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quietjenn
The Marble Staircase | Elizabeth Fair
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Okay, posting the options before I overthink it! I've no reasons to offer, just going with my gut! 😆

#furrowedmiddlebrowclub

quietjenn Hopefully I got the tags right?! 1w
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Tamra Both blurbs are intriguing, but I was sucked in by “domestic warfare.” 😳 (edited) 1w
willaful I enjoyed The Native Heath so am voting for 1w
Ruthiella This is tough because I have really enjoyed both authors books before…Flipping a coin for 1w
julieclair Gosh… tough choice. I‘m going with 1w
LeahBergen @quietjenn Oops. Poor @kwmg40 had her handle cut off again! 😆😆 1w
LeahBergen This is a toughie like @Ruthiella said! Hmm, I own both but I‘ll go for 1w
Teresereading Marble Staircase 1w
Cathythoughts I‘m voting for 1w
CarolynM Tough choice, both sound great! I‘m voting for 1w
quietjenn @LeahBergen argh! Sorry @kwmg40 and thank you @LeahBergen 1w
kwmg40 @quietjenn No problem, and honestly I would have been OK with whatever the group chose, but I‘ll go with 1w
Kimzey I‘ll go with Marble Staircase. I haven‘t counted votes, so hope I didn‘t deadlock the election. Either would be fine with me. 1w
elkeOriginal Same as @Tamra Not At Home had me at ‘domestic warfare‘ 😆💣 1w
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rubyslippersreads
UNDER THE RAINBOW. | SUSAN. SCARLETT
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I can‘t believe we‘re already choosing books for 2025! Here are my picks for January.

The first is the latest FM book published, and the title of the second is a slight nod to the Wicked movie coming to theaters soon. 😄👠

#FurrowedMiddleBrowClub

Tamra My vote is for Ms. Granby‘s Secret 🔎 1w
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Kimzey Oh, wow! They both sound so good! I think I‘ll go with Under the Rainbow for “the delicious tale of romance and misadventure.” 1w
Ruthiella Just based on which cover I prefer, I‘ll go for 1w
LeahBergen Oh, good choices!! I want to read both but I‘ll vote for 1w
willaful Miss Granby, in honor of the return of our beloved imprint. 1w
CarolynM It‘s hard to pass up a Susan Scarlett, but It I‘m with @willaful 1w
LeahBergen Oops! I just noticed that there‘s an error in @kwmg40 ‘s name. I don‘t want you to miss the voting! 😄 1w
kwmg40 @LeahBergen Thanks for making sure I didn't miss the vote! I will go with Miss Granby. 1w
quietjenn I'd happily read either, but since it's one I had considered nominating, I vote for 1w
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Thanks for finding that. That‘s what I get for cutting and pasting. 😕 1w
rubyslippersreads I‘d happily read either of these, but I‘ll go with Miss Granby, to show my delight in the return of FM. 1w
julieclair I‘d love to read them both, but I‘ll go with 1w
LeahBergen @kwmg40 No problem! ❤️ 1w
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I did the same thing and had to go back and fix it. 😆 1w
Sace I am bound and determined to read at least one book with y‘all next year. I vote for Miss Granby. 1w
elkeOriginal It seems behind in votes but I have to pick Rainbow simply because I already own it 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1w
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Vicki4
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Pickpick

Audiobook ☑️. A very funny listen 😊 📖 🎧

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Leniverse
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor
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Pickpick

I almost bailed 20 pages in. Glad I didn't. Is the prose excessively elaborate? Definitely. But once you settle into the narrative it works. The stories are so uncomfortable and brutal in content that plain language would render them too stark to bear. And the magical realism/SF combo allows for each idea to be followed to its extreme, but it also allows for hope. This book is female pain/love/rage/friendship/vengeance. But never despair.

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Amor4Libros
Soldier Sailor | Claire Kilroy
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Bailedbailed

I can see the value in this book, but at 25% I was still not connecting and decided to give up.

