To Capture What We Cannot Keep

To Capture What We Cannot Keep | Beatrice Colin

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This was so captivating. I could have listened to this all day every day. The story she weaves was so vividly and complex. I can‘t even imagine watching the construction of the Eiffel Tower. It‘s breathtaking 100+ years later.

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Rachel_nyc

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#7days7covers Day 7. Last one from me! If you see this and haven‘t started yet, please join in! One cover you love per day for 7 days. No explanation necessary. #covercrush

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HeathHof

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@HufflepuffGirl90 This came in the mail today. Let Bug know that he did a good job neutralizing that dangerous bookmark🤣 #lmpbc #round5 #GroupB

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures Yay!! I will definitely let him know how helpful he was in this instance. 🤣🐈💜 5y

megnews Beautiful cover 5y

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

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This little one is headed out to you tomorrow @Mynameisacolour !! Bug is making sure that the bookmark is dead and won‘t attack you upon arrival 😅

#catsoflitsy #LMPBC

Bookwormjillk, Littlestbookshelf

HeathHof Yayyy! I'm just seeing this. It didn't tag me for some reason. 5y

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

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@Littlestbookshelf lookie what just came in the mail! I can‘t wait to get started. 😘💜

#LMPBC #GroupB

HeathHof, Bookwormjillk

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Littlestbookshelf

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@HufflepuffGirl90 this was (finally) mailed out to you yesterday with fast shipping so it should be there soon! I am so sorry it took me so long to get this to you!! I‘m finally getting over first trimester nausea and can keep my eyes open for longer than a page again! Feeling like a somewhat normal person again 😂 I have already started The Summer Wives so it should be out to you very soon as well! #lmpbc

BookwormM Congratulations hope the sickness improves quickly for you 5y

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures That‘s perfectly fine! I‘ll be on the look out for it. Congrats and I‘m so glad that your starting to feel better. 😊 5y

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Littlestbookshelf

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@Bookwormjillk I received this in the mail yesterday! Excited to start soon!
@HufflepuffGirl90 yours was mailed out yesterday as well. Sorry! It‘s been packaged ready to go for a week but my husband‘s new car broke down a week ago so I have been without a car stuck at home ever since 🙄 (because he doesn‘t want anyone else to touch it) You should hav wit by the weekend!

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures That‘s alright! I totally understand life getting in the way! I hope that you have a cat back now though. 😅 I‘ll be looking out for it. 5y

Bookwormjillk Glad it arrived. Grrrrr cars. 5y

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Bookwormjillk

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Last week passed in a blur of flu, Odyssey of the Mind, work projects, and unwelcome snow. I‘m looking forward to getting back into #litsywalkers , my #LMBC book, and plain old reading too much this week.

Crazeedi Glad you're feeling better! 5y

Littlestbookshelf I hope you have a better week and you are feeling better! 5y

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Bookwormjillk

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Two days until my son‘s Odyssey of the Mind competition, and I‘m toast. It‘s not even 8 o‘clock and I‘m already in bed with my #LMBC #GroupB book. Thank goodness for books.

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Bookwormjillk

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I‘m excited to start this for #LMPBC. Do you all care what color pen I use? I‘m partial to plain old blue bic pens myself, but wasn‘t sure if anyone else had started yet.

Mynameis, Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures, Littlestbookshelf

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I‘m starting this evening after work and haven‘t decided on a pen color yet, so feel free to use blue! (edited) 5y

Littlestbookshelf I can use green! @HufflepuffGirl90 @Mynameisacolour 5y

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I‘m feeling partial to pink if that‘s alright with everyone. @Littlestbookshelf @Mynameisacolour @Bookwormjillk 5y

HeathHof Those all sound fine to me!! 😊 @HufflepuffGirl90 @Littlestbookshelf @Bookwormjillk 5y

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Bookwormjillk

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Tagged book was my initial thought, but found some others that intrigued me too. It‘s really hard to find books under 300 pages! What do you think @Littlestbookshelf @Mynameisacolour @HufflepuffGirl90

Littlestbookshelf I‘m up for to capture what we cannot keep or eating for England. But the page limit is 400 isn‘t it? 5y

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I really like the premise of

To Capture What We Cannot Keep

Bookwormjillk @Littlestbookshelf oh man, did I mess that up? Oh well. 5y

HeathHof I'm in for

To Capture What We Cannot Keep

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled

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I‘m making a spreadsheet of my TBR.
Husband walks in and sees me with the laptop.
Asks, “Are you getting weird about your books?”

