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The Weird Sisters
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
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This is the "delightful" (People) New York Times bestseller that's earned raves from Sarah Blake, Helen Simonson, and reviewers everywhere-the story of three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much... Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father-a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse-named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to.The sisters have a hard time communicating with their parents and their lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian youngest sibling have in common? Only that none has found life to be what was expected; and now, faced with their parents' frailty and their own personal disappointments, not even a book can solve what ails them...
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CoffeeNBooks
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Pickpick

I really liked this story of three Sisters, who were named for Shakespeare characters, and grew up quoting Shakespeare, as their dad is a professor of Shakespeare. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to keep reading it, since their mom is fighting breast cancer, but her cancer journey was so eloquently written about and the experiences were described so correctly, that it felt like a hug of acknowledgement and support throughout the story.

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CoffeeNBooks
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PuddleJumper Brilliant! 1mo
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CoffeeNBooks
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I've been having a hard time finding a book I actually wanted to keep reading, so I'm happy to have taken this book off my bookshelf and now I don't want to put it down! 💚

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Andrea4
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Pickpick

Priming & painting audiobooking. Finished this yesterday? I don't know, days are blending..
Enjoyed this simple story. Is it full or twists or turns? Nope, it's exactly what it sounds like. I like stories full of the normal dramas that families have. I did not like this narrator's voice for the father though.

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SW-T
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Mehso-so

So I got stuck on the didn‘t get arrested for embezzlement part. Really? But it was the big dark secret for one sister and her reason for coming home and staying there after getting the news about her mom‘s diagnosis. The sisters weren‘t bad, and though I like Shakespeare, the dad only spoke in Shakespeare quotes and it got kind of old after a while. Though it was supposed to show how they were raised. Felt contrived more than eccentric.

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StaceyKondla
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 147 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

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CindyMyLifeIsLit
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#MagicalMay #Sisters

I loved this book! But then, I love just about any book that finds a way to work Shakespeare in! ❤️

Eggs Great choic 👏🏻📚🤗👏🏻 5y
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Tianarose
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The kids and I had a good haul at the library book sale. All this plus two more for $20

Texreader Awesome!! 5y
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Jemmygem
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
Pickpick

Enjoyed this book having a number of weird sisters myself. It‘s was a nice light read about a quirky family.

Powered_By_Plants Welcome to litsy! It‘s addictive 😁 #litsywelcomewagon 5y
Reading_in_the_meadow I really enjoyed that book. 5y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗 5y
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Come-read-with-me
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
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Mehso-so

A tale of interesting, but hardly weird, sisters. The story line was ok, yet the voice of the narrator inconsistent enough to impact upon the fluidity of the story. I had difficulty connecting with the characters. Not the best book I‘ve recently read.

Velvetfur I really want to read this purely because my sister and I are weird! 😂 5y
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AprilMae
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Pickpick

I thought I wasn't going to like this book, but I was pleasantly surprised! A story of finding yourself, family, and overcoming the box we put ourselves in.

TrishB I enjoyed this book too 👍🏻 6y
SilversReviews I really liked this book. Thanks for sharing. 6y
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CareBear
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Thank you so much, Stacy! I love everything - you completely nailed it. I‘m so excited about the new books, Icy Viserion (although sad) is so adorable and I can‘t wait to wear my socks when the new season starts! Plus, it doesn‘t get better than dark chocolate peanut butter. 💕 thank you. #asoiaf

Stacy_31 Yay! I‘m so glad you liked everything. The dark chocolate pb cups are my favorite so I was excited to see that on your survey. 😂😂 I hope you don‘t mind the books, it seems like you have all of the GoT ones so I chose a couple from your TBR. 😊😊 6y
CareBear @Stacy_31 I can‘t wait to try them! I don‘t mind at all, I am super excited about the books! Have you read them? 6y
Stacy_31 I started the Radium Girls but haven‘t finished it. I just got so upset at the disregard for the health of the women. But haven‘t read the Weird Sisters. It looks interesting! 6y
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Amabear
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Everyone was sleeping so I snuck out to the car to find my book I‘d left there by accident, and discovered to my pure delight that it was a rainy dark evening.
So I stayed a while. Such a beautiful setting to read it. ❤️ #readingtorain #raindropshadows #splotchypages #readingadventure

Avanders 😍😍 6y
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Amabear
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A great sum of this book this far in one quote. I have really really enjoyed getting to know these sisters. I relate best to Cordy. But traits of all 3 can be found in any of us I think. Such a good book with such good lessons if you read between the lines. Not just the obvious black and white lessons, but also complex ones you can‘t quite put your words to, but ring through to your heart. ❤️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 6y
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Amabear
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Some down time reading at the festival yesterday between events. I fell into conversation with a great grandma and the books she was buying for all her kids and grand kids. Definitely the kind of Grandma I want to be when I grow up! ❤️

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Amabear
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I am SO excited about this one! I begrudgingly picked it up off my shelf because it was the easiest one to get to and at the top of my TBR pile- I had no idea it would be so literary and shakespherian 😍 this may wellend up being one of my favorites. Here‘s to the long weekend, great memories, and starting new books!