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LitsyBirthdays
Happyland | J. Robert Lennon
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It‘s Party Time!! 🎈

Please join the #birthdayfairies in wishing @TheAromaofBooks a very, very Happy Birthday today!!

Hope you feel the #birthdaylove all around you on your special day. ♥️

Happy Birthday, Sarah!!!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

robinb Happy Birthday, Sarah!! 🥳🥳🥳 Enjoy your day, sweet friend. @TheAromaofBooks 1mo
JenReadsAlot Happy birthday @TheAromaofBooks 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 1mo
inthegreensandblues Happy birthday! 🥳 1mo
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BarkingMadRead Happy happy birthday 🎁🎂🎂🎈🎈 1mo
squirrelbrain Happy Birthday @TheAromaofBooks -have a lovely day! 📚🎉🍰📚🎉🍰 1mo
AnneCecilie Happy birthday 🎁🎂🎉📚 @TheAromaofBooks 1mo
Librarybelle Happy Birthday @TheAromaofBooks ! 1mo
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CarolynM Happy birthday @TheAromaofBooks 🎂🎈🥳 1mo
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kezzlou85 Happy birthday 🎂 hope you have a great day. 🎁🎉🎊📚 1mo
Ddzmini Happy birthday 🎉🎊🎂🎈🎁🥳📚 1mo
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Happy, Happy Birthday, Sarah!! I‘m glad you‘re my Litsy friend and I hope you‘ve had a delightful birthday!! 1mo
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Leniverse
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor

And so, this politician of petulance and infant spite, this Grande Toddler King, had stamped his small feet until the whole world rippled around him. He closed all the borders to the country, and at first the algorithmic majority cheered, waving flags of tabloid front pages. It was too late by the time we realised that it meant we could not leave either.

Sace This book looks so good, but looking at posts about it I‘m hesitant because of the writing. 1mo
Leniverse @Sace You get used to it. It's excessive, yes 😂 But mostly it works. Some of the stories are really hard to read because of the content, and the imagery and weirdness of the writing is what carries you along and makes it bearable. 1mo
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Leniverse
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor

"Gangs are a kind of grief. They begin as friendships and end as funerals. (...) Where there is poverty and cruelty, there will rise a gang. But they are chiefly cannibals, who target their own and eat their families, their girlfriends, their neighbours, their old classmates. They rarely attack those who are the cause of their sorrow."

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Leniverse
The Night Alphabet | Joelle Taylor
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So many people have raved about this book. I just started it and it is... Weird. Which normally I like, but this is both SF and magical realism, and it's not so much conceptually weird as poetically weird on a sentence level. On practically every sentence. I looked up the author bio and yes, she's a poet. Also a Spoken Word Artist. I don't know 😬 I don't tend to do well with poetic novels.

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LitsyBirthdays
Happyland | J. Robert Lennon
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The #birthdayfairies have a double reason for fun and celebration today…Birthday Twins!! 🎉🎉

@Laughterhp and @TaciturnWhenReading , we hope that you enjoy your day to the fullest and that it‘s filled with all that makes you happiest. #birthdaylove

Happy Birthday, Mikala and Andrea!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

squirrelbrain Happy Birthday @Laughterhp @TaciturnWhenReading -have a lovely day! 📚🎉🍰📚🎉🍰 2mo
robinb Happiest of birthday wishes to you @Laughterhp ! 🥳 Have a lovely day. 2mo
robinb @TaciturnWhenReading wishing you a wonderful day. Happy birthday! 🎁 2mo
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julesG Happy Birthday @TaciturnWhenReading @Laughterhp 🎊📚🎂🎉 2mo
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! @TaciturnWhenReading and @Laughterhp 🎊🎂🎉✨ 2mo
JenReadsAlot Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 2mo
Jas16 Happy Birthday @TaciturnWhenReading 🥳🎂🎈 2mo
BookmarkTavern Happy birthday! 🎊🎈🎈🎁🎂 2mo
dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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