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311 Pelican Court
311 Pelican Court | Debbie Macomber
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Olivia Lockhart Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Reader, One thing about Cedar Covepeople sure are interested in what other people are doing. Take Zach and Rosie Cox, for instance. Everybody in town knows that they recently got a divorce. Everybody also knows that I decreed a somewhat unusual custody arrangement. It won't be the kids moving between Rosie's place and Zach's. They'll continue to live in the family home at 311 Pelican Court. Their parents are the ones who'll be going back and forth. I have to say I'm not immune to gossip myself. People are asking if I'll stay with Jack, who runs the Cedar Cove Chronicle, or will I get back with my ex? But the really big gossip is about the dead manthe man who died at a local bed-and-breakfast. Who is he and why did he show up there in the middle of the night? Roy McAfee, a local private investigator, is determined to find out. I hope he doesand then I'll fill you in. Talk soon. Olivia
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CogsOfEncouragement
311 Pelican Court | Debbie Macomber
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This third book in the Cedar Cove series is more of the same likable, intertwined characters. I was going to pick it up again after the holidays but the next book seems like it may be kinda appropriate for spooky season (for someone like me who only wants cozies) so I‘ll read it soon.

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Shameela
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Just started reading and it‘s a page turner

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Centique
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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@batsy and @LeahBergen mentioned this book the other day and it sounded lovely. It really was! I love a book where you get a child‘s point of view into adult lives and problems. Because of the episodic nature of the book - each chapter covers a complete event - you get both Arjie‘s view of events in the adults lives and his own childhood and realisation of his queerness. It also gives you a quietly impactful telling of civil war and violence ⬇️

Centique ...that will stay with me. The simple language belies the complexity and weight of what Arjie and his family face. I think there is a tv series coming that I need to look up too. 3y
Cathythoughts Beautiful review ✨❤️ 3y
Reggie I already have this stacked or I would have after reading your review. 3y
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LeahBergen What a lovely review! Yes, you must read it, @Reggie . 😊 3y
batsy Great review and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! @Reggie I, too, think that this is one that you'd like 3y
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batsy
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Reggie I need to catch up on her movies but I‘ve seen Water, and Fire is one of my favorite movies ever. 3y
batsy @Reggie For some reason Water is the one I remember least. Fire is brilliant, I loved that and Earth (and grew to love Nandita Das 😍) 3y
LeahBergen Whaaat? I love Funny Boy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
Lindy This is great news! 3y
batsy @LeahBergen @Lindy So looking forward to this! 3y
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SoniaC
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Enjoying this one so much more than I anticipated.

Lindy It‘s been a long time, but I remember loving this when I read it. I‘ve gone on to read several more by Selvadurai since then. 💜 5y
SoniaC @Lindy I am just loving it. Would you recommend any of the others? 5y
Lindy @SoniaC This debut is actually my favourite. Cinnamon Gardens and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea are both okay, quieter than this one. I felt challenged by the honest anger in 5y
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violabrain
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Mehso-so

Disappointing. It felt like the author had certain events he wanted to include, but forgot to think about how to convey the emotion behind these events (the dialogue particularly was not realistic to me) or how to link the events together in a convincing narrative. Too bad.

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ArghyaDey
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Currently reading. Coming of age set against the escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka.

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Sha0102
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Saw this in IG and wanted to share with you... 😆

Aninski 😂😂😂 7y
ChloeTallis 😂😂😂😂👌🏼👌🏼 7y
Libby1 This actually looks a bit like me and my husband. 😬 7y
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bookishkai
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Another #blameitonlitsy for #LitsyPartyofOne. Looking forward to learning about a part of the world I don't know very much about.

shawnmooney Loved this! 7y
LeahBergen So good. 7y
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saresmoore
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Such a lovely package arrived on my doorstep yesterday from the ever thoughtful @Lindy ! Her generosity filled me right up! Bookish friendships are the best friendships. ♥️

TrishB Lovely 💟 7y
Suet624 So sweet. 7y
batsy Wonderful! And Funny Boy 💜 7y
JoeStalksBeck ❤️ love 7y
shawnmooney 💜💜💜 7y
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bookishkai
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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This is almost entirely #blameitonlitsy with a side of netgalley (Moxie). I don't even know what to pick first. Thoughts from the Litsy hive mind?

WanderingBookaneer I'm finishing All the Dirty Parts. You can read it in one sitting. 7y
MicheleinPhilly What We Lose is extraordinary and can also be read in one sitting. 7y
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RealLifeReading
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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#maybookflowers day 31: #bestofmay

I read so many awesome books this month for the #AsianLitBingo challenge
The Best We Could Do (refugee, graphic memoir)
A Time to Dance (YA novel in verse, disability)
Funny Boy (Sri Lanka, gay coming-of-age)
Goat Days (immigrant worker in Middle East)
Does My Head Look Big in This? (Muslim-Australian, YA)
Pioneer Girl (literary/Vietnamese-American family)
The Girl From Everywhere (biracial, YA fantasy)

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RealLifeReading
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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I woke up at 550 this morning - guess I forgot to tell my body clock that it's a public holiday today. Oh well might as well get a jump on my reading today!

IamIamIam Lol, my husband's alarm goes off at 5am and thankfully he remembered to shut it off! Enjoy your holiday! 7y
CatchMyBookBreath I did the same thing! 7y
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AmandaRae
311 Pelican Court | Debbie Macomber
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I really should have started this series from the beginning. However, this was fine as a stand alone. It does try to keep up with many characters lives which sometimes got confusing. All in all a good read.

