Sundaybuddyread

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

I had really spotty coverage Friday through this morning so I‘ll be catching up on posts, #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD discussion from yesterday, #FreebieFriday spin winner, etc.
I have a ton of posts over the past 3-4 days to read through from this lovely community.

#BakerStreetIrregulars #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #SeasonalCozies #LitsyLove

TheBookHippie, StayCurious, julieclair

TheBookHippie 🙃 1d

julieclair I need to get started on

Crocodile on the Sandbank

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Librarybelle

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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This quiet, unassuming novel is beautifully written and tells the story of Zorrie. Zorrie sees tragedy, heartbreak, but also joy and love. Her community is one of acceptance and caring, and Hunt‘s writing makes their quirks come to life. The narrative may be short in length, but the pages pack a punch. #SundayBuddyRead

#52BookClub24 #LowercaseLettersOnTheSpine

Kristy_K, LaraReads, KarenUK, Hooked_on_books, BarkingMadRead, Crazeedi, brittanyreads, TheBookHippie, Graciouswarriorprincess, Magpiegem, BookBelle84, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, MidnightBookGirl, triplem80, Tove_Reads, slategreyskies, Read4life, Bluebird, kwmg40, BarbaraBB, eeclayton, hissingpotatoes, Book_Lover95, TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie ♥️ 1d

Read4life Wonderful review! I‘m loving this one. 1d

Kristy_K Great review! 1d

Librarybelle Thank you, @Read4life @Kristy_K ! 22h

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Zorrie | Laird Hunt

The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD 2024

2024 schedule https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/2024-sunday-buddy-read/

Everyone Welcome

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TheBookHippie

The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

Up next for MAY 🎉🎈🧁

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Everyone welcome!

It‘s my birthday month and I LOVE Dorothy Parker so here‘s hoping it‘s good!

vlwelser I'm ordering this from the library as soon as I finish Zorrie. 2d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 🤞🏻 2d

vlwelser And it's on Hoopla. Score. 2d

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TheBookHippie @vlwelser 🎉🎉🎉 2d

mcctrish I‘ve got my copy, once again Book Outlet for the win 2d

AmyG Yay! 2d

DebinHawaii Got mine & I‘m ready! 🎉 2d

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CoffeeNBooks

Untitled | Unknown

#WeeklyForecast:
📚 Stray City #BookSpin
📚 Naughty in Nice #DoubleSpin
🎧 Resurrection Walk
📚 How to Find Love in a Bookshop #ReadOrDonate
📚 Zorrie #SundayBuddyRead

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TheBookHippie

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Now we finish it 🧡

I‘m glad for the slow pace to really take this in. It‘s quite beautiful.

I thank you for joining me in Sundays 🧡

Any clue how this ends?!

Librarybelle This is so beautiful. I‘m glad we‘re reading this! 2d

AmyG No clue. I love this story. So simple and beautiful. 2d

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle Me too. It‘s zen. 2d

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TheBookHippie @AmyG what a reward after last month!!! 2d

vlwelser It's soothing. Especially after that last slog. 2d

IndoorDame The slow pace seems so essential for this, and I‘m sure I would have rushed through it on my own! 2d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I think it‘s so essential. We for sure are getting the best experience. 🧡 2d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 😬👀♥️ 2d

BarkingMadRead Lived this, it was so beautiful! 2d

mcctrish Again I agree with you @IndoorDame this really needs to be savoured and I don‘t think I‘d be doing that on my own 2d

kspenmoll Like everyone else, I feel this story, its telling & its writing is gorgeous. 2d

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll It is definitely a feels book. It‘s so beautiful. 2d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead It‘s just so lovely. 2d

DebinHawaii It has a stark beauty to it & I have no idea what will happen, but I am enjoying the slow journey with it. 💚 2d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I do love the pace of it all. 2d

Sargar114 The writing is lovely. It‘s not one I would have picked up normally, but I‘m sure glad I have. I feel like I‘m still missing a lot but couldn‘t imagine how much I would be missing without the discussions and stopping! 2d

julieclair I wonder if this book actually will have an "ending", or if it will just kind of fade off, in a "life goes on" manner. 2d

TheBookHippie @julieclair I am wondering the same thing....... it's okay with me if it just fades out but I prefer that as opposed to neat and tidy. 2d

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TheBookHippie

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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Ruby dies…

Caves …

The aunts affect on Zorries life..

And NOW WHAT ???!

Librarybelle Looking forward to seeing how the rest goes! 2d

vlwelser Looking forward to seeing where this goes. 2d

mcctrish I found the cave thing strange, what would you say Opal is suffering from? Autism came to mind with the caves because she needed to shut out stimuli 2d

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TheBookHippie @mcctrish I‘m not sure. People anywhere on the spectrum were institutionalized. I remember nursing clinical we had so many PKU patients. I wonder if it‘s something I‘m not thinking of. Women were institutionalized quicker so 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

mcctrish @TheBookHippie women sure were 2d

AmyG @mcctrish I am curious what Opal is sufferring from, too. I am also wondering if maybe she doesn‘t have schizophrenia too. Who knows? 2d

mcctrish @AmyG I don‘t know about mental illness 2d

DebinHawaii I feel like I want to know more of Opal‘s story too. It will be interesting to see how it all ends up. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

Sargar114 Wasn‘t there a mention of a house fire or a suicide attempt early on and that‘s why they put her in an institution? 2d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 House fire. 2d

Sargar114 @TheBookHippie and she set it right? I guess the question was intent and that may be hard to know 2d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 So they say but 🤷🏻‍♀️ it wasn‘t clear why. 2d

julieclair Ruby's death.... 💔 It feels like both Zorrie and Noah are lost orphans now. 2d

TheBookHippie @julieclair And so alone!! 2d

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TheBookHippie

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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A new record player- lol PAT BOONE🎶🤭
Blueberries
And a visit to Opal
Opal
Talking to Noah about it
He knew she would go …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logansport_State_Hospital

https://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/state-psychiatric-hospitals/logansport-state-hospit...

https://www.visitindiana.com/listing/longcliff-museum/626/

https://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/state-psychiatric-hospitals/logansport-state-hospit...

