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JuniperWilde
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First book by this author and won‘t be my last. It‘s such a uniquely bookish feeling when I find a writers whose catalogue I know I‘ll devour. 📖

BarbaraBB My absolute favorite by her! (edited) 2d
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cariashley
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Mehso-so

Eh? I listened to this instead of reading in print/digital, and not sure if that was a good thing. But also not sure I would have liked it more otherwise. There were some clever things going on, but I felt like a lot of it went over my head, and I just generally didn‘t love it. Not a strong contender for #tob25.

BarbaraBB It is a very strange book indeed. I wanted to know how it ended but overall it was a bit underwhelming 2d
squirrelbrain I listened to this too but, reading others‘ reviews, I don‘t think it would have made any difference reading it in print. 🤷‍♀️ 2d
Susanita Tried to do too much and just came off as extremely odd. 2d
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Butterfinger
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Mehso-so

I haven't decided yet. It was very clever to combine a mystery, gothic horror, cli-fi, and juxtaposition of language and culture. The narrator was whiny, I did not care for her at all. But I would read it again just for the footnotes.

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Sparklemn
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Mehso-so

I wanted to love this book. I really did. I kept putting it down and picking it up. Maybe it was better suited for one long reading session.

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ImperfectCJ
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Mehso-so

There. I finished it. It doesn't feel like a waste of time, but I'm also not sure if I "enjoyed" it, per se. There seem to be a lot of inside jokes and references here, and mostly it feels like a book directed at someone who isn't me, like reading someone else's parents' letters to each other. The connections and threads are interesting, but they don't really have significance to me, and I'm usually able to center myself in any story. #tob25

HettyG I bailed on this one 2mo
ImperfectCJ @HettyG I was so close to bailing, but I was intrigued enough to finish. I can't say you missed much. 2mo
BarbaraBB Totally agree with your review 2mo
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squirrelbrain Fabulous review! 2mo
Suet624 I don‘t know why but I haven‘t been drawn to read this. Now I see that was the right decision. 1mo
cariashley I‘m listening to this one and am only about 15% in and thinking of bailing… it‘s just not my jam, at least right now, and there are so many hours left! 2w
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ImperfectCJ
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The amount that I read during the symphony last night is not a statement about the quality of the music. (Although it might be an indication of how well I can focus during slower movements. My 15yo asked, "How do you feel about being a fair-weather fan?" Luckily, I can handle being judged by a teenager now that I'm 30+ years from being one.)

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ImperfectCJ
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Still working on this one. Still not sure why. My Kobo says I have 3.3 hours to go (54% done). I want to know what happens, but I'm a little worried it will feel like I've wasted my time. Not that being comfy with book, tea, and slippers is ever a *total* waste of time.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your mug! ☕️ 2mo
ImperfectCJ @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks! It was a birthday present from my mom! 2mo
BkClubCare I am having the same questions abt Someone Like Us - do I keep going? Will I *really* miss something profound if I skim/give-up-now? Is it me or the book?! #sigh 2mo
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ImperfectCJ
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"...Our Author---likely the greatest author in the world---had organized her books, at least in part, *by color*?"

I'm still not sure about this book, but it does have some amusing bits.

mcctrish Today I took Christmas down and my husband had me add a book he finished to the bookshelves and I said “it‘s time to take all the books down and do a serious dusting and reorganization” and part of my brain said “shall we do a colour installation?!” (edited) 2mo
ImperfectCJ @mcctrish I used to have lots of opinions about sorting books by color, but now I'm like, whatever helps people find the books they want. Now that thing where people shelve books spine-inward? That's another story. 2mo
mcctrish Spine inward is just bonkers - I‘d go insane. I might try sorting by genre and then by colour within the genre - my book organization uses several different methods depending on the shelf 2mo
Pogue My shelving system is “ oh look a bookstore puked”. 2mo
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ImperfectCJ
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I'm trying to figure out how long I should give this #tob25 shortlist title before I decide to bail. I like the concept, but I'm 9% in, and it's not grabbing me yet. Maybe two more chapters?

TheSpineView Two more chapters is reasonable. #HailTheBail 2mo
Megabooks I gave this 1⭐️. I fully support a bail! 2mo
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