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#9 from the #bookerlonglist and one that I really enjoyed.

I get the Strout comparisons, from the POV of a monologue that goes off at tangents about random people from the past and present. However, it‘s definitely not the ‘male All Fours‘ - not even remotely. That‘s just a lazy comparison because the protagonist takes off on a road trip without telling anyone, in this case having just dropped his daughter off at college.

BarbaraBB Great review 1mo

TheKidUpstairs Great review! I was put off by the All Fours comparisons, because while I loved that book I have zero interest in reading anything like it from a male POV. So I'm glad to hear that's lazy marketing (I HATE lazy comparisons) rather than actual vibes. 1mo

Graywacke Interesting! It‘s on order. Has shipped… 1mo

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squirrelbrain Thanks @BarbaraBB @TheKidUpstairs - yes, definitely lazy marketing, Megan. 🙄 1mo

squirrelbrain Hope you enjoy when it arrives! @Graywacke 1mo

Caroline2 Yay! So glad you enjoyed it. I really liked it too. 👍 and it‘s defo not a male all fours. 4w

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staci.reads

Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen

@Crinoline_Laphroaig #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenandNow
1. My 4th time (at least). I appreciate Austen's humor more every time.
2. Henry, but I love Eleanor and would have loved to hear more of her voice in the novel.
3. The early scenes when Isabella is dropping hints about her love interest in James, and Catherine is oblivious. I also love when Catherine finally acknowledges Isabella's true character and finally shows some pluck. ⬇️

staci.reads 4. "If a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyment, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut themselves up to read novels together." Or "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
5. Dance for sure! In a carriage, I'd be trapped and possibly maimed by his driving.
6. Thrown out because then I'm the victim, not the guilty party ? 1mo

staci.reads 7. My husband's brother for sure! I love my own brothers too much!
8. Catherine, Henry, and Eleanor of course. Not invited - John Thorpe. He would suck up all the oxygen in the room. He's unbearable.
9. I love that this book feels so different from her others. The way she breaks the fourth wall so often is fun, and her snark is more prominent. I feel like this book is closer to what a conversation would have been with Jane Austen. 1mo

mabell I love your answers! I very much agree with #9! 1mo

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uncommonlycozies

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tell me which #hammock already lives in your yard
& which one you‘re still dreaming of. 💭
#julyjazz

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs I‘ve had several like #2 but dream of #9! (edited) 2mo

uncommonlycozies @Eggs I hope you get the dream! 🥰 # 8 is in my dreams because I love to stargaze! I‘m so lucky to live beyond light pollution 🌠💫 (edited) 2mo

BookmarkTavern I have 0 but I daydream of 8! ❤️ 2mo

Eggs @uncommonlycozies Good point about #8! Glad you have clear night skies 🌟✨⭐️ 2mo

uncommonlycozies @BookmarkTavern I say put me in that giant Christmas ornament- with some books of course- & hang me from a tree! 😁 (edited) 2mo

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Liz_M

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How is your summer going (or winter, for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere)? Here in the US, we are halfway through summer 😨. Have you read 7 of your #14Books14Weeks yet? Or have you abandoned the dry-haystack of pre-chosen books for greener pastures?

I magically finished my 7th book yesterday, which would be on track if my reading-vacation hadn't happened in June so I won't have nearly as much time to read the rest of the summer.

Liz_M Dang it, the Tags didn't stick! 2mo

Liz_M @CarolynM, @Ruthiella, @kspenmoll, @sarahbarnes, @GinaKButler, @BookmarkTavern, @mom2bugnbee, @ShananigansReads, @Jas16, @BarbaraBB
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Liz_M @Catsandbooks, @Zuhkeeyah, @ncsufoxes, @Read4life, @peanutnine, @AllDebooks, @Aconight, @Susanita, @ChaoticMissAdventures, @Leniverse 2mo

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sarahbarnes I‘m reading the 7th book from my stack right now! Like you, I‘m not sure I‘ll be as successful the rest of the summer so whether I‘ll finish the stack is TBD. I have definitely gotten distracted by some other books! 😂 2mo

