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Rogue Wave | Jennifer Donnelly

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Book 2 for the year is the 2nd in the Waterford Saga. Things really start to ramp up. Having six protagonists should feel ridiculous, but overall Donnelly does a good job focusing on just a couple at a time, giving the story enough emotional investment to make it work. Looking forward to seeing how this one plays out.

TheAromaofBooks #AestheticallyMatched - They're exploring underwater ruins & this one just seemed to fit!! @Clwojick
#Booked2022 - Non-patriarchal society @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @barbarathebibliophage
#19822022 - 2015 @Librarybelle
#SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView
#OWLs #AncientRunes - fictional language
#BeattheBacklist2022 - unusual pet
#TheShelfieChronicles - 2nd in a series
#BookSpinBingo 3y

Librarybelle Yay for so many challenge prompts fulfilled! 3y

Cinfhen Whoa!!! #ChallengeSlayer ⚜️🙌🏻 3y

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vlwelser I love this author. I'm pretty sure she's part of a small crowd of people that could convince me to read a series about mermaids (though I only read the first 3 books so far). 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle @Cinfhen - I love January, when every book fills tons of prompts because there are sooo many to choose from!! 😂 3y

TheAromaofBooks @vlwelser - I had never even heard of this author, and can't remember how this series ended up on my radar, but I'm really enjoying them!! Getting ready to start book 4 (& final!) this evening! 3y

Clwojick woohoo! 😍 Way to go!
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BarbaraTheBibliophage Look at you! Crossing off #somanyprompts !! 3y

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3y

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BarbaraBB

Reading Asia: New Research in Asian Studies | Frans Husken Huskin, Dick van der Meij

Another month of #ReadingAsia2021. Three more book finished in September, five left!

💠 Malaysia: The Garden of Evening Mists
💠 Sri Lanka: A traveler to the Gates of Wisdom
💠 India: A Passage to India

Librarybelle

Megabooks #challengeslayer! 3y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks It‘s tough at times, but this month I read a favorite

The Garden of Evening Mists: A Novel

Librarybelle Way to go!! 3y

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OriginalCyn620

Hate List | Jennifer Brown

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Very good! A really moving read about dealing with trauma after tragedy. The ending made me cry! 😢

#booked2021 - underrated or lesser known book (this book completes the challenge for me 🥳)

Found this book on this Buzzfeed article:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/seriously-underrated-books-every-book-lo...

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

MallenNC Good job finishing the challenge! 3y

OriginalCyn620 Thank you @MallenNC! 😊 3y

Cinfhen Woohoo ?? #challengeSlayer ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Don‘t forget to submit the form to be entered in the drawing. You have until midnight, **July 3** to fill out the second quarter form? ?
https://bit.ly/3b7rK1E
3y

OriginalCyn620 Thank you @Cinfhen! Will do 👍🏻 3y

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Butterfinger

Weekly Forecast | Thomas Gibson Inc

#WeeklyForecast @Cinfhen

The Sewing Machine - #OverbookedClub @megnews @sblbooks

Mira's Diary - #MGBuddyRead

Kristin Lavrinsdatter - currently 16% #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks #ChunksterChallenge2021 @Amiable

Tale of Two Cities - #whatthedickens @Cuilin

The Cay (audio) #BBRC @Sarahreadstoomuch @LibrarianRyan - fake diversity >16

LibrarianRyan Yeahh 4y

Amiable That‘s quite a line-up of books! 4y

Texreader Oooh you read fast! 4y

Cinfhen Lots of challenge reads!! #ChallengeSlayer 🙌🏻♥️ 4y

Cuilin 📚 ❤️ 4y

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Megabooks

And Then There Were None (Harperluxe) | Agatha Christie

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I wanted to read this #audiobook back in December for #aam, but there was a line until now...for a book published in 1939. That‘s how you know sh!t‘s good!

I‘m a big fan of #LockedRoomMysteries, so I‘m glad to finally have read one of the most imitated. (Looking at you Lucy Foley!)

