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lil1inblue
Poems to Read on a Streetcar | Oliverio Girondo, Heather Cleary
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The_Penniless_Author
The Suicides | Antonio Di Benedetto
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A reporter is assigned to investigate a string of recent suicides in the city to determine "why they did it", while the impending anniversary of his own father's suicide looms. Interspersed with religious and philosophical treatises on the morality of self-death, provided to the narrator by a research assistant as background for the story, the question soon shifts to "why not?" There's something impressive happening here. Di Benedetto's...?

The_Penniless_Author ...deceptively spare prose captures a dissatisfaction all-too familiar in contemporary life. Despite having all outward appearances of success - work, family, women - a certain grim aimlessness dogs the narrator day after day. What happens when society's expectations don't provide their promised contentment? Where does a person go from there? This felt like a distillation of the existential crisis America is experiencing at the moment. 3d
Gissy Interesting, I see it is part of a trilogy. Stacked😃 3d
The_Penniless_Author @Gissy Sort of. The "trilogy" designation was given after the fact when critics noticed a continuation of certain themes. They're still very much three separate, standalone books. 3d
Gissy @The_Penniless_Author Ohhh 😯 Thank you for let me know😃 3d
The_Penniless_Author @Gissy You're welcome! 😊 I've read The Silentiary too, and it was very good. All three are probably worth reading, but the order doesn't really matter. 3d
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Rachael_reads
Fever Dream | Samanta Schweblin
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Quick read. I‘d recommend. Kept the pages turning.

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TheEllieMo
Polo | Jilly Cooper
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Mehso-so

I feel bad about this rating, because Jilly Cooper is a bit of a National Treasure, particularly so in Gloucestershire, the county she and I both live in. This third instalment in her Rutshire Chronicles is, on the whole, a good book: though it‘s bold and brash, at its heart is romance and true love. But I can‘t ignore the domestic violence and animal cruelty in it 😩

Book 20/60, Page 5,930/18,000 #Read2025
#SeriesLove2025

TheSpineView It happens. Great job on pushing to the finish. 1mo
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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Gleefulreader
Dislocations | Sylvia Molloy
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The last of three short translations that are heavier topics. This is written as a novel but seems to be the story of the author‘s friendship with someone now experiencing dementia, and her perceptions of the many changes and losses that dementia causes, both for the person afflicted and those around them. This is beautifully written with observations that stop you in your tracks.

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NickDaReader
Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica
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Mehso-so

In my opinion, this book was overhyped. I felt like instead of creating a great story for this dystopian world, the author focused mostly on how to make the next chapter more disturbing/disgusting than the last. Although I didn‘t completely hate it, I didn‘t love it either 🤷🏾‍♂️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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kspenmoll
The Suicides | Antonio Di Benedetto
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Sone library holds came in, so of course I just had to check out the New Books section! Libraries are the BEST! #libraryfinds #libraryholds

rachelsbrittain Nothing like a good library haul! 1mo
Bookwormjillk I really liked Challenger. 1mo
Suet624 These books look interesting! Enjoy! 1mo
Hooked_on_books Challenger is SO good! 1mo
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Soubhiville
The Gods of Tango: A novel | Carolina De Robertis
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I‘ve only read one other by this author- Cantoras, but I definitely will pick up her other books when I see them.

For fans of Sarah Waters and France‘s de Pontes Peebles. Historical Fiction that follows tango music‘s evolution in mostly Argentina, through the eyes of a young woman who chooses to disguise herself as a man in order to be accepted as a musician.

Slow moving but beautiful. Sapphic and sexy.

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BooksNBowls
Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica
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Panpan

This borderlines violence for the sake of violence. Maybe that‘s THE POINT, but I‘m just not pessimistic enough for this I guess. Disturbing. 2/5

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