc Hope you enjoy it!) 3mo
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squirrelbrain I loved it too! ❤️ 3mo
Suet624 💕💕💕 3mo
Deblovestoread About half way and enjoying. 💜 3mo
Leniverse I want this one or James to win. 3mo
rmaclean4 Can't wait for it to come out in the US. 2mo
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