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Mad Honey
Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
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A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of She's Not There. Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect lifeliving in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asherwas upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Then Asher falls for Lily, the new girl in school, and Lily cant help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didnt acknowledge the flashes of his fathers temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes hes hidden more than hes shared with her. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
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SailorJohn
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I have so many thoughts after reading this excellent book. First, sadly this book won‘t be any high school reading list in Florida. There has been so much negative press about transgender people; it is nice to read a positive treatment of a transgender person. If you don‘t know a transgender person this book will open your eyes. I know a few who are all very normal people. Please read this book

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Hannah_11
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Enjoyed reading this one. The two narratives of Olivia and lily were interesting and I found myself not being able to put it down. Slightly disappointed by the ending, but overall is a #pick #madhoney

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Nessavamusic
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A young girl dies and her boyfriend is accused of her murder. His mother works to defend him and it unravels many secrets all involved have been keeping. I guessed the ending, but I liked the character building and the representation. It is best knowing very little about the story while reading. It is a little long, and dragged a bit in the middle, there were also a few plot threads which were maybe red herrings, but felt dropped.⬇️

Nessavamusic Overall a good read and well done audiobook. 4⭐️ #bookspin & first #roll100 done @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper (edited) 4w
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AmyG
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TheLudicReader You‘ve got a lot of Patchett on this list! 😀 1mo
AmyG @TheLudicReader I have catching up to do! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Areader2
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This was a stirring emotional book of hurt and hopelessness but also love, and resilience. What I love about J.P books is that you are pulled in there is always something unexpected and she uses wonderful symbolism. I think Boylan also added so much. This story makes you think, gives you not only perspective on topics that are important and wraps it all in a suspenseful intriguing story
#readaway2024

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kissmehardy
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Another hit from Picoult (and I assume Boylan, I've just never read her previously)! I was a little frustrated with Olivia's doubt of Asher, but it did track for her experiences, and all of Lily's chapters were absorbing. A nuanced picture of gender and the legal system. #contemporaryfiction

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Michellesibs
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Olivia is a beekeeper, a single parent. Lilly isn't far from finishing school, starting college. Olivia is telling her story forwards, Lilly tells hers backwards.

I was gripped by this, and the twist - I did not see that coming, it was a real whiplash moment for me.

Picoult's books can be info dumpy at times, but as someone that loves honey, I was here for all the bee knowledge and I shall certainly make sure I never eat mad honey.

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mcctrish
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First book of 2024 and my first graphic book thing. 2 voices telling a story before and after a crime, back and forth, back and forth, filling in the story but not the how. More and more details. Not the how. And then 🤯 such a twist and you aren‘t sure anymore. AT ALL.

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Bklover
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First book of 2024 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

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mcctrish
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January 1 is the day to start all the new books, the buddy reads, the audio books, the chapter a days and the irl book club books. I‘m just going to hygge the eff out of this coming week

TheBookHippie SAME!!!! 3mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie really the only choice ❤️ 3mo
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Tamra Love it!! 3mo
Sparklemn Yes! 3mo
dabbe Now, THAT'S a hashtag! #hyggetheeff 🤩😂🤗 3mo
mcctrish @dabbe let‘s make it a thing 🤣🤣 3mo
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DebbieGrillo
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1. Mad Honey
2. You Are a Badass
3. TV with my guy and fancy snacks
4. Yes and the stores are closed
5. It was a brownish/green Christmas, almost cold enough snow, but unseasonably warm in Eastern Canada.

#WinterGames ##CandyCaneCrushers

TheLudicReader The weather has been crazy, eh? 3mo
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JenReadsAlot
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Andrew65 A very popular author. 3mo
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graysonslibrary
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My first read by either author, and I absolutely devoured it. A beautiful story 5/5 ⭐️

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I‘m sure there‘s a tag for your top 10 reads somewhere, but this is mine in no particular order! These were all excellent!!

TrishB Good choices 👍🏻 thank you for the card Misty 😘 I have donated to charity this year instead of cards ( and I was always too late to send any!) 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TrishB you‘re very welcome!! ❤️ 3mo
marleed Omg, I‘ve read 9/10 of your top reads so I just had to stack 3mo
JamieArc Weyward was one of my top as well! 3mo
SilversReviews Good choices.

I enjoyed THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER and THE MAGNOLIA PALACE.

I also read MAD HONEY.

I haven't read the others.

Thanks for sharing.
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Madison91
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I liked this far more than I expected to. It was also the longest book I‘ve finished so fast.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“you don‘t ever recover from losing someone you love—even the ones you leave behind because you‘re better off without them.” Truth!

It‘s been a long day with mri, ct scans, and waiting rooms. We don‘t have the official results but he did get the results to his patient portal. Looks like nothing has changed since his stroke. Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻❤️ love to you all 🤗

I‘m going to wind down 🍷 🛁

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m ready to wrap this one up! It‘s so good! 🐝 4mo
marleed Beautiful pic! I‘m thinking of you and William and hoping he travels a path of great health in 2024. 4mo
AnnCrystal 🙏🫂. 4mo
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Soubhiville I got your package Misty, thank you! It‘s on my mantle until Christmas. I‘ll be sending one out to you on Friday. 🙂🩵 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Soubhiville I‘m happy it arrived safely!! Merry Christmas 🎄 ❤️ 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @marleed thank you!! 😊 ❤️ 4mo
UwannaPublishme Sending big hugs to you and William! ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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He really doesn‘t like me reading!! 😹😹

What are you reading today?!

