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Cut & Thirst
Cut & Thirst | Margaret Atwood
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Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, and delicious retribution by Margaret Atwood, the #1 bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and health of their dear friend Fern. Now, after Fern has taken a turn for the worse, her three old friends decide that it’s finally time to strike back—in secret, of course, since Fern is far too gentle to approve of a vendetta. All they need is a plan with suitably Shakespearean drama. But as sweet and satisfying as revenge can be, it’s not always so cut and dried
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Kitta
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A fun short read about three retired professors eating cheese and drinking their favourite drinks and musing about…. Murder.

Only 35 pages and a great palate cleanser between longer reads.

This was my #firstreads selection for kindle in April.

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Kitta
Cut & Thirst | Margaret Atwood
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My little personal heated blanket (Hazel) is preventing me from reaching my cross stitch (splayed over the rest of the couch) and my kindle (on the coffee table)!

I decided the best option was to read a short story on the kindle app on my phone, so I‘m starting the tagged.

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Soubhiville She‘s beautiful. Those eyes 😍 2mo
ShelleyBooksie She is gorgeous 2mo
PurpleyPumpkin What a sweetie!😻 2mo
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Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2mo
AmyG A beauty! 2mo
dabbe #huggablehazel 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
Kitta Thank you all! Hazel and my other kitty Willow are the best and demand cuddles constantly. Usually I end up with both in my lap but only Hazel likes the heating pad 😆 @Soubhiville @ShelleyBooksie @PurpleyPumpkin @Ruthiella @AmyG @dabbe 2mo
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ReadingOver50
Cut & Thirst | Margaret Atwood
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An interesting story about a group of older women plotting revenge on the men who harmed their friend's writing career. I liked the depiction of a group of friends who have stayed together since their college days. Not much action here, this was more of a descriptive story.

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Aimeesue
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I now have the first cold I‘ve had since before Covid. Ugh. All I want to do is drink tea and read this new Margaret Atwood story, but *someone* is of the opinion that my presence is required outside to play ball. Double ugh, pup!

dabbe So sorry to read that you're sick! Maybe your pup will get up there with you and snuggle. Hope you're on the mend soon. 💚🩷💚 3mo
Aimeesue @dabbe Ha! Charlie is the least cuddly dog ever! She does like to climb up and stand on me though 😄 3mo
Leftcoastzen Awww! Sorry you are feeling bad , here‘s hoping you feel better soon! 3mo
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dabbe @Aimeesue Is she still young? She might grow into a cuddler someday! 🤩 3mo
Aimeesue @Leftcoastzen Thanks! It‘s not TOO bad - I just haven‘t been sick in four years and I forgot how much sinus stuff hurts 😂 3mo
Aimeesue @dabbe She‘s 2-ish, we think, so maybe! Kelpies are kind of high anxiety herding dogs though, so she‘s got exactly 2 speeds right now - full speed ahead and full stop. She‘ll literally fall asleep chewing on a bone. 😂 3mo
Suet624 I hope you feel@better soon. 3mo
Tamra Speedy recovery! My mini Aussie is on or off too. 😉 3mo
Aimeesue @Tamra Oh my gosh, it‘s like having a toddler around! At least they‘re really smart and learn fast. Charlie gets so excited by birds and squirrels outside that she jumps up and down like a kangaroo. At least she‘s quit barking while she jumps 😂 (edited) 3mo
Tamra @Aimeesue 😂 yes! I‘m always joking with him asking if he wants a hug and hugging him. 3mo
Aimeesue @Suet624 Thanks! Having a hot toddy to kill the germs and add some vitamin C! 😁 3mo
Texreader Get well soon!!! 3mo
Hooked_on_books Oh my gosh, what a cute baby! 🐶🩵 Our pups can be very demanding, can‘t they? 3mo
jlhammar Adorable. Take care and hope you‘re feeling better soon. 3mo
dabbe @Aimeesue I'm in love with her already. 🖤🐾🖤 (edited) 3mo
Aimeesue @Texreader Feeling a bit better today, and I‘ve pretty much stopped sneezing finally! 🤧 3mo
Aimeesue @Hooked_on_books Oh, she definitely thinks she‘s the boss of me. 😏 3mo
Aimeesue @Tamra Ha! I hug Charlie too! She‘s starting to. . . Not enjoy it, but tolerate it. 😂 3mo
Aimeesue @jlhammar Thé headache‘s about gone, so I can read again! 3mo
Aimeesue @dabbe I love her a lot. Though she be but little, she is fierce! My feisty girl ❤️ 3mo
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