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This week at work is really doing my head in! Bring on the long weekend!!!
This book was perfect for the sort of week I‘ve been having - fun, spicy and very readable. 😊
It took an age for the hold to come into the library, so long I can‘t now remember who recommended it - if it was you - thankyou! 😊
#52books23 #contemporarysetting

Cinfhen This sounds fun!! Sorry about work 😫 2y

Books_et_al @Cinfhen @KarenUK @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @LaraReads @Librarybelle @azulaco @CarolynM @Bluebird @BookBelle84 @rmaclean4 @Deblovestoread @DebbieGrillo @triplem80 @Smarkies @Lizpixie @Read4life @AshleyHoss820 @jenniferw88 @ravenlee 2y

Books_et_al @Cinfhen thanks 😊- I have my personal development assessment with my boss in a couple of weeks where things will need to be said. 2y

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Cinfhen PREACH XXXX 2y

squirrelbrain I‘ve seen this book around a lot…. Stacking now after your review. Ugh for work though - nearly the weekend. 😒 2y

Caroline2 I really enjoyed this book too. 👍 2y

Librarybelle Stacking…sounds like a perfect escape read! 2y

LaraReads This looks really good! 🕶️ 2y

CarolynM Oooh! I might have found my book for #SexAndDrugsAndRockNRoll #TitlesAndTunes 1y

Books_et_al @CarolynM I definitely had a good time with it 😊- I‘m struggling with next month‘s prompt myself 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️ 1y

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BarbaraBB

Im a Fan | Sheena Patel

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A young woman is obsessed with “the man I want to be with” and a white and wealthy woman with “a perfectly manicured Instagram grid”.
The man is serially unfaithful. He‘s married and has an affair with the woman she is obsessed with. He holds her at arm‘s length, far enough for her to observe and interpret the toxicity of the situation. She recognizes structures in gender, race and power dynamics that are brilliant described. #womensprizelonglist

BarbaraBB #52bookclub23 #ContemporarySetting @AshleyHoss820 @Cinfhen @Jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @deblovestoread @LeeRHarry @karenuk @carolynm @bookbelle84 @Bluebird @Smarkies @triplem80 @larareads @ravenlee @read4life @rmaclean4 @librarybelle @azulaco @Lizpixie @DebbieGrillo 2y

rmaclean4 Does it make your personal short list? 2y

BarbaraBB @rmaclean4 It‘s the first I read 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2y

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Cinfhen Hmmmmm, confusing but interesting - hope I can #BorrowNotBuy from one of my subscription services 🙏🏻 2y

squirrelbrain Great review Barbara! I think I appreciated this rather than loved it! 2y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Yes me too! Is it on your shortlist? 2y

sarahbarnes Great review! I‘ve been on the fence about this one. Glad to see you liked it! 2y

squirrelbrain No, not on my personal one but I wouldn‘t mind it making it as it‘s very clever. I posted my list yesterday, but didn‘t tag you, sorry! 2y

batsy Nice review! 💜 2y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain No need, I somehow missed it but will check it now! 2y

Librarybelle This sounds a bit confusing! Great review! 2y

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KarenUK

I Have Some Questions for You | Rebecca Makkai

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A fun read. A podcaster returns to teach a class, at the fancy boarding school of her childhood where she was an outsider and her once roommate was murdered. Reads like a mystery, layered with interesting takes on the #metoo movement and grooming, collective memory, race and privilege, the exploitative nature of true crime, wrongful imprisonment and so much more. Sharp and nuanced, I found the ending unsatisfying but all the more realistic for it.

KarenUK #twotimeperiods #booked2023 @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae 2y

KarenUK #pop23 #publishedin2023 @squirrelbrain @barbarabb @cortg @AshleyHoss820 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @RaeLovesToRead @MissHel 2y

Cinfhen Excellent review!!! 2y

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KarenUK #52bookclub23 #contemporarysetting @cinfhen @squirrelbrain @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @britt_brooke @carolynm @LeeRHarry @BookBelle84 @AshleyHoss820 @Deblovestoread @Bluebird @Smarkies @triplem80 @LaraReads @ravenlee. @readforlife @rmaclean4 @azulaco @lizpixie @DebbieGrillo (edited) 2y

KarenUK #bn2023challenge #abookeveryoneistalkingabout 2y

BarbaraBB Looking forward to it again thanks to your review 💕 2y

AmyG I expected the ending….it‘s the way the world works, sadly. 2y

squirrelbrain Great review - and yes, I kind of expected the ending too @AmyG but I‘ve read a *lot* of books recently with unsatisfactory endings… 🫤 2y

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jenniferw88

The Sentence | Louise Erdrich

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#authoramonth @Soubhiville Will certaiy try more Louise Erdrich!

