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Britt-Marie Was Here (Bound for Schools & Libraries)
Britt-Marie Was Here (Bound for Schools & Libraries) | Fredrik Backman
The New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry returns with this heartwarming story about a woman rediscovering herself after a personal crisis fans of Backman will find another winner in these pages (Publishers Weekly). Britt-Marie can t stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge others no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But hidden inside the socially awkward, fussy busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams, and a warmer heart that anyone around her realizes. When Britt-Marie walks out on her cheating husband and has to fend for herself in the miserable backwater town of Borg of which the kindest thing one can say is that it has a road going through it she finds work as the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished recreation center. The fastidious Britt-Marie soon finds herself being drawn into the daily doings of her fellow citizens, an odd assortment of miscreants, drunkards, layabouts. Most alarming of all, she s given the impossible task of leading the supremely untalented children s soccer team to victory. In this small town of misfits, can Britt-Marie find a place where she truly belongs? Funny and moving, sweet and inspiring, Britt-Marie Was Here celebrates the importance of community and connection in a world that can feel isolating."
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GinaKButler
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Up next…I‘m using this for Published in 2014 for the Book Girls Backlist Challenge. #bookspinbingo

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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Blueberry
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CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 3mo
Andrew65 Loved this last year. 3mo
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Evita
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3 out of 5

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Blueberry
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Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 8mo
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thewallflower0707
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First day of sightseeing in #Stockholm! We visited the Vasamuseum, where you can see an original war ship from 1626, which immediately sank after leaving the port. Then, we wandered through the shopping malls to the giant Stadthus, and finally went to the Ice Bar (-5 Degrees!) and enjoyed a VERY cold 🍹.
Looking forward to tomorrow.

#sweden #holiday

marleed Have fun! 11mo
BarbaraBB Sounds good! Enjoy! 11mo
Gissy Nice!!! Great photo! 👌Continue your adventure❤️ 11mo
Lovelylottereader Enjoy your holiday!! 11mo
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Blueberry
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1. Britt-Marie Was Here. It got even better in my head after mulling it over with a friend.

2. Watching #CanadaReads2023 at the end of the month.

I tag @NataliePatalie.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Sounds grand! Thanks for playing 13mo
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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This would be the perfect winter read for fans of small-town romances, and/or movies where the kids get their sports field in the end after they defeat the evil developers 🏟 Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/britt-marie-was-here-fredrik-backman/

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Blueberry
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4⭐. Humor, some sadness, heart-warming. 😊🥹

tpixie If you have Amazon Prime, the Swedish movie 🎥 of Britt Marie is on there! ( Swedish A Man Called Ove also!) 14mo
Blueberry @tpixie I actually read this for my movie-book club so will be watching it on Amazon next Friday. Have you seen it? Did you like it? 14mo
tpixie @Blueberry awesome! Yes I did. It‘s subtle, but sweet. 14mo
lynneamch I really enjoyed the movie. 14mo
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Shievad
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Read this after reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She‘s Sorry since Britt-Marie was first introduced in that book. If you liked Backman‘s other books, you‘ll enjoy this one too. I liked learning more about Britt-Marie and seeing another side to her character. Poetic writing as always.

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Messiejessie
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This book is adorable. Britt-Marie will quietly steal your heart.

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BennettBookworm
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Completed my next OWL reading challenge category! I was reading this HP book in French for so long! 😅

ANCIENT RUNES:
🌟Ancient runes: A book in translation - Britt Marie Was Here
🌟Beedle the bard: A fairytale (folktale?) retelling - Sistersong
🌟Mistranslation: A book whose title is translated differently - HP French - “The school for sorcerers” rather than Sorcerer‘s or Philosopher‘s Stone

mabell Nice reading HP in French! 👏👏 I think I have one of the HP books in French on my shelf! But picture books are more my current level 😆 1y
BennettBookworm @mabell Thanks! It took a long time to read but I might try Book 2 in a French audiobook! 1y
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DLQBOOKNERD
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⭐️⭐️⭐️

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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Fredrik Backman triumphs yet again in creating a little slice of heaven. Escaping reality alongside this masterful story teller always ensures you're in for a treat. This tale is positively soul-stirring, with characters that are impossible to not fall head over heels in love with. Any Ove lovers will have utter adoration for Britt-Marie and her journey to self-discovery. A witty, adorably humorous prose that will bring about giggles and tears ♡

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Probably my favorite Backman so far! By the end, I loved Britt-Marie so much.