#Adayinthelifeoftux
#catsoflitsy

AnnCrystal 😂😻💝. 4mo
Read4life How are you feeling today Misty? 💙 4mo
rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 4mo
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AmandaBlaze Slashing through the Snow and Christmas Presents. 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life I am much better, but William is sick 😩 4mo
RaeLovesToRead Circlefloof! 🥰 4mo
Bookwomble Tao Te Ching, mainly, which doesn't have enough cats in it! 4mo
WJCintron 😂🥹😍 4mo
Read4life Oh no! I hope he feels better soon. I‘m glad you‘re feeling better. I‘m keeping you both in my prayers. 💙 4mo
dabbe Hope William's on the mend soon and glad you're feeling better. Re: Tux: those FEET! 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life thank you 🙏🏻 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe thank you ❤️ 4mo
Mimi28 Glad you‘re feeling better I hope your husband feels better soon!! You guys are all of your pets are in my prayers 🙏🏽😊❤️😻😻😻😻😍😍😍😍😍😍😇😇😇🙏🏽🙏🏽🌲🌲🌲🌲 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 thank you ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻 4mo
UwannaPublishme He‘s gotten so big! Hope you‘re feeling better, my friend! 🙏🏻❤️ 4mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“I think about how you never realize how empty you feel until you are filled.”

One of the characters plays the cello and this is one of the pieces she played ❤️🎶🎻

https://youtu.be/8CW6S4gRahY?si=GupUsINyHB2xCHOf

#Adayinthelifeoftux 🐾🖤

dabbe Hello there, handsome boy! 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
AnnCrystal Oh, sweetness 😻. 4mo
Jari-chan He's so adorable 😻 4mo
WJCintron 🙌💯 4mo
Velvetfur Aaawww look at the little snugglebug! ❤️ 4mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Just finished Under the Whispering Door and oh my heart 💔 I‘m going to miss those characters!! 😭

I was walking by the bookcase and this one jumped out at me! I love her controversial writing ✍️ always make me really think about things 🤔

Oh and this wine 🍷 watermelon 🍉 pear 🍐 😋

#LitsyLoveReads

JenReadsAlot Loved that book! 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JenReadsAlot I literally read 3 pages and Tux came and took over my lap 😹 4mo
JenReadsAlot That darn kitten 😸 4mo
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Roary47 That book has a special place in my heart. 💛 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JenReadsAlot 😽🐾 I gave him lots of love and scritches! 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Roary47 I‘m not very far, but I woke up excited to continue reading, but also missing Wallace, Mei, Nelson, Hugo, and Apollo! 4mo
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Jeg
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Mehso-so

This should have been a bail because I didn‘t actually read it properly. I gave up@about a third of the way in, skip read to the finish missing out whole sections. It‘s for Friday Library book club. Way too drawn out. Skips back and forth between characters and time. Read a bit like two books put together. Ages ago I read Jodie‘s books but I went off them so this is first in years. No more I think.

Suet624 Did she write it with Boylan? 4mo
Jeg @Suet624 yes she did. Seems Boylan had a dream that she wrote a book with Jodie. She put this up on social media with the characters she had dreamt about. Jodie saw it and thought why not and while living with covid restrictions they wrote the book. 4mo
Suet624 Interesting. You‘d think it would be better then. 4mo
Jeg @Suet624 it might just be me. It got 86 % when I looked to see what other people thought. 4mo
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DebbieGrillo
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This is, by far, my favorite Jodi Picoult novel. I love the way the narrative is released, jumping back and forth in time and split between Olivia (Asher's mother) and Lily's, the girlfriend Asher is accused of murdering, perspectives. I have only read three other Picoult's. Which one should I read next?

ShelleyBooksie So glad you liked it!! 4mo
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DebbieGrillo
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"The problem with waiting is, we'll, that you have to wait. In the absence of knowledge, the mind is a Tilt-A-Whirl of worst-case scenarios. Pacing a room doesn't make it any bigger;watching a clock doesn't make the time tick by."

all_4_kb I love Jodi 4mo
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DebbieGrillo
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DebbieGrillo
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"There are some secrets that I think we are willing to take to the grave for the people we love. "

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DebbieGrillo
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#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Loving both of these.

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Yahui07
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A page turner for sure.
Cannot put it down although sometimes feel a bit dragging.
But over all this is a pick!

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DebbieGrillo
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"People always talk about how their love for you is unconditional. Then you reveal your most private self to them, and you find out how many conditions there are in unconditional love."

TheLudicReader So beautiful. 6mo
sisilia So true! 6mo
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DebbieGrillo
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"You're not the only person to be sad. Sometimes I think, if you're not really sad in this world, you're just not paying attention."

