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Very enjoyable to read Cusk‘s first novel that really deftly captures the experience of being a young female adult. Some lines were so spot on: “She strove not to please others but merely not to disgust them.” An accurate portrait of growing into female adulthood in the 90s from my perspective. Agnes is a little trying at times, but I loved to see her find her way.

February #Feelin'TheLove Rose's this is my favorite color for roses. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#TheCambridgeBookshopSeries #serieslove2025 #cozy
What‘s not to enjoy when reading a cozy mystery set in a bookstore in Cambridge England? Molly & her mother have helped her Aunt Violet turn this previously failing bookshop into a thriving,profitable one.Molly in charge of social media & bookstore events,invites local author Iona York to read from her bestseller,The Strawberry Girls,which is inspired by her daughter. That daughter goes missing—⬇️

Need I say more?! #coffeeandbooks ☕️📚

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Wain

Title: Stars
Poet: Steve Douglas

(1861) Chronicles the evil career of Jabez North -- foundling, fraudster, murderer, genius -- and the efforts by one of his victims to bring Jabez to justice. It's very busy, depends on unlikely coincidences, takes unnecessary detours, then wraps abruptly in a crowded finale that tries to resolve all the loose subplots with handwavey exposition. And yet I liked it: for all its silliness it's also a lot of fun and the snappy writing kept me smiling

I don‘t suppose it rained harder in the good town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy than it rained anywhere else.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#12BooksOf2024 July

This collection of quirky characters read with the #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub was a lot of fun and is my pick for July.

#12Booksof2024

The #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pick in July was a delightful surprise for me. If the rest of Fair‘s works are as sly and humorous as this one, I may have found a new favorite author!

#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
First I've read in the series but it was interesting and funny. Lots of intrigue though I did figure some of it. Plenty of drama unfolds but the characters are likeable and I would definitely read more. 4*