Me? 😳 Nooooooo.

wanderinglynn I have a spreadsheet of all the books in my personal library (with several columns so I can sort them in different ways). It‘s not weird. It‘s called super organized. 👍🏻😂 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @wanderinglynn We have that too🤦‍♀️ And my husband started it!! Arrgh. I think the “database of the database” was what was causing him to make fun of me. I say, “Phhhhth” 👅 5y

CouronneDhiver Psssh... no way! 👀 Lol 5y

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LeahBergen 😂😂😂 5y

Erinreadsthebooks That's awesome 😂🤣🤣 5y

TheSpineView I use a spreadsheet too! Maybe he is the one we should be worried about?!? 🤣 5y

Ashley_Nicoletto 🤣🤣 I have a spreadsheet too. Get weird about those books. 🤣 5y

WhatThePuck I just made spreadsheets 2 weeks ago. It helped me clear out some old books on my TBR. I now have 3 spreadsheets. TBR/ 2019 List of To Read/ Read. The TBR has format style and page count. The Read has notes and rating. My husband said almost verbatim what yours did. "Is this about books? Is it something that I'll think is weird?" He doesn't read. ? 5y

Tamra 😜👍🏾 5y

Tanisha_A Love that conversation! 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @TheSpineView @Ashley_Nicoletto @Erinreadsthebooks @WhatThePuck @Tamra @Tanisha_A I knew I would get understanding and support from Littens! 🤣 (edited) 5y

Dogearedcopy I converted my book lists to a google spreadsheet a few years ago: TBR, one tab for each year of books I have read, a group read/buddy read schedule, and my postal book group lists #weirdaboutbooks 😜 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Dogearedcopy love your hashtag - and, thanks! 🤣 5y

Centique Brilliant remark! 😂😂 I‘ll have to tell my husband that, he will sympathise completely. I don‘t have a spreadsheet for books yet - but I do have two journals and three lists on my phone! 5y

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Insightsintobooks

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#kindledeals

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behudd

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Really enjoyed this historical romance set in 1880s Paris! It wasn‘t a straightforward romance, & I appreciated that you couldn‘t tell what was going to happen right from the beginning.

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behudd

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Why I never get a manicure! #needmyhands #pedicure

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Rachbb3

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This was between a pick and so-so. A slow read, but I loved the time period. All that happened within the characters lives seemed to revolve around the building of the Eiffel Tower. I'm a sucker for historical fiction with bits of historical truth.

#LitsyAtoZ

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Rachbb3

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One of my favorite paintings by Georges Seurat... raspberries to this book character. 😛😛😛

readordierachel 😂😂 6y

BookishTrish Mine too 6y

batsy I love it too 6y

rather_be_reading i have a puzzle of this hanging in my kitchen 6y

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Rachbb3

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Cool end papers to the tagged book.

Up next for #LitsyAtoZ

GingerAntics That looks really cool. 6y

GypsyKat Awesome! 6y

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8little_paws

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so-so

A perfectly suitable fluffy historical romance, set during the construction of the Eiffel Tower.

Soubhiville 🐱💗 6y

ladym30 Sweet kitty! 6y

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Crazeedi

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Just finished⭐⭐⭐

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SauerPatch

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bailed

This premise sounded so promising, but it wasn't good enough to finish before it's due date of 3 weeks. Half way through, it was just starting to really get into what I originally understood the story to be about. I like audiobooks for the obvious convenient reasons, but I also tend to use audiobooks to get through books I don't find engaging enough to slog through visually. If I can't even make it through an audiobook, it can't be that good.

[DELETED] 3803335244 I use audio a lot of times to get through beasts of books. I read IT & I was glad I audioed it. So long! Sorry this one wasn‘t good. 6y

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Krysta

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so-so

A gorgeous gorgeous cover. The story was fine but I needed more i think. Something just didn't click to make it amazing. Perhaps more depth to Cait or more connection in the love story. Not sure. Overall it's lovely and beautiful. Great descriptions and fast-paced mostly. Good. Just not great for me. Lovely quick historical fiction romance though, if you like that, which I do.
Full review: http://bit.ly/2B0ywSW

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SauerPatch

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When your newest TBR addition is not only available at one of your libraries, but available as an audiobook, right darn now! 😍

Thanks @Sills for bringing it to my attention!