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Another good read by Backman! I basically will read anything he writes. This was a pleasure to read alongside the comments of my #lmpbc members @shellleigh33 and @Kayla.Adriena . I‘m mailing it to you this week @BennettBookworm ! 💗💗💗

Leftcoastzen 😻 2y
Kayla.Adriena I finished Behold the Dreamers before the holiday weekend and it will be going out to you this week as well ! 2y
ladym30 What a sweet kitty!❤️ 2y
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LiteraryinLawrence
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Britt-Marie Was Here was HERE in my mailbox when I got home! Thanks @Kayla.Adriena ! #lmpbc @BennettBookworm @shellleigh33

Kayla.Adriena 😆😆😆 good! That's media mail, I mailed it a week ago 😬 2y
Tiffiney I absolutely loved that book! 💕 2y
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Kayla.Adriena
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Finished for #LMPBC. ⚽️⚽️⚽️. I'm a fan of Backman and soccer apparently. I really like the bits that explained what kind of person you are based on what team you root for. The US is pretty much the only country that calls it soccer right? @LiteraryinLawrence @shellleigh33 @BennettBookworm

Texreader Yea I think so. I enjoyed this book. Not as much as Ove but it was still excellent (the ending though, grrr) 2y
LiteraryinLawrence Yay, glad you liked it and I‘m excited to read everyone‘s comments! 2y
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CBee
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Dear Fredrik Backman, once again you‘ve written a book that has stolen my heart ♥️♥️♥️
It‘s impossible not to love Britt-Marie.
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft am going to submit this for #booked2022 #madeforthesmallscreen if that‘s ok?

Well-ReadNeck Loved this on audiobook. The narrator captured B-M perfectly. 2y
CBee @Well-ReadNeck I‘d love to hear that sometime! 2y
Cinfhen Absolutely 😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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CBee @Cinfhen hooray! Funnily enough, I‘ve barely got any for the winter group but have a bunch scattered throughout the rest of the list 😂 2y
Cinfhen That‘s how it goes sometimes but you still have PLENTY of time to fill in missing prompts!! 2y
CBee @Cinfhen true! Thanks ♥️ 2y
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shellleigh33
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Excited about this months #roll100 reads. One was already my #LMPBC and the other is my one up my favorite authors. Going to be an awesome reading month!!

PuddleJumper Yay! Happy reading! 2y
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BeeMagical
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Book 8📚

I knew I was going to love this one. It hit me right in the ❤️ I loved the characters, Britt-Marie is real and makes you feel. The kids really pull at your heart strings and you just want everything to work out.

Unknowingly, Britt-Marie breathes change into the lives of Borg❤️

Fans of A Man Called Ove will love her!🗺🇫🇷

Another one down for the bookshelf!😂👊🏻

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Eva_B
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I love Fredrik Backman‘s books. I didn‘t enjoy this as much as his others but it was still good. It still managed to make me laugh out loud in parts snd nearly cry in others.

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JacqMac
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“At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks himself are about one thing: how should you live your life?”
Backman made me cry. Again. He always tells a beautiful story.
#SuperSeptember I hit my goal of three books.
@Andrew65 @EadieB

EadieB Congrats 🎉 on hitting your goal of 3 books 📚 Backman is an excellent writer. He makes me cry 😢 too! 3y
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JacqMac
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I need to clean up my library. The chaos! But first I need to finish this book. Priorities.
#SuperSeptember
@Andrew65 @EadieB

EadieB I have a table that looks like that! Definitely finish your book 📚 first . I read and enjoyed that book! You‘re doing great with the readathon! 3y
Tamra Tidying is overrated. 😏 3y
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Texreader
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#two4tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1. Tagged
2. Women‘s soccer

TheSpineView Thanks for playing and happy Tuesday! 3y
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Ash.on.the.line
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It‘s crazy how I related to Britt-Marie even though we shouldn‘t have. Backman really captured those human emotions that we all feel but may not show others. I just enjoyed this one. #bookspinbingo

