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The Girls | Lori Lansens

The second pick of the #OhCanada Book Club is underway and it is The Girls by Lori Lansens. This is a bi-monthly read so feel free to read at your leisure over the months of March and April. Will post some discussion points at the end of April for those that wish to participate. All are welcome to join this very relaxed book club! Enjoy everyone!!

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Ruthiella Looking forward to it! 😊 5h

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

Oh my! After the courtroom scene, how am I to wait for tomorrow to continue reading?!
What a compelling book this is turning out to be!!
#READLESMIS #BuddyRead

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TheBookHippie This has become such a gift everyday. 🙃 10h

tpixie @Cuilin @dabbe @Librarybelle @quietjenn @Andrew65 @JenlovesJT47 @MatchlessMarie @DieAReader @julieclair @Deblovestoread @Gleefulreader @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @PageShifter @lil1inblue @DGRachel 10h

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! 10h

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Cuilin Courtroom scene was high drama 🎭@TheBookHippie yes!! 10h

tpixie @Cuilin Yes! Very dramatic! Call the doctor!! 👩🏼‍⚕️ 9h

JenlovesJT47 I read the entire section the other day in one sitting, can‘t wait to see what happens next! 5h

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 🎶 Anticipation 🎶 5h

dabbe Still playing catch-up! 😱 3h

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3h

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I Am Livia | Phyllis T. Smith

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We are going to Ancient Rome in this month‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead !

All are welcome to join! Let @Librarybelle know if you want to be added to or removed from the tag list.

Librarybelle Thanks for reposting! 3d

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Librarybelle

I Am Livia | Phyllis T. Smith

We‘re going to Ancient Rome in this month‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead !

All are welcome to join! Please let me know if you wish to be added to or removed from the tag list.

mcctrish, mjdowens, melissajayne, tpixie, LapReader, Cuilin, kspenmoll, PurpleyPumpkin, Prairiegirl_reading, Deblovestoread, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, BookwormAHN, Pogue, dabbe, Sargar114, Karisa, bumpinthenight, julieclair, AllDebooks, Lkempf

Librarybelle @LitsyEvents 4d

julieclair Looking forward to this! 4d

Sargar114 Won‘t be making this one, but I‘m pretty sure I have next months. Happy reading everyone! 4d

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Librarybelle Awesome, @julieclair ! 4d

Librarybelle Thanks for letting me know, @Sargar114 ! 4d

tpixie @Librarybelle Yay! It‘s on Kindle unlimited! 3d

Librarybelle Yay, @tpixie ! 3d

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Night Shift | Stephen King

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #nightshift
Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
#StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins 5d

Bookwormjillk It was fun to revisit his earlier stories and see him start to play with some of his longer books and themes. My dad had the version with the eyeball hand on the cover when I was a kid and I always had nightmares about it. Also Children if the Corn was a sleepover favorite so yay for nostalgia. 5d

AllDebooks I enjoyed this collection. As @Bookwormjillk said, it's fun seeing the formation of his longer works. Children of the corn was so creepy. X 5d

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TieDyeDude I was surprised to see him flirt with sci-fi with I Am the Doorway. He doesn't seem to play in that sandbox too often. I liked the "bad deal" stories, Quitters Inc, The Ledge, Lawnmower Man. Lawnmower, Trucks, and Mangler were pretty silly ? I found Last Rung ? maybe the most memorable. It had an aching sweetness to it, but I seem to like unrequited/unreciprocated love stories for some reason... 5d

BarkingMadRead @alldebooks children of the corn has always creeped me out! The movie is so messed up! @TieDyeDude yes! Mangler was so silly at the end 🤣 5d

Balibee146 Oh I love that edition. I didn't pick up Night Shift last month sadly but I do like it as a collection. I really enjoy King short stories 😍 5d

LoverOfLearning Just recently started reading SK! Long list of books to read 😩 5d

kwmg40 I enjoyed these stories, especially because, as @Bookwormjillk mentioned, we can see themes that King expands on in future books. Like several of you here, I too found Children of the Corn very creepy. 2d

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BarkingMadRead

The Stand | Stephen King

This month‘s book is #theStand Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead

AllDebooks I'm going to skip this one as I read it recently and loved it. So good. Enjoy. 😊 5d

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Villette | Charlotte Bront�

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6. The conclusion of Villette is famously ambiguous (it was made purposefully so by Brontë). Do you find it a happy ending? A sad one? ~from Penguin Random House Reader's Guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

Karisa I read that her father urged her not leave the readers with a little hope. I was frustrated by the ending but at least that showed I cared about Lucy. 4d

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Villette | Charlotte Bront�

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5. Explore the theme of education in Villette: What is the role of education in Lucy Snowe‘s own life? ~from Penguin Random House Reader's Guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

Karisa Education is central to Lucy‘s livelihood and mental life. Maybe that‘s why I connected to this one too being a teacher myself. 4d

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Villette | Charlotte Bront�

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4. Virginia Woolf felt that Villette was Brontë‘s “finest novel,” and speaking about Brontë, wrote that “All her force, and it is the more tremendous for being constricted, goes into the assertion, ‘I love,‘ ‘I hate,‘ ‘I suffer.‘ ” What do you think Woolf means? Do you find this observation interesting, appealing, or moving? ~from Penguin Random House Reader's Guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

Karisa I think Woolf meant this novel delved often into feelings. It spent time letting us realize Lucy‘s internal struggles and not rushing to move from plot point to plot point without letting the reader consider Lucy‘s internal struggles. 4d

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Villette | Charlotte Bront�

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3. Writing to her publisher, Charlotte Brontë had this to say about Villette‘s protagonist: “I consider that [Lucy Snowe] is both morbid and weak at times; her character sets up no pretensions to unmixed strength, and anybody living her life would necessarily become morbid.” What do you think of this appraisal? Do her “unheroic” qualities make her more sympathetic or less? ~from Penguin Random House reader's guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

Cuilin I think unmixed strength is appropriate. To be so young and alone during those times must‘ve been incredibly lonely and confusing and you may test the world by behaving in different ways. 5d

Karisa It made Lucy more human to me. She contains multitudes. 4d

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