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Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel | Bonnie Garmus

Kinda disappointed 🫠 #meh

TheLudicReader Agreed. I didn't get all the fuss. 4mo

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dabbe

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#MotivationalMonday
@Cupcake12

Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 😘
1. Matt and I will spend easter at my sister's house. Then, back at home, we'll watch SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and EASTER PARADE. #familytradition
2. Sorry, Nancy Drew, but THE SECRET AT SHADOW RANCH was #meh.
3. Too many! All with fondness and nostalgia. First to mind: IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD by Judy Blume ... it helped me through my parents' divorce. 💚

TheSpineView Anytime! 9mo

Kappadeemom ALL the Judy Blume books!!❤️ 9mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💙💚 9mo

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dabbe @Kappadeemom YES! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

Cupcake12 Thanks for joining in. Have a great Easter 🐣 xx 9mo

dabbe @Cupcake12 You, too. 😘 9mo

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BarkingMadRead

A Passage to India | E. M. Forster

Ch 36-37: the writing is stunning, I‘ll give you that…..
#andtheyalllivedeverafter #azizmeetsralphwhilespying #azizissorudeatfirst #findingithardtolikehim #hecollectshimselfthough #timeforaboatride #collisioncourse #fieldingandazizkissandmakeup #stillnotfriendsthough #andthereyouhaveit #meh #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @catlass007 @daisey @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @willaful @ruthiella @indoordame @librarybelle @dabbe @cuilin @annr @mcctrish @peanutnine @thearomaofbooks @bklover @morr_books 1y

IndoorDame #everafterisright 🤣🤣🤣 #findingithardtolikeeveryone #totallyagreeaboutthewritingandyetstillmeh 1y

Bookwormjillk Nice writing and I guess a nice change from British manor houses, but not my favorite. Thanks @BarkingMadRead and the rest of the #HashtagBrigade you make these books fun. 1y

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mcctrish I‘m really struggling with finishing this 🤦🏻‍♀️ this week has been awful in teaching land and this has not been the book I can handle at the end of the day 😞 hopefully I knock it off in the car to Toronto this morning. Thank you so much for keeping us on track and focussed with the ##### 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish safe travels!! 1y

TheAromaofBooks I feel like this book had some good things to say, but I didn't connect with the story or the characters at all. Instead of coming away feeling like I should give people who “aren't like me“ the benefit of the doubt because they're probably good people, I feel like I shouldn't trust them OR the people who “are like me“ because everyone sucks 😂 1y

BarkingMadRead @TheAromaofBooks #everybodysucks was basically my takeaway 🤣 1y

jenniferw88 #basicallythepointofthenovelistthatthebritishandtheindianscantbefriendsuntilweleaveindia 1y

AnnR Beautiful prose but a frustrating story. I agree with prior comments, the ending was meh. I'm glad to have finally read it though. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for leading the discussion. The daily posts and entertaining hashtags definitely helps keep my reading on track. 🙂 (edited) 1y

Librarybelle Yeah…the ending was a bit lackluster. Thanks, @BarkingMadRead for another great reading month! 1y

Morr_Books I too agree with what everyone is saying. What was up with all the comments of women being ugly or beautiful? It was so frustrating. I liked A Room with a View and its characters much better. 1y

Bklover I ended up really loving this book overall. I think mainly because I learned a lot. I knew next to nothing about this place and time in history. The characters all drove me nuts though, and in the end were pretty much unlikeable. @jenniferw88 thank you for all your insights- you were very helpful! 1y

Bklover Thank you to @BarkingMadRead for again guiding us through another classic. You are probably the only reason I make it through! 1y

BarkingMadRead It‘s always a pleasure!!! 1y

Ruthiella Thank you for leading us @BarkingMadRead ! I enjoyed it more than you did, but agree that the end is less than heartwarming. @jenniferw88 I will send you you #Ihateadela card membership soon! 😂 1y

dabbe I agree with ALL of you! I never would have finished if it wasn't for the always-hilarious #hashtagqueen @BarkingMadRead and the notes from @jenniferw88. I would have BAILED. The word I kept thinking while reading was “awkward.“ Everyone seemed awkward with each other, but I appreciate Forster making both sides have unlikable characters (though colonizing is bad!). Give me ROOM WITH A VIEW over this. Glad I made it through with all of you! 🤗 1y

willaful I found the book pretty confusing overall, and depressing, but the very end spoke to me. It's sadly still so relevant. 1y

mcctrish I finished it #yayme please consider this my entreaty to join the #ihateadela club #brosbeforehosforever 1y

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dabbe

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#poetrymatters (even AI poetry, I guess! 🤩)
@TheSpineView
#tenon (yes, I had to look it up! 🤣)

This #meh stanza has the word TENON in it. That's about all I can say.