Update: I posted this because I was so impressed that the library had it even though it was only released two weeks ago, only to realize it was released just over a year ago and I apparently just forgot what year it is. 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄😆

Sills @SauerPatch oh that is funny-read you will love❤️ 6y

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Sills

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cathysaid Cool pic! 6y

minkyb Love this pic! 6y

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Sills

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SauerPatch Can't. Stack. Fast. Enough! 😍 6y

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Sills

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Krysta

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My #bookandatreat... well my book is actually holding my treat here. Just hosted my annual cookie exchange party last week, so there are now so many cookies in the house! Yum yum yum! This one is a oreo-peppermint sugar cookie. Pictured here with the lovely book I started at the beginning of the year and set aside. So now I've restarted. :-)
#seasonsreadings2017
@RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Oreo peppermint sugar cookie sounds awesome! 6y

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AlexGeorge

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Reading a lot about Paris right now. I picked this up at Print: A Bookstore in Portland, ME in January. Looking forward to it. Isn't this a gorgeous cover?

Hollie It is definitely gorgeous! 7y

DrexEdit Way gorgeous! 😍 7y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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#setinFrance
Three historical fiction books that all take place in France...
The Nightingale is one of my favorites ❤️ I'm still trying to get to the other ones!! So many and so little time!!!
#jubilantjuly

RealLifeReading

mjdowens All The Light We Cannot See is so very good also 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @mjdowens I've heard that it is!!! I've got to get to it! 7y

erzascarletbookgasm ATLWCS and Nightingale on my TBR 7y

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Lwiesman All The Light is an amazing book!! 7y

Jensol77 The Nightingale😪 7y

Jabberwocky Nightingale is on my tbr, I was thinking about just skipping it but it's good to know you enjoyed it so much. 7y

GypsyKat I've read the first two and loved them, I haven't read one on the left. But I'm adding it my TBR list!

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Eggs I've read the Anthony Doerr and loved it. The others are in my tbr 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jaberwocky nooooo!!! You can't skip it!!!!!! 📚😊❤️ 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @erzascarletbookgasm ❤️💕let me know how you like them!!! 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Lwiesman I've got to get to it!!! 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @GypsyKat I've got to read them too!!! 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs 💕📚 7y

emmaturi I have at home All The Light We Cannot See, it sounds a bit heavy! Have you read it yet? 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @emmaturi not yet!! I have heard that it is... I'm alternating heavy with light lol I've got to get to it!! 7y

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BritanyA

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so-so

⭐⭐⭐: Historical Fiction about the building of the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Worlds Fair. Lengthy and drill at parts, entertaining at others... falling right down the middle on this one.

JazzFeathers Such a shame. The subject matters is so interesting and unusual 7y

BritanyA @JazzFeathers yes, but have you read Paris by Edward Rutherford ? 7y

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NicoleCeBallos

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so-so

There were some good things in here. I liked the Eiffel tower backstory and the artists. The book was just so boring in places and seemed to jump around. It was billed as a love story, but don't expect that. The two characters who were supposed to fall in love barely shared any pages together. In a year, I will not remember anything about this book.

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451Degrees

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so-so

I really wanted to love this book but it just didn't hit the spot😔 it got better near the end but I had a really hard time getting into it. Loved hearing about a little history with the Eiffel Tower though!

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Amie

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bailed

Bailing on the audio. Maybe just the narrator I didn't like, so I may try it again in print. Definitely doesn't live up to its beautiful cover.

JDHawkins I thought the book was just okay. Kind of wandering and boring. 7y

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Amie

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Just checked out this audiobook on Overdrive. This cover is irresistible!

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Shelle14

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so-so

This book was a little disappointing for me. I'm not a fan of romance, and while this book tried to have romance, it never really took off. But there was a good bit of sex, and that's also a negative for me. I did like the history of the Eiffel Tower and the glimpse of life in Paris during the 1800's.

Krysta

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Isn't this cover just beautiful? I got this for Christmas from one of my brothers and was so excited to start it today!

