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sarahbarnes
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This book. 💔 I love memoirs written in unique ways, and I love Sarah Moss‘ fiction; learning about her life experiences gave insights into some of the components of her novels. She so accurately captured for me the relationship between body, food and control, and how the line past which you‘ve taken it too far can be easy to cross. I loved all the discussions of works by female writers. The audio was fantastic.

Suet624 Oooh, sounds great. Stacked!! 3w
sarahbarnes @Suet624 I can‘t stop thinking about it. So good. 3w
BarbaraBB Great review 🧡 3w
youneverarrived I ‘paused‘ this a little while back but must get back to it! Great review. 3w
sarahbarnes @youneverarrived it was definitely intense at times and I can see why you did that. Hopefully you like it if you get back to it. 💕 2w
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shanaqui
Cat and Mouse: A Novel | Christianna Brand
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Yeah... I should've DNFed that, that was dire. Brand's usually not *awful*, but this was all her most melodramatic tendencies, a stupid romance that doesn't work, and a whole bunch of incoherence. Maybe it was meant to be a parody but that doesn't make it bearable.

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shanaqui
Cat and Mouse: A Novel | Christianna Brand

I can't tell if this is just *bad* or if I'm not in the mood, but wow I am not getting on with it. I'm not a huge fan of Christianna Brand, but normally I like her work better than this.

(And possibly it's meant to be parody but even that doesn't quite feel like it lands!)

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shanaqui
Cat and Mouse: A Novel | Christianna Brand

I'm a bit stalled on this one. It did nicely evoke the Welsh weather, but I'm kinda meh about how... gothic it is? I think I see what's happening already, and the melodrama (and the main character getting humiliated) just isn't my jam. Brand isn't my favourite classic crime writer in any case, I've just never quite clicked with her stuff.

(I'm sorry about all the posts today! 😬 It's really catchup for most of the week, I suppose.)

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Amiable
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It used to be “War & Peace” or “Les Miserables” (I don‘t remember which one is longer!) — until the #Clarissa Crew took down this monster (all 1,781 pages/ 943,000 words of it). It‘s considered the longest novel ever written in English. I will never not brag — and complain — about finishing this one. 😄

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MemoirsForMe Wow! 😳 Way to go! 🎉 1mo
BarbaraJean Yessssss. Congrats, again and always, to a fellow Learned Slattern. 1mo
TheBookHippie OMG I still can‘t believe we did it!! 1mo
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TheBookHippie @MemoirsForMe it was 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1mo
TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean I still want a trophy .. 1mo
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie This has me again wanting to print us all “Learned Slattern” t-shirts. 1mo
TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean 🎉🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
Amiable @BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie I‘d be on board with the t-shirts! It would be a nice companion to my “Nasty Woman” shirt. 😀 1mo
LeahBergen I‘m still recovering 😂😂😂 1mo
BookmarkTavern I had never even heard of this book! That is truly impressive! Thanks for sharing! 1mo
Amiable @BookmarkTavern I think there are a number of us who wish we‘d never heard of it, too! 😄 1mo
CoverToCoverGirl I stumbled on this one😬 I admire those persevered and made it through. 1mo
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oddandbookish
Plot Twist | Eleanor Goymer
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This was a cute rom-com!

The premise is so fun. Two authors facing immense writers block decide to “switch” plot ideas for their next books.

The star of the book was the two authors, Allie and Martin, and their writing relationship and friendship. I love that an old male crime author can become friends with a young female romance author.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/review-the-plot-twist/

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Bette
Seven Lively Suspects | Katy Watson
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Dahlia Lively is a Miss Marple-type character in a popular detective series. Rosalind King (60s) played the original Dahlia in the movies. Caro Hopper (40s) played Dahlia on the TV series. Posy Starling, child star, now grown up, plays Dahlia in the latest film. They should be rivals. But.
Instead, these three actresses who all have skeletons in their pasts, become unlikely friends, and team up to solve mysteries. 3rd book in this cozy series.

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sisilia
Sheep's Clothing | Celia Dale
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4⭐️ I like Celia Dale; I‘m already collecting her other titles published by Daunt Books. This one here is so refreshing. A gentle crime novel that is not too creepy, just a tad disturbing. How did she do that? I love it!

Cathythoughts I loved this one. 👍🏻❤️ 1mo
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StaceGhost
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Pictures of myself are hard. This book was hard. I wish things could be different for her, for me, for my mother & sister & grandmother & aunts. Until then I‘m going to do what Moss does: send a good, bright wolf back in time to provide exactly what is needed ❤️ I‘m going to start by choosing to love the body that houses me

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
Chrissyreadit Hello my beautiful friend!!!! 2mo
dabbe LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! You look fabulous! ♥️🖤♥️ 2mo
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AmyG You are beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️ *who is on your t-shirt? 2mo
StaceGhost @AmyG you are so kind! And that‘s T Swift looking moody with a cat and a guitar— it was the most gothic merch I could find lol we were presenting at our graduate symposium on Swift scholarship and they took about 10k pictures of all of us 💀 ⚰️ 🪦 2mo
AmyG I love it! 2mo
Centique This is a wonderful photo! You look awesome! 1mo
StaceGhost @Centique thank you! I like the person behind the camera! She‘s a really good friend 1mo
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ReadingOver50
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A cute little rom-com. It started out a little slow but as I spent more time with the characters I began to enjoy it more. At times I felt the characters were a bit cliche, especially the wacky grandma. Overall I enjoyed reading this.
3 stars