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LapReader
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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I think the sun is going down on my last summery day 😭 so I am sitting on my balcony reading about books and drinking a birthday bottle. I think the tagged book will be the one I take to the Sydney Writer‘s Festival this year to read. Turns out my parents will be in old Sydney town for dad‘s drs appointments to do with his accident not this January but the last so we will catch up for dinner both nights and they have booked the same hotel as me.

TrishB Sounds like a plan. Love your glass ❤️ 4d
LapReader Thankyou @TrishB It was a gift from an old man whose wife I work with. She is way past retirement. I don‘t have a license so he would drive me home from work once a week in exchange for the use of my sauna as it helped with his emphysema which he died of eventually. They were his mother‘s and so delicate. I cherish them. Very generous people. 4d
TrishB Oh that‘s a lovely story too (sad but lovely!). Beautiful and good memories. 4d
CarolynM This was such an interesting book. I‘ve been thinking about it a lot since Suzanne‘s daughter‘s book has been out🙂 1d
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Susanita
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For a few years I made a concerted effort to watch as many of the nominees as possible, but even with that I only managed 30/116; some were pretty memorable though.
1. Philomena 😭
2. Lion😭
3. Get Out 😱
4. Barbie 🩷🩷

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024

#TLT

dabbe I'm ashamed I have stunk since the 2000s! Loved #3. #s 1, 2, and 4 are on the TBW list. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
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Karisimo
Family Family: A Novel | Laurie Frankel
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 3w
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AileenRR
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Super absorbing multi-generational story. LOVED IT! Except for the ending. As usual, I wanted an epilogue.

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BoleyBooks
The Love of My Life | Rosie Walsh
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shawnmooney
Lucky Boy | Shanthi Sekaran
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staci.reads
Family Family: A Novel | Laurie Frankel
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It's a story about families and all the messy and beautiful ways they are formed. This was a quick read, and while I am conflicted about India, the mc, I loved the kids and their voices. This was my March #Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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LibrarianRyan
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4.5 ⭐This book is beautiful. This is a book for a non-biological child. Reiterating that while they may not have been birthed but they were wanted, waited for, and anxious to be met in the world. The illustrations are lovely they go right with the story, and this is sure to be one kids will read and parents will read to their children for years if not generations to come.

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LibrarianRyan
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5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book starts with a child asking their parent to tell them about the night they were born. it goes through the child being born and picked up and how special it was because the child is adopted. This helps normalize adoption. It‘s not a scary thing, it‘s what it is, and it‘s its own special view of how you came into the world. There are fabulous illustrations, and this is a forever classic by Jayme Lee Curtis.

#Celebrityauthor.

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thecheckoutstack
Family Family: A Novel | Laurie Frankel
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I loved this book just like I loved Laurie Frankel‘s last novel. She paints such compelling and honest portraits of families.