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ashleyn
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How similar does someone have to be to you before you remember to see them, first, as human?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9/2023

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VRM1975
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booklover3258
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Warning YouTube review does have spoilers!!

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/ihUvJyWIm4k

Enjoy!

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SilversReviews
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Now In Paperback.

@randomhouse

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fv.reads
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Mehso-so

It was good, but quite predictable. There wasn't much twist tbh.

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Megzmarie5
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As always, picoult does a masterful job of connecting the characters hearts to its readers. Young love, escaping from domestic violence, a manslaughter trial, and family relationships make up this book. We are all looking not only to find love, but be loved and accepted ourselves. An enjoying and emotional read.

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AvidReader25
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Mehso-so

Big issues, lots of TW, and a twist I wasn‘t expecting. I think the book could have been much shorter with the same impact. I also think there was a lot of info conveyed in a very technical way that made it feel like a lecture at times. I loved the beekeeping details and they were incredibly accurate.

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ShelleyBooksie
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What a thought-provoking and timely book. Enjoyed.

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staci.reads
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This one was an unsolicited loan from a friend who badly wanted me to read it, so she had someone to talk to about it 😂. It's powerful & compulsively readable. I had heard enough of the buzz when it came out to know it had content that was triggering for many. And now I understand who might have been triggered. I thought it was fantastic. My only complaint was the same as with Small, Great Things, and it's a style issue. ⬇️

staci.reads Picoult tackles massively important topics and tells compelling stories, but she needs to do a better job of blending her "educational" components into the story. Multiple sections came across didactic and felt like a forced lecture on the topics. I don't feel trusted as a reader when an author lapses into that mode. If not for that, it would have been a 5 star read, instead of the 4.5 I gave it. 8mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great review 📚💛 8mo
AvidReader25 I completely agree with your final comment. I wish those sections hadn‘t just felt like a lecture. 8mo
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canbku
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Really good story, a bit didactic and there were several sections designed to inform the reader, but good overall.

Karisimo Have you read Lessons in Chemistry? I felt the same way about it 👎🏻 9mo
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Jenken1998
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Not my favorite Jodi Picoult book but still a solid 3 stars. Olivia lives a decent second chance at happiness life with her teenage son Asher and her bees. Ash meets the girl of his dreams (Lily) who ends up dead. He ends up accused of her death and a trial ensues. Told from the voices of Olivia and Lily. Triggers for everything pretty much with lots of modern day issues sprinkled in.

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Jenken1998
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Current read.. about half-way through. This books packs a lot of trauma into it...hoping I can make it through. Hanging out tonight getting ready to post the 6 books I read while on vacation the last two weeks.

Sharpeipup My CEO just recommended see this book to me. 9mo
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Kshakal
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Emotional, powerful, raw and riveting… this book knocks it out of the park! I couldn‘t put it down but yet wanted to take my time with it… the true hallmarks of an excellent book, in my opinion!

JenReadsAlot I loved this book! 9mo
Kshakal @JenReadsAlot me too!! 9mo
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Kshakal
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Hoping to log some serious reading time today!!!

CBee This is a good one 👍🏻 9mo
Kshakal @CBee I am really enjoying it! 9mo
CBee @Kshakal yay! Glad to hear 💚 9mo
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kchuebner
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This was an emotional ride to say the least. I really enjoyed reading it from the various perspectives. The story is heart wrenching while still hopeful, covering so many facets of the human experience. Love, loss, grief and hope. Definitely one I would recommend

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Amazing story respectfully written about a very difficult topic. Such is the case with all of Jodi‘s books I‘ve read. Kept me wanting to read constantly. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alfoster Yes! Loved this one too (so I bought some Manuka honey)!🤪 10mo
TamTracy @Alfoster perfect 😊 10mo
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Hillea2
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This book was super educational and also has the usual Jodi Picoult-style suspense and twist. Any other details would be spoilers!

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Soubhiville
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I have enjoyed other books by both these authors, so I‘m not surprised I liked this one.

It‘s got a lot of info about trans and nonbinary identities and terminology, which I think is great. I felt like in some places the “teaching moment” overcame the story a little, but I think that‘s due to how much I regularly read on those subjects. I hope it finds audiences who will learn from it.

Definitely still a pick for me.

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Soubhiville @TheAromaofBooks this was my May #doublespin 😁📚🖤 10mo
Soubhiville @RaeLovesToRead @dabbe @ShelleyBooksie The boys say hi! It was a good day to sunbathe in the library window 🌞. 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10mo
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kellyann28
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Ayyyy I got it posted before the draw finally! 😂🎉 #BookSpin

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Erin.Elizabeth10
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Okay. This was my first Jodi Picoult. I am giving this a so-so, but I think that says more about me than the book. The mystery was intriguing, and I thought the themes and characters were really good. Overall, it just felt too long to me, and could have definitely used some editing. But I‘m glad I read it!

CatMS I have never read Jodi Picoult so guess I won't be starting with this one. I will start with one not co-authored to get a real sense of her writing. 9mo
Erin.Elizabeth10 @CatMS Yes, that is a good point! Maybe I should try another one of her books that is just authored by her. 9mo
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