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BookishTrish
Precipice | Robert Harris
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England is in the brink of WWI and the Prime Minister, who is in his 60s, is completely besotted with Venetia, a girl in her 20s. He writes to her obsessively - and his correspondence included in the novel is historically accurate- to the point that it interferes with both national security and his ability to do his job. A fascinating read.

Texreader Great review! It‘s on my tbr 4h
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shawnmooney
Son at the Front | Edith Wharton
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KCofKaysville
Maisie Dobbs (Anniversary) | Jacqueline Winspear
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Started a book that many like. Supposed to be a good series.

SarahBookInterrupted I got this series for my mother because of the reviews and she loved it! Haven‘t read it yet but maybe when I go for a visit to my mother‘s this summer. 4d
KCofKaysville @SarahBookInterrupted I like it so far in the first couple of chapters! 4d
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TheBookgeekFrau
The Glass Ocean: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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Mehso-so

A very slow 150 page start. I almost DNFed but I didn't feel like choosing another book to start 😂 Once it really got into the meat of the story it was actually interesting.

30/80

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 6d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5d
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emz711
Titanic Survivors Book Club | Timothy Schaffert
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I thought this was really clever. Cover was gorgeous. Had a lot of tidbits of life at that time. Meditation on "surviving" the Titanic is very interesting to me considering all the stories of "I could have been there" on 9/11

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BarbaraBB
In Memoriam | Alice Winn
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Wow this was a very touching book about the boys (so young) who went to war in 1914. Those stories about the trenches always are so devastating. 60,000 men dying in the Somme offensive… in just one day. This book covers it all - and the lovestory between two elite boarding school boys, so English. A great read.

LeahBergen I have this waiting on my shelves! 👍 1w
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen Your kind of book too I think ❤️‍🩹 1w
CarolynM There is something so tragic about the First World War, I find the stories devastating too. I will get around to this one sometime. 1w
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squirrelbrain Such a good book. 💔 1w
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I bought it because of your review! 1w
Suet624 Thanks for the recommendation! 1w
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Addison_Reads
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This graphic nonfiction about a man I never knew before reading this was terrific. Eugene Bullard was the first African-American combat pilot, and this is his story.

The artwork is gorgeous, and the story is informative and heartfelt.

Highly recommend, even if graphic novels aren't your usual read.

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Texreader
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I‘m going to give this book a try as my next #authoramonth book. @Soubhiville

Soubhiville I really liked it. 1w
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TheBookgeekFrau
The Glass Ocean: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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"The evening had turned blue and soft, the way New York does in May, and I decided to walk to the book club and save the bus fare."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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TheBookgeekFrau
The Glass Ocean: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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Reading my TBR

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