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April_Barbie
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#Fitz reads 📚 The Beautiful and Damned was the best out of the bunch. 🩷

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BarbaraBB
The House of Doors | Tan Twan Eng
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#booker23 5/13

Tan Twan Eng creates settings and characters like no one else.
I loved the Penang setting again, as I did all characters who are each so lovable in their own way. The plot is great too, the sorrow of times past beneath it all.

Tan deserves the Booker Prize, even though this is not my favorite book of his.

(Photo: Meganisi, Greece)

marleed That background though! 7mo
squirrelbrain Fabulous photo! And good to hear that I have even better books from this author still to read. 7mo
batsy Gorgeous setting! 7mo
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BookwormM I really enjoyed this one and it is definitely on my shortlist 7mo
Megabooks I‘ve never read him, but you‘ve intrigued me! 7mo
BarbaraBB @Megabooks he is so good Meg, I‘m sure you‘d enjoy his books. 7mo
Cinfhen Stunning photo 💕for some reason this book intimidates me but both you and @squirrelbrain make it seem so accessible 7mo
Librarybelle Hooray! 7mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It‘s not difficult at all. It is really beautiful and very accessible 7mo
rmaclean4 Excited to get to this one. I have never read this author before. 7mo
Centique Im so happy to hear its good! I loved Garden of Evening Mist so much 💕 7mo
BarbaraBB @Centique That one is still my favorite ❤️ 7mo
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RamsFan1963
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78/150 An interesting look at one of the pivotal years in American history. While the author does stray from his subject at times, he does detailed work discussing the causes that led to monumental events of 1920, and also discusses the ramifications those events had on future generations. 3 ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
3/15 for #Rushathon (I'm behind my pace) @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 8mo
IMASLOWREADER ohhhh this sounds interesting 8mo
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ravenlee
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Mehso-so

An interesting story told in a disjointed way. The interview transcriptions, testimony or whatever they are, didn‘t seem to fit so early in the book and therefore became distracting. Then they disappeared in the latter portions, where they might have fit better. The “women who pursued him” part of the subtitle is misleading, too, as it mostly refers to Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the assistant US attorney general in charge of Prohibition violations.

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Cinfhen
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My audio hold came in yesterday and I just finished another audio today ( Nanette - still thinking about my feelings on that one) Anyway, I‘m curious to learn about Cornelius, the “Commodore” Vanderbilt and the making of his vast fortune and large brood. Might be able to use for #52Books23 #RoaringTwenties 😁

Lindy Nanette gave me a lot of feelings too. 1y
CBee I‘d listen to Anderson Cooper read the phone book 😊😂 1y
Megabooks I found the parts about his mother most interesting. 👍🏻👍🏻 1y
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Cinfhen So far it‘s a little “dry” @Megabooks feels more like a history book and less like a family story but I still enjoy the gilded age of NY 1y
Cinfhen True @CBee Anderson is great company 🧡 1y
Cinfhen Im really torn over the Hannah Gadsby memoir @Lindy I still need to process my thoughts and feelings 1y
CBee @Cinfhen I‘ve loved him since Channel One news - it was the news channel that was broadcast into schools? He and Lisa Ling were both on it 😊 1y
Megabooks @CBee I was obsessed with them both too. I‘ve been really happy to follow their careers over the years. 1y
CBee @Megabooks oh my gosh you too?? How cool 😊😊😊 I was probably one of the only kids in my homeroom who actually watched the news 😂 1y
vivastory @Megabooks @CBee Channel One 👏👏 1y
CBee @vivastory you too?? YESSSSS 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1y
vivastory @CBee My memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall & the fall of the Soviet Union are largely from Channel 1. My school even had it's own student run version of Channel 1 that would make a segment every quarter, lol 1y
CBee @vivastory nice! I didn‘t have it before junior high so I wouldn‘t have seen the Berlin wall coverage, unfortunately. Wish I had! 1y
Cinfhen I LOVE all this #NerdyNostalgia @Megabooks @vivastory @CBee no Channel 1 in my HS but I can see why the networks and school system would have selected Anderson Cooper & Lisa Ling 😍 1y
CBee @Cinfhen we just sort of took over the comments with our #nerdynostalgia 😂😂 That might be my new favorite hashtag 🤓 1y
Cinfhen I love when a post leads to an entire different sidebar conversation @CBee especially when it‘s #NerdyNostalgia 😜 1y
CBee @Cinfhen bring on all of the #nerdynostalgia 🤓🤓😂😂 1y
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KateReadsYA
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#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
Favorite genre-🤩❤️‍🔥💫💋🖤🧚🏼🧜🏼‍♀️🦋🌹🫖🌠✨️🔮
Fantasy is my favorite because it let's me be somewhere magical, a place that is open to the impossible!
For an enticing read its usually the cover art that does it for me.
*Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

Tagging if you haven't already played @Endowarrior21 @Readergrrl @persephone1408 @chasjjlee @BooksNBowls

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Librarybelle
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Sorry a little late posting, but discussion questions are now up! You‘ll find them on my feed as spoilers, or just search under the title or by #LiteraryCrew .

Anything else to share about the book? I‘m still reading it - having a hard time with Vera! - and I‘ve seen mixed reviews posted. Thanks for joining!

Deblovestoread I didn‘t get to this one … see you in February for The Mercies. Happy New Year! 2y
Librarybelle Happy New Year, @Kdgordon88 ! 2y
KristiAhlers I had a sever love hate with Vera. At times so was so self involved and bratty. 2y
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Crazeedi I started answering, got busy!! 2y
megnews I really liked this book. I think because of the setting and her situation was typical for the time. 2y
BethM I wanted to love this and just didn‘t. 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I bet this one was good!! 2y
PurpleyPumpkin I am still making my way through this one. I started strong, but haven't followed through the last couple of weeks. Boy, the 1920s were rough!😳 2y
Librarybelle @PurpleyPumpkin Totally agree! 2y
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Librarybelle
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6. Mother and daughter relationships factor strongly into this novel. Vera‘s complicated relationship with her mother undergoes a major shift through the course of the story. What do you think accounts for this change? How is Vera‘s relationship with her mother different from Vera‘s relationship with Hannah? From Reading Guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

Crazeedi When everything finally fell apart and she had no man to run to. I think she woke up and saw her mother in a different light 2y
BethM I agree I think she had no other choice. I think she‘s trying to be more emotive with Hannah and had her mother done that maybe things would‘ve been different. 2y
PageShifter I loved to see how she grew up and started to see her mother in different light. We all do our mistakes and we all have to go through relationships with our parents. When we'll be adults we understand that they do mistakes as well. 2y
CarolineLovesToRead I agree with the previous comments. When things went wrong she saw her mother in a different way. Life events will sometimes change the way you look at things. 2y
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Librarybelle
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5. When she was a young girl, Vera‘s father was brutally murdered by the Black Hand Gang, a deadly extortionist group that gave way to the Mafia after it was disbanded in the early twentieth century. How did the murder of her father influence Vera‘s life? From Reading Guide #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

megnews I think classic girl-without-a-father goes for bad boy situation 2y
Crazeedi She didn't have a father role model and I think because her mom took over the company and wasn't there, she was searching for a father figure 2y
BethM I also think that bc she saw her mom work so hard she actively tried to be the opposite. 2y
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