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I've enjoyed all of the books I read this week, but if I have to choose just one, Help Wanted it is! If I'd finished Moon of the Turning Leaves a day earlier, that would have been an easy pick for this week. We'll see if anything I read this week tops that title!

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My mom and my brother both worked at a major discount retailer in a rust belt city for several years, and Waldman captures well the feeling of being trapped---by corporate indifference, by an economically bifurcated community, by the accident of birth and privilege---that those years highlighted for our family (and that led me to boycott the retailer for 25+ years and counting). This is a well written but depressing novel from the #ToB25 longlist.

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I've been blessed to receive many wonderful books recently, including a copy of Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman, courtesy of Bibliolifestyle & W.W.Norton. Among numerous accolades, it was one of Barack Obama's recommended books last summer. I'm anxious to read this contemporary & timely story, and, in fact, I am recommending it to my in-person book club. The paperback edition was published 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻.

50 Shades of Grey meets the mafia is the best way to describe this book. There is darkness to this story, but there is also lighthearted banter and two people who desperately need each other in their lives. I fell in love with the main characters immediately and they held onto my heart all the way through. Highly recommend.

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My favorite #local #bookstore (The Bookshelf) in #Thomasville Ga, had a midnight release party for the new #Harry #potter book! #getindie -----
They also do this really neat thing, where the #employees write a very brief #review/recommendation for #books they've read & really enjoyed, on #bookmarks & place them in the books on the #shelves for sale. Brilliant! I #loved knowing they've read so many of my #favorites also!