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I got to a good start on #JumpStartSummer by not being able to sleep last night 🙄 and finishing Erasure. (Full disclosure: I skipped most of the story-within-a-story, and feel completely justified. 😂)

This was so much more than its main plot description... bitter and satiric yes, but also very quietly human and deeply sad.

#AuthorAMonth

Despite not being a fan of the ending, I really enjoyed this book. It's weird and quirky, and the tone almost reminds me of Stan Schmidt's Life of Fred series of story-based math books (a reference only a few homeschoolers are likely to get, but that's what it made me think of). I haven't read any James Bond books, so I can't say if it's like any of those. #authoramonth

I am hosting a low-key readathon over the Memorial Day weekend to jump start my summer reading plans. I hope you will join me. You can set a goal if you like or not. It's totally up to you. Tag me when you post your goal(s), TBR list, book stacks, reviews, etc. I'm thinking of doing a simple give away at the end. Therefore, every post earns ypu an entry. Get creative! I love seeing the posts. You MUST use the hashtag #JumpStartSummer and tag me..

Wow. What a unique and powerful story! I'm still not quite sure how I feel about the ending, but what a ride. It is, in turn, horrific and heartbreaking, infuriating, and yet so funny at times. It felt wrong to find myself laughing when the subject is so dark, but Everett writes humor well. He does it all well. This was my May #AuthorAMonth selection @Soubhiville

I‘m starting this book tonight, my fourth for #authoramonth this month

@Soubhiville

What first struck me about this novel about art getting out of hand was how quickly I felt close to the characters. There's an event near the beginning that's foreshadowed clearly, but still it felt like a blow when it came because I had connected with the characters so much already. I listened to part of the novel in the car and found myself self-consciously turning down the volume at stop lights. (Guess which section that was.) #authoramonth

Between #authoramonth and #bookclub selections and #camplitsy I filled out most of my list for #14books14weeks & just needed a couple more from my TBR.

#AuthorAMonth #Read2025 Aaaallll the 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Aaaallll the recommendations!! I‘m afraid if I start telling you about this book, I‘ll spoil it. I would hate to do that to you. It is incredibly powerful and if you want to read a work of fiction about very real events, then I believe you should read this.

Astounding! White men are showing up dead alongside long-deceased black men in Money, Mississippi and then around the country. Out west, the newly dead white men are accompanied by long-dead Asian men. A team of Black detectives start putting the pieces together in this deeply racist town where Emmett Till was murdered. And it seems extremely elderly Mama Z, who has recorded every lynching in the United States, may be connecting the dots, too. ⬇️

Im reading (listening to) this book next for #authoramonth

@Soubhiville