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Another four books finished this month and two on the go currently. I really enjoyed three of these and absolutely hated one- Daisy Darker. I think this is the best Louise Penny since no. 1, The Confession was so skillfully written and The Bandit Queens felt like the perfect book for me right now, I really enjoyed the complicated female relationships in a country I rarely read books set in. DD made me angry. Badly written. Terribly plotted.

31/23 What really impressed me about this book was the way Burton captured each character as a unique individual. They felt more separate from each other (less written by the same hand) than many books. It wasn‘t the book I expected but I enjoyed it. I would definitely read more by this author.

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Excellent. It was as good as I'd hoped from her previous two.
I seem to really like books that flit between two eras, though the fact that the eighties were described as three decades ago made my head hurt 🤣🤣.
I found both female characters believable and in turns, frustrating and loveable. The other characters were equally understandable and all added to the greatness.
I hope she is writing another novel... ☺☺🤗

Excellent. It was as good as I'd hoped from her previous two.
I seem to really like books that flit between two eras, though the fact that the eighties were described as three decades ago made my head hurt 🤣🤣.
I found both female characters believable and in turns, frustrating and loveable. The other characters were equally understandable and all added to the greatness.
I hope she is writing another novel... ☺☺🤗

Not disappointed so far...
It's excellent. I'm trying to stop reading to do other things but its so readable 😍😍😘😘🤩🤩🤗🤗

I've wanted to read this for ages and was lucky in my book club picked it this month!
Adored her others so have high hopes...

An easy read and an interesting story alternating between Rose, whose mother left when she was a baby and has remained a mystery since, and then her mother. The feel of the book wasn‘t at all what I was expecting and there were times it felt a little predictable. I‘m also not a big fan of the back and forth timeline however the the final third completely lifted it and I couldn‘t put it down.

Thank you Victoria! This book sounds fascinating, I can‘t wait to read it! So kind of you. 😘 #jbuk

My new book. I had to search for quite awhile to find a copy in the US.

I quite liked it but unsure on the story. Has anyone read this? I'd live to discuss 😊

This book started so well and had had so much promise , but ended on a bit of a damp squib for me.

Our latest book club read and I devoured it. This book is a must read

New book! Great cover, new book smell 😊

This book was sooo worth reading for the last chapter. The book has made me look at my own life and see the importance of living every day to the fullest. Her writing is soo easy to read and is a true master piece!

Having read both her previous novels and adored them, I thought this was a sure thing. Instead I found it tired, cliched and predictable. The story also, for me rested on an implausible plot element which felt forced so the story would go a certain way. I read through to the end hoping there might be something original in its conclusion. There wasn‘t. Having said all that, Jessie Burton can string a sentence together. @TheAromaofBooks #doublespin

When your crochet project matches your book cover 💓

This is my June #doublespin. Very intriguing so far.

Missing the camping and river swimming but otherwise #hayfestival2020 is proving pretty good

Good. Kept me guessing till the end. Interesting characters and concept. A real page turner.

#Picador
#PanMacmillan

Starting on this with reading buddies! 🐶🐱

#BlameItOnLitsy

Thanks for the tag @klou

Here is my blue cover for #ispy

Can @laurenbescoby @Lel2403 find me a yellow cover?

There‘s something do wonderfully comfortable about Jesse Burton‘s writing. It feels like an interesting & highly intelligent friend telling me a story. I loved this story because it takes a unique spin & I HAD to know what happened to Elise. I needed a book that would completely suck me into the story and this did it.

Day 2 of isolation and I have had a good tidy of my room and have taken out the basket's previous contents (dvd's) and made myself a bedside reading basket containing my current bed time reads including my BBC History magazine.

Very unconventional and overtly feminist. Unexpected. Burton doesn't shrink from writing true female characters - ones who are strong and weak in terrible combinations. Motherhood is explored with a searing honesty around sensitive topics such as post natal depression, abortion, miscarriage, conception that I found refreshing. At times it felt as though it could be leading to a thriller type twist, but it's ending is more mature and I was glad.

The TBR pile is more a TBR case atm 🙈 always a struggle trying to decide what to read next with so much choice!

A beautiful #trueblue cover, with a story about a #luckystar novelist who‘s book is being made into a Hollywood movie. I‘ve got it on audio ready to go 🎧
#movember

Currently reading. Thoughts?

So many beautiful books in London. So little room in my luggage! 😭

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Took me a couple of chapters to get into but if you Loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo you will like this as I found this had a pretty similar story line and writing style.

On #Netgalley to request

#TheConfession