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Acoleman
Drunk on Love | Jasmine Guillory
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Panpan

Boring and predictable

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Judybskt
Hotel Laguna: A Novel | Nicola Harrison
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Pickpick

Fun read!
The Easter Bunny stopped by already! 🌷🐇💚

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BeeMagical
The Celebrants | Steven Rowley
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Book 29📚 3.9⭐️

It wasn‘t “The Guncle” but it was still super touching and cute. I love Rowleys writing and he does such a good job as a narrator!

5 friends make a “funeral” pact after one of them dies suddenly. Making sure never to leave anything unsaid.❤️

AmyG Yes. Exactly! 3d
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Judybskt
Hotel Laguna: A Novel | Nicola Harrison
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Looks like a good one!

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Leftcoastzen
The Thousand-Mile Summer | Colin Fletcher
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#ItTakesAllKinds #WithMap gotta love a book with a map! I don‘t think even in my hiking prime I could walk this backbone trail of California, as the map indicates Colin Fletcher walked north from Yuma to Oregon from March 8th to September 8th. book was published in 1964, not sure what year he walked it.

Eggs Amazing trek👏🏻👏🏻 2w
Bookwomble Wikipedia says he did the walk in 1958 😊🥾🥾 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thousand-Mile_Summer 2w
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ClairesReads
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Mehso-so

A compelling premise, the alternate history undertones and noir storytelling vibes attracted my attention to this book. While this is ultimately an interesting story that unpacks some complex ideas about history, nations, and the ways that we exert social control over people, I felt like the intersection of three styles of storytelling and construction impacted the pacing and kept me a bit at arms length which was a shame.

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KCofKaysville
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Detailed description of the disaster following quake and fire of April 18, 1906 in San Francisco. There were a lot of blowing up of buildings during the fire and shooting of civilians, but it did bring people together for a while no matter the differences of class or race.

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KCofKaysville
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I am reading another one about SF earthquake and fire for more details.

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KCofKaysville
Pickpick

Good account but TMI if you just want 1906 SF events only. A lot on plate tectonics, new geology science, and details on the Richter Scale. A bigger quake is coming at any time!

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monalyisha
The Celebrants | Steven Rowley
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I‘ve read two books by Rowley — this & The Guncle. I think I‘m in the minority here but I prefer The Celebrants! While I don‘t disagree with readers who‘ve griped that the characters are unlikeable, I think the author succeeds in peeling back layers & showing us why; they grew on me as they aged through experiences & allowed themselves to become more vulnerable. While reading, I was moved to reach out to my own group of old friends. I‘m grateful.

Julsmarshall I loved this so much too! 1mo
peaKnit I listening to this right now, good so far! 1mo
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