#booked2023 #aboutapandemic
#pop23 #twolanguages
#52books23 #contemporarysetting
#atyin52books23 #publishedmorethan7books

@Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @ravenlee @Deblovestoread @RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry

Librarybelle So much love for this book! 2y

Cupcake12 Morning. Just wondering when do I send out the next #LMPCB book? Hope you are well x 2y

jenniferw88 @Cupcake12 When you've finished the book and at the end of the month. @charl08 2y

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Cupcake12 Thank you. Can you tell I‘m a first timer 🤣 2y

charl08 I love Louise Erdrich too. Thanks for the reminder. A family funeral tomorrow so have been distracted- need to pick up the book. 2y

jenniferw88 @charl08 it's ok I'm still reading this month's! 2y

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Cinfhen

Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver

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This book held me under a spell. I was completely enveloped in Demon‘s world and circumstances. Kingsolver set out to rewrite a modern take on an old classic and while I‘m not 💯 familiar with David Copperfield, you can feel the homage on every page. The writing at times gorgeous, is also so evocative of the 90‘s & early aughts. Demon sheds light on the opioid crisis plaguing Appalachia with love and tenderness for the people & place.

Cinfhen @Kangaj1 @Chelsea.Poole @cbee @alldebooks @squirrelbrain @juniperwilde @jamiearc @kristin_reads
@bookbosomed1 @Scochrane26 2y

Cinfhen @BookBosomed1 @LeeRHarry @Cuilin @mcctrish @trishb @BookBelle84 @SamAnne @AmyG @KathyWheeler @gossamerchild @Hokey 2y

Cinfhen I didn‘t forget you @Karisimo 🧡 2y

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Cinfhen #Booked2023 #ModernTakeOnAClassic #ReadingTheAmericas #USA @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 2y

TrishB Lovely review ♥️ Demon will stay with me a long time! 2y

Cinfhen #52Books2023 #ContemporarySetting @Deblovestoread @ashleyhoss820 @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @karenuk @leerharry @carolynm @azulaco 2y

Cinfhen @bookbelle84 @librarybelle @maclean4 @read4life @ravenlee @larareads @britt_brooke @triplem80 @smarkies @bluebird 2y

Librarybelle Great review! 2y

Bluebird Your review makes me even more impatient for my library hold to be available. I‘m 614 in line for the audiobook and 1152 for the ebook. 7-8 weeks! But hoping I get a ‘jump the line‘ flag sooner 🤞 2y

Cinfhen OMG @Bluebird ‼️those numbers are nuts😱 2y

Cinfhen Thanks @TrishB @Librarybelle There‘s so much to say about this book 💕 2y

squirrelbrain Great review! I‘m a little bit past halfway. 2y

Kristin_Reads Great review! I‘m almost finished (hopefully this weekend). It‘s a masterpiece… so well written! (edited) 2y

Hooked_on_books I always look forward to her books. She‘s such a good writer. I‘ll be listening to the audio of this one when my hold comes in! 2y

Cinfhen I‘m a huge Kingsolver fan @Hooked_on_books @Kristin_Reads @squirrelbrain I think Poisonwood Bible might still be my favorite though this one was really special 😍 2y

AmyG Agreed about Poisonwood Bible but this one is a close second. I still think about Demon. 2y

Scochrane26 I‘m at page 332, so more than halfway. I never flag parts of a book, but I have little post-its in 3 passages so I can find them again. There‘s a couple of Kingsolver books I still haven‘t read, but I agree that this one rivals Poisonwood Bible. 2y

Scochrane26 @Bluebird That is a huge wait at the library! Hope you get it soon. 2y

LaraReads Wow! Love this review! 2y

mcctrish I‘m about to start this, I‘m only skimming the posts but I see a few people talking about Poisonwood Bible. I loved and hated that book! It was amazing but I wanted to throw it so many times because that man was infuriating 2y

KathyWheeler @mcctrish I loved The Poisonwood Bible, but, you‘re right, that man was infuriating! 2y

Kristin_Reads @mcctrish I felt the same! 2y

Hooked_on_books I resisted Poisonwood for years because of all the hype around it, then wondered what on earth I‘d been waiting for once I read it. It‘s marvelous! It‘s in my all time favorites list. 2y

Cinfhen I put off reading PoisonWood for so long too @Hooked_on_books and when I finally did…WOW!! Such a masterpiece!!! But yes, the father was 🤬🤬🤬 @Kristin_Reads @KathyWheeler @mcctrish @Scochrane26 @AmyG - I wasn‘t a fan of this book by her ☹️

