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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Eggs Pretty plants 🪴 💚 🪴 1w
AnnCrystal 🤩🌱💝. 7d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you! 😊 6d
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Shemac77
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AmyG Great book! 1w
Shemac77 I love it so much. @AmyG 5d
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Acoleman
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Trying to read a few classics this year. This was very good coming of age story of a very poor girl and her family.

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Jeg
This Is Happiness | Niall Williams
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My GP has recently moved to a different practice so I get to visit a suburb which has one of the best independent book shops in my opinion. I get to browse books , walk around and have lovely coffee and chocolates. Plus see my wonderful GP. Looking forward to reading this book. Loved his latest.

Suet624 This is my favorite book of his. I‘m so happy you have it. 3w
Jeg @Suet624 , as we seem to like a lot of the same books I‘m sure I‘ll love it too. Happy Mothers Day to you. Hope you got beautiful weather. We did here. Lots of people outside having family picnics. Heartwarming to see mums being celebrated. 2w
Suet624 @Jeg Oh, Joy, thank you for your happy Mother‘s Day message. It was sunny with a bright blue sky, still chilly but a delightful day. It was a great day of getting together with my kids and grandkids. Best wishes to you! 2w
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Blueberry
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April wrap-up from Storygraph.

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Blueberry
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1. Yes, probably 1000. (We were homeschoolers.)
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I had no idea the book (and movie) were so good.

I tag @NataliePatalie

#Two4Tuesday.
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Awesome 1K! 💜📚📚📚 Thanks for playing 4w
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Jadams89
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Jadams89 I think this book would have hit much differently for me in college. A good read, but not something that speaks to me at this point in life. 4w
5feet.of.fury It was my first reading! May have been more impactful if I read it in high school since there‘s so many coming of age elements. 4w
CatLass007 I wonder if we would have been allowed to read it in high school? I was never one of the popular kids growing up. I definitely remember what it was like to feel like an outsider. 4w
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Karisa It was a re-read for me and I think I appreciated it more this time. Something about the current climate of book bans and attacking vulnerable groups makes it more poignant and important now. There‘s a lot of honesty and sincerity in this slim book that centers around found family and kindness. 4w
Read4life It was a reread for me. It did hit a bit differently this time. Ultimately, I‘m thankful I read it when I did both times. I got so much out of it both times in different ways. 4w
CogsOfEncouragement This is a first read for me. I think reading it now is as good a time as ever. 4w
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Jadams89
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5feet.of.fury I didn‘t see it coming at all! All he remembered before was his love for her. So heartbreaking. 4w
CatLass007 Aunt Helen‘s role in his dissociation and the reason he was an observer and not a participant in the world around him was a complete shock! 4w
Karisa @CatLass007 That was a horrible shock to me too. @5feet.of.fury Heartbreaking is right! I‘d read the book awhile back and had totally forgotten that twist 😢 4w
Read4life Me, too @Karisa . There was a niggling in my mind and an unease but I had forgotten that twist so when it happened I felt shocked all over again. 4w
CogsOfEncouragement Yes, definitely surprised because it is so uncommon for women to abuse in this way. I was concerned that the teacher, Bill, was going to be a villain. Was relieved Charlie had a good support system when the memory hit him. 4w
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Jadams89
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5feet.of.fury I identified with Charlie feeling like an observer more than an active participant in his life. I‘d definitely felt that way at times, kind of just adrift, along for the ride. 4w
CatLass007 I could tell that Charlie suffered from mental illness but not what kind or why until the end. I‘ve had anxiety and depression for decades so I‘m sort of on the same page. But what happened to him as a child was so traumatic. I grieved for his lost innocence. 4w
Karisa I‘m not sure that I identified with anyone exactly. Maybe Charlie at some points feeling more comfortable around older friends in high school and his sister irritated by the younger sibling at others. Definitely never cool enough to be Sam 😂 4w
Read4life Not one particular character but events, moments, thoughts & feelings throughout. 4w
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