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After 43 days, I am calling it. I can‘t push myself any further. I tried the digital arc that I received, then I added the audio, then I added a print copy, in hopes that I would be able to push thru. I love this period of US History, but the slow meandering plot just did me in. Also, at this part of the book, some things were added to the story that I felt just slowed it down further and didn‘t make sense with where things were going. I read 👇🏻

intothehallofbooks the last few chapters and, honestly, I wish I‘d have stopped trying weeks ago. Many people love this one, so don‘t take only my word for it. It just sadly wasn‘t the book for me. Thanks to Knopf for allowing me to read this one. I love Dust Bowl stuff and it stinks that this one didn‘t work out for me. 2d

Ruthiella She‘s not for me. hated her debut

Swamplandia!

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 2d

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bookaholic1 At least you tried right..there's alot of books to read out there than continue reading one you can't get into 2d

intothehallofbooks @dabbe @bookaholic1 I should have bailed sooner! 22h

intothehallofbooks @Ruthiella I was curious about her other books before trying this one, but now I don‘t think I‘ll be picking them up 😬 22h

dabbe @intothehallofbooks Well, next time a book doesn't hit you in just the right way, #hailthatbail and get outta there! 🤣😍🤩 22h

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SaraBeagle

The Antidote | Karen Russell

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It doesn‘t always work out when authors try to wrap up everything beautifully with an explanation of the deeper meaning, but she does this wonderfully! I loved the ending!

Also loved reading about Genoa, NE, my grandparents‘ old stomping grounds 🥰

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AnneCecilie

The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place | Kate Summerscale

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In March 1953 the police found 4 dead women at 10 Rillington Place hidden in the walls and floorboards. Reg Christie was soon a suspect and one of the victims was his wife. Just 4 years before, in 1949, another man had been convicted for murdering his own wife and child on the same address.

This isn‘t a story looking into the life of victims and ignoring the suspect. It looks at both, but more importantly it looks at the press and the

AnneCecilie voyeuristic tendencies in humans treating this as entertainment. A tabloid paid for Reg Christie‘s defense attorney. People would bring their chairs and food to sit down outside 10 Rillington Place to watch the police work and buy the tabloids. As one of the journalists covering this case, Harry Procter wrote in his memoir The Secret of Disillusion published 1958: “‘Sit down there, you, that man in the back row‘, he admonished. ‘I‘ll have no 4d

AnneCecilie hypocritical comment! How many murderers‘ stories have you read, sir, in the Sunday papers? If you‘ve never read one, then I‘ll listen to you. If you have read one, then shut up! We poor slavers are your servants, sir, not your masters. We give you what you want because you want it! Let me tell you, sir, before you throw your back-row sear at me, it was tougher for me to do than it is for you to read about it. But you, sir, you were the boss.‘” (edited) 4d

AnneCecilie When Christie was accused of murdering these women, it also opened up the question if the right man had been convicted in 1949, for what are the odds of to murderers living under the same roof? So it also looks at pride and the inability for people in high power to admit mistakes and how that impacts a lot of people 4d

kspenmoll Wonderful, in depth review, 3d

AnneCecilie @kspenmoll Thank you 😊 3d

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Amandakay

The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella | Freida McFadden

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5d

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Nebklvr

The Antidote | Karen Russell

This is rather strange…haven‘t decided if I like it yet.

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bio_chem06

The Antidote | Karen Russell

After a few weeks of just “meh” reading, I‘m excited to start my week with this one. I hope it‘s as good as I want it to be.

BC_Dittemore I‘ve heard excellent things about this. I was gonna try to put it on hold at one of my libraries but every list is like 80 ppl waiting for 4 copies. 😅 1w

bio_chem06 @BC_Dittemore, surprisingly I didn‘t have to wait on the list long. So far I‘m enjoying it, it‘s not like anything I‘ve read before. It has historical fiction aspects but then it has “witches” in the dustbowl. Very interesting and I‘ve read 150 pages in two days. 1w

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intothehallofbooks

The Antidote | Karen Russell

Whew boy, this has been tough to get into. I‘m 25% thru and have been reading this book for four weeks, two days. Soooo slowww.

I love reading about the Dust Bowl, so got an ARC from NetGalley and have been chipping away at it for ages. I almost DNF‘d but decided to get the audio from the library to see if that helps me push thru, and it does. I‘m finally getting a little bit eager to see where the story goes. But I‘ve really had to work for it.

annahenke I want to read this because I like her and I like this time period. However, this is not the first I‘ve heard of it being slow. 2w

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TracyReadsBooks

The Antidote | Karen Russell

so-so

I didn‘t love it…which honestly, comes as a surprise because everything else I‘ve read by Russell I really enjoyed. It has the right ingredients—interesting setting (Dust Bowl), a witch, a sentient scarecrow, a mystery, but…BUT, it‘s ponderous & slow moving, told in multiple POVs which aren‘t all that distinctive, & somehow (impossibly) devoid of emotional depth. I really should have cared about these characters & I just didn‘t. Just a so-so read.

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The Midnight Game | Cynthia Murphy

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