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Bel Canto | Ann Patchett
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Just started a reread of this when 3 books came off hold at the same time. 😐 #sigh
Image is a cut out for some kind of snowflake?! I forget. Colors match the book cover 🤣

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BkClubCare
Someone Like Us | Dinaw Mengestu
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Mehso-so

This was a book that absolutely did not grab my attention, I sensed an unreliable narrator who does things that make no sense; I went into it thinking it might be a devastating immigrant story, but once I put it down and then a few days go by, and then when I do open it back up with low motivation and hit a snag (drawn curtains are closed! Not open), WHAT DO I Do? I find many of my friends loved it. #sigh A case of “it‘s me, not the book.”

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ImperfectCJ
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Still working on this one. Still not sure why. My Kobo says I have 3.3 hours to go (54% done). I want to know what happens, but I'm a little worried it will feel like I've wasted my time. Not that being comfy with book, tea, and slippers is ever a *total* waste of time.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your mug! ☕️ 1w
ImperfectCJ @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks! It was a birthday present from my mom! 1w
BkClubCare I am having the same questions abt Someone Like Us - do I keep going? Will I *really* miss something profound if I skim/give-up-now? Is it me or the book?! #sigh 1w
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Rejection: Fiction | Tony Tulathimutte
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I am trying to DNF this extremely interesting, sex-heavy, weird and kinda icky book. #sigh
Connected short stories? Or thematically-related, I cannot say. But UNCOMFORTABLE comes to mind readily.

#Dec2024 Book 118
“… affirmations to the sky full blast: I am ill! I am chill! I am phat! I am fly! I am clutch! I am fetch! I am based! I am bae! I am slae! I am cray!…”

(Prefer Mrs. Nash: I am a delight.) IF you read this, eBook is best 👇

BkClubCare because then you can more easily check back for how these connect. Imo 3w
fredthemoose I recently finished this one and was texting my sister about it being wacky 3w
BkClubCare @fredthemoose - definitely outside my typical fare 3w
BarbaraBB Uncomfortable indeed. I dnf some of the stories. 3w
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dabbe
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. An all-day cold and gentle rain. Matt and I are in the den with the windows open (of course zero rain would come inside). A warm fire would be blazing while we cozily sit on our wrap-around couch with our two GSD's, Kate & Pip on the couch with us. We'd be drinking hot-buttered rum and would be snuggled under fuzzy blankets. #sigh
2. I'm looking forward to finishing SOVEREIGN with the #ShardlakeSeriesBR.
You're tagged!

Suet624 Sounds delightful. 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Sign me up for that! 2mo
Eggs 💙📚❤️ 2mo
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AnnCrystal 💕📚😍💝. 2mo
dabbe @Suet624 🤩🤗😄 2mo
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤩🤗😄 2mo
dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤗😄 2mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩🤗😄 2mo
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BkClubCare
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Just another reminder that I have been wanting to read Renault‘s *The King Must Die*

Updated: this is a passage from WE COULD BE SO GOOD by Cat Sebastian which I should probably have tagged instead. #sigh

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor
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Next read! I am excited for this one.

What are you reading?

BkClubCare Yikes! Sounds enthralling. Does it have pictures? Do say yes!!👏 5mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures @BkClubCare it has some drawings at the section breaks! Unfortunately the writing isn't meshing with me at all. 5mo
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - oh darn. My current audiobook is (ahem) below my favorite reading level, methinks. Weighing the decision to bail or not. #sigh 5mo
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Susanita
The Boxcar Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
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I‘m just recently grasping that 100 years ago is in the 1900s and not 1800s. #pub100yearsago #aboutabook

BkClubCare Ha! I keep catching myself thinking that 1985 was just a decade ago #sigh 5mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 ‘…days are long, but the years are short…‘ or is it the other way round?? 5mo
dabbe I hear ya! 🤩😂🤩 5mo
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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Nomination for #CampLitsy2024, one of four. @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

Background photo is my newly planted Rhubarb. FYI Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day is June 9 🌟🍓🥧

Chelsea.Poole I almost added this to my nominations! And—I have rhubarb too! 😊 9mo
squirrelbrain Ooh, this was rumoured for the #womensprize… 🤔 9mo
BarbaraBB This sounds good!! 9mo
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BkClubCare @Chelsea.Poole - one of these times, my rhubarb plants will survive long enough to harvest. They keep dying, we keep trying it in new spots of the garden #sigh 🌱 9mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - was it? I haven‘t given much attention to that this year. I love the author‘s reviews on gr. 9mo
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - HIGHLY anticipated read for me, I know I will read it anyway, if it isn‘t selected for camp. 9mo
Megabooks I've almost checked out this audiobook twice! 9mo
BkClubCare @Megabooks - I hope to do the ebook so that I can easily capture bits and bites. I love a good audiobook, too but want to preserve my reactions. (edited) 9mo
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Trying valiantly to get into this. I have been on page 16 for days and days. #sigh

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Permission to bail! Don‘t let it put you in a book slump. 11mo
AmyG Yeah, alot of non-essential minutiae for my taste. #hailthebail 11mo
CBee I think pup agrees, you should bail 😂 11mo
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fredthemoose The beginning and end dragged for me, but I found the middle 70-80% pretty good. But by all means, if you‘re feeling the bail, go with it! 11mo
Tamra Yes, too many digressions. I held out only to solve the mystery. I did like the nonverbal character storyline in the end. 11mo
Tamra I can tell you how it ends in a separate hidden comment if you decide to bail. 11mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 11mo
Deblovestoread I finished but can‘t say it was worth the effort🤷🏻‍♀️ 11mo
cariashley This one fell totally flat for me, so can‘t tell you it‘ll get better. 11mo
BkClubCare @cariashley - wow! Thanks ☺️ 11mo
BkClubCare @Tamra - interesting; I just might have to go search for a spoileriffic review 🤣 11mo
BkClubCare @Deblovestoread - good enough for me! Ty 11mo
BkClubCare @dabbe 😍😍😍 11mo
BkClubCare @Tamra - ack! Hadn‘t read both your comments 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sure! Bring it. You‘ll be doing me a favor. I owe you 🥰 11mo
BkClubCare @fredthemoose - I appreciate the support. 🤗 11mo
BkClubCare @AmyG - it‘s been 20 pages and we are still circling the issue! Dad is gone - let‘s DO something already 11mo
BkClubCare @CBee - Copper wants to got for a walk already. 🐕 11mo
Tamra @BkClubCare presumably the father falls off a ledge into the river in a park saving his son from falling first. That is presumed to be the case because that is what the son communicates via a letter board, but it‘s ultimately left as somewhat of a question. The son was under suspicion by the law for a time. Unbeknownst to the family, the father & son were working with a legit therapist who specialized in spelling boards for nonverbal individuals. 11mo
BkClubCare @Tamra 👍 11mo
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