Liz_M @BennettBookworm, @squirrelbrain, @Bookwormjillk, @Lcsmcat, @Skygoddess1, @Gissy, @janeycanuck, @Susanita, @RaeLovesToRead, @Deblovestoread 2mo

Liz_M @llwheeler, @Librarybelle, @CSeydel, @Mollyanna, @BarkingMadRead, @BookNAround, @KatieB 2mo

Jas16 I have finished my 10th book of the stack and am halfway through the 11th so I on track to finish on time. 2mo

BookNAround I should probably check and see what books I originally put in my stack, eh? 😂 2mo

GinaKButler I‘m halfway through book number 7! (Which is an enormous improvement over the past two summers). 2mo

Mollyanna I‘ve read two, but have started 9 others 🤣. Does that count? Now, if I could only finish them… 2mo

Leniverse Er... I've read 21 books. But only two of them are from that stack of 14 ? I started a third but put it down "for a couple of days" about a month ago. ? I'm really not good at sticking to a plan. 2mo

Liz_M @sarahbarnes 7 is not bad, and distracting books seem so necessary these days! 2mo

Liz_M @Jas16 Amazing! 2mo

Liz_M @BookNAround 😂 I mean the best part of these challenges is choosing the books, right? 2mo

Liz_M @GinaKButler Congrats on the fantastic progress! 2mo

Liz_M @Mollyanna Hopefully you now know which ones you actually want to finish? 😁 2mo

Liz_M @Leniverse Plans are made to be deviated from! 2mo

Read4life I‘ve finished 8 and I‘m currently reading #9. 2mo

Ruthiella I‘m not doing that well! 😅 Only two read so far and one in the works. I will do some catching up in August, hopefully.🤞 2mo

Lcsmcat I‘m ahead, with 11 books. So even if I run into problems later I think I‘ll make it. 😀 2mo

Bookwormjillk I haven‘t started 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 2mo

Librarybelle I haven‘t started either, @Bookwormjillk . My stack is sitting on my dresser, judging me. 😂 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle I turned mine around so they couldn‘t judge me 2mo

Librarybelle @Bookwormjillk 😂 2mo

Liz_M @Read4life Excellent! 2mo

Liz_M @Ruthiella Having read more than one is a win as far as I'm concerned! 🤓 2mo

Liz_M @Lcsmcat Impressive! 2mo

Liz_M @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle Cats and pleasure reading is the priority this summer, so make sure your pets put those judgy books in their place (presumably by knocking the stack to the floor, if your cats are like mine 😂) 2mo

Librarybelle @Liz_M I should move my stack to the nightstand; Xander loved knocking down the books there in the middle of the night! 😂 2mo

squirrelbrain I‘m reading 12 and 13 at the moment! #smugface 😜 2mo

AllDebooks @squirrelbrain Wow, well done! 👏 2mo

AllDebooks I'm starting #8 of 14. 📚😀📚

Things that are

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Zuhkeeyah I‘m now starting book no. 7! The stack is next to the couch so I can‘t ignore it 2mo

Gissy No, im behind but i am working to finish them by September. It is a great idea because my tbr are a stack of books received in different swaps. So it is a an exited challenge 📚😃👌 2mo

Liz_M @squirrelbrain Congrats! You must have chosen your books wisely! 2mo

Liz_M @AllDebooks Nice, you're right on track! 2mo

Liz_M @Zuhkeeyah Smart move! Unless of course one wants to lie down on that exact spot. 🤓 2mo

Liz_M @Gissy Good way to add some extra motivation for the challenge, well done! 2mo

mom2bugnbee I wasn't even counting but I just started book 8! Huzzah! 😁 2mo

Liz_M @mom2bugnbee Huzzah, indeed! 2mo

Catsandbooks I've only read 2, but it seems lots of others are in the same boat as me 2mo

