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This book gave me anxiety. It was like reading a book about Amelia Earhart or Anne Boleyn. No matter how much you like the main character, shit is absolutely not going to end well. This is about a Somali man who was wrongly accused of murdering a Jewish female shop keeper in Cardiff. It's very well written. It's just a tough subject.

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US pub date is 3/1/2022 (?!)
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I thought this was great. It's super dark which is what you would expect from this author. It's short stories and my advice would be to read them one at a time, rather than reading this straight through.

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US pub date was 10/5/2021
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Thank you, #Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this little gem #Hamnet#MaggieOFarrell#Knopf

This is another really dark one. If you liked his book Macbeth, definitely read this.

Roy and Carl are still trying to cover up some mysterious deaths and disappearances from years ago. What would they be willing to do to keep their secrets?

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Pub date is 11/10/2020

That was pretty good. I kind of thought the husband was a big ol' jerk and I'm usually not interested in reading about married couples struggling with their relationship, but this was oddly compelling for me. I loved the descriptions of the places where they traveled, and of the actual sailing experience. Not a hugely uplifting book, though.

Thank you to #knopf for the free #arc.

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Six months before moving to Rome, Lahini decides to read only in Italian. This is her description of the effects of that decision on her reading self. #Knopf #JhumpaLahiri

Being a bookseller is pretty cool. Being a kids' bookseller is awesome. And being a kids' bookseller in a city full of authors & illustrators like Kelly Jones ( #UnusualChickens ) & Liz Wong ( #Quackers ) is amazing! These lovely book heroes stopped by to sign stock, which precipitated a 45-minute conversation on all books ever written. I only left work an hour late... Worth it! #booksellerlife #kidsbooks #knopf #yearling #authorlove #WCCPBA #YRCA

Just ordered the first selection of the #DailyActionBookClub -- thanks to @BarbaraTheBibliophage for calling my attention to it! #ReadOutsideTheLines #ReadersResist #Knopf

A promising start. #wordsindeepblue #cathcrawley #arc #knopf #booksaboutbooks

Fresh off of hearing the kind, eloquent, and astonishingly well-read Will Schwalbe speak at Barnes & Noble in NYC and feeling inspired - can't wait to dig into his latest, Books for Living!

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