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The Weekend | Charlotte Wood

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This was wonderful - thank you so much for sending it to me! @Caroline2

Jude, Wendy, Sylvie and Adele have been friends for years. After Sylvie dies, the other 3 gather for a weekend, to clear out her house. Sylvie was the glue that held them together, so tensions arise and fractures appear.

I spent the whole time holding my breath, hoping that something terrible wasn‘t going to happen, particularly with the dog, 😬 but still loved it!

willaful Don't know how usefult his is for books but https://www.doesthedogdie.com/ 2d

Suet624 I swear I read this book but I don‘t see that I reviewed it. 🤔 oh, I just looked on Goodreads and I gave it four stars. I felt the same way you did about it. (edited) 2d

Caroline2 Oh good. I‘m glad you liked it too. 👍 2d

squirrelbrain @willaful - that‘s a useful resource! 2d

squirrelbrain @Suet624 - it felt very realistic, didn‘t it? 2d

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bibliothecarivs

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir | Roz Chast

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★★★★★

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Anna40

Out of Time: The Pleasures and the Perils of Ageing | Elaine Showalter, Lynne Segal

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It‘s unfair to say that the book is shallow because Segal‘s research is so extensive.But somehow I missed a certain depth or insight that go beyond you shouldn‘t be afraid of getting old.And although I loved how many authors&literary works she quotes I would have also loved to hear more about what Segal thinks and feels&how she copes with ageing.She does describe this in part but somehow I felt her voice gets lost in all the quotes.

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bibliothecarivs

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir | Roz Chast

p. 47: 'Elizabeth, this is the most beautiful vest in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!'

This panel made me laugh out loud at the coffee shop this morning haha 🦺😍

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bibliothecarivs

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir | Roz Chast

Started this recent acquisition for our personal library

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Robotswithpersonality

Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing | Abigail Thomas

I realized the book I just finished has one of my favourite covers of the books I've read this year, so I rounded up my favourites of 2025 so far. (The year I read them, not the year they're all published. 😅) I'm not surprised that blue-greens are a major component, but I'm also evidently a fan of a mix of bright colour, and singling out orange with green and pink with a bit of yellow. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 Only a couple of the books that feature the gorgeous art they contain (picture books, graphic novels) make this list, because a lot of graphic novels and even picture book covers can be very cluttered in an attempt to showcase what's inside, above are the exceptions that let the art speak for itself, in my opinion. 💚🧡💗💛 (edited) 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing | Abigail Thomas

so-so

Ebbs and flows. The context of the author writing in the early days of the pandemic is useful to frame and reflect upon the writing: One to three page snippets like journal entries, though some appear to be remembrances of her youth told in third person. I say ebbs and flows, because there are passages that flow, profound, charming, frankly honest insights and/or just beautiful writing and there are passages that ebb, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and while it's human that Thomas might get stuck, in a mindset, in a topic, it hampers the previous feeling of fresh moments selected and collected in a memoir of essays.
I enjoyed the tandem reading experience, the audiobook is read by the author, and her meter, her energy, the strength of her voice varies depending on what she is expressing or reflecting upon, occasionally wavers, it provided a particular kind of emphasis.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/3
If you liked Xe Sands' narration of The Echo Wife, I think you'll like this vibe.

⚠️animal death (edited) 2mo

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