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kspenmoll
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#preorderbookclubchallenge #April #histotricalfiction #porchlife

Finished this tonight. Initially I read it, then put it aside, then picked it up again, etc. As usual, I need to sit on the book before i review it here. I am glad I read it.

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Bookfan1414
Chocolat | Joanne Harris
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Mehso-so

Two pages of notes front and back, a few dozen tabs and this book is finally done… I was very much NOT the intended audience for this book and it shows in my notes.

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Bookfan1414
Chocolat | Joanne Harris
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Not to complain, but the margins in my book are too small for my notes… so I now have a yellow notepad to be snarky on.
One point of complaint…. There is too much untranslated French in here. I‘m creating a personal glossary for the book… since in my infinite wisdom, I took Spanish in school, not French.

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janeycanuck
Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson
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Pickpick

How awesome to have another Charmaine Wilkerson! I did get confused a few times about the timeline but overall, really enjoyed this. Wilkerson writes beautiful characters and moving stories.

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kspenmoll
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Deblovestoread Love your graphic! 4d
BarbaraBB Me too! 4d
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Cortg
Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed the way this story is told, something a little different with a lot of layers. It‘s about a major family tragedy and life afterwards. It‘s also historical fiction as we learn the story behind a piece of pottery that has been with a family for generations, from slave days to the present. I liked how everything was interwoven and how the reader gets different perspectives from various characters.

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RowReads1
Les Parisiennes | Anne Sebba
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JulietteReadsALot
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Pickpick

Enjoyable middle school read about Marion, a young girl chosen to serve Madame de Montespan, Louis XIV's favorite.
Marion, daughter of a gardener, is a gifted nose. Her talent for perfume is going to place her in the middle of an intrigue to kill the queen...

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rachaich
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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Mehso-so

Completely undecided on this.
Very cleverly woven story which manages prehistoric lectures with current activism, told by an unreliable narrator who possibly doesn't remember her true self and identity.
I found it hard to keep track of characters at times, but did appreciate the overall story.

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kwmg40
A Year in Provence | Peter Mayle
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Pickpick

I loved reading this book while I was on vacation in France in April. I expect that some things have changed since Mayle's classic was written, but he captures perfectly the food culture and relaxed atmosphere, at least in the small part of Provence (Avignon) that we had the chance to visit.

tpixie How lovely 😊. I‘m hoping to go to that region someday & read the book beforehand! 2w
AnnCrystal
🤩🇫🇷💝.
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