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Rosewater
Rosewater: The Debut Novel from Liv Little | Liv Little
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A deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been. Elsie is a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman in South London. But, at just 28, she is also tired. Though she spends her days writing tender poetry in her journal, her nights are spent working long hours for minimum wage at a neighbourhood gay bar. The difficulty of being estranged from her family, struggle of being continually rejected from jobs, and fear of never making money doing what she loves, is too great. But Elsie is determined to keep the faith, for a little longer at least. Things will surely turn around. They have to. As she tries to breathe through the panic attacks, sleeping with her hot and spirited co-worker Bea isn't exactly straightforward and offers Elsie just another place to hide. As Elsie tries to reconnect with her best friend Juliet, her fragile world spirals out of control. Can Elsie steady herself and not fall through the cracks?
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MicheleinPhilly
MicheleinPhilly
Rosewater: The Debut Novel from Liv Little | Liv Little
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Some nights just call for tacos and a book before the main event at 8:07.

Go Phils! ⚾️

Aims42 Love watching Schwarber! Miss being able to watch him with the Cubs, but he seems to have flourished on the Phillies 😃 7mo
MicheleinPhilly @Aims42 He‘s one of my favorites! 7mo
Aims42 @MicheleinPhilly 😍😍😍 7mo
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Captivatedbybooks LET‘S GO PHILLIES!!!!! ❣️❣️❣️ 7mo
Librarybelle The Phillies better win!! 7mo
MicheleinPhilly @Captivatedbybooks @Librarybelle These 8:00 games are killing me. I am too old for this shit! 7mo
Librarybelle @MicheleinPhilly @Captivatedbybooks Agreed! 😂 7mo
squirrelbrain Did you win?! Be interested to hear what you think of the book; I didn‘t love it. 😬 7mo
MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain We did! 🎉 I‘m liking but not loving it. I think I‘m just getting too old to enjoy these “angsty 20-somethings communicate badly” novels. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7mo
squirrelbrain Yes, that‘s exactly what it is! I read this one not long after, which was fabulous.
[tagged book]Neon Roses
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MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain I have that one too! (Of course I do. 😬) 7mo
Captivatedbybooks @MicheleinPhilly Agreed!!!! Im at work on my 3rd cup of coffee still with one eye open 7mo
MicheleinPhilly @Captivatedbybooks I‘m barely awake. Counting down the minutes until lunch so I can take a damn nap. 7mo
LeahBergen Happy Birthday, darlin‘!! 🦂🦂🦂 6mo
MicheleinPhilly @LeahBergen Thanks love! 😘 6mo
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RaeLovesToRead
RaeLovesToRead
Rosewater: The Debut Novel from Liv Little | Liv Little
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Seriously though, how aesthetically pleasing are these together 💙💜💕

CSeydel 😍 12mo
JamieArc Gorgeous 😍😍 12mo
marleed Beautiful! 12mo
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BarbaraBB The best 🥰 12mo
5feet.of.fury 😍😍 12mo
Branwen OMG those page edges on The Ferryman! 😱🩵🩷 I need this edition! 12mo
Clare-Dragonfly Heck yeah 💙💜💖 12mo
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squirrelbrain
squirrelbrain
Rosewater: The Debut Novel from Liv Little | Liv Little
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Pickpick

I couldn‘t review this before, as I knew it hadn‘t made the #camplitsy23 shortlist but you lot didn‘t! 🤣

When I was in London I chatted to 3 booksellers - the first didn‘t rate it at all, and thought it needed editing, the second thought it was the best book ever about the queer, black experience and the third thought it was a ‘nice‘ romance.

I tend to agree with the third - it felt like a typical millennial love story. ⬇️

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squirrelbrain There was nothing ground-breaking in it, whereas it has been marketed as something new and exciting. To me, the MC‘s best friend was a far more interesting character than the MC and I‘d rather have read about her. I‘m glad, therefore that it didn‘t make camp. I liked it, but not much to discuss. 12mo
TrishB Won‘t be rushing for it- but I love the cover. 12mo
BarbaraBB That is a bit of a bummer. I expected much more! 12mo
sarahbarnes Great review. Agree with @BarbaraBB that I had higher hopes for this one! 12mo
squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes - I had high hopes too; I nominated it for camp! It‘s a perfectly good book, but a bit millennial for me. 12mo
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GerardtheBookworm
GerardtheBookworm
Rosewater: The Debut Novel from Liv Little | Liv Little
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Mehso-so

Great potential with a BIPOC protagonist who is a struggling poet in London and trying to navigate through her queer relationships but the writing style is a bit disjointed and even the second half could be fleshed out more. Overall, meh.

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