#popsugar21

Cinfhen

rachelm Love this one!! 4y

KathyWheeler I consider this book to be Christie‘s best — at least of the ones I‘ve read. 4y

BarbaraBB I have read and loved tons of Christie books in my teens ❤️ 4y

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Megabooks @rachelm yes! 👍🏻 4y

Megabooks @KathyWheeler this is only the second I‘ve read, but i certainly enjoyed it! 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB so did my mom, but she was reading them back in the 50s when they were relatively new. She could never get me to love them at that age. I read a lot of high fantasy and sci fi in middle school, then in high school I decided to be “popular” and didn‘t read much outside of school assignments. 🤷🏻‍♀️ then we got a bookstore with a coffee shop and that was cool, so I started reading again. Many interesting stories from that store! 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB that‘s probably an overshare, but we‘re friends! 😜😂😂 4y

Cinfhen I read this one too for same prompt!! Dame Agatha is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!! Try this one, also REALLY GOOD

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot)

Cinfhen And this one too

The Mysterious Affair at Styles -Hindi

Cinfhen I did audio for all 3 and Hugh Fraser was the reader 🙌🏻♥️ 4y

Cinfhen We need to start adding Meg to our #pop21 group for more ideas @BarbaraBB @KarenUK @Kalalalatja @4thhouseontheleft 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks for the suggestions!! I‘ve already done 24/40 on pop as best I can tell. If anyone is on the storygraph, you can see my answers there. I‘m also at 18/24 on booked. 🔥🔥🔥 4y

Cinfhen #ChallengeSlayer ⚔️ 4y

BarbaraBB I love The Storygraph for keeping track of the challenges too! I can‘t however see which books you read for #pop21. Or am I mistaken? 4y

BarbaraBB No overshare regarding your reading history! I had a similar one. Sort of. I could read from when I was 3 and read literally everything. In high school that wasn‘t cool anymore so I read just the assignments too. In college, after a year, I felt lonely and I realized I had spent all my money on beer. I decided I allowed myself to buy one book a month. Deciding each month which book to buy with the little money I had brought back the love! 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB when did you get English fluency? The bookstore was fantastic b/c I could borrow books as long as they came back in sellable condition. And I get the money thing. Same for me in vet school, but there was a great used media store where I could change CDs for DVDs for books and round & round. I used the e-library a lot when I graduated, but eventually I got to my current balance of owned books and borrowed. I probably spend a bit much tho 4y

BarbaraBB I spend too much too. But I have hardly had other expenses the past year with everything closed! That bookstore sounds like a dream. So cool they lend you the books! We learn English at school from about when we are 10 years old. These days kids can go to high schools where all lessons are in English. 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB wow! When I was in school we didn‘t start languages until 13 and it was inconsistent and poorly taught. I did win the Latin award in high school. Totally useful! 😂😂 I did enjoy reading Cicero and such FWIW. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘ve probably been spending too much on books too, but it‘s the most consistent form of entertainment I‘ve had during the pandemic, so I‘ll give myself a pass! 👍🏻 4y

alisiakae @Megabooks wow! You are flying through the reading challenges! 🙌🏽🔥 4y

BarbaraBB Well we need to speak other languages since we are such a small country. We also learn French, German and Spanish. If you do grammar school (is that what it‘s called?) like my kids do, you learn Latin and (old) Greek too. I haven‘t done that so I am in awe for your knowledge of Latin!! 4y

Megabooks @4thhouseontheleft thanks!! I think it‘s just because I‘m flying through books this year! 😂😃 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB it‘s not so good anymore, but it‘s better than my French, which is the other language I took in high school. I studied Arabic in college and was best at that, but I only did three semesters. (There were up to six semesters offered.) It was also a case if you don‘t use it, you lose it, but I still understand the most common triliteral roots, so that gives me some reading comprehension. 4y

BarbaraBB Arabic! That is fantastic! I love that you choose that language and I envy your knowledge of it! I‘d have loved to speak Arabic! 4y

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Simona

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor | Adam Kay

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A collection of anecdotes from the life of a young doctor who works in the hospital. Some stories are funny, some sad and tragic, but they all show sacrifices and humanity that are needed in this profession. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Booked2021 #Nonfiction2021 #DoctorsAndNurses #DoubleSpin

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae, TheAromaofBooks

Cinfhen Great choice and wonderful review!!! #ChallengeSlayer ⚔️ 4y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y

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Cinfhen

Asia | Allan Fowler

#ReadingAsia21 I‘ve visited #Iraq #Israel #Nepal #Pakistan #SaudiArabia #SouthKorea #SriLanka #Syria #Thailand #Vietnam #Yemen ♥️

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Kalalalatja Well done on your first month! 🙌 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @Kalalalatja but there are SO MANY MORE countries to go😂 (edited) 4y

Kalalalatja But knowing you, you‘ll probably be finished by June 😂😂 #ChallengeSlayer 4y

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squirrelbrain Well Done! 😁👍 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @squirrelbrain although I started strong with #ReadingEurope2020 and I NEVER finished 🙈 4y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen I never finished #readingeurope2020 either but am carrying it into this year. 4y

