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#3books #ivereadinaday that I absolutely loved.💕

-the tagged book was gifted to me by @Cinfhen and she really, really gets me! It‘s just my kinda book! 😘

- The Lover‘s Dictionary was a #blameitonlitsy purchase and is such a unique way of telling the story of a relationship

- Mothering Sunday is my favorite novella.... such gorgeous writing💕
(note to self- must read more Graham Swift!)

4⭐️ I highly recommend this little novella. The characters felt so real as it dissects the common question “Can men and women be ‘just friends‘?” and what happens when a third person comes into the picture. Princess Diana once said: “There have always been three people in this relationship.” and that‘s recipe for irremediable calamity. Say no more!

#Decemberwrapup
December wasn‘t a great reading month; with a bookstore job, and houseguests too, alone time was scarce!
-LOVED the tagged book! (My fave of the month thank you Cindy 😘)
- Also LOVED Dear Sugar and The boy, the mole etc....
- Tell me Everything & The family upstairs were both page-turning thrillers, perfect 🧠🍭for an exhausting month.
- I found the writing in both Erotic Stories, and the Trollope retelling REALLY disappointing.

#bookreport
Quality not quantity this week for sure!
I loved both Tiny Beautiful things and The Standing Chandelier..... they will definitely both feature on my favorite #19in2019 this year.
Thank you so much Cindy for sharing this little (tagged) gem with me.... just my cuppa tea as expected.
About a third way into ‘Tell me Everything‘ and loving it so far.... New England colleges = catnip for me....🐱

I loved this so much! Witty, biting yet with a very simple premise. A 25 yr friendship vs a lifetime (hopefully) of marriage, this love triangle of sorts, has the age old question at it‘s center, “Can men and women ever be just friends?” With the catalyst of an inappropriate wedding gift, this chess game between flamboyantly eccentric Jillian, wish-washy Weston and his manipulative new fiancé Paige, had me totally captivated. Just my kind of book.

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen
Just starting all 3....

- Dear Sugar will complete my #Pop19 challenge (doing an audio print combo) It has me at the introduction! I‘m loving the term “ radical empathy”!

- Thank you lovely friend for the Shriver novella I just know I‘m going to love...😘

- Tell me everything is set at a liberal arts college, which basically is my catnip 🐱 so fingers crossed...🤞💕

Thank you so much, my sweet friend! 😘💕😍
It arrived! 📚#bookmail 📪
You know how I love ‘We need to talk about Kevin‘ , I‘m so looking forward to reading this novella, which is gorgeous to look at too! Plus the Parisian bookmark and notebook are perfect....
And Ruth!!!! 🙌🙌🙌😍
I‘m so touched by your kindness, as always... thank you again my lovely..... 💕💕💕

My #adventrecommends for Day 3

I like ‘unlikable‘ characters, and I like when authors are playing with perspective through characterization.

#HeyJune #Yesterday I received the loveliest bday gift from the remarkable @TrishB 💜This brilliant novella was part of the package. WHOA! Did Shriver manage to pack a shitload of nastiness into 126 pages! Weston & Jillian once lovers are truly best friends. Now in their mid 40s Wes meets Paige. Paige dislikes Jill immensely. What‘s Wes to do? Think Friends, Rachel, Russ, Emily❣️This book is juicy. I loved it😄 and it‘s signed🙌🏻

Book 1: My favorite book in this year, so far ... #4newFavesIn4Days

Congratulations @RachelO on your anniversaries!
And thanks for the #giveaway.
For #inbetween reads I would recommend the tagged book, Grief is the thing with feathers if you haven't read it, This is going to hurt which isn't short but it's diary entries so you can dip in and out, and anything on Serial Reader!
I would like to win A Herring Famine which I was recommended a couple of months ago.
Congrats again! 💕💕

Loved this! I love everything Shriver has written, she so cleverly describes the true pettiness of us all. This novella is a perfect character study of three people in a relationship, the secrets and jealousies. Fabulous.

This was a great little read, and was a real emotional rollercoaster for me. The moment you start to side with one character, the perspective shifts and you feel sympathetic to the other side of things. It felt very real, and definitely reflected feelings of grief I have felt in my own life over the loss of friendships. Highly recommended

I just discovered the Libby app a few days ago, and my first hold just came through! I can‘t wait to explore all the books that are now available to me... although I‘m slightly worried I won‘t have time now to read the many unread books I already own!

#Wrapup #BestOfFebruary

I read 9 books in February, which is a good month for me. I discovered audiobooks. Listening to them while walking to and from my studio or while driving definitely helps in finishing more books.
These three are my favorites, with 5 stars for Lionel Shriver. Highly highly recommended!

Jillian and Weston have been friends for years. Their bond is considered a threat by Weston‘s new girlfriend, Paige. When he proposes she makes it clear that if they marry, Jillian has to go.
In this brutal, sharp novella all three characters are neither good nor evil, just out to survive. While reading I had to make my own assumptions and judgements about them and to take side.

Loved this one. You were right, Simona. Thank you so much again 💕

Today I received this beautiful novella from @Simona 💕, what a great gift, thank you so much!
I can‘t wait to read it! Fortunately I have a few days off next week, so I can read it then 😘

Though barely over 100 pages, this novella is packed with Shriver's mesmerizingly sharp insight and analysis of human behavior.

Are the judgments that we make about others accurate, or are they merely borne from our own misguided presumptions? Inevitably, both, and this will always pose a challenge for relationships of any kind.

This was a completely captivating read that had me empathizing with everyone involved.

Lionel Shriver mercilessly draws a friendship between a man and a woman that lasts until a third person appears. Through characterization, the author successfully managed to capture not only the complexity of male/female friendship, but also the broader interpersonal relationships that, sooner or later (or at least in this story) become a field for enforcing will and power. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I finished four books in 18 hours, but I‘m done with #24in48 #readathon It was fun, exciting and exhausting to participate. My favorite story is book in the tag, absolutely ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Few hours in #24in48 #readathon and my reading buddies are already exhausted 😴

My first pick for #24in48 #readathon.
Happy reading and good luck 😘👍

#bookmail Goldsboro 30% off sale. Both signed.
I hadn‘t realised the Shriver one was so small!! (Pages!)

A great book! Shriver debates the intricacies of love and friendship with only 3 wonderfully woven characters (not all likeable however). Who would you choose out of your wife to be or you best friend?

Excited to read something different. And the cover is cute so obviously I had to buy it!