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#52Books23
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ravenlee
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Finishing Pandora‘s Jar gave me the last prompt I needed for #52Books23 - #writtenbyacomedian - which I didn‘t know until I‘d already started it. So, hooray! I don‘t plan to do it again, but I‘m glad I did it this year. I tried a lot of new things and while I didn‘t like all of it (some of it confirmed genres I just don‘t like) it was good to stretch boundaries a bit.

Librarybelle Congratulations! 13mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🎊Congratulations!🎊 13mo
Amiable Yay! 🎉💃🏻🕺🥳 13mo
Deblovestoread Well done! 13mo
erzascarletbookgasm 🎉👏 13mo
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ravenlee
In the Woods | Tana French
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Panpan

It‘s not a bad book. It‘s a bad fit for me. I don‘t often like mysteries, so it was already a bad start. It was fine until all the narrative winks and nudges started, which threw me and then irritated me. I had most of the twists pegged early, then couldn‘t figure why it was supposed to be surprising. I really disliked the (lack of) resolution to both stories and it frustrated me greatly. Sorry, French fans, but I just didn‘t like it.

ravenlee Best thing was crossing off #setinDublin for #52Books23 which leaves me with just one more, #byacomedian (I have one ready, just need to get time to read it) (edited) 14mo
kricheal I had the same exact feelings with this one. 14mo
Texreader I bailed. It just never ever ever took off for me 14mo
ravenlee @kricheal @Texreader I‘m glad it‘s not just me! I see so much love for this series, and I just couldn‘t get into it. 14mo
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jenniferw88
Wow, No Thank You | Samantha Irby
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Pickpick
Cinfhen 🐰👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y
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ravenlee
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Today‘s library #bookhaul is one for #52Books23 (I only have three left!) and one for #PemberLittens - let‘s do this!

dabbe I LOVED In the Woods; can't wait to read what you think! 🤩 1y
Ruthiella Starting Tana French! Exciting. 1y
ravenlee @dabbe @Ruthiella I‘m kinda hesitant, as it‘s not one of my usual genres, but I‘m going to try. I need something set in Dublin for #52Books23 and nothing on any lists really jumped out at me, so I decided to just jump in. 🤞🏻 1y
dabbe @ravenlee I was impressed with her research and knowledge. It is a mystery, so to speak, but there's so much more. I hope you like it! 1y
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ravenlee
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Mehso-so

Meh. The structure of this…biography didn‘t do much for me, but I learned something about Butler‘s childhood…so 🤷🏻‍♀️ At least it was short.

Because I used Parable of the Sower for #dystopianfiction this is #byOctaviaButler for #52Books23

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jenniferw88
Binti (Binti, #1) | Nnedi Okorafor
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Pickpick
Cinfhen Well played 💜 1y
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ravenlee
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Pickpick

Very good, but not the least bit enjoyable to read, IMO. Which, to be fair, is mostly how I feel about dystopian fiction in general - the present is terrifying enough, I don‘t like to imagine this very possible future! The first 90% is bleak, but some hope shows up toward the end. I don‘t think I could read the sequel. #52books23 #dystopian