Close to a bingo and I think I finish Bridge Kingdom today I can make it!! 😁

smalldogs_bigbooks2419 I couldn‘t get into this one at all, but I loved My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She‘s Sorry, which sort of introduces Britt-Marie. I also loved A Man Called Ove and am current reading Anxious People. I‘m about 100 pages from finishing that, and starting to get a bit bored, but I can‘t give up on it! 3y
Ash.on.the.line @smalldogs_bigbooks2419 I‘ve read a few of his books now and have enjoyed them all. This one I think took a bit longer to get into but I related to some of feelings of Britt-Marie which helped. I haven‘t read Anxious People yet. 3y
smalldogs_bigbooks2419 @Ash.on.the.line which ones have you read? 3y
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RosePressedPages Backman is by far one of my favorite authors and I adored Britt-Marie Was Here! I‘m glad to hear you enjoyed it as well :) 3y
Ash.on.the.line @smalldogs_bigbooks2419 This one, A man called ove, my Grandmother asked me to tell you she‘s sorry, and Beartown. :) 3y
Ash.on.the.line @MadelineMcCrae Yes, he really is great! :) 3y
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DavidDiamond
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Another moving and funny tale with wonderful characters that is almost a hybrid of A Man Called Ove and Beartown.

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Twainy
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🎧 I thought the summary read like it was going to be an adult Mary Poppins. Nope.

This was my first Backman book. I don‘t think he‘s my jam. Or I wasn‘t in the mood.

I was bored. It started slow. It picked up in the last third and the last 2 chapters felt rushed/forced/contrived. This could be due to the fact I was expecting something else? IDK what, just different.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 👇🏻👇🏻

Twainy I also am not fond of books surrounding sports. Soccer.

Britt-Marie is a seemingly unreasonably grouchy persnickety 63 year old woman who needs a change of significant other, job, location. So she reinvents herself. That was difficult. 👇🏻
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Twainy Her new life is so unlike her old life you wonder if she‘s going to lose it!! She‘s sent to a small town crushed by the financial crisis so all they have is … soccer. Britt-Marie isn‘t all that enthralled with soccer either. But she dives in. Coach Britt-Marie. Ever the reluctant hero.

She also comes across a new romance with policeman Sven.

So she makes her second chance work for her & gets the guy. I liked the writing. The narration was ok.
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BethM I enjoy the author but didn‘t like this book. I‘d give him another shot. 3y
Twainy @BethM which one do you suggest? 3y
SilversReviews Great read. 3y
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SilversReviews
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FEATURING: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Keeping up appearances but not being appreciated was Britt-Marie's life.

Britt-Marie always worried what others would think if something happened to her when they traveled and her hotel room was not in pristine order.

A DELIGHTFUL READ!!

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/27npuj3z

CoffeeNBooks I loved Britt Marie! 3y
SilversReviews @CoffeeNBooks I did too. 😊 Such a fun read. 3y
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freeatlast1137
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I really like Fredrik Backman‘s writing style and his stories, however he does love a good tragic storyline.

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LisaLovesToRead
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I am becoming a pretty big Beckman fan. This is the third book I‘ve of his in the last three months. He has the same style, but the stories are different enough to keep me interested.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️ It made me giggle in places and made me sad at other times but did not catch me as much as other books by Backman have.

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CBee
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@Endowarrior21 thank you for the lovely #bookcupidswap! I adore Backman and this (almost) completes my collection of his books! Happy Valentine‘s Day 🥰
@candority

lynneamch I thought they did a good job with the movie too. 3y
CBee @lynneamch I had no idea there was a movie! I‘ll have to check that out 👏🏻👏🏻 3y
candority Oh, this book is great! I didn‘t know there was a movie either! 😍 Happy Valentine‘s Day! 💘 3y
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Crazeedi Great book! Happy Valentine's day my friend!! 3y
CBee @candority same to you! Thank you for coordinating this swap! ♥️ 3y
CBee @Crazeedi same to you ♥️♥️ 3y
MaleficentBookDragon This is one of my all time favorite books. 3y
CBee @MaleficentBookDragon one of my all time faves is My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She‘s Sorry, and I‘ve been wanting to read Britt-Marie ever since ♥️♥️ 3y
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Ladygodiva7
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Book 2 of 2021.
Have to read all the books by Fredrik Backman now!

#snowflake #snowflakes #papersnowflakes

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My little reading buddy and I found ourselves very emotionally invested in what life decisions Britt-Marie would make. Okay, I was invested and he was just sleepy. I liked this one. Backman knows just how to write all the feels and pull at the heart strings. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Crazeedi 😻🥰 3y
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HeathHof
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The last couple weeks have been super tough, among other things, we had a very short notice move and our kitty, Haymich got out of our old house and is still missing.💔 I've been trying to read here and there but it's been so go go go. But we are finally getting settled in and tonight I'm going to practice some self care and start the tagged book and eat who knows how much of this box of chocolates!

