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The End of Your Life Book Club | Will Schwalbe

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When Mr. Schwalbe and his beautiful, hardworking mother found out she had a treatable, yet incurable pancreatic cancer, they started a book club. The books they chose to share were old favorites, hopeful books on death, and anything else that struck their fancy.

I fell in love with Mary Ann. She worked tirelessly on a mobile library in Afghanistan and her refugee work while she was slowly losing her energy. She became one of my heroes.

Butterfinger #PopSugar20 book about a book club 5y

Crazeedi This was such a great book 5y

Butterfinger @Crazeedi she was so strong in her faith. "I don't believe, I know." 5y

Crazeedi @Butterfinger ❤❤❤ 5y

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Butterfinger

All the Pretty Horses | Cormac McCarthy

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Wild horses are the same as young men - wild, stubborn, and independent. I didn't appreciate this novel the first time I read, but now it may be one of my favorites. I love John Grady Cole, Rawlins, an Blevins. So many sad moments, but without those sad moments in life, are young men and wild horses ever truly trained?

#PopSugar20 western

I hope The Crossing is just as well written.

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Butterfinger

Goals and Goal Setting: Achieveing Measured Objectives | Larrie Rouillard

#MidYearRush @Clwojick

My Stats:
#Booked2020 - 22/24
#PopSugar20 - 40/50
US - 21/50
Century Reads - 54/100
#ReadHarder20 -15/24
#MandMChallenge2020 16/16
#ReadWithMrBook 6/12
#Jennyis30 - 23/25
#ReadingEurope2020 - 11/50

My goal is to finish I Was Anastasia and Boy and His Dog at the End of the World and read Poet X, All The Pretty Horses, and The End of Your Life Book Club

Clwojick You‘re doing great! 💙👏🏻 5y

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Butterfinger

Cancer Vixen: A True Story | Marisa Acocella Marchetto

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I'd checked out two graphic memoirs and came close returning this one without opening. I'm glad I read. Only days before her #summerwedding, Marisa finds out she has breast cancer. You witness her disbelief, her tears, her breakdowns, her acceptance, and her humor in this amazing book.

#SummerFunBingo - summer wedding and road trip - For the honeymoon, they drive the Maserati to Montreal @4thhouseontheleft @StayCurious

Butterfinger Booked2020 - #ThinkPink #PopSugar20 - pink cover 5y

alisiakae 🙌 🙌 5y

alisiakae also tagging my #Booked2020 cohosts @cinfhen @barbarathebibliophage 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Perfect pick! 💗 5y

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Butterfinger

An Unkindness of Ghosts | Rivers Solomon

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This book has so much...
*A neurodiverse character who identifies as a genderqueer
*A doctor who identifies as transgender
*A generational ship that is divided by race and each race has certain jobs/shifts
*Dictator who plays god - leads topdeckers into dehumanizing and degrading the bottom deckers
*A rebellion

And it was BRILLIANT!

"All she wished for was perfunctory respect paid to the fact that she was, indeed, alive."

#BLMReadingList

Butterfinger @4thhouseontheleft @StayCurious #SummerFunBingo #PRIDE #Antiracist -tbr over 6 months 5y

Butterfinger @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 5y

Butterfinger #PopSugar20 Trans/Non-binary author #ReadHarder20 debut by queer author 5y

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Butterfinger

Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider | Thomas Mann

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Yippee!! I'm done. I have been reading since January 1.

+ Fictional account of Joseph the abnoxious shepherd to repentant slave to top statesman of Egypt.
+ Dramatization of intense scenes
+ Was written by Mann in Germany about the origin of the Hebrew faith during the rise of Nazis. So brave of him. Mann never returned.

- Very dense. Read in places like an essay.
- Repetitive explanations.

Roary47 I‘ve had books like that. I‘m so happy you were able to finish it! 💛 5y

arubabookwoman Congratulations! More difficult to read than Buddenbrooks I'm sure. My copy is awaiting me in a storage unit with all our stuff in Florida. 5y

Butterfinger @arubabookwoman I am so glad you introduced me to him. 5y

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Butterfinger @Roary47 I was like this with Anna Karenina too. 5y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Great work checking it off!!! 5y

Butterfinger
@Reviewsbylola #ClassicsChallenge2020
#PopSugar20 - 20 letters in title 5y

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Butterfinger

1Q84 | Haruki Murakami

so-so

I finished this behemoth. It is not a book for everyone. If you appreciate avant garde art, you would enjoy Murikami's brilliant writing. It's a smash-up of different genres that works. It took 4 months and I am so glad I am done.

