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I actually really love the book Bambi and have read it and its sequel (Bambi's Children) several times. So I was excited to randomly come across another reprint of one of Salten's works. I had never heard of this one, although by reading GR reviews I discovered that it was apparently the (incredibly loose) inspiration for DIsney's The Shaggy Dog. Sadly, this book was a huge disappointment. First off, it's plain boring. Set during the Renaissance ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Lucas, presumably in his late teens, has been left orphaned in Vienna and yearns to get to Florence so he can become an artist. Through a bit of magic/wishing, he ends up being transformed into the dog who belongs to a rich aristocrat who is traveling to Florence. However, he's only the dog every other day. On the other days, he's himself, but the dog just disappears, which literally made no sense to me. In this way he makes his way to ⬇ 3h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Florence in what has to be the most boring road trip to read about ever. On his dog days he's beaten and mistreated. On his human days, he's starving and cold. So it was boring AND depressing. We're told from the beginning how the spell/curse can be broken, but Lucas himself doesn't know and also weirdly doesn't seem to really care or spend a lot of time trying to figure it out. He just goes with the flow. The flow eventually gets him to⬇ 3h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Florence where he becomes an art student (every other day, of course). There, he falls in love with a courtesan. Which brings me to another point - this book is billed as a children's story and it is NOT remotely a children's book. Besides the animal/human cruelty, Lucas has sex a few times and then yes falls in love with a courtesan who is very proud of sleeping with rich and powerful men. In an absolutely BIZARRE scene that had NOTHING⬇ 3h

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to do with the rest of the story, the pimp who “discovered“ the courtesan that Lucas is in love with brings another girl to show off to some men (who are all artists/art students). She's described as “a little girl“ and “a child“ and we're told that she “might have been twelve or thirteen years of age.“ She then proceeds to strip naked and dance for the men while the pimp reminds the men of all the other “Aphrodite's favorites“ he's ⬇ 3h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) discovered because he “never descends to common prostitutes.“ He describes her beauties and potential for being an artistic model, including pointing out her “firm little breasts.“ This scene was absolutely appalling and also literally had nothing to do with the rest of the story. I can't imagine handing this book to the middle grader it's supposedly aimed towards!

Lucas never develops as a character and wasn't particularly likable. ⬇ 3h

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This book felt like it had no point, purpose, or direction. The ending is bizarre and vague. All in all, incredibly disappointing considering how much I've enjoyed a couple of Salten's other books.

#Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll - Artist central character @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 - 30/100 TBR books read @DieAReader
#ISpyBingo - &, Author in Blue Letters
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candc320

Junebug | Cherie Doyen

I can‘t believe it‘s June! I‘m really feeling the summer reading so I‘m excited to see how many I can get through next month! #bookspin #bookspinbingo #summer #summerreading

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man | David Von Drehle

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From before radio to the smartphone how the world changed and one man exemplified going with the flow. Highly recommended!

37/80

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#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 🎉Excellent!! 7h

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JoeMo

The Free | Willy Vlautin

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This is the second book I‘ve read by Vlauntin. He writes so well about people who are struggling. This books focuses on three people, Freddie, who is struggling to make ends meet since his family left; Pauline, a nurse at the local hospital who also cares for her father; and Leroy, a war veteran whose never been the same since suffering a TBI while serving his country and whose medical care loosely ties things together.

JoeMo Leroy‘s dream sequences didn‘t really work for me; I feel I could have felt more of a connection to him by learning more about him through his loved ones. I feel the work was less focused than the The Motel Life with having the three main characters, but I was really into both Freddie‘s and Pauline‘s stories. I‘ll definitely be reading more by Vlauntin. #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 10h

Deblovestoread I love Vlautin. The Free is my least favorite out of those I‘ve read. Loved Lean on Pete, Don‘t Skip Out on Me and Northline. Still need to read TML. 6h

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Julsmarshall

The Blue Hour | Paula Hawkins

June #BookspinBingo list! How is it nearly summer? @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks NOT READY FOR JUNE! 😂 12h

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OriginalCyn620

Bookshop Cinderella | Laura Lee Guhrke

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Such an adorable HF romance! The two MCs are just so likable and I rooted for them immediately. Don‘t want to say too much as the #LittensLoveRomance buddy read isn‘t quite finished. 🤫

#bookspinbingo - free space

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StayCurious I really enjoyed this one! 9h

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BarkingMadRead

Bookshops & Bonedust | Travis Baldree

Made my #bookspinbingo stack while I had a little energy. It took way more out of me than it should have, but my surgery recovery has been going so well, I‘ll only complain a little 🤣 @TheAromaofBooks

Bookwormjillk I didn‘t realize you had your surgery. So impressed you‘ve kept up the chapter a day posts! 1d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk a couple of the days it was practically all I read 🤣 surgery was Wednesday. I‘m feeling pretty good now! 1d

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead glad to hear it! 1d

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AnnCrystal Now get to resting and reading, may you be all recovered soon 🙏🏼💝. 1d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Glad everything went well!! 1d

Ruthiella Glad to hear you are recovering nicely. ❤️ 24h

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Bookworm54

Into the Uncanny | Danny Robins

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We started watching the uncanny TV show last year, and picked up the podcast later (we are late to this particular bandwagon). We are going to see this in November and are really looking forward to it! So I was excited to see that Danny had a book, and my husband was kind enough to buy me it ☺️

Very similar to the show/podcasts in structure, I found the new cases very interesting!

#BookSpin #BookSpinBingo

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man | David Von Drehle

Swapping out my #DoubleSpin #MonthlyNonfiction2025 for a #BookSpinBingo nonfiction because mood reading 😂

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TheAromaofBooks Gotta go where the reading winds take you 😂 2d

TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks Exactly!! 😁 2d

julieclair Flexibility is wonderful! 😊 1d

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair It's better than moodiness 🤣 1d

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MonicaLoves2Read

Untitled | Unknown

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4.5⭐️

A hilarious and entertaining new cozy mystery series. The Dog Ladies started off with a murder mystery party that turned into a real murder, and I thought, "Oh great, another one," but I was wrong. I feel in love with Gloria, Pryia, and Ryan. Gloria and Pryia are lonely women in their eighties, and Ryan is a lonely IT young guy. They all have dogs and a cat. When murder happens at the party, they decide to solve it.

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