Texreader Oh so sad. I hope Haymitch makes his way home soon. And what an awesome name 3y
Reggie Moving is the worst!!! I hope Haymitch is found. 3y
BookNAround Oh no! I hope Haymitch returns from his adventure soon. 3y
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Deblovestoread Thinking of you! Hope you find your kitty soon. 3y
Susanita Oh no! I hope you find him soon! 3y
Megabooks I am so sorry Haymitch is missing. I hope he turns up. 3y
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Mehso-so

Admittedly I only checked this out last week because all the other available audiobooks didn‘t fancy me. I didn‘t have high hopes because I didn‘t like “My Grandmother asked me to tell you she‘s sorry” so much but was curious for this because I knew one of the characters would appear in here.

Well, I never thought I‘d love Britt-Marie that much. I was sure to love this whole book. But honestly, the last 3 hours were pure disappointment. 👎🏼

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jouleian
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This one I had to warm up to and the ending was unexpected, which I can appreciate. Nonetheless I loved it like. #recommended #litsy #audiobook

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Andrea313
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Cozy night in with a new (to me!) Backman. 🎶This is what dreeeeams are made of...!🎶 #currentlyreading

britt_brooke Pretty photo! Enjoy. 💚 3y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another beautiful story of unique characters. I love it when I‘m transported "elsewhere" through caracters filled with constraints and then feel the them open up to the next level in their spiral of life, thanks to self love and the help of those new people around. Britt-Marie is a late bloomer who has a vision of the world that goes from XXS to L? ? Heartwarming ??

#ReadTheWorld #Sweeden

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madaboutreadin
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Tom read this book too so he gets to be in the photo. We both really enjoyed A Man Called Ove, so we tried this book too. It‘s a cute, light hearted story. I recommend for an easy and fun read!

rwmg Did you realise this is a spin-off from 3y
lynneamch I enjoyed the movie. 3y
shanaymayer This one is on my list. I recently heard great things about his new book, Anxious People, as well! 3y
AvidReader25 I just read Anxious People and loved it! 3y
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Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira
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Really enjoying this one so far. #strongwomancharacter
#ReadTheWorld #Sweeden

Texreader Great cover 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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#3Books I ❤️
This one was hard picking just 3.

OriginalCyn620 📚❤️📚 4y
Deblovestoread Loved Book Woman! 4y
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Tiffiney
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Fredrik Backman really is a master of imaging up with the best characters! I loved this book...as I do all of his books. Such a sweet and cute story. I found myself wrapped up in the lives of this amazing cast of characters in a small town. I was a little sad to see it end...

bookaholic1 I love all his books, now I need to get my hands on his new one 4y
Tiffiney @bookaholic1 I do too! His new one was my BOTM pick...I can't wait to start it! 4y
bookaholic1 @Tiffiney That's Great...Enjoy!! 4y
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Laurenabeth
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Hit up my local used book store. Everything is under $10. If I‘m being honest, I didn‘t see anything more than $5. Such steals. What do I read first?

Freespirit I have just read Wolf Hall. It‘s a complex must read if your a history fan😊 4y
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I very much enjoyed this book. Being with Britt-Marie as she navigates the unknown and learns more about herself was fun. And up to the end, I was worried about the decision she had to make. I was so happy with how Backman ended it, although I would love to follow more of her journey.
#ReadingEurope2020 #sweden @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
#LitsyAtoZ2020

BarbaraBB I just read a book for Sweden as well! 4y
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SilversReviews
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AUTHOR BUZZ

Thanks to:

#AUGUST AUTHORS
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

Today‘s Prompt: FREDRIK BACKMAN

I have only read this book by Mr. Backman. It was really good.

What have you read by this author?

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/y3rxpb3b

@backmansk

OriginalCyn620 This is one I haven‘t read yet! 4y
SilversReviews @OriginalCyn620 Britt-Marie is a treat. ENJOY when you read it. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve read Ove and really loved his demeanor 🤣🤣🤣 4y
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Bookwormjillk
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I loved this book. It‘s about soccer, but it‘s really about the fact that you‘re never too far behind to come back and win.

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Christyco125
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Love it - almost as much as a Man a Named Ove

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AmyK1
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1. The Book of Lost Friends, which was out recently.
2. Tagged
3. Kristin Hannah, CS Lewis, Lisa Wingate

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs #3- Yes, yes, and yes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
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