AnnCrystal ❤️🖊️❤️🖊️❤️ 1y

TheSpineView Well played!🤩👍🌞 1y

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🧡💜💛 1y

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dabbe @TheSpineView I'm glad I'm a retired English teacher who doesn't have to deal with students using AI to write their papers! 🤩🤗🤣 1y

TheSpineView @dabbe I can imagine! 1y

AnnCrystal In my opinion, A.I. has become too frightening... prefer the good old fashioned 🖊️+🗒️+human✍️. ❤️🖊️❤️🖊️. Weren't we warned about this in all those sci-fi movies ⌨️🤖📕... 😀🧐🤔😳🤨 Just saying...😎😁. (edited) 1y

dabbe @AnnCrystal I think so, too. Everything is online now in my district. All teachers use Google Classroom as their platform for students' work. All kids were issued a Chromebook so ALL of their work is typed--even in math! Kids aren't even learning cursive anymore. One of my favorite things about snail mail on #LitsyLove is seeing everyone's creative expression through their handwriting. It's a lost art. 😢 1y

AnnCrystal @dabbe oh my, that's terrible 😳. Handwriting is magical, a true art indeed... although, in my haste, my handwriting can become a bit messy 🙂 LOL 👀.

I've heard rumors that AI has scanned some files at the copyright office, and has crawled the web seeking artist and writers websites to learn how to write and create like humans across the globe. Don't know how true this is, yet it has me weighing a few things...creepy...sounds too unreal... (edited) 1y

AnnCrystal I've also heard that one can give a description of desired musical sound and AI can create a track without human songwriters or musicians... SCARY 😢. I've always believed that there is magic in vocals and musical instruments, I will never believe that AI can achieve to “create“ such magical musical notes...just personal opinion...🎶. (edited) 1y

bthegood I had to look this up too 😅 1y

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards @AnnCrystal Colin Melody of the Decemberists has my favorite take on ChatGPT's musical ability: https://colinmeloy.substack.com/p/i-had-chatgpt-write-a-decemberists 1y

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards *Meloy - curse you autocorrect! 1y

AnnCrystal @bthegood I'm sure you're going to be astound by your research...I can never believe it all true, 🧐🤔🤭.

and @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards

🙂🧐😉👍.

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AnnCrystal The funny thing, as crazy as technology is making me, I can't wait until robot companions hit the retail market...like Wonkers, Zoë's mechanical friend from the game “Dream fall, the Longest Journey.“ 🤖🧸...then again, there are all those scary stories about robots that would likely keep me from investing in one LOL 😂. (edited) 1y

dabbe @bthegood 🤩🤗😍 #greatminds 1y

AnnCrystal I thought I'd update myself on this topic since I joined this conversation.

You'll all probably run across this article in your own research, just wanted to share just In case.

Winston Cho, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 4:15PM PDT Authors Sue Meta, OpenAI in Lawsuits Alleging Infringement of Hundreds of Thousands of Novels... http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/aut...

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Kimzey I wonder if any of our state‘s Literary Arts Fellowship applicants will be submitting AI poetry next round? 😬Surely, our reviewers won‘t be duped? 🤞🏼 1y

dabbe @Kimzey I wonder if I'd catch it. I tried CHATGPT with one of the prompts I used to give my students, and the literary analysis paragraph it produced was WAY better than any student's paragraph I've seen in the past (it was a prompt for freshmen). I would like to think I'd catch it, but I just don't know anymore. 1y

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BarkingMadRead

Vanity Fair | William Thackeray

Ch 21-22: George‘s family tries to push Ms Swartz on him but he won‘t have it #poorAmelia #sheisbetteroffwithouthim #andsotheymarry #shorthoneymoon #beckyistherestalkingmisscrawley #notcreepyatall #wartime #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @indoordame @morr_books @cuilin @mcctrish @thebookhippie @allylu @bookwormjillk @julieclair @ruthiella @deblovestoread @eeclayton @dabbe @willaful @rubyslippersreads @librarybelle @covertocovergirl @bklover @riveted_reader_melissa @jamiearc @kwmg40 @thearomaofbooks @daisey @samanne @ann_reads @wordslinger42 1y

Bookwormjillk Everyone is married so now we need a war I guess. We‘re actually starting to make a dent in this chunkster! 1y

willaful I hope Miss Schwartz can find someone who isn't a #grossracistfortunehunter 1y

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eeclayton @willaful #fingerscrossedformissschwartz 1y

mcctrish #georgedoesntlikethemulatto 😬 #mrosborneispimpingouthischildrentothebiggestfortune #ihopegeorgediessodobbincanmarryemmy 1y

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish that last one 🤣 #samegirlsame 1y

