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

bailed

I‘m sorry. I just can‘t bring myself to read another sentence. A lot was promised, none of it was delivered.
#CarolynMcVickarEdwards #TheReturnOfTheLight #unpopularopinion #DNF #bail #couldntdoit

GingerAntics Of the 12 stories, only 6 can be readily found independent of the book in any form. Of those 6, three are either misnamed or given the wrong location, and a fourth is heavily changed, to the point of being a different story. The final story is part of Epiphany celebrations in Italy and nothing new to Catholic school pupils who had creative religion teachers. 7d

GingerAntics The “solstice” songs at the end are Christmas carols she changed some of the words to. The activities are slightly augmented Christmas traditions from around the world. She has sources, but even those don‘t come up for half the stories, so she‘s either changed them beyond recognition or combined multiple stories. 7d

kspenmoll Great review! 6d

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GingerAntics

Unschool Yourself First: A Parent’s Gateway to Self-Directed Learning | M.Ed BEAUMONT, Mark

bailed

DNF
This author cites Wikipedia and far-right extremists. His points are valid, but he alienated the vast majority of parents rather quickly. When he started recommending Alex Jones documentaries, I was out.
#MarkBeaumont #UnschoolYourselfFirst #audiobook #busbook #education #dnf #bail

ravenlee 🤢🤮 5mo

ravenlee I read a lot of homeschool books/blogs; or I should say, I try to read a lot. Many of them get slammed shut in just a few pages, but it‘s usually overly religious twaddle that turns me off. 5mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee totally agree. This guy wasn‘t overly religious, luckily. My first red flag was citing Wikipedia. Where the hell did you get your masters, bro? Then far-right dudes. I was out. It was sad, he was doing well besides that. It‘s sad that he doesn‘t realise his arguments against brainwashing are left arguments for homeschooling/unschooling too. Too bad non-Christian kids are the ones actually getting brainwashed. 5mo

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Julsmarshall

Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America | Nicole Eustace

bailed

Maybe me? Maybe not the right time? maybe the book? Whatever the reason, it is a #bail I‘ll try again in the future but in my birthday month, I‘m only reading what I‘m loving. #Roll100

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

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ElizaMarie

20000 Leagues Under the Seas (Extended Illustrated And Annotated Edition) | Jules Verne

Hmm. This might not even get to 20% mark

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

ElizaMarie @dabbe YES !!! Thanks! I have decided it is time to #DNF this one; I had the time/option to use my Kindle on my phone yesterday, and instead of trying to read a chapter of this one, I decided to start a whole new book; this is a “sign“ to #Bail! 9mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata

Next up

KadaGul @TheBookgeekFrau I started to read this book 📖 for Library Challenge. But u couldn't finish. It went sooooo slow. Like if this book 📖 was in a race w/ a snail 🐌 , Snail 🐌 will be a winner 🏆 for sure #SNOOZEFEST #BAIL #CNF 11mo

TheBookgeekFrau @KadaGul I can see your point. But I'm actually enjoying the MC's mindfulness and appreciation of her job. It's exactly the kind of read I need right now. 11mo

TieDyeDude I'm interested in what you think. I enjoyed it, but it was strange. 11mo

TheBookgeekFrau @TieDyeDude It is strange lol - I'm not disliking so far, so we'll see 😁 11mo

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Megabooks

Silence for the Dead | Simone St. James

I started this for #AuthorAMonth when I was in a different place mentally than I‘ve been in the past few days. And I just didn‘t have the bandwidth anymore for a story about WWI soldiers with PTSD. I still have Ghost 19 I‘d like to read, but this is an “it‘s not you; it‘s me” #bail.

Soubhiville

Soubhiville Totally understand, I bailed on her as well. I hope you‘re ok. 1y

Megabooks @Soubhiville thanks 🫶🏻💜 I‘m working on it! 1y

squirrelbrain Ghost 19 is very short, I think, so might be a better option. 1y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain I think so because I have liked others by her. Plus I have it on audio! 👍🏻 1y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain ended up reading Ghost 19 as a break while listening to The New Jim Crow. I still haven‘t liked any St. James as much as

The Sun Down Motel

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Megabooks

The Secret Talker: A Novel | Geling Yan

I am more than halfway into this book and soooo confused! #bail I did take a cool picture of it at my dad‘s doctor appointment though!

Sorry I‘ve been inconsistently here. I‘ve been fighting migraines for the last week, and screens are a big trigger. But how can you not occasionally look?? I have an appointment with a neurologist next week, and I hope she can help. I went from 1 migraine day a month to about 7 per month in the last few months.

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

JamieArc I Hope you find answers and relief! 1y

TheBookgeekFrau Fellow headache sufferer (not always migraines, but baaaadddd) 🙋🏻‍♀️ Hope you get some answers 🙏🏼 1y

Soubhiville Oh no, I‘m sorry you‘ve been feeling rough. I hope you find out what‘s going on. 1y

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willaful Good luck! 1y

dabbe Sending hugs and hope you get some answers and relief! 🤗🤗🤗 1y

LiteraryinPA I hope she can help too! 1y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hope you feel better ❤️‍🩹 1y

Ruthiella Hope you get some relief soon! ❤️ 1y

BarbaraBB I noticed you were suffering from migraines more often lately, but not THAT often. So sorry for you. I hope you‘ll find some answers soon 💕 (edited) 1y

Cinfhen Ugh!! Migraines are SOOOO debilitating😫but meds really work!! I hope you find relief & answers. Awesome photo - too bad book was a bust. It‘s a cool cover 😍 1y

youneverarrived I hope you get some answers 💕💕 1y

DaveGreen7777 Hope you get some relief from your migraines soon! 🙏 1y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I‘m hoping I find a medicine that works!! 🫶🏻 I‘m sorry you get them too @TheBookgeekFrau 💜💜💜 1y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB the last few months have been really rough. All through my 30s I had 1 day a month max. The past few months I‘ve been felled for entire weeks. Need to get to the bottom of it!! 1y

Megabooks @JamieArc @Soubhiville @willaful @dabbe @LiteraryinLawrence @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Ruthiella @youneverarrived @DaveGreen7777 thanks for your checking in and your kind thoughts!! I‘m hopeful about my appointment and glad to be headache free today and yesterday!! 1y

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mrsmarch

The Once and Future Witches | Alix E. Harrow

Yeah, no. Language is way too flowery, and the book‘s pace suffers as a result #bookspin #bail #dnf

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Cinfhen

Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller

Despite the gorgeous cover, I can‘t go on with this book. When 4/5 every adults are cruel monsters & I find there‘s nothing “enjoyable” on the pages, I feel good calling it quits. Nope, NOT FOR ME 👎🏼 #DNF #BAIL #NoRegrets need to find a new audio ….

Megabooks, Clwojick

Megabooks Good choice! I should‘ve bailed too. This was definitely a disappointment. 3y

Cinfhen I was reading because it‘s on the #WomensPrizeLongList @Megabooks but it‘s not worth torturing myself 3y

Clwojick 😂😂 I didn‘t realize the reviews for this one were so bad! The only reason I‘m reading it is since it on the Reese Book Club list, and I decided to read the backlist. 3y

Cinfhen It‘s a real hit or miss on Litsy @Clwojick 😬I‘m obviously in the MISS category/ lmk if you pick it up!! 3y

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TheBee

Invisible City | Julia Dahl

bailed

This book was unfortunately very underwhelming for me. I decided to bail. Just couldn‘t bring myself to finish it.
#nyc #brooklyn #hasidic #mystery #bail

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