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Day 5: #7days7covers #covercrush

Finally made my first donation ever to a #LittleFreeLibrary

I was intrigued with the narrative, was hoping the obvious foreshadowing was a red herring, and disappointed at how the book ends.

#TBRtemptation post 2! In this thin tale, an unnamed narrator loves with her new husband, his 2 teens, and his ex-wife, known only as she. The narrator becomes obsessed with the ex--will she ever measure up? What secrets does the 2 have? Marriage, infidelity, obsession, and charting love in all its phases. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Short bursts of the main character's thoughts (sometimes just a line or two), often circling around her husband's ex-wife, make this novel more a series of vingettes than a structured story. It's an interesting style that makes for a very quick one-sitting read with a sort of disconnect with no names used.

I wouldn't say I loved it but the stylistic devices intrigued me. It was very subtly done. Give it a try if you're doing the readathon.

I laughed out loud, almost uproariously, during the ending of this short, tight novel.

I sometimes wish I could be a writer. This thought gets pushed aside because I worry I‘ll run out of things to say. Enter Lily Tuck. Her books are striking. Her words are sparse but full of meaning and allow readers to use their imaginations to connect the dots. Her books echo our own minds, jumping around through time and space in tiny, important fragments.

Friday night to myself = treat yo self = fancy pizza and salad and wine and my book 💕. Happy Friday night!

This is my first Lily Tuck, though I now have a craving for more. I read Sisters in one sitting, propelled along by the narrator‘s voice and the slow burn to the denouement. Tuck is subtle, stylized and unsentimental while retaining a lovely empathy for her narrator. It‘s a hell of a wonderful read.

Very intrigued by my #currentread

#jingleshelves

Book mail! Excited for this short one - I loved Lily Tuck‘s first novel and the premise of this looks wonderful and haunting.

Dinner tonight was spiced cauliflower soup with fried chickpeas and a side salad! @DebinHawaii definitely a soup to make!!

Unexpectedly took my car in, and they squeezed my service appt scheduled for next week in too. But I was unprepared, being without a book or a charger. Walked down to the library and read this novel. It's short and stylized, kind of like Fever Dream (but also nothing like Fever Dream). One new tire, service done, over 3 miles walked, one book read.

Short, fun book full of literary references. Most notably, a very strong resemblance to Daphne duMaurier's Rebecca (but, was unnecessary for the author to hammer home with "Last night I dreamt -- not of Manderley ..."). Quick psychological read.

My first Lily Tuck! Enjoyed it immensely. I even gasped aloud near the end!

Note the guilty corgi who chewed up the bottom corner and back cover. She rarely chews on non-toy items.

#TBRtemptation post 1! #BEA17 edition! Slated for a September 5th release. From the National Book Award winner comes a psychological novel that looks at marriage, infidelity, and obsession. Tuck's unnamed narrator has married a husband with 2 teenagers, and can't stop feeling the indomitable presence of She, his first wife. Will the narrator equal and surpass She; will She heal from the betrayal between them; etc. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