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bookish_wookish
Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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Finall the April BOTM picks are live!

What is everyone thinking!?!

TheBookHippie I skipped 😂😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w
TheBookHippie @bookish_wookish I have NOT been impressed lately! I feel bad because my subscription was a gift. OY. 3w
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bookish_wookish Oh no! I haven‘t skipped in awhile but i already preordered Enchantra and nothing else really interested me! @TheBookHippie 3w
Megabooks Unfortunately skip! I really wanted Sky Daddy from the add ons though! 3w
TheBookHippie @Megabooks I always want the addons! 🤭🤣😝 3w
staci.reads Skipped 3w
bookish_wookish I feel like a lot of us skipped! @staci.reads 3w
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actualdisneyprincess
Handbook for Homicide | Lorna Barrett
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Panpan

Finished it, and read the sneak peek of the next book, and yup, it‘s definitely quit-the-series time. Lazy plot-manipulation, plummeting characterization, and one of my least-favorite ways to resolve a ~love triangle~. It‘s kind of a shame, because this was a really enjoyable series in the beginning, but now? Byeeeeee. ✌🏻 #booktownmysteries #handbookforhomicide #lornabarrett

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actualdisneyprincess
Handbook for Homicide | Lorna Barrett
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Once I finish this, I‘m 99% sure I won‘t continue with the series. Tricia is a judgy bitch, and her obsession with food and gaining weight is obnoxious. Not to mention, the writing is just getting bad. Although I love Mr. Everett so much, there‘s not enough of him to make this worth it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #booktownmysteries #lornabarrett #cozymystery #handbookforhomicide

Fortifiedbybooks I struggled with this book as well, but managed to get through it and find out the reason behind Tricia's obsession with food, weight, and being judgmental. The next book, A Deadly Deletion was better, but Clause of Death was the last straw for me. I barely got through it. It's a shame, too, because this was the series that got me into Cozy Mysteries. 1mo
actualdisneyprincess @Fortifiedbybooks I‘m pretty sure her obsession with food was explained in a previous book, and I thought I remembered her acknowledging it and beginning to heal from it; the characterization here seems to ignore that completely and just reverts to her worst self. I feel your disappointment, though! This was one of my favorite series until now. 🫠 1mo
Fortifiedbybooks I do remember the issue coming up previously, but I feel like this book went into more detail about it, possibly for the sake of bringing social issues into the series. That was the main reason (besides the bad writing) I finally bailed. I don't want to read about social issues in my Cozy Mysteries. I want to escape from the social issues/reality LOL To me, that's the whole point of Cozies. 1mo
actualdisneyprincess @Fortifiedbybooks right???? There‘s a way to touch on them without making them feel like Very Special Episodes of 80s/90s television, or holier-than-thou, savior complexes, and unfortunately…this doesn‘t do it. 🙃 1mo
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bookish_wookish
Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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March BOTM picks are live!

What is everyone thinking?!

And don‘t forget we get to choose a Lolly finalist or the winner for free!

AmyG Oh YAY! Thanks. 2mo
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Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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February BOTM picks are live!

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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Ooo new TJ Klune ❤️ 3mo
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Read4life
Murder Is Binding | Lorna Barrett
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ShyBookOwl Cozy 🍵 😌 3mo
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Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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January BOTM picks are live!

What are we thinking?!

AmyG I skipped because I have so many books on my pile. But I would have picked Andromeda. 4mo
Sace I was torn between Andromeda and A Killing Cold and went with A Killing Cold. I think I was a little scared of the “highbrow” and “cerebral” descriptors. 4mo
bookish_wookish Im also thinking of skipping @AmyG 4mo
bookish_wookish None of them are jumping out at me! @Sace 4mo
Sace That was me last month. I skipped December. 4mo
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Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

December BOTM picks are live!

What is everyone thinking?!

AmyG I skipped….I just have SO many books. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 5mo
bookish_wookish I probably should have skipped too but i got suckered in with the Christmas picks! Happy Thanksgiving! @AmyG 5mo
dabbe HT! 🧡🤎💛 5mo
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Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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November BOTM picks are finally live!!

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Ive been so excited for The Teller of Small Fortunes that i preordered it last month from Barnes & Noble!

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bookish_wookish
Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett
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October BOTM picks are live!

What is everyone thinking?!

mcipher I‘m having a hard time picking - none are jumping out at me but I‘m curious about The Book of Witches and The Dagger and the Flame (even though both are out of my comfort zone!) 7mo
bookish_wookish I was going to get that one but its young adult so i wasnt sure about it so I went with The Book of Witching. @mcipher 7mo
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