SilversReviews Oh....I loved this book. I read it eons ago. Thanks for the reminder. 6y
CareBear What a pretty cover! 6y
Amabear @CareBear yes I love the metallic sheen! Usually that‘s just saved for the dust flap. 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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NOT BOOK RELATED.
I hope you all can keep my sister Karen in your thoughts. After I was diagnosed with cancer my sister decided to get a hysterectomy as a preventative measure. They found ovarian cancer. She went in yesterday to have some lymph nodes removed to find out if her cancer had spread. They found really enlarged lymph nodes that they had to remove. One had a nerve wrapped around it.
More below 👇🏻

MaleficentBookDragon They couldn't leave it alone and had to remove it. While they didn't have to sever it, it will cause major problems to her right side/leg. She will always walk with an impediment. When she gets out of the hospital she will have a walker. She's only 47!
The chemo she'll be getting also effects her nerves, so it will be a long recovery.
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Karkar Thoughts for your sister. ❤️❤️ 7y
MaleficentBookDragon @avanders She‘s not a reader but I‘m sharing with her one of the coloring books and one of the scarves you sent me. So double thanks! 7y
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Clwojick Sending all my love. ♥️♥️ 7y
britt_brooke Sending hugs and good thoughts! 💓 7y
LitsyOwl Thoughts and hugs to you both. 7y
Birdsong28 Sending you both my love. ❤️❤️❤️📚📖 7y
Christy2318 Prayers and good thoughts for your sister, you and all your family. 7y
TrishB Hugs and healing thoughts 💜 7y
julesG Sending a big hug to you two. Hoping for a speedy recovery for your sister. 7y
OriginalCyn620 Good thoughts and hugs to both you and your sister. 💞 7y
Librarybelle Healing thoughts to you and to your sister 7y
MicheleinPhilly Good grief, your family has been through the wringer lately! Sending healing vibes and ❤️ and positive energy to all of you. 7y
rubyslippersreads Sending lots of ❤️❤️❤️ to you both. 7y
tournevis *hugs* 7y
merelybookish Oh my! Good wishes and healing vibes to you and your family. 💕 7y
EvieBee Oh my heart breaks for her and your family. You‘re in my thoughts and sending hugs your way. ♥️♥️♥️ 7y
KrystleTheBookSlayer ❤hugs❤sending healing thoughts to your sister!❤ 7y
BookwormAHN Sending hugs to both of you 💜 7y
CindyMyLifeIsLit So sorry that both of you have had to deal with this terrible disease!! Best wishes for you both and that your sister have a strong and speedy recovery! 7y
AmyG Saying a prayer for your sister. 7y
Jerdencon Sending lots of prayers 🙏 7y
ReadZenRites 💕💕🌸🌸💕💕 7y
Mollyanna Sending lots of love, prayers and healing thoughts 🙏🏻 7y
asiriusreader Oh my — thinking of and praying for her and for you. 💗 7y
Onioons Thinking of you both & sending positive vibes across the ocean x 7y
mrp27 Lots of positive thoughts to you and your sister. 7y
BookishBelle :::hugs::: and prayers of healing!! 💗 7y
Christine11 My thoughts and prayers are with you and your sister. Best wishes to you both! 💜💕💜 7y
Mimi28 So sorry to hear this!! My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family!! ❤️❤️ 7y
LauraJ @MaleficentBookDragon Whoa! You kinda saved your sister‘s life. Best wishes for you and your family. ❤️ 7y
rabbitprincess Thinking of you both ♥️♥️ 7y
MinDea Sending thoughts and well wishes. So sorry to hear this. If there is anything we can do here at Litsy please just holler. I know all of us will help. ❤️❤️ 7y
kylienoele Sending hugs 💖 7y
kspenmoll So sorry to hear of this for both you & your sister. Sending love, energy & prayers. Echoing @MinDea, ease let us know if we can help. 7y
JoScho I‘m so sorry for her. Sending love and positive thoughts to both of you ❤️ 7y
BridgetteM Thoughts and prayers for your sister. 7y
cobwebmoth I'm sorry you're both having to deal with so much. Sending positive thoughts and hugs to you both. ❤ 7y
Avanders Oh no I'm so sorry to hear about this 🤕💖💖 And you're so welcome .. praying for you and her!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽💖💖 7y
sprainedbrain Prayers for both of you! ❤️ 7y
Reggie I‘m so sorry to hear this. Sending nothing but hope and good thoughts. 7y
Bookzombie I‘m so sorry to hear this. Sending love and positive vibes. ❤️ 7y
Chasing_Pages Thoughts and ❤️ to you both, hoping for a smooth recovery. 7y
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Christine11
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#Siblings #MagicalMarch - this is a book I read years and years ago about three sisters whose entire family love books (especially Shakespeare‘s plays) and clash with each other frequently. I think I was drawn to it because I am one of three sisters and because I loved the Shakespeare connection! If I remember rightly I enjoyed it a lot but I‘ve forgotten so much of it I may need to reread it 😊

