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Gissy
El tiempo de las moscas | Claudia Pieiro
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March 2025 Book #6
This is the second book in Tuya (All Yours) duology. Liked it but not loved it. The beginning was so slow and it was about flies if you have any kind of phobia with this insect, this book is not for you. It was interesting to know about this insect but this is not a nonfiction book. You will hate Inés who has l, let‘s say a different personality😬but half way of the book, it changed and kept attention with good twists⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) The title in English is The Time of the Flies. 3/3.5⭐️I still like this author writing style. She describes so well the characters, she gives you the psychological dynamic of their thinking process. For me she has this existentialist touch in her novels, mostly unlikeable characters. I have a couple of her books all in Spanish. I hope it is not banned to read in Spanish 😂I know… showing my sarcastic side 😊

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Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#UltimateReadingChallenge @Fanae #39 two people
GR AroundTheYear prompt #5 (intrigued title)
#SeriesFinished @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#BookSpinBingo #14 (book in Spanish language)
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
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Gissy
Family Roundabout | Richmal Crompton
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March 2025 Book #4
I really enjoyed this book about two families and the matriarchal way to raise their families. So different. During my reading I was mad with Mrs Willoughby and more in the side of Mrs. Fowler. But then you follow each family, their sons and daughters through their lives and you will understand each side of the story. This is really a story about family dynamics and each and changes in each generation. So well written and⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) so well described. Loved it. 4.5⭐️
I‘m late @Leahbergen in my #PersephoneClub2025 and 2024😂But I will read them eventually because I‘m enjoying each book so much. And…I love my Persephone editions.😍
#Read2025 @DueAReader
#LitsyAToZ @texreader
#UltimateReadingChallenge @Faranae prompt #6
#BookSpinBingo (#2) Buddyread (late but was supposed to be buddy read😂) @TheAromaOfBooks
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rubyslippersreads I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who‘s behind. Somehow I completely missed reading October‘s #PersephoneClub book. 🫢 4d
Gissy @rubyslippersreads I‘m currently reading a book from last year list Harriet. I eventually will read them but I‘m a slow reader and I wanted to read so many books from different challenges that I know I will be behind from the rest of the group☹️But I can‘t read faster😫 4d
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Faranae @Gissy 😂 late is better than how i'm fudging “buddy read“ by reading someone else's buddy read! 4d
LeahBergen I‘m glad you are enjoying all of our picks (and at your own pace)! ❤️ 4d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
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Gissy
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March 2025 Book 2 A re-read for me but I only read the first 2 books. Now I‘m planning to finish the series, obviously, next year 😂It was enjoyable to go back to this world and I could say I enjoyed more the story now than the first time. Looking forward to see the dynamic of this “romance?” triangle. We know things will drastically change in the next books. I have the first edition cover and this new hardcover edition🤦🏽‍♀️book collector⬇️3.8⭐️

Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#LittensLoveRomance @Staycurious (I know the series was read already but I will finish this one in my own reading pace 🤷🏽‍♀️I‘m a very slow reader🤦🏽‍♀️)
#LitsyAtoZ @TexReader
Goodreads AroundTheYear (#ATY 2025) prompt #6
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DarkMina
Horror Movie | Paul Tremblay
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Panpan

#6 of 2025. Probably my least favorite book I have read by Paul Tremblay. ⭐️⭐️✨

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BarbaraBB
Endling | Maria Reva
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Mehso-so

#BookerLonglist #6

A highly original novel about 3 Ukrainian women on a road trip with some men they keep captive while Russia invades their country. Also, they are looking for a special kind of snail. I loved the fist half and the part which is an interlude by the author herself. Then however I lost interest a bit. So many super interesting story lines and yet I felt like nothing much happened. A so-so for me.

#ReadTheWorld2025 #28 #Albania

squirrelbrain Yes, I felt like this could have done with some tightening up in the second half. 2mo
Graywacke Totally opposite for me. ☺️ Didn‘t like the 1st 100 pages. After the meta, the story could have done anything and I would have loved it. How many more, B? (edited) 2mo
BarbaraBB @Graywacke That‘s a wonderful experience! I don‘t have any other nominated books at hand right now. I‘ll wait for the shortlist and continue afterwards. I have read the six books that most appealed to me. 2mo
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Graywacke @BarbaraBB good plan! 2mo
Suet624 Rats! I really liked this one. 2mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 I know. I was surprised I didn‘t like it as much as you did 2mo
Suet624 As you know, sometimes it‘s just the timing. I think I had been reading books I really wasn‘t so happy with right before I read Endling and I was just delighted by the composition of the book. 2mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 So true. And I have felt so restless lately that I found it hard to concentrate on that same composition! 2mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Fugitive Telemetry | Martha Wells
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4/5⭐
Murderbot. Filled with fun.
#6 takes us back to novellas. In this one It is going to solve a murder. I still struggle a bit with secondary characters, but love the fast clipping pace and the rye sarcasm. It's just a good quick fun time.

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Julsmarshall
Fragile Sanctuary | Catherine Cowles
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I‘ve blown through the first 4 books of the Sparrow Falls series from Catherine Cowles. Romantic suspense, they are a little repetitive but the characters are compelling, the pacing keeps me reading, and the family dynamic is heartfelt and hilarious. I‘m reading #5 and will then have to wait until fall for #6. Broken Harbor was my #BookspinBingo pick. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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BookmarkTavern
Untitled | Unknown
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Allowing extra time for finding the right terminal, getting through security, and finding the right gate in an airport you‘ve never been in results in much down time!

So I made another #BookEmojis game! Let‘s see if all can get guessed before I land for my layover!

Eggbeater 6 is The Night Circus and 7 is Charlotte's Web just off the top of my head 4mo
Aconight 1 is Six of Crows & I wanna guess 5 is Fahrenheit 451 4mo
kspenmoll #6 Night Circus; #7 Charlottes Web 4mo
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kspenmoll #8 A Christmas Carol 4mo
IriDas 1) six of crows 4) heart of darkness 5) Fahrenheit 451 7) charlotte‘s web 8) a Christmas carol 4mo
vlwelser 2 has to be Murderbot 3mo
BookmarkTavern 1. Six of Crows, 2. Murderbot, 3. A Wizard of Earthsea, 4. Heart of Darkness, 5. Fahrenheit 451, 6. Night Circus, 7. Charlotte‘s Web, 8. A Christmas Carol 3mo
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kspenmoll
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#JohnMaddenMystery #6 A closed room,post WWII mystery.Retired DCI.Angus Sinclair,who is feeling his age, is prominently featured.Due to varying circumstances, several people,including Sinclair,are snowed in an English country villa for days when a blizzard hits the countryside.The villa is a residence of the risk taking,high spirited, wheelchair bound,ex-world renowned skier,Julia.1 person goes missing,then another.When Madden braves the snow ⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ to fetch Sinclair home, he brings with him the news that a internationally known con man & murderer is most probably among the people in the villa.#serieslove2025This is the last book in this acclaimed series (2020)- I wish the author wrote more in the future.His writing talents are: in characterization & development of his characters over time,compassionate writing,meticulous knowledge of the time period,& landscape both urban & countryside. (edited) 4mo
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Creadnorthey
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This is a bit like the third Star Wars movie (#6 in the new canon): slightly disappointing for the diehard fan in me; it feeling a tad formulaic. There is however enough to motivate me to continue to have the stories wash over me- #4 is in the cue.

Creadnorthey Had to rewrite this post- it had drunken-sailor grammar- sorry folks, I‘ll endeavor to do better on the first try next time 😂 5mo
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