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June was not a great reading month, so this is the best of the bunch. Another book I would not have discovered without the #1001books list.

I listened to this yesterday and I‘m still not quite sure what I think. It‘s got some amusing bits and interesting scenes, but for the most part it‘s just a story of a man that‘s not going to stick with me.

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For the past year I‘ve used the same basic #BookSpinBingo list each month. For 2025, I kept it much the same as it‘s worked well for me. I‘ve included #1001books, whatever readalongs or hashtag reads I‘m participating in, MG & YA (or a random children‘s book), as well as owned & nonfiction reads. Plus there are always free spaces. I love this method of tracking my reading, yet it‘s incredibly flexible & not time consuming from month to month.

This was a quicker listen than I expected. I started it a few days ago, but when I got back to it today I listened straight through to the end. I‘m not much of a reader of espionage novels, but I appreciated the tangle of events and explanations this one explored. I‘ll definitely be interested in picking up another of Le Carré‘s novels.

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I finished listening to this today. I enjoyed the story, but I didn‘t love it. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I would have listened straight through instead of interspersing it with other audiobooks, but some parts were also just long. It also may be one I would appreciate more by more closely comparing it to Dickens‘ life since it seems to be somewhat autobiographical. The audio narration of this version was great.

In this post-modern classic, nothing is what it seems. The main character, Nicholas Urfe, goes to teach on a Greek island, and is impressed by his erudite and art-loving host. But along the way, Nick becomes entangled in a labyrinth of truths and untruths, of the psychological games of a master trickster, which become increasingly dark and serious.

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Listening to some more David Copperfield while making cookies for a cookie exchange tomorrow! Lots of things are happening in the story now and I plan to finish it up this week.

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Well, that was a strange and disturbing story, especially with McEwan‘s descriptive writing. I felt dread early on, but I also didn‘t expect such an abrupt ending. Since I was listening as I worked and not noting the time remaining, I expected what was about to happen to be more drawn out.

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Back to some light and cheery holiday reads now . . .

I finished this book while driving to Thanksgiving celebrations. I don‘t know that I would‘ve made it through a print copy as I took me a long time to become invested in the family. I liked how the chapter titles were all transitional words, and it had some interesting things to say about writing, women, and mother daughter relationships, but it never had enough plot for me.

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This is one of those books where there are wonderful bits of writing, but I didn‘t enjoy much of the story, and it was a slow read. As it went on, I did become more invested in knowing exactly how it would turn out, but I also just wanted to finish it. Bowen does a great job of describing how women could be incredibly conflicted between traditional expectations and the ability to live with more independence than previously.

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