kgriffith Same! I got an ARC and mostly remember really enjoying Eleanor Brown‘s presence and personalized attention to readers on social media. 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💕💕 sounds good!! 7y
Christine11 @kgriffith That‘s so cool - I love when authors get involved with their readers like that! 😊💙 7y
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Christine11 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks it was good I think! I‘m sure I remember enjoying it ! 😊💕 7y
vkois88 Ah, I need to find my copy! 7y
Christine11 @vkois88 I hope you find it! It‘s a good read ! 😊💕 7y
vkois88 I'll look for it when I'm off Sunday 😊 7y
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kayceecruz
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"There were the kind [of letters] you save, folded into a memory box, to be opened years later with fingers against crackling age, heart pounding with the sick desire to be possessed by memory."

RaimeyGallant Nice quote. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 7y
DebinHawaii That is a great quote. Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚👍Hope you enjoy it here! 7y
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SassyGirlReading
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“There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future.”

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SassyGirlReading
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“Because when I am waiting in line, at the gym, on the train, eating lunch, I am not complaining about the wait/staring into space/admiring myself in reflective surfaces? I am reading!”

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goodbyefrancie
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
Pickpick

I really enjoyed this book! Definitely my kind of book, just a story of a family with all of the imperfections and wrong turns and quirky characters. Definitely a pick!

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goodbyefrancie
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
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#audio puzzle! Hibernation is a good thing before jumping into the rest of our holiday events tomorrow.

JenReadsAlot I love puzzles! 7y
bookaholic1 Love puzzles 7y
Lreads Those trays for the puzzle pieces are really neat! I love doing puzzles but don‘t get to as my cat gets in the pieces. 7y
goodbyefrancie @ReadsWithTea My hubby got he trays for me a couple of years ago. Maybe he got tired of me using all the bowls from the kitchen. 😉 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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Audio cooking with #Overdrive this morning. Christmas #1 at my house, enjoying the calm before chaos ensues.

SilversReviews I really, really liked this book. 7y
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ATB
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As readers we understand!

Liberty I underlined this too when I read it. ☺️ 7y
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Skybariline
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Pickpick

This is one of the best novels about adult sibling relationships that I can remember reading. I loved the inclusion of Shakespeare verses throughout and the fact that none of the characters was ever without a book.

TrishB I enjoyed this too 👍 7y
Libby1 I liked it, too, @Skybariline and @TrishB . ☺️ 7y
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Mindyrecycles
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OriginalCyn620 Mine too! But it'll be up soon because it's my letter W for #LitsyAtoZ. (edited) 7y
Smangela I really enjoyed this one :) 7y
SilversReviews Oh...I loved this book. Read it a while ago. 7y
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Amanda23
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#sizzlinsummerbooks Day 19: No place like home.
Three sisters have returned home, reuniting the eccentric family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch.
They love each other. They just don't happen to like each other very much.
A lovely family story.
@Tiffy_Reads

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howjessicareads
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I made a display of 'sisters' books at work today! I haven't read any of them, have you?

KarenUK I read the Weird Sisters for my book club... enjoyed it very much... 💕 8y
stacybmartin I've read the Weird Sisters as well - I liked it! 8y
Bks4Wrms The Silent Sister, I gave it 3.5 stars. 8y
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Alicia Bookmans!!! 😍😍 8y
Alicia @jess.how omg I just realized you said at work. Do you work there? I'm insanely jealous. 8y
Soubhiville Weird sisters was fun! 8y
Libby1 I've read The Weird Sisters and The Silent Sister, which is odd, because I'm not usually into Sister or "the Girl who" books. 8y
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IamIamIam
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We got invited to a book swap through my husband's company at the NY Public Library tonight!!! So excited to get into a function at the #NYPL!! I thought this book was just highbrow enough to make me look like I know what I'm doing...LOL

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MSzyd
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Day 143: "I keep waiting to feel old, to feel like a grown-up, but I don't yet." #shoes by #lovelypeople

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leslieisreading
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U/V/W titles: TBR edition and sci fi/fantasy edition. I didn't have a complete set in either category, so I went with two partial sets. #marchintoreading

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mcbeth528
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown
Mehso-so

What I liked about this book: the use of Shakespeare throughout; the raw emotion and reality the characters face; the sisterly bond.

