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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis | J. D. Vance

August 16 #AboutABook Memoir @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 🤩 4mo

KadaGul I was really looking 👀 forward ⏩to diving into the book 📚 before catching the movie 🎦 . I've heard 👂 so many great things about the book 📚 !#Book2Movie (edited) 4mo

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lynneamch @KadaGul Lots of negative things about the book too. BookRiot has a list of 15 books to read instead including this one that @Chelsea.Poole posted about

What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia

4mo

KadaGul @lynneamch What do you think ? about the book ? ? If it will be tough on my soul, I can add it to the bottom of my "To Be Read" list.#BOTTOMOFTBR 4mo

LiseWorks @KadaGul it is on my TBR list I haven't read it yet. But it's a memoir I don't usually read that genre 4mo

lynneamch @KadaGul I chose not to read it after many reviews like this one https://www.statepress.com/article/2020/04/specho-review-hillbilly-elegy?ref=404...
So many books, so little time. Right? 4mo

KadaGul @lynneamch Thank you 🙏 for letting me know. I'll just watch the movie 🎦 & call it a day. The book 📚 ill put in LFL. 4mo

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SLibrarian5

Dream Factory | Brad Barkley, Heather Hepler

so-so

I‘ve had this on my physical TBR shelf since 2011, (at least) and my Goodreads TBR since 2014. I think I would have enjoyed this much more if I was younger-I found the constant navel gazing and the YA Movie Tropes to be annoying. Most of the side characters were flat and I hated how two of the girls were written like mean girl tropes, nothing else. At least it‘s off my TBR. 😅

#bottomofTBR

#booked2020

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alisiakae

Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dar�

#Booked2020 #Fall Wrap-Up, and another year complete!

#ThinkPink: The Prince & The Dressmaker
#GothicHorror: The Woman in Black
#SouthernAsia: Man Tiger
#BookClubWorthy: The Girl With the Louding Voice
#Newin2020: My Dark Vanessa
#BottomofTBR: Northanger Abbey

Don't forget to post a wrap-up for the Fall Quarter! 🎉 📚 You have until Jan 3,2021. And prepare for next year by signing up for #Booked2021 here: https://bit.ly/2ICbIkC

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage

Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 4y

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Smarkies

Untitled | Unknown

Last quarter check-in for #booked2020 . I completed it! I am glad to have done it as it made me read out of my wheelhouse a little (gothic horror 😅) and I tried my best to read off my own shelves.
Looking forward to 2021!
#thinkpink - Tokyo & Beyond
#gothichorror - Mexican Gothic
#setinindiaorsouthernasia - Unmarriageable
#bookclubworthy - Lincoln in the Bardo
#newin2020 - I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
#bottomoftbr - Wyrd Sisters

Smarkies @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft 4y

Cinfhen
Woohoo 🙌🏻congrats on completing #Fall #Booked2020 🍂🌪☔️📚This is your #OfficialFinalEntry 🎊🎊🎊 WELL DONE 👍🏽 (edited) 4y

erzascarletbookgasm Well done! 👏 4y

Cinfhen Glad you‘re joining us for #Booked2021 4y

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samantharoberts

Whisper Network: A Novel | Chandler Baker

pick

A group of female coworkers decide to take a stand against a culture of sexual harassment and chauvinism in the office. The writing was great, and all of the characters so perfectly complemented each other. Can‘t believe I let this sit on my TBR for so long! #Booked2020 pick for #BottomofTBR

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great pick! I love when that last, last book on the list is terrific! 4y

Cinfhen This was a real page turner!! I enjoyed it too 😄 4y

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BarkingMadRead

The Time Machine Illustrated | H G H G

I didn‘t realize that this was adapted, but it‘s my #doublebookspin and one of my #crushtherush books. #bottomoftbr #itsbeenthereforever #classic #adapted @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick You're totally crushing your goals! 4y

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BarbaraBB

Swing Time | Zadie Smith

bailed

I‘m calling it quits. I enjoyed Zadie Smith‘s earlier works but this book is just boring. Two not so interesting girls doing nog so interesting things in a world of music and glamour. I know that the story will move on to West Africa and that might add a lot but I can‘t be bothered any longer.

