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BoldCityBooks
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Pickpick

Incredibly good, sad, and real. Just a book about not much that gripped me.

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Mccall0113
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Another quick read to boot my totals for the year. Looking into the lives of others is fascinating.

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bookandbedandtea
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Setting up for #audiopainting while listening to the tagged book. I love weekends 😊
(I love this mug too! I use it non-stop the week leading up to Thanksgiving then scarcely at all the rest of the year. 🥧)

Ruthiella Love your seasonal mug! 👍 12mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 12mo
bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella Thank you! 💜 12mo
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Cinfhen
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Pickpick

O‘Nan is quickly becoming a favorite author - I love how authentic his characters are and his attention to detail is not overly written but so precise in the setting, mood and time.This is a short novella about a small crew of characters working the final shift ,just days before Xmas, in a mall located Red Lobster Diner. It‘s so pitch perfect in its simplicity, I just wish it would have been a longer story.

Cinfhen What should I read next @BarbaraBB ?? Thanks for posting & tagging me @Megabooks !!! 14mo
Cinfhen I see now you recommend a book @BarbaraBB !!! Going to look for 14mo
Megabooks You‘re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it too! 14mo
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Megabooks
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Pickpick

I picked this up last minute at a 2NC solely based on the fact that @BarbaraBB liked it. I had it in my head that it was about lobster fisherman. No. It‘s not. It‘s about the last night of a closing forever Red Lobster restaurant. Despite the surprise, I enjoyed these characters. Manny the manager questioning how it all went wrong. Roz the lifer. Ty the chef hoping to have a good last service with a small crew. And Manny‘s ex whom he still loves.

Megabooks Apparently I didn‘t look at the cover closely either because that‘s more a sea of parking spaces than the actual sea! Y‘all can laugh at me!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 14mo
BarbaraBB Lol! Glad you enjoyed it!! 14mo
Cinfhen Hahaha!!! Awesome review!!!! And I‘m SUPER INTRIGUED!!! I remember @BarbaraBB liked it too!!! I want to read more from O‘Nan 14mo
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Cinfhen I can‘t believe you still have hydrangeas !!! 14mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen let me put this in your Hanukkah package!! 💜 it was a bad year for colorful hydrangeas this year. I was shocked to see these at a friend‘s house! 14mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I did! 14mo
Cinfhen You‘re so sweet, Meg but I actually already started the O‘Nan on audio from the library 😁and I‘m LOVING it @BarbaraBB 14mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen fantastic! I‘m glad you were able to find it! 💕 14mo
Cinfhen I see my library has quite a few O‘Nan audios!!!! Very excited 😊 14mo
BarbaraBB I am reading his backlist and he really is becoming a favorite author! @Cinfhen 14mo
Cinfhen @BarbaraBB which would you suggest I read next??? 14mo
BarbaraBB I loved this one. It‘s perfect for October too 😱 14mo
Reggie I loved this book a lot. It was covered in this bittersweet melancholy that I love. 14mo
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Megabooks
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Recent library/Book Outlet/2NC haul! Five short story collections (bottom ones), which I‘m really pleased about. There are also a couple for author a month and then the tagged novella I remember @BarbaraBB enjoying. 👍🏻🤩💜

Cinfhen Well done!! I‘m curious about this one - I LOVE the cover 2y
BarbaraBB I did! The O‘Farrell is good too. Wasn‘t Cursed Bunny a ToB contender earlier? 2y
JamieArc Ooh I‘m curious about Wild Swims. 2y
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Readerann What a haul! I love Louise Erdrich. 2y
RebelReader Esme Lennox is still my favorite Maggie O‘Farrell book! 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen I like the hardcover cover better than the paperback, but they‘re both great! 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I know it was on the international Booker list before, but maybe the 2022 tob longlist??? 🤔 2y
Megabooks @JamieArc that was a random book outlet find that sounded really good! 2y
Megabooks @Readerann same! I didn‘t pick the right first book from her, but when I picked up several more in January, I knew I‘d have to read her backlist!! 2y
Megabooks @RebelReader @youneverarrived @BarbaraBB such high praise for the O‘Farrell!! I can‘t wait for July! I plan to read that and this for sure. (edited) 2y
BarbaraBB Heatwave is very good as well! 2y
JamieArc I really liked Heatwave as well. 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB @JamieArc she‘s such a fantastic writer, one really can‘t go wrong! 2y
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BarbaraBB
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#BookReport 05/23