What drove me nuts: who the heck was the narrator? It couldn't have been a sister, despite sounding like one, because each was spoken of in the third person. Maybe I'm the only one who was bothered by this but it made me bananas!

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Mindyrecycles
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Tucson Festival of Books weekend finally came! I got these books plus a sunburn and made it home with $4.77. Haha.

#tfob

Dragon Nice stack 👍😀 8y
Bklover Good ones! I loved Replay! 8y
LittlePixels Nice haul! I *so* wanted to go, but had a sick kiddo. Maybe next time. 8y
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AWahle I really enjoyed Replay. I have an ARC of it around here someplace from my bookseller days. 8y
Cortg Loving Frank has an awesome ending. I had to google it after reading...unbelievable! 8y
Reviewsbylola Great haul. Loving Frank. 😍😍😍 8y
minkyb Fabulous picks! 8y
Mindyrecycles Thanks all. @Bklover and @AWahle, I have read Replay but it was a library copy. I had to own it, especially if someone was offering a trade paperback in great condition for $3! (edited) 8y
Mindyrecycles @Cortg and @Reviewsbylola, thank you for the recommendations. I'll pick it up soon! 8y
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KellyK
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Love the image this paragraph brings to mind, especially "...she found herself wanting to give the old woman a hug..." I'd love to hug Miss Deem, my childhood librarian! ?

rubyslippersreads My childhood librarians (elementary school and neighborhood library) had the perfect names--Miss Smiley and Mrs. Reedy. 8y
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KellyK
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Got a late start but I'm one hour in... #24in48!

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Palomasofia
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First book read in 2017 ✔️ 1 down, 39 more to go towards my 2017 tbr goal

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Palomasofia
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Haven't we all?

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Palomasofia
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The weight of a name

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Palomasofia
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As one of three mightily strong yet significantly different sisters, I can say this pretty much sums it up...

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AmandaRae
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Mehso-so

I actually listened to this book instead of read it. These are not normally the type of books I gravitate towards. Had I actually had to read it I honestly might not have made it through. However, listening to this book made it enjoyable and light. Fair warning there are a ton of Shakespeare references most of which I will be researching. It is a nice story of growing up and finding yourself in the midst of struggle.

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Well-ReadNeck
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Pickpick

Listened on audiobook. Enjoyed this solid but light story about three 30-something sisters finding their way in adulthood.

keelymorgan I've had this on my #tbr pile for quite awhile, sounds like I need to move it up. I am in a bit of a slump I need a quick thriller or something like this... 8y
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BookmarkTavern
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#dysfunctionalfamilies I was able to line up myself and my two sisters a little too well with the three sisters the last time I read this. So although I enjoyed it the first time, I actually haven't read it since. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading

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TrishB
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@gossamerchild this is my other cover!

gossamerchild Too cool! I have not seen that before. Thanks for sharing 8y
BethFishReads I have the original cover 8y
TrishB Love seeing the different covers! 8y
BooksAndMore Haahah this is me and my sis 8y
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gossamerchild
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Pickpick

One of my all-time favorite #debutnovels. A book about sisters coming home and figuring themselves out. That type of "domestic" novel usually doesn't do it for me, nor does family drama, but this worked. Beautiful prose. It has been a while since I've read it, but I know I liked it a lot. Written in first person plural, though, so that might throw people off. #booktober

Well-ReadNeck Yay! This is on my kindle waiting for me. Gotta bump it up!! 8y
Shemac77 I enjoyed this as well! 8y
gossamerchild @Well-ReadNeck I hope you like it! 8y
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TrishB I really liked this too, mine has a totally different cover though! 8y
gossamerchild @TrishB I'm intrigued... What does it look like? 8y
TrishB @gossamerchild I will send picture later, sat in Vienna airport on way home from Bangkok! Will find when home. 8y
gossamerchild @TrishB wow, no hurries! 8y
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meek84
The Weird Sisters | Eleanor Brown

There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future.

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jen_hayes7
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Pickpick

I went back and forth on this book. About halfway through I hated most of the characters (except Jonathan, and I suppose Dan and Aidan). When I got to the end, I realized that was probably what I should have been feeling. The characters are slightly extreme, but ultimately relatable. A well written, thought provoking story on life, hardships, growing up and family. Oh, and did I mention Jonathan?! ❤️ Pictured: my best reading buddy, Bowie.

Tanzy13 🐱 8y
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