Librarybelle Part of me was surprised she visited Opal, but then a part of me was not. She‘s been curious about Opal for years, and knowing her is a way to know Noah. 2d

AmyG I found her visit to Opal surprising and quite fascinating….wondering where this leads. 2d

vlwelser I thought this was a bit creepy tbh. It seems out of character for her to be nosy like this. But I get that Noah intrigues her. 2d

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IndoorDame I can‘t decide if she just needed to satisfy her curiosity so she can move forward with Noah, or if she actually plans to go back and keep Opal as a figure in her life in some fashion 2d

BarkingMadRead This was so odd to me, I guess he was doing something nice for Noah by being nice to Opal? Still. Really weird 2d

mcctrish @Librarybelle I feel this way too and that her whole chosen family has passed away, she adding another circle to hers. Maybe to make sure Opal is happy there? I wouldn‘t doubt Zorrie would bring her home and take care of her if she wasn‘t (edited) 2d

mcctrish @vlwelser I was expecting the home to be a nightmare possibly because of Noah being banned from visiting 2d

Librarybelle @mcctrish I could see Zorrie doing that! 2d

Karisa Wow! That building is impressive and looks also oppressive. The Opal part was just so sad and knowing that Noah has only visited once! 😢 I felt like hitting him—even if he‘d been told that once you‘d think after so long he‘d say forget it! Go to see her monthly at least… Feels like he‘s just using it to justify his avoidance. I‘m sure I‘m not being fair but jeez… 2d

TheBookHippie @Karisa I felt the SAME WAY!!! 2d

DebinHawaii I wonder at her motives for visiting Opal. Does Zorrie even know what they are? I do like that she was nice to Opal. And yes, Noah not visiting in all that time is strange but it does seem like he hides from things & doesn‘t deal with them or talk about them. 2d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I agree, he just shrinks. 2d

Sargar114 @DebinHawaii I wonder if some of her visit was because she cares for Noah and his family and this is someone he cares for and since his family is passing not sure who else will take care of Opal. I got the impression that Noah struggled with mental health issues, so agree @TheBookHippie shrinking is an apt description. His mom always took care of the emergencies so he doesn‘t know what to do. 2d

julieclair I was totally surprised when she visited Opal. I wonder if she will continue going to visit her? 2d

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TheBookHippie

Zorrie | Laird Hunt

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Hello ghost girl
Janie dies
The cemetery all the other girls
Still glowing
So she knows
And wonders the affects on her
She keeps the box
Doesn‘t bury it
What?!?!

Librarybelle I almost yelled at her for not disposing of the box! 2d

AmyG I wondered if that comes into play with Zorrie. Was she there long enough? Did she take enough radium? (edited) 2d

TheBookHippie @AmyG I wonder that as well. 2d

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vlwelser This part was so sad. All I can think of during the radium parts is Marie Curie. 2d

IndoorDame When she asked Marie about the miscarriages I kept wondering if Marie was trying to make her feel better, if she really hadn‘t been there long enough for it to effect her, if that‘s what they thought at the time…? I mean today they tell you not to eat raw fish and unpasteurized cheese and a thousand other things, they would definitely frown on Luna powder 2d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser Oh I do as well. It‘s on my mind during these parts. I read her daughter‘s book on her it‘s very good … 2d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I am wondering as well. 2d

BarkingMadRead I would have buried the box! I don‘t know if she was there long enough, but taking some with her and using it while pregnant couldn‘t possibly help 2d

mcctrish Would putting the radium in the ground on a farm actually be a good idea? I think Marie was being kind but honestly does she know? I have to think ingesting radium ended her pregnancy, did it cause all the other miscarriages 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have to say the jaw cancer absolutely horrifies me, the description of it just disintegrating 😲 (edited) 2d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘ve no idea. Has to be sealed and all kinds of things correct? The sounds of the affects on all of them, so so heartbreaking. 2d

Karisa It feels horrible that the box of radium is still lurking. @mcctrish 😱 You‘re right! Burying it doesn‘t seem good either 2d

mcctrish @Karisa should have been left at the watch factory, it was almost funny how much work place theft happened #karma 😬 2d

kspenmoll Oops I resounded to this in the previous post. So heartbreaking. 2d

DebinHawaii It definitely brought all the feelings of The Radium Girls back. 😳🥺😫😭😡 I agree, I want to to get rid of the box but I have no idea how she could do that safely @mcctrish I agree burying it on the farm doesn‘t seem good. I am hoping she wasn‘t there long enough for more health issues than the miscarriages for Zorrie but it‘s hard to know with the ingesting of it. Truly heartbreaking @kspenmoll 😢 2d

Karisa @mcctrish Except for us teachers, we take things from home to bring to school🙃😂 2d

TheBookHippie @Karisa WORD. 2d

mcctrish @Karisa absolutely #nothingtostealhere 2d

Sargar114 Such a heartbreaking moment. I‘m glad she got to touch base with Marie though. 💔 2d

julieclair I couldn't figure out why she wanted to keep the box. It just made no sense to me. 2d

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