Four books, all good. I finished two more for the #ToB23, one of O‘Nans backlist and the surprisingly good horror novel for #Roll100. A very satisfying reading week 👌🏽

squirrelbrain A fab week! 2y
Cinfhen Great!!! 2y
TrishB Great week 👍🏻 2y
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squirrelbrain
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This is a total #blameitonbarbara purchase! @BarbaraBB

It‘s a bit scruffy but I only paid Q9.14 for it!

It‘s also travelled rather a long way so it‘s bound to be a bit battered; from Hillsdale Public Library in New Jersey to North Yorkshire in the UK!

LeahBergen I always love to see the markings that show how far a book has travelled! 2y
Librariana And I love to see how other libraries process materials since that's the department I work in! 😁 It gives us a sense of comfort when an item that is no longer part of the collection can find a good home 💕 2y
BarbaraBB That is a great find! I hope you‘ll enjoy it. I really did ❤️ 2y
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youneverarrived I love the cover! And a well travelled book 😍 2y
MicheleinPhilly I loved this one! 2y
Reggie Hope you like this one! 2y
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BarbaraBB
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Manny‘s restaurant The Lobster has to shut down. Today is the last day it‘s open. It‘s snowing hard and Manny wonders whether his staff will turn up. Or any customers, for that matter. Yet he still goes about his business like it‘s just another day at The Lobster. Very touching and so well-written.

#52Booksclub23 #SetInWorkplace #pop23 #TakesPlaceInOneDay

mcctrish I read this ages ago and I‘m so thrilled you enjoyed it ( I loved the title, that‘s why I bought it back in the day ) 🦞❤️ 2y
BarbaraBB @mcctrish I recently enjoyed this other book by him (tagged) and wanted to read his backlist. So glad I chose this one! 2y
squirrelbrain Sounds fab, and two great prompts too… I just bought a used copy for just over Q9. ? 2y
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BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain that‘s a very good price! You won‘t be disappointed! 2y
mcctrish Oh I want to read that one, thank you for reminding me about Lobster, I really should read more by him 2y
Librarybelle I need to read this! 2y
Suet624 Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to read more by him. I enjoy his writing. I read this one a number of years ago and liked it: 2y
Suet624 it's also funny because I rated Ocean State so-so, but I think I did that more because I thought it was too simple for TOB. It was a good story though and kept me reading and interested. 2y
LeahBergen What a gorgeous photo! 2y
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Thanks, I was thinking about which of his books to read next! And I felt the same about Ocean State and the ToB (edited) 2y
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen Thanks! A cozy Sunday ☺️ 2y
Cinfhen I definitely want to check out more O‘Nan 2y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I was thinking of you indeed since you liked Ocean State so much! 2y
KarenUK Sounds lovely. And great pic 💕 2y
sarahbarnes Looks like a great evening! 2y
Reggie I‘m so glad you liked this. 2y
BarbaraBB @Reggie Very much! 2y
DreesReads I‘m glad you liked it! The Odds is the only other one of his I have read—it is very different yet somehow also felt very original to me. Even if I did not enjoy it as much. This one felt much more relatable to me personally. 2y
BarbaraBB @DreesReads So good to see you here! I think I read this one because you just happened to mention it on your IG. I will read The Odds next. Have you read Ocean State? 2y
DreesReads I have not! He has soooo many books I really don‘t know where to go next lol 2y
BarbaraBB @DreesReads He‘s very productive indeed 😃. I‘m on the lookout for a cheap copy of The Odds and I can highly recommend Ocean State! 2y
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