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Now That It's Over
Now That It's Over | O Thiam Chin
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Winner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize During the Christmas holidays in 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that devastates fourteen countries. Two couples from Singapore are vacationing in Phuket when the tsunami strikes. Alternating between the aftermath of the catastrophe and past events that led these characters to that fateful moment, Now That Its Over weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters.
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RealLifeReading
Now That It's Over | O Thiam Chin
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Some of the books I read in August. .
3 Nonfiction
2 classics
3 middlegrade
6 literary fiction
1 crime/mystery
1 horror

Faibka That crocheting project looks beautiful :) 6y
Bklover How did you like IQ? 6y
Naj How is Nevermoor? 6y
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Pamwurtzler Love your photo collage! 6y
RealLifeReading @Faibka thank you! It‘s a ripple blanket 6y
RealLifeReading @bklover it was pretty good! 6y
RealLifeReading @naj Nevermoor was a fun read! 6y
MelissaSewell Love the colors in your crochet! What device is it that you‘re reading on? I love my Kindle paperwhite but really miss seeing the color covers when I used a fire tablet to read. 6y
RealLifeReading @MelissaSewell thank you! It‘s a blanket for my 5yo and he picked the colours! As for my tablet it‘s a Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus I believe it‘s called 6y
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RealLifeReading
Now That It's Over | O Thiam Chin
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Whee! A hot afternoon spent poolside. I‘m glad the kids are now water-confident enough that I don‘t have to go in. I mean, I love them and I love to swim but sometimes this mummy needs an hour to myself (don‘t worry I did glance up now and then to make sure they were playing nice and the 5yo wasn‘t struggling)

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Julsmarshall
Now That It's Over | O Thiam Chin
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1. Friends‘ Graduation and parties, reading, cleaning.
2. Best thing about my week is that it‘s over!
3. Boulder
4. Sloth
5. 92 🔥 🔥😳

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#aprilbookshowers day 11: #setinsoutheastasia
Today's prompt may be a bit more difficult but I'm hoping it will encourage more Littens to discover some new writers, new books!
Here are the countries that make up Southeast Asia:

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Singapore, The Philippines, East Timor, Brunei

RealLifeReading I'm surprised I haven't seen a mention of Crazy Rich Asians yet for this prompt today! 8y
CocoReads I could mention it! I think that's the only book I have set in Southeast Asia. My collection is geographically lacking. Lol 8y
LeahBergen I was wondering about the lack of Kevin Kwan books today, too! 8y
diovival I'm saving Kevin Kwan for tomorrow 😆 8y
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#seasonsreadings2016 day 1: #wanttoreadindec I always have plans at the start of each month but then get easily distracted especially by ebooks and library books. So here are five (just five!) of my own books that I hope to get through this month. Have you read any of them?

EvieBee I started SHELTER and it was so good! But had to return to the library. I finished THE MOTHERS last month and though it was okay. Happy reading! 8y
kdwinchester SHELTER!!!! 😻 8y
Lacythebookworm The Mothers ❤️❤️👍 8y
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ferskner Shirley Jackson is always a good bet! 8y
Loretta Is wonderful! 8y
MicheleinPhilly Shelter was AMAZING!!! 8y
ThisVagrantsStory Happy reading for the month 8y
ephemeralwaltz Shelter looks great!!! 8y
SharonGoforth Loved Shelter!! 8y
DebinHawaii Looks like a great stack!! 📚👍😀 8y
MrBook An end is just a new beginning. 😉👍🏻 8y
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2016, Book 47 "With her feet hovering in a colder, deeper part of the water, Ai Ling could envision the lower regions of the sea, the unknown watery abyss where blind creatures swam, hunted and lived out their existence. Ai Ling suddenly felt infinitesimal, disembodied, her heartbeats insignificant against the mass of countless heartbeats that reverberated in the dark, echoing chamber of the sea."

Suet624 I love that you write the year and book number. I may have to start doing that. 8y
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An attempt at #spinepoetry for the #readathon

How it all began
Under the midnight sun
Now that it's over
Blackout

And then there were none

Alfoster Nice!👏👏👏 8y
kspenmoll 👏 8y
Zakia Excellent!! This has given me an idea... 8y
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bmsddk Awesome poem!!! 😄 8y
BexCW Love it! 8y
bookishkai Oh you're going to love Blackout so much! 8y
PurpleyPumpkin Well done! Love this!!👍🏼 8y
Tanner I second that Blackout recommendation from @bookishkris (and you might want to follow it up with All Clear). 8y
Bookscatsandcountry And Then There Were None is great. When you've read it, see if you can get hold of the Bbc(?) Tv adaptation of it! It has Aidan Turner from Poldark in it 😍 8y
Beachesnbooks Connie Willis! I love her but haven't picked up Blackout yet 8y
Onioons Love it! 8y
DebinHawaii Nice one! 👍📚 8y
Kimzey Enjoyed the poem! ❣ 8y
Tonton Nice poem! And fabulous stack! 8y
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