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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5d
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BarbaraBB
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@Billypar ‘s review made me pick this one up and I wasn‘t disappointed. Short stories about food are totally my thing! It‘s short and delicious and it‘s not about caviar 😉

quietlycuriouskate That cover image is all kinds of horrible! 🤢 1w
BarbaraBB @quietlycuriouskate Yes and it doesn‘t fit the book at all. 1w
Billypar Glad you liked the collection! The stories are so wild and varied, and yes @quietlycuriouskate not at all like the cover. In fact, the combo of the cover and blurb suggests this is a much different kind of story collection: I wonder how many people picked it up expecting food-related erotica and were disappointed? 1w
Flaneurette I got this cheap on kindle recently because I really liked Being Dead by this author. Glad to see you enjoyed this one! 1w
BarbaraBB @Flaneurette I‘ve had Arcadia on my shelves for years but still haven‘t read it. I now feel encouraged to do so! I liked Being Dead too! (edited) 1w
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DebinHawaii
At the Library | Christine Loomis
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Spent a peaceful couple of hours at the library & library bookstore this morning. The New Books shelf always draws me in first. 📚📚📚

Library morning,
Unread stories call to me,
New Books shelf beckons

JenlovesJT47 My happy place 💚💚💚 2w
TheSpineView I love going to the library. I don't do it enough. 2w
dabbe Your words brought the library to life! 💛🐝🖤 2w
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AnnCrystal 🤩 Pure serenity 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. (edited) 2w
bellabella Looks like hours of well-spent time!! 2w
TheBookHippie Yes!! I adore the library! 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Always the new shelf first! 👍💛💛💛 2w
Eggs Library time is heaven🌟✨☀️ 2w
Reggie This was me yesterday! Nice haiku. 2w
lil1inblue Makes me want to go right now! 💛 💛 💛 2w
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GatheringBooks
The Book of Embraces | Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage, Mark Schafer
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#Bibliophile Day 16: #SetInSoAmerica #SetInSouthAmerica - Galeano would always be one of my fave South American writers. My full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hRd

Eggs Beautiful 🥰 2w
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ImperfectCJ
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The characters are definitely characters, and Paley's dialogue is quite colorful, which makes this book of short stories something of an experience, even as I found it difficult to discern what the heck was going on at times.

This was a #Roll100 title from January.

PuddleJumper 😻😻 3w
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JulietteReadsALot
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3.75/5
While I prefer Foster and Small Things Like These, these three short stories are still very representative of Keegan's writing style: well-written story which slowly but surely sucks you in.

monalyisha Same! 3w
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ImperfectCJ
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After a frustrating day, I'm going to follow Camille's lead (although I'm going to try to finish one story from the tagged before I lose consciousness)(and I likely won't fall asleep perched on the back of the sofa).

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4w
MemoirsForMe Camille has the right idea! 😻Wishing you better days ahead 4w
Leftcoastzen 👏😻 4w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sweet Camille 🐾 3w
dabbe #coziestCamille 🖤🐾🖤 3w
BookmarkTavern An elegant lady! And just the right idea! 3w
Darklunarose Cats always have the right idea😻 3w
ImperfectCJ @Darklunarose Maybe this means I should knock more stuff off of counters. 🤣 3w
Darklunarose @ImperfectCJ well it‘s worth a try 🤣 3w
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IMASLOWREADER
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yep one on kindle one physical and one as audiobook… #audiophile #readinglife

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Pinta
Yeoyu - Europa | Han Kang
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Mehso-so

Need & desire in an unlikely, fragile friendship. Reluctant trust, identity, vulnerability, recovery in two outsiders finding each other. Rather gentle for Han Kang. Trans. 2019

13 “Her songs slid the bolt from across my heart and my craving stepped out into that dark, run-down alley to look me straight in the eye.”
28 “The majority of people live out their lives with much the same color and form, but some change their bodies several times over.”

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Billypar
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This collection of 64 very short stories centered around food may be my favorite of the year. The longest story (and inspiration for the outrageous cover 👄😂) is 10 pages, but most are 1-3, with a few flash fiction appetizers of a paragraph, and one that is 2 words. The stories are all somewhat dark but run the gamut in other ways: funny, gross, magical, disturbing. Crace's humor and gifts for elevating his spare prose is the main course 🍳🍇🍎🍴

Billypar And one other strange thing: this is the only story collection I've read where the stories are numbered rather than named. No idea why 🤷‍♂️ 1mo
BarbaraBB This sounds right up my alley! Stacking! 1mo
Tamra I‘m intrigued! 1mo
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sarahbarnes Woah, that cover. Sounds very interesting though! 4w
Billypar @BarbaraBB Yes, I definitely think you'll enjoy this one! 4w
Billypar @Tamra It sat on my shelf for at least two years somehow - I wish I picked it up sooner. 4w
Billypar @sarahbarnes On the train to work, I noticed myself angling it away from other passengers 😳 4w
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