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish Will something go right in this place called Vanity Fair? If someone has to die in the war, please don't let it be Dobbin. Crawley and Osborne? #meh 1y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I totally agree, let Dobbin come back, I don‘t much care about the other two! 1y

Bklover Hello all- still catching up! 🩷🩷🩷. Loving the comments and hashtags! 1y

TheBookHippie Everyone is married now let's go to war is how I read that!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. All is fair ??? in love and war ??? #istilllikebeckyicanthelpmyself 1y

TheAromaofBooks I love how George managed to phrase his reasons for refusing the heiress and choosing Amelia make me like him less 😂 1y

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DGRachel

The Nightmare Man | J. H. Markert

so-so

This hurts to write because the book came so highly recommended. I can‘t say anything I want to for risk of spoilers. The book starts painfully slowly, and I nearly bailed 1/3 of the way out of boredom. The threads start to come together, I had a thought which turned out to be true, and that made me mad. I hate figuring out twists early. 😂 Anywho, I didn‘t find this creepy, scary, or original, but it wasn‘t dreadful either. #meh

DGRachel The more I think about it, the issue is one of expectations. The book was good for what it was - a kind of suspense/thriller. What I was promised and expected was a novel so terrifying and creepy that I wouldn‘t be able to walk outside alone at night for a few days. This is not that book. 2y

vivastory Sorry this didn't work for you. I'm finding that short stories work better for me lately in terms of creepiness. 2y

DGRachel @vivastory I have an ARC of the new Darcy Coates novel. My fingers are crossed for that one. Ooh, and I have another of hers on my shelf. Maybe I should grab that next… 2y

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vivastory I haven't read Coates yet but I keep meaning to. I started the new Dilouie today. Really enjoying it. In fact I have only about 100 pages left

Episode Thirteen

vivastory Lol, looking through the feed for Episode 13 I see you didn't like it 🤷‍♂️ 2y

Chrys I may give this a try, but with proper expectations 2y

DGRachel @vivastory 🤣🤣 2y

DGRachel @Chrys Yes. I think my expectations were just too different from my experience. But also, there are readers who found it terrifying. So, maybe go in with no expectations? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

bthegood I enjoyed this, at first found it “scary“ then just creepy - it reminded me (a little) like “The Dark Half“ - by King - 🙂 It's hard not to expect a lot when reviews are good - sometimes though it's just a miss 🙂 (edited) 2y

DGRachel @bthegood Yeah, I know mine is an #unpopularopinion. I don‘t read a lot of King, and I tend to have an unpopular opinion about the scare factor of his work, too. The Shining didn‘t phase me. I also don‘t understand the fear factor around The Exorcist. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But, I was terrified by I‘ll Be Gone in the Dark. I do scare easily, I guess just by different things. 2y

bthegood @DGRachel The Shining is one of the scariest books I've read 😂- that's why I do not feel bad when my opinion is not popular - we all have differences and that's a good thing - keeps the reading world interesting😃 (edited) 2y

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jenniferw88

Gallows Court | Martin Edwards

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The tagged book's cover is 😍😍😍, The Coffin Trail's is #meh

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MoonWitch94

Never Trust a Guy With Fangs | Mia Monroe

so-so

#LittensLoveRomance first read of 2023 was “Meh”. Great bones & potential. Characters need development, lots of hard to follow action, and the sex scenes (while spicy) were lacking something. I‘m going to read the next one & see how it is. #Vampires #Witches #SeriesRead2023 #Meh #LitsyLoveReads

StayCurious, Andrew65, TheSpineView

TheSpineView Bummer that it was disappointing. Kudos for finishing. 2y

Andrew65 Shame this one wasn‘t better, but well done 🥳 2y

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magyklyXdelish

The First Mistake | Sandie Jones

so-so

Landing in the middle on this one. Parts of it were predictable and the characters made such horrible decisions I rolled my eyes a lot. Lol but it was still entertaining enough to finish #LMPBC

Being a thriller/mystery this gains me 15 points for #TeamSlaughter

suvata, Reynosa8701, Clwojick, Alfrazier21, sharread

sharread 🎃🎃🎃❤❤❤👻 3y

Alfrazier21 That‘s kind of how I felt about it too. #meh 3y

magyklyXdelish @sharread I mailed this out to you today! Sorry for being late!! 3y

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Samary

These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong

pan

Oof, I really fell for the hype on this one. A grimy Romeo and Juliet retelling. I think pulling this out of YA and make it adult, more grimy, longer history between R&J would have been much better for me.
I was overall pretty bored. However, the narrator was great!

#meh #theseviolentdelights

JazzFeathers I still have to see a pick for this one 😟 Which is a shame, because the premise is so interesting. 3y

Samary @JazzFeathers the concept is good! I just wish they took it out of the YA sector and really pushed it in the horror and emotional departments. 3y

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