#mandmchallenge2020 @BarbaraTheBibliophage mashup
#PopSugar20 set in Japan #Booked2020 PanAsian Author

Butterfinger @ElizaMarie @zezeki I thought the ending was rushed. I understand that Tengo and Aomame are in a third dimension, but I still don't understand why the Little People came out of Ushikawe's mouth. What chrysalis were they making? The last time they came out of a mouth, a dog exploded. And, what about the NHK collector? I get that it was Tengo's so called Dad, but did it end when he died? It has really gone over my head. 5y

ElizaMarie @Butterfinger I had been confused about the NHK collector as well. Like why? But yeah I get your review, it is definitely not a book for everyone. I enjoyed it despite the confusions with it. :) 5y

zezeki It's been two years since I've read it so I don't remember the details, but I do remember that I've found the ending underwhelming. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Great job on completing multiple prompts! 5y

TheAromaofBooks Great work finishing this one! I started it in March but decided it wasn't for me, at least not right now! 5y

Butterfinger @TheAromaofBooks believe me, I would have bailed if not for a discussion group. 5y

Curiouser_and_curiouser It took me a year to read 2/3's and then I read the last 1/3 a year after that. The audiobook helped me along. It was my first Murakami and yes, its very avant garde. It's not my favorite style of storyline but I'm still up for more by him, just for curiosity's sake 😉 5y

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Lizpixie

Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton

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Bk2 of May is done! I listened to the audiobook on Scribd(which I‘m loving btw, I‘ll link to join in the comments👇)The Book is very different to the movie, was it just me or was anyone else hoping a Dino would eat that annoying granddaughter?😂Other than her it was a really good read. #LitsyAtoZ2020 #LetterJ #PopSugar20 #InACountryBeginningWithC #AudiobookBingo #NoPersonOnTheCover #MayBookBingo #Audiobook #PageAThon #448pgs #StartOnYourShelfAThon

BookishMarginalia

Lizpixie #YellowStar #MedievalAThon #Squire 5y

Lizpixie There‘s not enough time in the day for everything I want to read on @Scribd. Check it out for yourself: https://www.scribd.com/gi/8bslfz 5y

BehindthePages I've been meaning to read this for a while now. Hmm this will be my next audiobook! 5y

Schnoebs I actually started this the other day. If you liked this audiobook, you should listen to his other book. It‘s narrated by the same guy

Dragon Teeth: A Novel

BethM I adore Scribd! I‘ve never read this but I‘m intrigued. 5y

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Lizpixie

The Twisted Tree | Rachel Burge

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Bk6 of April & Bk3 of my #EasterExtravaganza #readathon is done🙌 It‘s 3 of the 4 in my goals, 968pges of 2,000 & 3 off my #MountTBRShelvesOfDoom. I think the only goal I won‘t reach is the 2,000 pages! This book was a great read, set in Norway, it‘s about Viking folklore, Yggdrasil & a girl descended from Odin & a weaver. Loved it♥️ #PopSugar20 #MCWithAVisionImpairment #ReadHarder2020 #MCWithADisability #ReadingEurope2020 #Norway #JennyIs30

bookriot, jenniferw88, Librarybelle, maich, Andrew65, BarbaraBB

Lizpixie #Nordic #MountTBR2020 #Bk16 #BeatTheBacklist2020 #Bk19 #ReadingWithMaja #April #BookSetInEurope #NordicNoir (edited) 5y

Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏 5y

Librarybelle Awesome! 5y

BarbaraBB Lots of challenges covered! 5y

maich 👏👏👏 5y

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Lizpixie

Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse

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Bk5 of April & Bk2 of my #EasterExtravaganza #readathon is done. That‘s now 723 of 2,000pgs,1 SciFi plus 1 Dystopian off my goal of 4 books in 4 genres & 2 books off my #MountTBRShelvesOfDoom. Loved this novel about a world obliterated through Climate Change & a new Dinè(Navajo)Nation that‘s risen up, filled with monsters & gods. Maggie Hoskie is a monster slayer, one wounded in spirit, trying to overcome the past. #PopSugar20 #FaunaInTheirName

Andrew65

Lizpixie #ReadingWomensChallenge #AboutTheEnvironment #ReadHarder2020 #BookAboutANaturalDisaster #BookAboutClimateChange 5y

Andrew65 Fantastic 😍 5y

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