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Just went for a swim, and now I‘m heading home to read this one before the storm sets in. Chosen for #booked2023 #aboutapandemic

I read 5 books for #booked2023 during the second quarter of the year. My Calamity Jane was alright, but my least favorite of the bunch.

1 My Calamity Jane #AnyPartOfATrilogy

3 Last Night at the Telegraph Club #QuietYABook

4 I See You #BookDescribedWithTheWordsStretchTwistOrBalance

5 Station Eleven. #AboutAPandemic

11 The Lost Summers of Newport #SetIn2plusTimePeriods

@cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae

#doublespin @TheAromaofBooks
#52bookclub2023 #bookwithsubtitle

Would work for #booked2023 #aboutapandemic, because he observes the local birds on his lockdown walks, and it's a rather uplifting book.

@Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @LeeRHarry @Bluebird @Deblovestoread @RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain

This started out really strong and even though I was able to put together big pieces of the puzzle early on, I was really invested in how the story would conclude. I was hoping for a more dynamic second half but I still enjoyed this story of a writer obsessed with a long ago unsolved murder. The inclusion of Covid added to the intensity and made for interesting plot twists. Really entertaining.

I think it may have been @BarbaraTheBibliophage who put this on my #ReadersRadar - LOVING IT 😍
Covers many prompts and challenges #Booked2023 #SunshineNoir #AboutAPandemic #ReadingtheAmericas23 #Argentina #52Books23 #Alliteration #CoverCrush

I really enjoyed this. Not a ground breaking literary event, but fast paced thriller that has you thinking about all the connections. I‘ve enjoyed all this authors so far.
#booked2023 #aboutapandemic

The authors clearly convey the fear and confusion at all levels, from passengers to corporations to governments that occurred at the start of the pandemic. It's a well-written piece of history but hard to read in places. #FabulousFebruary @Andrew65 #Booked2023 #AboutAPandemic @alisiakae @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Firstly, the lack of a ‘?‘ is driving me mad!

4 people are at a wedding when one of the guests enters a catatonic state and refuses to move. Soon, this starts to spread around the world and becomes another pandemic.

This was really a contemporary ‘romance‘ novel, with the pandemic on its edges. There wasn‘t enough depth to that side of it, and the reasons behind the catatonia (mental illness, a voluntary response to the climate crisis?) ⬇️

How to describe this book? It‘s a book about sentences (not just made of words), about dictionaries, about loads of books (will be going down a rabbit hole with those LISTS!). About ghosts, about confronting the past, about deciding to LIVE. It covers the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, indigenous respect and ritual, love, loss, everything. I LOVED IT. Thank you, @Sapphire 😊 Your list gave me the push to finally read this ♥️