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vivastory
The Chuckling Whatsit | Richard Sala
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I usually post my #weeklyreport Sunday afternoon but this has been such a great reading week I am going to post now. 7 books read since previous report: 3 manga, 1 graphic novel, 1 story collection, 1 novel & 1 collection of linked novellas. The three managa were vol 7-9 of Blood On the Tracks. So disturbing. So intense. The gn was the tagged one by Sala. A hybrid of pulp, crime, expressionism & horror. The story collection was Carys Davies (cont)

vivastory Redemption of Galen Pike. I sat down one morning with the intention of reading just 1 or 2 & before I knew it I had finished it. Incredible collection. The novel & the novella I have posted reviews for recently (O'Brien's final book in her trilogy & Malfi's Ghostwritten). An excellent reading week. Am now 100 pages into Tarrt's The Little Friend & about halfway through a reread of Frank O'Hara's Meditations In An Emergency.
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Cinfhen I can absolutely relate to #BookishProblem 😂Such a wonderful week!!! Are you enjoying 8mo
vivastory @Cinfhen Very much! It's my first Tartt. 8mo
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BarbaraBB It‘s been quite the week indeed, wow! 8mo
Cinfhen Ohhh, that‘s good to know. I‘ve seen lots of mixed reviews so I was a little hesitant. 8mo
vivastory @Cinfhen I still have a ways to go so I'm reluctant to give a definitive opinion but I like what I have read so far. It took me a little bit to get accustomed to her style but once I did I enjoyed it & Harriet is a great character. It will probably be one I dip in & out of over a few weeks until I finish it. 8mo
Cinfhen Ok, I‘ll keep my eyes open for your final thoughts 😁 8mo
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catsuit_mango
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When you are reading a big book (fairy tale by S.King) but there is less than 100p to the end and you are taking a train journey,the only solution is to start another book... #bookishproblem

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Morr_Books
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I didn't finish as many books as I wanted to during #AwesomeApril, but that is because I needed to start reading the tagged book for a book club. I believe I am now in the middle of more than 10 books. #bookishproblem
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Andrew65 That‘s still brilliant, well done 👏👏👏🙌🥳🎉🍾🥂 (edited) 11mo
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VioletMoonBooks
Unhooked | Lisa Maxwell
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hannah-leeloo @CymbaX13 @Jackal121 I need to look into this 4y
Jackal121 @hannah-leeloo yes dear 4y
hannah-leeloo @Jackal121 I can't find it in my stores 😭 4y
Jackal121 I'll find it @hannah-leeloo 4y
Jackal121 Found it @hannah-leeloo 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Challenges | Serge Lang
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Updated my challenges for this year (to date), and this is where I‘m at!

It‘s doable, I think, maybe.....luckily there is some overlap with a few picks because I‘m trying to pick books from my TBR pile to fill categories in the other lists.😬

But if I really want to get there, I‘m going to have to get more serious and follow less shiny new reading distractions... that‘s going to be a tough one.

Wish me luck when I stop by the library later. 🤭

Suet624 Those new books are like shiny pennies 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 I know... I‘m like the puppy in the movie UP! “Squirrel”. Or Dory... “What was it I was supposed to be doing now?” 4y
Suet624 I have the exact same problem. And I have 5 libraries close by that I visit often to chat with the librarians. So of course I see a new book that I absolutely must read and leave my own books sitting on their shelves. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 I know, it‘s such a normal #bookishproblem. I have to read it, the library had it, and who knows when I‘ll be able to get it again, meanwhile the ones I wanted enough to spend money on and buy, well I know they‘ll always be waiting safely so no rush. 🤷‍♀️ 4y
Suet624 Exactly! 4y
DGRachel Congratulations and good job! I‘m really struggling with MountTBR. 😔 Those shiny new books keep distracting me. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel I purposefully picked a lower peak this year to help me with my goal too, LOL...that plan doesn‘t really seem to have helped. 4y
DGRachel 😆 That‘s what I did last year and I thought, based on the number of books I‘ve read yearly since joining Litsy and the number of books I bought last year alone, that 75 was reasonable. Obviously, I don‘t know myself well at all. I haven‘t even reached 60. 😭😭 (edited) 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel 🤣 great minds think alike! 4y
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Eyelit
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Pictured: what I should be reading today, as they are all due back to the library in the next couple of days.

Tagged: what I probably will read because I just can‘t get enough of Murderbot

#bookishproblem 😂

cjk Murderbot is awesome! 💯 5y
night_shift Nice stack, but I mean, no shame. I love me some Murderbot! 4y
Soubhiville You could always renew... 😈 4y
Eyelit @Soubhiville true (if I hadn‘t already reached the maximum renewals 😂) 4y
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Sarah83
The Worst Witch | Jill Murphy
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If you don't know, which book you should read first, read them all at the same time... #bookishproblem #beingabookwormisahardlife #somanybookssolittletime #sorrynotsorry

kstadt929 This is me today! I‘ve read part of 3 different books so far 🤣 5y
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Schnoebs
Sailor Moon, Volume 5 | Naoko Takeuchi
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Am I the only one that gets hooked on using the same bookmark while reading an entire series? It seems like bad form to switch to something completely different midway through 😂

#bookishproblem #boommark #sailormoon #sailorjupitor #jupiter #sailorguardians #manga #anime #graphicnovel #mpls #twincities

Peddler410 Wondering if this series is middle school appropriate. I think I‘ve heard it is but I don‘t remember. Thoughts? 5y
Schnoebs @Peddler410 the actual storyline is very middle school appropriate but not all the graphic are. Many Japanese manga have a tendency to reduce the amount of clothes on their overly busty characters and this isn‘t an exception sadly. 5y
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CoffeeAndABook
The Corrections | Jonathan Franzen
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To read or not to read - I‘m entirely undecided!! 🤷🏼‍♀️
The reviews are so mixed!! I‘m in the mood for a literary read after some rather lighthearted books & this has been sitting here forever. But not in the mood for a downer, exactly!! Have bailed on too many books lately!!
Ugh, sometimes picking a new book isn‘t fun!! 😑

#bookishproblem #booknerdneurosis #itwillbeokintheend

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misslala
Untitled | Unknown
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Ran out of shelf space. Now having to shelve from the ground up. #bookishproblem #storagespace #ilikemybookswhereicaseethem #halfassedattempttosortbycolor