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CBee
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How to describe this? Ultimately, I kind of loved it, but with reservations. I felt like there were too many storylines, and some of those weren‘t fleshed out enough. It feels like she tried to pack SO MUCH into the book but left out some important parts. That being said, I LOVE her writing and I love her characters. What does it say about me that some of Vera‘s “madness” made sense? 😂🤷‍♀️

ChasingOm I‘m reading her most recent (tagged) and it‘s making me want to read her backlist. 1mo
CBee @ChasingOm I LOVED Margo ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
Suet624 @ChasingOm After reading Margo I started reading her backlist. I think this particular book is my least favorite but like @Cbee says the way she writes her characters and their challenges is so good. 1mo
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konlitsy
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The Kendra Miachell series is truly captivating. The protagonist is an intriguing blend of strength and vulnerability, a perfect contradiction that keeps you hooked. Her abilities, while extraordinary, are rooted in her humanity. I'm currently on book 6 and completely immersed in this series
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Suet624
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Mehso-so

I‘m going backwards in Thorpe‘s writing and this is the third book I‘ve read of hers. While I‘ve quoted this book several times I have to say this book felt a little too ambitious. A trip to Lithuania in honor of his grandmother who escaped from a concentration camp with a teen who has experienced a psychotic break, the story covers a lot of ground and feels a bit too much. I was captivated while reading it but ultimately disappointed.

BarbaraBB I felt the same! 1mo
CBee Just finished this. I agree with what you said - I definitely liked the book and I love her writing, but it was a LOT. Maybe I wasn‘t in the right headspace? I loved Margo. Which others of her books have you read? @Suet624 (edited) 1mo
Suet624 @CBee I read The Knockout Queen and I‘m now reading her debut novel The Girls From Corona Del Mar which I‘m liking a lot so far. 1mo
CBee @Suet624 just posted my review of Fang. And also, that quote from Herzog just sort of slapped me in the face. It just makes so much sense to me right now. (edited) 1mo
Suet624 @CBee ugh. I know. 1mo
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Suet624
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The author put this quote both in her novel and in her acknowledgments. It hit me hard each time I read it. A great description of my current understanding of the world.

Leftcoastzen Wow,I‘m feeling it . 1mo
dabbe #truth 🩵🩶🩵 1mo
sarahbarnes 🩵🩵🩵 1mo
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Suet624
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“No one seemed amazed that in Lithuania, in order to deal with the end of communism, local artists had made a statue of Frank Zappa.… And now Frank Zappa has become sort of a patron saint, if you will, of Uzupis, but also of Vilnius and even Lithuania as a whole.”

Who knew?

kspenmoll Whoa! 😳 (edited) 1mo
Leftcoastzen Yay! 1mo
BarbaraBB I had no idea 😀 1mo
Suet624 @kspenmoll I know!

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Suet624 @BarbaraBB @leftcoastzen I had no idea either. I proceeded to google the crap out of that nugget of information. Where the quote says 'in order to deal with the end of communism' they are talking about the fact that when Lithuania became independent of the Soviet Union all of the statues of Lenin were torn down and there were many empty plinths. So they decided to put Zappa on one of the empty plinths. 1mo
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melissajayne
The Most Fun We Ever Had | Claire Lombardo
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4.5⭐️ Had heard about this book through Sarah‘s Bookshelves and thought I would give this book a try. I ended up really liking the book; felt the book started out a little slow, but it seemed to pick up steam as I got further into the book. If you like books that have family drama, you may like this one. #2025 #contemporary #family #literary #fiction

Cathythoughts I remember really enjoying this read too. 2mo
CarolynM Me too @Cathythoughts 🙂 2mo
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melissajayne
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Hooked_on_books
Question 7 | Richard Flanagan
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This thought-provoking book is a mix of unusual personal/family memoir and what feels like a NF version of Labatut‘s How We Cease to Understand the World. It ruminates on life, death, war, and more. I found it fascinating and I‘m glad it serves as my final completed book of 2024. #TOBlonglist

squirrelbrain Interesting…I‘ve been on the fence about reading this one, but may borrow it from the library now. 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain Yes, you should! I don‘t think you‘ll regret it. Plus, it‘s short, which is always nice. 2mo
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Beachbum
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I love Ann Naplolitano‘s writing. My first book I read from her was Hello Beautiful. In her stories she includes family tragedy, guilt and large families. Complex rich stories. Her stories are written like a soap opera and I‘m here for it. #prettybookcovers #winterreading

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LitsyEvents
Classics Revisited | Kenneth Rexroth
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repost for @TheAromaofBooks:

Hey friends!! So I've been looking at my life and my upcoming schedule, and I am going to pause #RandomClassics definitely for January, and maybe longer, kind of depending. I still have a huge list of classics I would like to read, and I have really enjoyed reading these with you all, but for now I need to skip a month!! I'll let everyone know when I am ready to pick back up again!!

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for reposting!! 3mo
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