Bostonmomx2 It's an excellent, excellent series! I really recommend going back and starting with #1. 😊 7y
AmandaRae @Bostonmomx2 I have since been on a mission to obtain all the books in this series. I finally got #1 and will be starting it shortly lol 7y
Bostonmomx2 @AmandaRae yay! I'm so happy you like them. 7y
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RealLifeReading
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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My book was making me want to eat South Asian food. Unfortunately I've not come across a Sri Lankan eatery in my town so this Indian-Pakistani meal would have to do.

LeahBergen Yum! 7y
Lacythebookworm Looks delicious! 7y
vivastory Amazing! 7y
Smarkies Have you had Sri Lankan food before? It is similar to South Indian but has a few differences as well. 7y
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RealLifeReading
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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The husband is with the kids working on a Lego boat so it's time for me to lounge on the sofa and read this wonderful book. I would sit in our backyard if it wasn't such a mess. The painters power washed the exterior yesterday and are returning on Monday (yes even though it's a holiday!) to start work.

vivastory This sounds great. Stacked! 7y
LeahBergen @vivastory It's really good! 7y
vivastory @LeahBergen I was completely unfamiliar with him, but after seeing so many on litsy, including you, rave about him i will definitely be looking into his work soon 7y
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ohyeahthatgirl I read this for a queer lit class. I loved ita 7y
RealLifeReading @vivastory @LeahBergen I'm definitely loving this one! Can't wait to read his other books! 7y
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RealLifeReading
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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Just started this one and I'm loving it!

shawnmooney I loved it when I read it too - many years ago! 😍 7y
LeahBergen It's so good! 7y
batsy Love it! And love the love for Funny Boy 🙌 7y
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BekahB I love this book! I recently bought a new copy after loaning mine out years ago. I'm planning on re-reading it this year. 😀 7y
Lindy @shawnmooney @BekahB Remembering how good this is... might have to rescue my copy from its current position in a giveaway stack. 7y
shawnmooney @Lindy Wasn't it just? The original post reminded me I have yet to read any of his other books. Would you recommend any of those? I heard the second one was so-so, but I would reserve the right to make up my own mind; I also heard the third one was really great. 7y
shawnmooney @LeahBergen @batsy @Lindy In the 1990s, I once happened upon him walking to a Harbourfront literary reading that he was performing at and that I was attending, in Toronto. We had a lovely conversation for several blocks, but unfortunately he did not flirt with me at all! 😢😢 7y
Lindy @shawnmooney I liked Cinnamon Gardens and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea better than Hungry Ghosts, but I appreciated how that last one addressed a difficult topic: racism in Canada. 7y
batsy @shawnmooney @Lindy @LeahBergen How nice! He strikes me as being lovely and polite and shy, so maybe that's why 😉 I attended one of his readings in Winnipeg and was too intimidated to go up and speak to him, tried to disappear into the library shelves 😂 7y
Lindy @batsy I'm usually intimidated by speaking to authors also. I can barely put two words together when I get my books signed. 7y
shawnmooney @batsy Oh wow! If it's not too personal a question, how did you end up in Winnipeg – did you live there for a time or…? 7y
batsy @Lindy I'm so glad I'm not alone! 7y
batsy @shawnmooney No not at all. It's a long story but I went to university there and lived there for some years. Was supposed to head to the US but 9/11 happened and visas were hell. So U of W were doing a recruiting drive locally through the Canadian embassy, and I thought, I'm ready to get out of Malaysia and the freezing cold prairies will do. 😂 It was a shock to the system in many ways but I ended up loving my time there... 7y
Bengali.bookworm This is one of my favorites! 7y
LeahBergen Oh my - from Malaysia to Winnipeg. Now that WOULD be a shock to the system! 😮 @batsy (edited) 7y
LeahBergen @batsy @Lindy I NEVER think of anything clever to say when I meet authors at signings. I think I probably just smile creepily! 😂 7y
shawnmooney @batsy Wow, that's so interesting! You may have already seen me mention that I grew up in neighboring Saskatchewan. Those windy icy winters must've indeed been a challenge! 7y
batsy @shawnmooney Yes, they were. I regret not visiting Saskatchewan! And @LeahBergen I though I could pretend I was Laura Ingalls but it's better to brave harsh winters in books, as opposed to in real life 😂 7y
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AmandaRae
311 Pelican Court | Debbie Macomber
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I needed something fluffy to read after the last book and my mom recommended anything of Debbie Macomber. I found this on my kindle so this is what I am reading.

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LeahBergen
Funny Boy | Shyam Selvadurai
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#POCreads for #somethingforsept. Funny Boy is a great, and underhyped, novel about a young boy coming-of-age and coming out in 1980s Sri Lanka. Check it out.

ReadingEnvy I read The Icarus Girl earlier this year and would like to read more by her. 8y
BekahB I loved Funny Boy! I need to read more by the author. 8y
Bibliogeekery I love Funny Boy! #queerbooks 8y
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[DELETED] 2232195534 Cutting For Stone is so good! 8y
shawnmooney Funny Boy! I loved that novel so much, and probably already shared with you my little fan-gay anecdote about walking down the street with the author on the way to his reading 20 or more years ago in Toronto... :) 8y
LeahBergen Did you, @shawnmooney ?? That's awesome! I've been to hear him read twice now and he's lovely. 😀 8y
Dragon Remains of the Day is a great read by one of my favourite writers 8y
LeahBergen @ReadingEnvy Me, too! This was her first and she seems to be generating more and more hype. 8y
LeahBergen @BekahB and @Bibliogeekery It's great! His other stuff is really good, too. 8y
LeahBergen @kaysreadinglife It was, wasn't it? ❤️ 8y
LeahBergen @Dragon I loved it! 8y
MrBook Eclectic! I like 😊! 8y
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