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MrBook

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#TBRtemptation post! The library just processed this novel, which came out in November. A love story of historical fiction set in Paris during the Eiffel Tower's construction in 1887. Cait's a Scottish nanny and Emile is a French engineer. There's a lot to overcome for the two of them: class, sacrifice, women's social identity and role, family, etc. Lots of praise on the jacket. Added 😊! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

mom2bugnbee This might be my "choose a book for its cover" book for this year's #MMD reading challenge! ? 7y

Reviewsbylola I really need to get to this one. I have it downloaded. 7y

Lidia Definitely love the cover ❤️ 7y

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BookBabe So pretty! I think we need it for shelf candy. 😍 The story sounds great too! 7y

MrBook @mom2bugnbee Ooh, yes 😁👍🏻👍🏻!! @Reviewsbylola 😎👍🏻🙌🏻! @Lidia It's lovely! @BookBabe 😍😍😍 7y

Bindrosbookshelf I read it this month! I liked it but it wasn't my favourite out of the historical fiction I read 🙄beautiful cover though - my cover wasn't as pretty! 7y

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AlexGeorge

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Bought this yesterday from Print Bookstore in Portland, ME, because, well, PARIS - only to discover when I got back to the hotel that the book was acquired and edited by my old editor, Amy Einhorn. So now I *know* it's going to be good and am doubly excited.

Hestapleton This isn't typically my genre of choice, but I loved this one. 7y

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LitHousewife

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My boss gave me a Barnes & Noble gift card for Christmas. I think I chose well.

JenniferJR I bought that book too!! 7y

DebinHawaii The cover is gorgeous! 📚❤️ 7y

Zelma The cover alone is worth it! 😍 7y

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LitHousewife @JenniferJR I think we have good taste. 🤗 7y

LitHousewife @DebinHawaii @Zelma I will not deny that the cover was the draw. 😍😍 7y

anwade88 Yes beautiful cover! 📚 7y

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PutnamKatie

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Finished already, couldn't put it down!

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PutnamKatie

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Excited for this one!

Nutmegnc I saw that yesterday!!! Looks amazing!!! 7y

KateTheBookworm That cover is gorgeous! 7y

MrBook Beautiful book! 7y

Victorialeanna Beautiful cover 👌🏽 7y

the.reading.court Such a stunning book! Yes, we judge them by their covers 😂 7y

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JDHawkins

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so-so

Let me preface this by saying that I dont always love historical fiction so that may have colored my feelings a bit. But I found all the characters to be so utterly changeable that none of them felt quite believable.

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Luvtoread

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*** I received an eARC of this book from Flatiron Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
To Capture What We Cannot Keep is a historical fiction novel that tells about the building of the Eiffel Tower. Romantic, and full of historic detail, To Capture What We Cannot Keep starts out slowly, and gradually builds toward a beautiful ending, with it really starting to pick up around the 60% mark.

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JDHawkins

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A #BakerandTaylor delivery means getting excited about new books! This one caught my eye and might be going home with me.

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irregularreader

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new #bookreview at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com! To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin is a lovely romance set alongside the building of the Eiffel Tower.

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Lit.Wit.Wine.Dine

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Off to Disneyworld. Def need good books and lots of coffee (and wine!) to get me through this trip.

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Lit.Wit.Wine.Dine

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Excuse me, Lola. I need to start reading this...

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Hestapleton

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Colin's writing is light and easy to follow. The book is fluffy, with a few memorable lines. A light quick read when one needs to remember that love exists and the heart always knows what's best. 4/5 #netgalley

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candc320

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so-so

Didn't enjoy this one as much as I hoped The descriptions of Paris, it's people, and the building of the Eiffel Tower are spectacular, but the "romance" between the two main characters just dragged on. Most of the characters were frustratingly selfish as well so I just couldn't love it. ???

Bakingbookworm I just finished t and felt the same way. Loved the Eiffel Tower aspect but the characters were either bland or caricatures. Hmmm. Need some time to mull over things before I write my review 7y

candc320 @Bakingbookworm I read this as a buddy read with some other blogger friends and we all had very similar feelings about the characterizations vs. the descriptive powers of the writer, especially when it comes to the building of the tower. I'm excited to read your thoughts! 7y

Bakingbookworm I posted my review today on my blog - bakingbookworm.blogspot.ca. I still had an overall lukewarm feeling. 7y

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candc320 @Bakingbookworm I went to the link and didn't see any posts for some reason. I'll try to google it! 7y

candc320 Found it! http://thebakingbookworm.blogspot.com/2016/12/to-capture-what-we-cannot-keep.htm.... Really good review, great minds think alike 🤗! 7y

Bakingbookworm @candc320 Thanks. :). I was hoping to like it more. I'm reading Canada by Mike Myers now and quite enjoying it so hopefully I'll get out of this 3 star slump I've been in. 3 stars is good but I'm hoping for a 'I want everyone to read this!!' kind of book. ;) 7y

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