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#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesdays @CBee

A word I come across often but only happened to look up for the first time this week. From context I‘d always taken it to mean something closer to acquiescence than quietude, so I was surprised to see the dictionary definition even though I expect I‘d find common ground for all 3 if I pulled out the OED.

Recent acquisitions:

💿 Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (my favourite novel), audiobook read by Simon Vance

#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead

#CoverLove #LightBlue @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

What did you all do with your book??
Also does anyone want this 🫣🤣🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫😱😅😬😝

#CoverLove #Silver
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Not his best. A few fun characters, but mostly either single dimension ones or incomprehensible ones.

Opening with NYE in 1979 London, Liz and her closest friends from university, Alix and Esther now entering their 50s, weather the changes of the early eighties. From a divorce after 25 years of a "modern" marriage to disillusion with the socialist left, to leaving London and the UK altogether.

Written without chapters, the narrative flows from one character to the next, incorporating dozens of narrators to provide a full picture of the times.

#poetrymatters
#unstable
@TheSpineView

The cover makes it seem like this is a light little story about a 77-year-old woman who decides to apply for a British Bake-Off style show. (It‘s great to have a story centering an older person.) But Jenny has a sad secret, and her story unfolds throughout the book. I loved the MC and her relationships with her husband, extended family, and a fellow contestant. I wish the last chapter had gone a little further. I read it in just a couple of days.

June 30th #SummerSouls Waves @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks