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Librarybelle
Miss Austen | Gill Hornby
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Mehso-so

Casandra is on a mission - to find and to destroy any deeply personal letters written by her sister Jane. A dual timeline plays out the story. I liked the book, but did not love the book. Decisions made in this novel, based on the scant info we know about Jane Austen, did not really ring true to me. Maybe it‘s this that just gives me a so-so feeling about this book.

Thanks to @StayCurious for hosting this #PemberLittens #BuddyRead !

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LitsyEvents
Hercule Poirot's Christmas | Agatha Christie
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repost for @ferskner:

#agathachristieclubR2 friends, I'm going to have to push our schedule back a month because I've been super busy with committee work the past few weeks and just got our book for last month read. Questions will be posted on April 1! (No fooling ;) ) Here's the upcoming schedule, too. Thanks for your patience!

#BuddyRead

Original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2567902

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Mitch
Death of Jezebel | Christianna Brand
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Yeah - it‘s that time of the month again! Looking forward to chatting about this ‘new to me author” with you all. As always let‘s kick off the discussion with initial impressions, likes / dislikes, experience of the author etc…..

#goldenagecrimeclub #buddyread

Mitch I‘ve not read or heard of Brand before - so glad this club is stretching my reading! I think I discovered although I love mysteries I‘m not a ‘ locked room‘ lover. I think the actual puzzle element may not be as important to my love of crime fiction as I thought it was! 3d
Mitch Hi @Ruthiella - how did you like this one? 3d
Ruthiella I‘d never heard of this author before either, so thanks for the introduction. The style took a little getting used to. She was (I think) purposefully repetitive…Cockrill‘s magnificent head and shabby hat or Brian Two-Times shining hair. Also, the nickname “Cocky”? 😂 But I did like it and found it engaging, with interesting characters. 3d
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Mitch @Ruthiella she was repetitive wasn‘t she - I wonder why?? 3d
batsy I was pulled in from the start. A dramatic prologue, but I agree that the style initially took some getting used to. Probably because she dropped us right amidst the characters without going into the details of their lives (intentionally as well, I'm sure). I didn't quite notice the repetition. 3d
AmyG I also thought the style took me a bit to get used to. It took me a while to get the characters “straight” in my head. About halfway I began to enjoy it….probably when the first murder happenned. 3d
Mitch @batsy There was definitely no ‘warm up‘ period was there - we hit the ground running! 3d
Mitch @AmyG I think it was smart choosing very distinct names - that helped me sort the characters - but then different people called different characters by different names!!! 3d
AmyG @Mitch YES….Sugardaddy, Motherdear….confusing. 3d
jlhammar Whew, just finished! My first Brand. I had never even heard of her before this so glad for the introduction. I wasn't enamored, but it was a fun puzzle. Farcical yet also rather gruesome (that head!). I enjoyed it enough where I'd like to try another (Green for Danger is calling to me). 2d
Mitch @jlhammar agreed! It certainly wasn‘t ‘twee‘! 2d
kwmg40 This was my first book by Brand and I liked the writing style very much, including the comedic bits. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author. 1d
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Librarybelle
Untitled | Unknown
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Combined #BookReport and #WeeklyForecast -

This past week, more progress made in #buddyread titles, and I finished a couple of books!

Weekly Forecast is pretty close to last week - end of the month crunch time to finish what I can before a new month begins!

Cinfhen Lots of buddy reads going on!!! You definitely have a full plate 😄 2d
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Soubhiville
Desert Creatures | Kay Chronister
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Mehso-so

The first section of this book had me close to bailing, as it‘s nothing but tragedy after tragedy. The world is interesting and I wanted to know more about it, but Magdala went through a lot!

The second section was my favorite, with a perspective shift and a new character, Third section was fast paced and ending was satisfying.

The #buddyread feature on StoryGraph kept me going- check it out if you can! Read with @Eyelit 💕👋. Lots of TWs!

Soubhiville Cameo by handsome Dr Peter Venkman. 💙🐈‍⬛ 4d
AmyG Venkman is quite the handsome model! 4d
CBee Goodness, I almost can‘t handle the cuteness 😍😍 Hi, Venkman! 4d
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Suet624 Goodness, what a regal being. 4d
ShelleyBooksie Venkman ♡♡ 4d
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LitsyEvents
Doctor Sleep: A Novel | Stephen King
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repost for @BarkingMadRead:

Just a reminder that April‘s #LosersClub read is #DoctorSleep Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about April 1st, as we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2566318

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing!! If anyone wants to join us, please drop a comment on the original post!!! 5d
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BarkingMadRead
Doctor Sleep: A Novel | Stephen King
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Just a reminder that April‘s #LosersClub read is #DoctorSleep Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about April 1st, as we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

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MatchlessMarie I actually just finished The Shining for the first time a few days ago so I could be ready for April 😁❄️🪓 5d
BarkingMadRead @MatchlessMarie that‘s amazing! 5d
Bklover Woohoo! Almost finished with Joyland 😉. Haven‘t read Dr Sleep yet! 5d
5feet.of.fury So excited for Doctor Sleep, I‘ve wanted to read that one for yearssss 5d
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @TheBookHippie:

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD SCHEDULE APRIL
April 2 preface - Ch 5
April 9 Ch 6- 9
April 16 Ch 10- 14
April 23 Ch 15-19
April 30 Ch 20-End
Everyone welcome
April is poetry month
I'II be doing a giveaway weekly in April for our participants
poetry is LIFE.

#BuddyRead

AmyG All set! 6d
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LitsyEvents
Life of Pi | Yann Martel
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repost for @TheAromaofBooks:

My #RandomClassic for April is Life of Pi. Usually, for my classics, I just read one chapter a day until I'm finished, but I did NOT want to spend over 3 months reading this one 😂 Some of the chapters are only a paragraph or two long, so I divided it up to about 10pgs/day. I'm hoping to post a discussion post (along the lines of “what did you think about this week's chapters?“ every Monday.

#buddyread

LitsyEvents More details on the original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2564850
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TheAromaofBooks Thanks for the repost!! 7d
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LitsyEvents
Emily's House | Amy Belding Brown
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repost for @Librarybelle:

April‘s #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead takes us to Massachusetts, specifically the Dickinson household and follows the longtime maid. I love Emily Dickinson‘s poetry, so I‘m really looking forward to this one!

Tagging those who have expressed interest in this month‘s selection. All are welcome! I‘ll post periodic checkins throughout the month. Discussion questions posted on the 30th.

LitsyEvents Comment on original post to be added to tag list:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2565463
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Librarybelle Thanks for reposting! 7d
KristiAhlers @Librarybelle please add me to this list! I haven't been on litsy much except to post reviews so I missed this one! 7d
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