CSeydel I‘ve read 4, largely because I‘ve been working my way through a chunkster instead 2mo

squirrelbrain @AllDebooks @liz_m I‘m just a list completist….set me a challenge and I *have* to do it! 2mo

BennettBookworm I‘m definitely behind but hoping to catch up!! 2mo

Liz_M @Catsandbooks Sounds like a win to me to me, you've read more than one from the stack! 😊 2mo

Liz_M @CSeydel Four books plus a chunkster? Amazing! 2mo

Liz_M @BennettBookworm Nicely done. Seven weeks is plenty of time to catch up! 2mo

Aconight @Liz_M I read 4 from the list. But have been reading other physical books on my shelves. Need to finish an ARC then back to the stack 💕 2mo

Liz_M @Aconight Sounds like your making some good progress on your tbr, regardless of what list/stack they are on! 2mo

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Ddzmini

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I finally have #9 the hubby is on a reading streak as he‘s on his 6th book in the Malazan series so excited for him 📖

Eggbeater 16. Snuggly furbaby 2mo

Gissy 📚🙌 2mo

Ddzmini @Eggbeater I used to have one but he passed… in 2015-16 I‘m still recovering but I‘m looking forward in the next few years to get another 🙌🏽🐶 2mo

Eggbeater @Ddzmini I know that pain. I am sorry. I lost my Rose in April. I will always miss her. We all take the time we need and grieve in our own way. 2mo

Ddzmini @Eggbeater thank you so much and I completely agree with you and I‘m sorry about your Rose 2mo

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Creme_de_la_them

The Scourge of God | S. M. Stirling

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Book #9 of 2025: “The Scourge of God” by SM Stirling. I was reallly into this series when I was younger but got behind during/post college. I picked this up at a used bookstore in Florence over the winter and loved it. Time to get the rest of the series!

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5feet.of.fury

Credence | Penelope Douglas

Tagged book is #9 and in progress but there‘s no chance I‘m finishing it today, I‘m like 40 pages in. So 4 bingos for June.

King of Ashes was the best book of the month. 🔥

2 DNFs and probably 3 more that should have been 😩

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie I am DNF so much this year 😵‍💫 2mo

5feet.of.fury @TheBookHippie I really have to get more choosy, I always think I‘m going to miss out on something but I‘m usually not. 2mo

TheBookHippie @5feet.of.fury I realised my age and my TBR pile 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo

5feet.of.fury @TheBookHippie I‘m about to go back to work & I really need to learn not to waste@my dwindling spare time. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 2mo

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Scochrane26

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My #bookspin list for July. My library is starting a new challenge for the next 6 months, so I‘ll be working on that. Some of the prompts on the bingo card are really easy this time—read what you want, read comfort fiction, read a book set outside North America, & read a book with a crime. So, my usual books. @TheAromaofBooks
Oops, just realized I left one blank. #9 The British Booksellers

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

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kspenmoll

Framed in Fire: A Lane Winslow Mystery | Iona Whishaw

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#9 Lane is walking in a nearby meadow & meets up with an indigenous man,Tom,who is seeking to find his ancestral burial ground. Nearby,human remains are discovered.Meanwhile,in town,Lane & Darling‘s favorite Italian restaurant is deliberately set a fire.Suddenly,Darling is being investigated for taking bribes.The search for who is buried & who slandered Darling is on.#serieslove2025 #LaneWinslowMystery

Andrew65, TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic! 🤩📖📚 3mo

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Gissy

Orbital | Samantha Harvey

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😬Forgot to include this book for the month of February 2025 Book #9

What can I say about this book? For me was more like a reflection of these characters about themselves and life during their travel. A philosophical thinking, but didn‘t feel it like a novel with a plot. But judges have more literary experience than me. 😄 3.5⭐️ I liked it but didn‘t love it. Maybe a re-read? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #18 (because I wanted to read it) @TheAromaOfBooks
#Readathon @Read2025 @DieAReader
#UltimateReadingChalkege2025 prompt #50 (book involving science) @faranae 4mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo

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