WeekEndReads

Nice to see the river open again. And a duck!
More 🇨🇦 #Canlit 🇨🇦 for my #weekendreads.
Print: Streets of Riches (1957) by Gabrielle Roy
Audio: Beautiful Losers (1966) by Leonard Cohen. (This one is challenging. 😬)
@rachelsbrittain

eclectic-reader Hi, Margot 👋 I hope you are doing well 1d

merelybookish @eclectic-reader Hey Scott!! I'm doing okay. How are you? 23h

eclectic-reader @merelybookish I'm okay; it's been a strange winter: political turmoil, waylaid by covid & blizzards & then had to move in February. Settling into spring now. Def enjoying the calm. 20h

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eclectic-reader Also, I'm curious why you say the Cohen is challenging. Is it the format or the content? I love him as a singer, but I haven't read any of his novels. I can see how some of his novels might not work so well, though... 19h

merelybookish @eclectic-reader Agree it has not been an easy winter for lots of reasons! Hope you like your new place. Is it still in NKC? As for the Cohen....well ... It's postmodern and so difficult to follow (allusive, plot-less, meandering, etc.) AND sexually explicit to the extreme. Every sexual act, organ,and conquest is described at length. Repeatedly. It's A LOT!! 🤣 18h

eclectic-reader I hope that your family is doing okay. I'm still in the same area, I moved only a few minutes away from my old place. The Cohen does sound like a lot. I think I had one of his novels on my shelves, don't think I'll bother.
Although the following isn't really explicit, it was certainly a very unusual and intense novel by a singer

And the Ass Saw the Angel

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sebrittainclark

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com | Kimberly Lemming

#ebook: Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert
#audiobook: I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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TheSpineView

Pucking Sweet | Emily Rath

#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Hope to finish both of these books today.

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melissajayne

The House in the Cerulean Sea | Tj Klune

My #weekendreads; I am taking a break from Homecoming for a few days because I have to get The House in the Cerulean Sea completed and reviewed by Wednesday afternoon for my Wednesday evening library #bookclub meeting.

rachelsbrittain

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DieAReader

Ice Cold | Tess Gerritsen

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#Wardens2025 #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 #BookSpin (February🥶) #WeekendReading #WeekendReads

😬😥Gripping!

CoverToCoverGirl, Andrew65, rachelsbrittain, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2d

Andrew65 Well, done 🎉🎊🎉 I need to get back to this series. Think read first 4 or 5. 2d

DieAReader @Andrew65 💖😁This is def one of my faves so far. 2d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1d

DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks 💖💖💖 20h

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DieAReader

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Life and Times of Warren Zevon | Crystal Zevon

#WeekendReads #WeekendReading

CoverToCoverGirl, Andrew65, rachelsbrittain, GHABI4ROSES

Andrew65 Looks a good weekend 😍 3d

DieAReader @Andrew65 😁An excellent one so far. Just finished ‘Ice Cold‘✅ (edited) 2d

Andrew65 @DieAReader Brilliant 🎉🎊🎉 2d

DieAReader @Andrew65 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 2d

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rachelsbrittain

Buffalo Hunter Hunter | Stephen Graham Jones

#WeekendReads

willaful Six of Crows and probably nothing else! It's a longie. 1w

rachelsbrittain @willaful Six of Crows is a great one! 1w

llwheeler Ooh I cannot wait for Amal El-Mohtar's book!! 1w

rachelsbrittain @llwheeler it's so good! 7d

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CSeydel

Once Upon a River | Diane Setterfield

#weekendreads

rachelsbrittain

CBee What are you thinking of Once Upon…. ? I have it languishing on my shelves. 1w

CSeydel @CBee I‘m enjoying it! It‘s a slow burn getting started, but if you enjoy atmospheric descriptions and a sort of desultory approach to plot, I think you‘ll find it rewarding 1w

CSeydel I guess what I mean is that she has all these seemingly unrelated characters who eventually get involved in the same event, so she‘s telling each of their plot threads in turn, and it can be a little disorienting, like, what does this have to do with anything? That was one complaint at book club… but overall people thought it was well written and the suspense paid off. 1w

CBee @CSeydel I‘ll eventually get around to reading it for sure then 😊 1w

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