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#top6reads Through 6/30, I‘ve read 66 books, and Swann‘s Way was the only 5 star read. The next 5, all 4 star reads (no 4 1/2 star reads) would be Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar, Malice by Keigo Higashino, Cherry by Nico Walker, and Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. Runners up (also 4 star) would be After the Fire by Henning Menkell, Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy Hughes, and maybe👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

arubabookwoman The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo. And two 4 star NF books were Midnight in Chernobyl and A very Stable Genius. #Liz_M. (edited) 5y

Tanisha_A Great list! Another screenshot. 😁 4y

BarbaraBB Great selection! 4y

batsy Cather's Archbishop also on my list! And Fever Dream is a brilliant book. 4y

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Put Down the Book and Do Something! | Roger Webb

Put that book down and pet me!!

wanderinglynn ❤️🐱What a cutie! Clearly in need of some pets. 😉 7y

bnp How can you resist? 7y

SqueakyChu Love your cat! We had a feral cat that color whose name was Spooky. 🐱💕 (edited) 7y

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Liz_M Russian blue? S/He looks like my friend's cat 7y

arubabookwoman #bnp It‘s very hard. She has me wrapped around her little paw. 7y

arubabookwoman #wanderinglynn And she‘s very persistent when she needs pets. 7y

arubabookwoman #SqueakyChu Her name is Dinah. We are also pet-parents to her litter sister Thalia, who is kind of a tabby. 7y

arubabookwoman #Liz_M She‘s just a mutt cat named Dinah. We also have her sister Thalia who is sort of a tabby. 7y

Leftcoastzen Beautiful kitty! 7y

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How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse | Thomas C. Foster

Received this as an Early Reviewers book on LT. I feel somewhat illiterate where poetry is concerned, and want to appreciate it more. So far I‘ve enjoyed#BillyCollins. He‘s very accessible. Any recommendations for a poetry novice?

bnp I don't know who to recommend. I'll just suggest a few I 've liked - Denise Levertov, Lucille Clifton, or maybe try an anthology to get a broader representation? 7y

arubabookwoman #bnp Thanks for the recommendations! 7y

Liz_M I recommend the tagged book. She presents a well-known poem and follows it with a short essay detailing a close reading of the poem.

Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems

arubabookwoman #Liz_M Thanks Liz. Will look for this. 7y

laytonwoman3rd Mary Oliver. 7y

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In a Lonely Place | Dorothy B. Hughes

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Hughes has been compared to Raymond Chandler, James Cain, and Jim Thompson. In this book, her POV character, Dix Steele, a serial killer, is worthy predecessor to Patricia Highsmith‘s Tom Ridley, although not quite so personable. Despite its gruesome subject, most of the violence takes place on between the chapters and left to the imagination. Highly Recommended. I also recommend another book by her, The Expendable Man.

Liz_M The tagged book is one of my favorite nyrb books!

Expendable Man (Revised)

arubabookwoman #Liz_M I loved #Expendable Man too. Have you read any others by her? 7y

Liz_M Not yet, so I was happy to see your review. :-) 7y

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