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Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Malinda Lo

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This book has been on my #TBR since 2022 when it was recommended to me for #AuldLangSpine by @MallenNC
I thought the setting, 1950‘s San Francisco was fantastic, and I enjoyed the atmospheric quality of Chinatown with its food and culture beautifully portrayed, but the story of forbidden love was a bit too YA for me. This IS a YA novel, so it‘s really #MeNotYou when it comes to the the author. It‘s just #RightBookWrongReader

TrishB Agree- very YA, but I enjoyed overall. 1y

Cinfhen This was my #BookSpin for August @TheAromaofBooks and also works for #cars and #5+words for #ISpyBingo 1y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y

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Kitta I usually don‘t like YA, but I really enjoyed this one! 1y

MallenNC I‘m glad you read it! It‘s definitely a YA novel. The setting and characters were what really worked for me. 1y

Cinfhen I think for YA ,especially historical fiction this book was really well done @TrishB @Kitta but it was definitely a YA book 😝 1y

Cinfhen @MallenNC agreed! Setting was excellent 1y

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The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice | Benjamin Gilmer

so-so

I don‘t know why but this book just didn‘t connect with me at all. I thought the writing was flat and for some reason I didn‘t warm to either Dr. Gilmer. It‘s a sad story and a terrible truth about the US justice system ( that‘s an oxymoron) but unlike other memoirs/ true crime books I‘ve read in a similar vein where I was completely absorbed, I wasn‘t invested here. Definitely a case of #MeNotYou

Blaire There is a this American life episode about this I think…it felt pretty complete as an episode…maybe didn‘t need a full book? 2y

Cinfhen Hi!!!! Funny you should mention the podcast. Half of the book is about the making of the This American Life episode @Blaire 😉 2y

Megabooks Sorry it didn‘t work for you. Maybe it‘s better on audio, but I stand by it being *my* favorite memoir of the year. 2y

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Cinfhen Funny, this was definitely a big disappointment for me @Megabooks sometimes our opinions slide but it‘s ok, you‘re still my favorite book recommender 😜 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks!! 😘😘😘 I 💜 your recommendations too!! 2y

Blaire @Cinfhen 😂 2y

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Second Place: A Novel | Rachel Cusk

This is a #Bail for me ~ and it‘s TOTALLY #MeNotYou but I have a personal aversion to certain people who chatter endlessly about philosophical questions and over analyze EVERY minutiae about a perceived act or event that occurred 16 years ago. I feel like I‘m being hammered with the narrator‘s anger against men, God, motherhood, fate, life. Sorry, I‘m not interested in sticking around any longer ☺️ Curious to hear others thoughts

TrishB I wasn‘t drawn to this one anyway- but definitely leaving alone now! 3y

Megabooks This is exactly why I‘m not a Cusk fan. No shade to readers who love her but not for me. 3y

Cinfhen Yeah, it‘s probably a personal preference @Megabooks @TrishB because she is obviously brilliant and insightful and her writing is sharp …it‘s just TOO MUCH mental olympics for me 😆 3y

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Cinfhen Now I feel like I NEED #BrainCandy 🍭🍦🍫🍹 3y

Cinfhen I think this one is calling to me

That Summer: A Novel

Cinfhen Ummmm, maybe NOT / the reviews aren‘t looking to good maybe it was the other JW book with summer in the title ???

Big Summer: A Novel

Cinfhen Or maybe I should read this one @Megabooks

Golden Girl

Megabooks This has been my favorite brain Candy of the summer…

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty

Megabooks Just sent you an email. Nbd, just catching up. 3y

squirrelbrain Oh no, this one has just come off hold on Libby for me! Still, I can always bail can‘t I?! 3y

Cinfhen Just saw your email @Megabooks today is super busy!!! E leaves early Sunday morning and tonight I am hosting 12 of his friends for Shabbat dinner!!!! I haven‘t hosted a BIG dinner like this since before Covid. I did borrow the Weisberger from #Scribd 😍but I probably won‘t start it until after the weekend. I see it‘s your girl Therese narrating 🤩 3y

Cinfhen You may love it @squirrelbrain I will admit to being very curious about where the story is heading but I HATED listening to M‘s ramblings too much!!!! Keep me posted 3y

JamieArc I‘m slogging through this one and will probably make myself finish it because it‘s so short. I yell at myself a little bit for making myself read Man Booker nominees, hoping to find a gem that I actually like. 3y

Megabooks @Cinfhen oooo…enjoy!! 👍🏻👍🏻 I‘m glad he‘ll get another big event with friends before he leaves. Very thoughtful of you to do that! Yes, Therese does a great job with the narration, but the plot is fun, too. 3y

Cinfhen I had less than 2 hours of audio to go but I still bailed @JamieArc I know what you mean about the Man Booker, although I ended up LOVING

Shuggie Bain

Cinfhen @Megabooks I wish I wasn‘t feeling so curmudgeonly at the moment / dinner was going to be 6 friends and then 4 asked to bring their GF and then E felt the need to invite 2 more friends…bringing the total to 12 plus we are 4! It‘s a lot!!!! 3y

SamAnne I'm reading my first Cusk this month, Outline. For a book club. 3y

Flaneurette @Cinfhen I liked the set piece in the beginning with the devil on the train(I pictured a Johnny Depp w liver failure) and wished it had continued in that vein. She really had an axe to grind I think 🤔 3y

Cinfhen I‘m curious about her NF @SamAnne please lmk how it goes! And yesssss @Flaneurette she definitely was ANGRY, which is fine but I wasn‘t in the mood to deal with her anger…I‘ve got my own 💩💩💩 3y

britt_brooke Hard pass. Thanks for taking one for the team. Or at least, for me! 😂 3y

BarbaraBB My BFF bailed on this one too. I won‘t bother. 3y

Cinfhen I was confident in my decision to bail @BarbaraBB @britt_brooke even though I was halfway through but I‘m not confident that others won‘t enjoy. It‘s good writing but the relentless tone and pent up anger was too much for me🤕😬 3y

JamieArc @Cinfhen I ended up finishing this. After about 40 pages, I didn‘t want to stop reading and needed to know what happened. I will say that if I had listened to the audiobook, I probably would have hated it because I found M quite insufferable. 3y

Cinfhen I am DEFINITELY curious how this book ends @JamieArc You can share the details under spoiler tag below 👇🏽 PLEASE 😁 3y

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