BarbaraBB Eleven countries already 🤩🤩 4y

rockpools Awesome! And I love your map. 🗺 4y

Librarybelle Amazing progress! 4y

Cinfhen I‘m hoping to make it through #Asia @jenniferw88 and then I‘ll return to #Europe 😁 4y

Megabooks #challengebeastmode!! 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB @rockpools @Librarybelle @Megabooks I‘m aiming for 4 countries a month🤞🏼 4y

Cinfhen Wow, China is massive in size!!! 4y

Cinfhen I accidentally colored in Lebanon and Palestine so I‘m gonna need to read those countries next😂😂 4y

BarbaraBB I‘m aiming for 4 a month too! 4y

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Lizpixie

The Bluffs | Kyle Perry

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Bk13 of #JumpStart2021 #PerfectRead #Booked2021 #CharactersAreFrenemies #NerdReading2021 #MultiplePerspectives #PickYourPoison #AThriller #StackedReviewsChallenge #ReadInADay #52BookClub #EndingThatSurprisesYou #AussieAuthor21 #BeachcomberChallenge #Cliff #Pageathon #CloakDaggerChal #PennyPerPage #432cents #LitsyAtoZ2021 #LetterB #BookspinBingo & #20in4 #readathon is done! What a phenom book. Captures the Tassie bush plus the evil of teenage girls

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, BookishMarginalia, Clwojick, dariazeoli, Andrew65, alisiakae, TheAromaofBooks

Lizpixie The ending shocked the hell out of me, which doesn‘t happen often anymore, so well done Kyle Perry👏👏👏 4y

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y

Clwojick Awesome! I‘ll have to check this one out! ♥️ 4y

Cinfhen You are killing it #ChallengeSlayer ⚔️🛡🧨 4y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y

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KarenUK

Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel | Laura Dave

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Not great, really not good at all. I thought this book would be just my thing (I used to work for a wine merchant in London and I love Sonoma), but sadly the main character was just completely unbearable!
I usually don‘t mind a very flawed protagonist, but I somehow felt like the author wanted us to root for Georgia.... and I found her self-centered, immature and unbelievably interfering.
This book fitted both #wine & #whine prompts!
#booked2020

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

KarenUK If it hadn‘t been my last book for #booked2020 .... I would have bailed! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Double prompt match—sadly. I‘m sorry it was such a dud. But great job on the last book from the challenge! 4y

Cinfhen Ha!!! Sorry it‘s a pan but I love that you hit wine/whine 🙌🏻and congrats on completing #booked2020 #challengeSlayer ⚔️ 4y

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Cinfhen

Me | Elton John

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Just a joyful delight to read. I celebrated every high & low with this charming talented man with a big voice & even bigger heart. I shed a few tears along the way for all of his generosity and good deeds. Loved this one and I‘m glad I had the physical copy as the enclosed personal photos are really special 💖
Challenge Prompts below 👇🏼

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, MrBook, jenniferw88, alisiakae

Cinfhen #ReadingWithMrBook #OneWordTitle
#JennyIs30 #Autobiography
#NonFictionChallenge2020 #SomethingYoureGratefulFor
#Booked2020 #CoverCrush
#Pop20 #ABookYouMeantToReadIn2019 (edited) 5y

Cinfhen #mandmchallenge2020 #celebrity @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😜 (edited) 5y

OriginalCyn620 I loved this one! Love Elton! 5y

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dariazeoli This one is sitting on my Kindle waiting. So glad it‘s a good one! 5y

Cinfhen It was a really fabulous read @dariazeoli @OriginalCyn620 5y

alisiakae I admit to looking at the physical copy in a bookstore so I could see the photos when I listened to the audiobook. 😁 5y

Cinfhen The photos were really wonderful and plentiful @4thhouseontheleft which made this joyful book even more memorable 5y

KarenUK Hubby is just stating this today.... he just finished Just Mercy (which he loved), so this sounds perfect for some lighter fare... 💕 5y

MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

TrishB All those prompts 👍🏻👏🏻 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Definitely planning on picking this one up! Great job on #allthoseprompts! 5y

Cinfhen I loved Just Mercy but it was heavy so this is a perfect palette cleanser and it‘s sooooo good @KarenUK hope Paul is feeling well. Still no BD yet, mail delivery here has been AWFUL!!! 5y

Cinfhen The first few weeks I‘m a #challengeSlayer @BarbaraTheBibliophage @TrishB but then I start to fizzle when it comes to the more challenging prompts 😆 5y

HOTPock3tt So glad you loved this one as well! 😃♥️🎉 5y

Cinfhen Totally a fan @HOTPock3tt 🙌🏻 5y

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