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Daisey
Tale of Genji | Shikibu Murasaki
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These are my current long reads, and I‘m enjoying each of them in their own way.

I got a lot from my previous read of #Genji, so I thought I would reread for the #Reading1001 yearlong read this year by listening to the Washburn translation. It‘s interesting how I‘ve forgotten so many details, but then hear sections that immediately seem so familiar.

#CurrentlyReading #NaturaLitsy #WhatTheDickens #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #1001books #audiobook

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flying_monkeys
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Started re-reading Interview with the Vampire last night. Sometimes a re-read is the reset my brain needs to get out of a slump. I haven‘t read this in 20-ish years so I‘m curious how it‘s gonna hold up. Especially now that the TV series (a masterpiece) exists and improves on (while simultaneously respecting) the book. Who knows, maybe book Louis won‘t annoy me as much this time.😉 #CurrentlyReading

JessClark78 Rereads are great for getting out of slumps. 🙂 6d
flying_monkeys @JessClark78 yep, has always seemed to work, but also depends on the book. And then sometimes I wind up re-reading a whole series because I chose the first book to help with a slump and I couldn‘t stop. lol 6d
flying_monkeys Made it to page 100 🥳 And I quickly remembered why I used to refer to Anne Rice as a woman Stephen King: she‘s wordy af. 🙃 I forgot there aren‘t chapters and paragraphs go on for pages at a time. Can‘t believe I devoured this multiple times between ages 15-25. I miss my young brain. 3d
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Memory Piece | Lisa Ko
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“The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?”

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flying_monkeys DNF at page 46. The pace is relentless (Giselle‘s story) and I can tell this book is gonna be about ideas more than characters or plot, and my brain can‘t keep up right now. I‘ll revisit in the future. 6d
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aa_guer2021
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OMG! I am finally getting somewhere!! #currentlyreading #outlander 😳🥺🖤🙏🏻

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wen4blu
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I doubt Captain Cook met a fuzzy blue whale on his last voyage, but I‘m about to find out.

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Hooked_on_books I‘ve read this one so I won‘t tell you. But it‘s very good! 1w
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flying_monkeys
The Spellshop | Sarah Beth Durst
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From the Acknowledgements page, “We've all been through a lot over the past few years. This book is my gift to anyone who wants to escape and sink into a world filled with kindness and enchantment.”

With cozies, I like to read the Acknowledgments first because, often, I find a little backstory or context, which adds to the vibes while reading the story.

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#OffMyShelf (newest book)

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flying_monkeys
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I thought it being about a young woman searching for her missing friend (and the 2020 PEN/Hemingway winner), this book would be right up my alley. But I've been reading, what would normally take me a few days, for three weeks now. Not giving up. Just have to accept this one's gonna take me a while. #currentlyreading

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aa_guer2021
Lost River | J. Todd Scott
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Maybe it‘s the cold, maybe it‘s the fact that it‘s dark at 5 (or shortly after), or maybe it‘s the heaviness I feel in this world, but I need to get my reading mojo back because I haven‘t finished one book yet! #currentlyreading #bookwormloading #winterblues

Suet624 The state of things has my head buried in books. 😊 1mo
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mhillis
The Puffin of Death | Betty Webb
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Looking forward to getting into this cozy mystery set in Iceland 🇮🇸 #CurrentlyReading #ThematicCozies @julieclair

julieclair Any book involving puffins has to be fun. 😉 1mo
mhillis @julieclair Yes I choose it solely based on the puffin 😆 1mo
julieclair Sounds perfectly logical to me. 😉 1mo
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