Unsheltered: A Novel

Cinfhen Thanks @LaraReads I can‘t wait to see what you and the rest of the #Copperheads think of this book but I can understand why @BkClubCare is apprehensive- I was slightly intimidated before I began and I was worried about the hype @AvidReader25 2y

JuniperWilde Just starting. Great reviews. I read PB and then devoured everything she‘d written. Really looking forward to this one 📚 2y

Cinfhen @JuniperWilde I need to try this one again because I bailed and I think I‘d really like this book if I try again

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KathyWheeler @Cinfhen I haven‘t read Unsheltered yet. I had a problem with Prodigal Summer the first time I tried to it, but I read a few years later and loved it. 2y

Cinfhen Same @KathyWheeler 🤪 where you are in life definitely effects your reading experience/ I was too young the first time I read

Prodigal Summer

Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y

Cinfhen I know you said you‘re iffy about this book @Cathythoughts but I really think you‘d like it 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2y

Chelsea.Poole Love your review and love this book. I‘m nearly halfway but taking my time…makes me want to read the others of Kingsolver that I‘ve missed. 2y

AmyG @cinfhen I was not a fan of

The Lacuna

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Cinfhen I know many didn‘t like Lacuna @AmyG but I loved it!!! I learnt SO MUCH 😁 2y

Cinfhen Thanks @Chelsea.Poole im so glad this book didn‘t disappoint 🙌🏻💚I was worried after seeing so many great reviews 2y

Scochrane26 I‘m almost done, only about 15 pages left. Definitely a 5 star read. This one will stick with me. 2y

Megabooks Glad you loved it! 2y

Scochrane26 Demon is going to be one of my favorite fictional characters. And his support system toward the end are great characters. 2y

Cinfhen I think you would have enjoyed this more in print @Megabooks I know I didn‘t care too much for the audio. It‘s just shy of 5 stars for me @Scochrane26 because I felt it was a tiny bit too long. I‘m very picky about length and editing but it‘s still a beautifully crafted story 🙌🏻 2y

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Cinfhen

All Are Welcome: A Novel | Liz Parker

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Another #ReadingAmericas23 audio that I flew through 🥰I thought this would be a mindless listen ( and it was😉) but it was so entertaining and a great escape. Two moneyed Greenwich families fly to #Bermuda for their daughter‘s destination wedding, where of course family secrets explode. Would work for #52BookClub23 #secrets #contemporarysetting #Scribd

jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, AshleyHoss820, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Another one for me to check out! I love listening to mindless stories while doing house chores…😂 2y

Cinfhen Exactly @Librarybelle !!! 2y

squirrelbrain Ooh, goody, another one that *is* on Scribd, although I can‘t remember what I‘d already noted for this prompt, so we‘ll see…. 2y

Cinfhen It was mindless but entertaining @squirrelbrain and it definitely could be a #doubledip @Librarybelle 2y

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Cinfhen

Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver

Hurray!!! After 2 months my #BookDepository copy FINALLY arrived!!! So I‘m praying there‘s still hope my bday gift to you @BarbaraBB will show up 🤞🏽 I‘m planning on using this for #Booked2023 #ModernRetelling #52BookClub23 #ContemporarySetting

KarenUK, Megabooks, jenniferw88, squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB I so hope it will arrive safely - unlike last time! My parcel to you has been in the twilight zone since December 3. So frustrating 😫 2y

AllDebooks That's what I've chosen for a retelling too. I love David Copperfield, can't wait to read her interpretation. 2y

Cinfhen I have another book for you @BarbaraBB but I‘m nervous to send it😬 I‘m waiting to see what happens with this last package. 2y

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Cinfhen I LOVE Kingsolver @AllDebooks so my expectations are a bit high 😅 2y

AllDebooks @Cinfhen me too. I'm sure she won't disappoint 🙂 2y

AmyG I am reading this now. Wonderful so far. 2y

Cinfhen yay @AmyG so happy to hear that😁 2y

LeeRHarry It‘s likely I‘ll be choosing it for a retelling too 😊 2y

Cinfhen Maybe we can do a low key buddyread @LeeRHarry @AllDebooks 😍 2y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Please do wait until your package arrives safely. And mine for that matter! (edited) 2y

LeeRHarry @Cinfhen ooh now there‘s an idea 😊 2y

AllDebooks @Cinfhen Count me in 😍 2y

Cinfhen Fun @AllDebooks @LeeRHarry we can make a plan as it gets closer to 2023 - and of course anyone else thinking of reading is welcomed to join in 🤓 2y

TrishB On my Christmas list 🤞🏻 2y

Cinfhen Hope #MrSantaB gets the memo @TrishB xxx 2y

TrishB Hoping so! 2y

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