#Booked2020 #BottomOfTBR

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

JennyM Sometimes you just have to move on. I‘m a bit hit and miss with Zadie, and haven‘t felt drawn to this one 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y

BarbaraBB @JennyM Me too. I liked White Teeth and On Beauty but this one didn‘t work for me at all. 4y

ephemeralwaltz I love this photo, though! 4y

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Cinfhen Love the photo too😍This book was a snooze and I did a lot of audio fast forwarding.....it wasn‘t worth the hours I spent listening/ reading 😞Bailing was a good call 4y

Megabooks Agree!! I bailed too. Not her best. 4y

SamAnne I‘m with you. Fan of her other work. This one did not do it for me either. 4y

BarbaraBB @SamAnne @Cinfhen @Megabooks I combined audio and print to check if the other forward worked better but both were equally boring and dwelling I‘m sorry to say. Can‘t believe it was nominated for the #Bookerprize. 4y

Sace I've heard this often about this book. I have White Teeth, but I still haven't read it. 🙄 4y

BarbaraBB @Sace I did like White Teeth but my favorite is

On Beauty

BarbaraTheBibliophage I really struggle with Zadie. And that‘s okay with me. We should bail if it feels right! 4y

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Blaire

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa | Peter Godwin

Going to start this one for #bottomoftbr. It is the first book I added when I joined goodreads in 2013 and I bought the book when on my honeymoon in Hermanus, S. Africa in 2010. #booked2020

Ruthiella I read his memoir Mukiwa and really enjoyed it. 4y

Leftcoastzen That‘s the thing, real readers will eventually get to all those books on the TBR! And it‘s great when books trigger memories of life events large and small. 4y

paper.reveries Ohhhh this is a good challenge! 4y

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Cinfhen How was the book??? 4y

Blaire @Cinfhen so I‘ve only read the intro...too many library holds and other shiny distractions. Still plan to finish it for the end of the year and book2020! 4y

Cinfhen I hear ya!! Enjoy those shiny distractions 💜😊 4y

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Kalalalatja

Fully Booked | Emma Strandberg

This week ended as an unintentional Litsy-break, but I have been so busy with new-apartment-stuff, so I‘m not complaining 😅

Luckily, I remembered to post my third quarter round up for #Booked2020.

#AboutGenocide: The Stone Sky
#NewIn2020: Real Life
#MakesYouLOL: Wayward Son
#RedWhiteOrBlueTypeOnCover: Upright Women Wanted
#BannedBook: Twilight Series
#BottomOfTBR: The Orenda

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Schnoebs What was your thoughts on upright women wanted? (edited) 4y

TrishB Good luck in your new apartment 👍🏻 4y

BarbaraBB I didn‘t know about the apartment! Congratulations 🎉. Can‘t wait to see pictures of your bookshelves in their new place! 4y

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erzascarletbookgasm Ooooh, congrats on your new place! Do email me your new address, Katja. 4y

Kalalalatja @TrishB @BarbaraBB @erzascarletbookgasm thank you ❤️ we are still waiting for a few legal things to fall into place, but hopefully it will all be taken care of next week 🤞 if all go to plan, we will move in by December, and then I‘ll be sure to post a lot of pics 😄 4y

Kalalalatja @Schnoebs I liked it! I wanted it to be longer, cause it was fun, interesting and diverse 👍 4y

Avanders Ooh congrats on a new home! 🥳🥳 And please also email me your new address. I know I‘ve been abysmal about correspondence, but I do hope to improve 😁 4y

Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻This is your #OfficialThirdQuarterEntry 🎊🎊🎊#Booked2020 4y

ephemeralwaltz Congrats on the new apartment, sounds exciting! 4y

Kalalalatja @Avanders thank you! I‘ll be sure to email you, once I‘m sure everything turns out the way I hope. 👍 and I feel you, my correspondance has taken a massive hit here in 2020 😅 @ephemeralwaltz thank you, I‘m very excited! It feels like a very grown up thing to do, so I‘m a bit scared, too 😂 4y

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hilded

Booked: The Last 150 Years Told through Mug Shots | Giacomo Papi

Almost forgot to post my Q3 reads for #Booked2020, but here they are, all over the place as usual ?

? #BottomofTBR: Contact
? #Armchairtravel: The one & only Harry Potter ❤️
? #Aboutgenocide: Tvillingenes dagbok/The Notebook ❤️❤️❤️
? #Bluetypeoncover: Frøya
? #Gothichorror: The Vampyre
? #Hatcoveringoncover: The Guernsey Literary.. ❤️

Many good ones, my absolute favourite was; Tvillingens dagbok/The Notebook. Clever writing indeed!

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Cinfhen Woohoo 🎉 Well done! This is your #OfficialThirdQuarterEntry 4y

hilded @Cinfhen Thank you 😊 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great choices and accomplishment! ❤ ⭐ 📕 4y

hilded @BarbaraTheBibliophage Thanks 😘 4y

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