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ShyBookOwl
Two Sides to Every Murder | Danielle Valentine
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Reading this one for my Final Girl book club. So far, a very fun teen-scream with which to kick off June 🔦 🏕 🔪

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Pickpick

What an excellent memoir of a year in the life of an amazing author! Doerr won the Rome Prize, an expense paid year in Rome to write and for his family to live there with him. He‘s clearly working on All the Light We Cannot See while there, but this memoir is also a result. He writes about his four seasons in Rome. I only spent a week there, but I was able to picture most everything he described and it was absolutely wonderful “re-living” it. ⬇️

Texreader But it‘s more than that. He relates his wife‘s and his experience with newborn twins. And their experiences as new parents are so very real, with the added twist of being in a country where they don‘t speak the language. He describes being so close to the Vatican when Pope John Paul died and witnessing the grief and then the joy of a new pope. I loved living vicariously through Doerr. An excellent read. Five stars. #Italy #Jubilee #foodandlit 7d
AmyG Twins….in a country with no family for help….challenging, for sure. 7d
LeslieO Great review! I read this in 2008 and loved it. 7d
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🇮🇹❤️ 5d
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Texreader
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The author quotes this common phrase toward the end of this memoir about his year in Rome. So incredibly true. I ♥️ this book. Review to come. #foodandlit #Italy #Jubilee @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 🇮🇹❤️ 1w
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett
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Captivating, engrossing tale of how seemingly simple choice and secrets can shape lives so different that they don't seem to be connected at all.

#BookChain2025 #CoverClashes @TheAromaofBooks
#LitsyAtoZ #V @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #Crocus @Lauredhel

Texreader 🤩 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Kris10H
Nothing to See Here | Kevin Wilson
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this story. I've never read another one like it. It is unusual yet relatable, and I think that I could pick the book up in a few years and feel like I am coming back to visit old friends.

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Texreader
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I‘ve decided to listen to this audiobook while also listening to Dickens‘ Little Dorrit audiobook depending on my mood. This one is short and I miss Italy. I also need to read another #Italy book for #foodandlit as we celebrate #Jubilee all year long! @Catsandbooks I also need a #letterF for #litsyatoz

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Decalino
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Pickpick

I read this book for book club--it's actually the community reads pick for Lexington for June. A gripping account of one family's nightmare when the father and youngest son leave for their daily walk and only the son, a non-speaking 14-year-old diagnosed with autism and Angelman's syndrome, returns home, clearly in distress. Narrated by his older sister Mia, this book explores family, happiness, disability and the mystery of the minds of others.

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IriDas
Girl's Best Friend | Leslie Margolis
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Pickpick

This was such a fun read. Great little mystery with well-developed (for the reading level) characters, a cross between two of my childhood favorites: Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy. Recommended reading for 4th through 7th grade. I‘ve enjoyed it so much that I‘m going to look for the next book at my library.

#childrensliterature
#schoollibraries

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kwmg40
The Girls | Lori Lansens
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A fictional story about conjoined twins growing up in Ontario, Canada. Despite the strangeness of the premise, the author makes the girls' lives seem ordinary (but still interesting) and relatable.

#OhCanada @Jess861
#gottacatchemall (Whimsicott: pastel coloured cover) @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🩷🩷 3w
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IriDas
Girl's Best Friend | Leslie Margolis
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I have spent the last several months working with K-8 students using school libraries as my “office.” I have definitely rediscovered my love for children‘s books. I‘m seriously considering switching to children‘s collections for my Master‘s.

This book is pretty good, so far. I got about a quarter of the way through today because all my second graders were independent minded and told me to bugger off while they worked. :D

#childrensliterature

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