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The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice | Carolyn McVickar Edwards

Wait, these are retellings? So she‘s using other cultures‘ stories from her own perspective? Gods help me. She is losing me FAST! Clearly she can‘t fathom that anyone would be welcoming the dark. Oh no. That‘s not her perspective so it doesn‘t exist here. 🙄
#CarolynMcVickarEdwards #TheReturnOfTheLight #retelling #misappropriation #annoying

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BarbaraJean

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

So… the murderer in this book is described as “neither young nor beautiful,” and she weighs “over 70 kilos.” And an earlier comment says: “It‘s a miracle that someone that fat could con so many people into wanting to marry her!”

I never remember the kilo to pound ratio, so I looked it up. 154 pounds. She weighs over 154 pounds. That‘s how “fat” she is. 😳😐🙄

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Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

julesG Doesn't sound like much to me, unless she's very short. 7mo

Amiable 😖 7mo

BarbaraBB That isn‘t even much for a Japanese I think. Very annoying those things. 7mo

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Megabooks Definitely not fat! #annoying 🙄 7mo

Hooked_on_books There were some bits of fat-shaming for not fat people in this book that irked me. But when it starts with the main character, keep with it, is all I‘ll say. 🫢 7mo

squirrelbrain How annoying! Intrigued by your comment though @Hooked_on_books 7mo

Suet624 The way she talks about how little women eat there, I assume that weight is more than most. 7mo

Aimeesue 😳 7mo

dabbe 😱 7mo

BarbaraJean @JulesG @BarbaraBB @Suet624 I'm sure there's a cultural component going on with Japanese standards of beauty, but I was very taken aback with seeing this particular number! @Hooked_on_books I'm into Chapter Two now... I keep thinking the emphasis on weight has faded into the background and then there will be another offhanded “fat“-shaming comment. 🙄 But the story has me hooked! 7mo

Ruthiella I just read the first chapter where it states she‘s 5 foot five inches. 150 lbs is not fat at this height, IMO. 7mo

julesG @Ruthiella had to translate that into the metric system. So she's 165 centimetres and 70 kilograms. 7mo

BarbaraBB I am taken aback too, I can‘t imagine someone writing that today. I‘ll read the book next week. 7mo

monkeygirlsmama Listening to this a #audiobook right now and I did the same thing. And, yeah, pretty cheeky concept, but it is Japan so it makes sense they focus on thin as beautiful. 7mo

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Sweat: A History of Exercise | Bill Hayes

Can I just complain about these DNFs for a moment?

Bill, if sports AREN‘T exercise because there is a winner and loser, then why is boxing exercise? Your dad‘s handball games are exercise, so why not my tennis? #StupidDichotomy #annoying

I swear if they debated whether to call the police over the missing rare book one more time, I was going to toss my phone into a wall. Well, I can‘t afford a new phone, so I bailed. 🙅🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Cinfhen

TrishB Love it ❤️ 3y

Cathythoughts Complaints duly noted 👍😆 3y

squirrelbrain Oh dear! 😬 3y

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MicheleinPhilly Sports aren‘t exercise??? Good grief. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3y

kspenmoll I too bailed on

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections: A Novel

Megabooks @TrishB 😘 3y

Megabooks @Cathythoughts sometimes you just can‘t let it slide! 😉😂 3y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain not my favs 😒 (edited) 3y

Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly it was such a weird line to draw and then he kept getting his own dichotomy confused…just ridiculous! 3y

Megabooks @kspenmoll they were still dithering about whether to call the police 41% in, and I was just bored. 🥱 Glad you felt the same! (But sorry we wasted time…) 3y

MicheleinPhilly It‘s just such a bizarre opinion. I can assure you that Megan Rapinoe gets more exercise in 90 minutes on the pitch than I get in like 6 months. 3y

Ruthiella Excellent ranting! 👍😂 3y

Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly it was more that he was calling it “exercise” if it were for the sole purpose of getting sweaty and building muscle. 🤷🏻‍♀️ so would Megan‘s weight or drill days count as exercise but not her games? Honestly, the whole thing was just forced. I didn‘t care for his insights nor were his ideas of interest to me. And I really could‘ve done without the picture of his dad‘s sweaty chest hair in the sauna. 🥵🤢 3y

Megabooks @Ruthiella thanks!! 3y

Cinfhen Geez!! These two books sound BAD!! #AllHailTheBail 🙌🏻♥️ 3y

janeycanuck @kspenmoll @Megabooks Oh no… I just picked Department of Rare Books up from the library and was so excited for it… 3y

Megabooks @janeycanuck someone else just gave it an amazing review, so give it a shot. You can always bail! 3y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I didn‘t enjoy either for sure! 3y

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queerbookreader

Ghostbusters | Nancy Holder

I got the novelization of the Ghostbusters reboot film today! Totally forgot I put it on hold so it was a welcome surprise ☺️

I think this is one of those new weird shaped paperbacks that are taller than regular ones? But are still just as skinny? This is the first time I've ever dicked around with one this size. What was the point of resizing paperbacks? honestly

MarriedtoMrT The only reason I can tell is so they don‘t fit in the paperback spinner racks at work. #annoying 7y

xicanti An editor once told me bookstore owners like them because they retail at a higher price point than regular mmpbs and you can fit just as many of them on a shelf, so they made good economic sense. This is also why trade paperbacks got so popular about twenty years ago. 7y

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