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Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#25Alive! Day 2: A strawberry mojito #Toast to our #EuropaCollective pick for December which I have not finished reading yet, unfortunately. 🙈

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, jlhammar

Lcsmcat My book club read one about the same woman (tagged) and I was unimpressed with the novel but fascinated by the woman. How does this one stack up?

The Personal Librarian

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GatheringBooks @Lcsmcat i am really enjoying it, thus far. It‘s giving me Gilded Age vibes with the Astors and Rockefellers. What a world, and what a remarkable woman she was. 12h

Lcsmcat Yes, she was amazing. I‘d like to find a good nonfiction book about her. 12h

GatheringBooks @Lcsmcat this may be it. The pace is good, narrative style is absorbing, the references are sound. It reads like fiction but very clearly backed up by solid research, too. 11h

Eggs Beautifully done 👏🏻👏🏻 8h

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ncsufoxes

Pomegranate: A Novel | Helen Elaine Lee

My favorite 12 fiction books of 2024. The tagged book was my favorite of the year (I slacked off on completing most of my book reviews for the last few months, I need to try to fill them in)

squirrelbrain Pomegranate was on my list too, as was Margo. I also loved Anita, but she just missed out. ☺️ 1d

AmyG Some wonderful books….a few I need to read! 1d

ncsufoxes @squirrelbrain I listed to Anita over audio, I think that‘s why it was a pick for me. The narrator was so loud & expressive, it really made the book so much better for me 1d

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Graywacke

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America | Kathleen DuVal

pick

A soft pick. A Native American history focused on the way the many different tribes responded to, and managed, European encroachment, each responding in their own way. The info is solid. The tone is strange. A lot to of pro-native bias - like way over the top.

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CSeydel

The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

This is a quietly powerful novel in stories following the residents of a small Maine town, their secret hopes and fears, the ordinariness of their daily lives and their major turning points. Beautiful read and my second of the year that I owe to #Europacollective

CBee I meant to tell you that I asked for this for Christmas and got it 😊👏🏻 3d

Lesliereadsalot Don‘t miss the sequel Where the Forest Meets the River. 2d

CSeydel @CBee Yay! 2d

CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot 👍🏻 2d

Andrew65 Looks good. 2d

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DebinHawaii

Sleeping with Friends | Emily Schultz

so-so

#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #20in4 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #readathon

My second out of three #Roll100 Dec. picks. I really wanted to love this one but it was just OK. I didn‘t actually like any of the friend group, including the one with memory loss after being attacked. The back & forth of time/memories/movie scenes/movie scenes mixed in with memories make it more convoluted than it needed to be & I just sped through the end. There‘s a ⬇️

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheSpineView, PuddleJumper, GHABI4ROSES

DebinHawaii … second book featuring the friend who solved the mystery but I don‘t think I‘ll bother. 🤷🏻‍♀️ (I do like the cover though!) 😉 3d

TheSpineView Great job! 3d

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2d

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squirrelbrain

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

pick

I really enjoyed this and it didn‘t matter that I‘d already read The Personal Librarian previously - yes, I knew the general outline but the books are quite different stylistically, and complement each other.

This one felt a little bit more NF (even though the author doesn‘t claim that it is) and I thought Belle herself came across a bit more mercenary and unlikeable in this version.

Thanks @jlhammar for being a great host! #europacollective

Tamra Yes, I was left with the impression I might not like Belle personally. 3d

tpixie @squirrelbrain 😝 yes, our reviews are very similar! 3d

Hooked_on_books Oh cool! Now I look forward to it even more. 😊 3d

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kspenmoll

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety | Jimmy Carter

R.I.P. Marvelous Human. We have so much to be grateful for- his legacy changed our world.

Blueberry 😓 4d

staci.reads 😔 4d

BkClubCare 🤗 💯 (edited) 4d

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AnnCrystal 😢🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝 4d

Mimi28 😥😥😥he said was holding to vote for Kamala 4d

kspenmoll @Mimi28 I love that! 😞 4d

Mimi28 Yes, my mom told me he said. I wonder if she knows, 😓😓 4d

Darklunarose That is sad. He was a good man. 4d

MonicaLoves2Read 😥😥😥 4d

dabbe A true gentleman. 😢 4d

CarolynM 😢 4d

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MallenNC

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety | Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter was a personal hero to me for the way he conducted his life after leaving office. In 2011, I had the honor of meeting him after one of his Sunday School lessons in Plains. I have more than a few books about him, but it will take a lot to capture his legacy. There hasn‘t been and probably won‘t be another public figure like him. And amazing life as our longest lived president.

Aims42 💔😢 4d

kspenmoll 💕💕💕 4d

staci.reads What an amazing picture! Something to cherish 😔 4d

MallenNC @staci.reads I do! It‘s one of my favorites. 4d

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d

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keithmalek

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety | Jimmy Carter

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