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BarbaraBB
Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser
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#WeeklyForecast

This week I‘ll have little reading time. I hope to finish Though the Bodies Fall and make a start with the tagged book for the #EuropaCollective discussion in October.

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kspenmoll
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TheBookHippie I enjoyed finding the mother tree! 14h
Librarybelle Great stack! 11h
Suet624 Look at that stack!! 10h
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GatheringBooks
Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser
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Started this #EuropaCollective title for October around five days ago. Premise is good, first few chapters were promising, then it becomes staggeringly technical and sounds more like a lecture or crash course in art history. Not sure if it‘s worth powering through. It is beginning to bore me. I am with @Suet624 on this one. 😢😭

Tamra Oh no…….😢 2d
Lesliereadsalot Bummer! 2d
BarbaraBB Oh no…! I‘ve had high expectations and usually love books about art 2d
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BarbaraBB
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Ivona and Vlato meet as students at the turn of the millennium in Zagreb. Everything smells of freedom and possibility. Red Hot Chili Peppers are pumping through the speakers of a bar and cheap beer is overflowing; newly democratic Croatia is alive with hope and promise.”

With a blurb like this, my expectations were high and I am happy to say I loved this book.⬇️

📸 Room with a view at #Gladstones25

BarbaraBB The writing, the complicated characters, their love and the setting in Croatia, right after the Balkan war. Thanks so much for the recommendation @Amor4Libros @Lesliereadsalot 🫶🏽 3d
Amor4Libros @BarbaraBB YAY! I knew you were going to love it! 😄 3d
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Lesliereadsalot Such a good story right? And the characters are so beautifully written. On to Woman on the Verge? 3d
Cathythoughts Oh great. I have this one stacked already 👍🏻❤️ 3d
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot I loved the characters. And yes, I‘m almost finished with a Japanese one and Woman on the Verge will be next. Have you read it? And then it‘s almost October and time for Mona‘s Eyes #EuropaCollective 3d
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts You‘ll love it too I think 3d
Lesliereadsalot Really liked Woman on the Verge, a lot going on there. Yes, Mona in October! I‘ll send out a reminder to everyone that October is our month. 2d
Jeg I love how much you read, and widely as well. Your reviews are great. 2d
BarbaraBB Perfect. Some people commented on my post that they want to participate. I‘ll send you a taglist tomorrow! 2d
BarbaraBB @Jeg Thank you so much! I try my best ☺️ 2d
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mcctrish
Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh
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And now Brideshead is reminding me of Gabriële and #europacollective and honestly who else but Littens would even understand my joy

Cuilin I love when my reads connect!!!! 2w
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LitsyEvents
Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser
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Repost for @BarbaraBB

After the wonderful job @jlhammar did, @Lesliereadsalot and I are happy to announce the revival of #EuropaCollective. We‘ll read and discuss an Europa Edition every three months. The tagged book will be our October read.
For more details check out Leslie‘s post.
If you want to join us, please say so below and we‘ll keep you posted!

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2896450

BarbaraBB Thanks for the repost! 4w
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BarbaraBB
Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser
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After the wonderful job @jlhammar did, @Lesliereadsalot and I are happy to announce the revival of #EuropaCollective. We‘ll read and discuss an Europa Edition every three months. The tagged book will be our October read.
For more details check out Leslie‘s post.
If you want to join us, please say so below and we‘ll keep you posted!

JulietteReadsALot Looking forward to it. Just ordered my copy 🙂 1mo
BarbaraBB @JulietteReadsALot I just ordered my copy too! 1mo
Suet624 I'd like to be included. 1mo
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BarbaraBB @Suet624 👌🏽 1mo
Chelsea.Poole So glad to see this! Thanks for hosting you two -- @barbarabb and @lesliereadsalot 4w
youneverarrived I‘d like to join 🤍 2w
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I won a copy & am excited to join you! 2w
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Lesliereadsalot
Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser
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#EuropaCollective

Welcome to #EuropaCollective! We‘ll be reading one book every three months, beginning with October. Feel free to read our book anytime in September or October, comment as you go along or wait for the general discussion. This will happen on the last Saturday of the month, which in this case will be October 25th. Want to be tagged or untagged, just let us know. So excited to get this going again! ⬇️

Lesliereadsalot As we go along, we‘ll be looking for future recommendations and any thoughts on anything. We‘ll send out a reminder about the discussion when it gets closer to the end of October date. We want this to be fun for everyone! (edited) 1mo
charl08 Thanks this looks great - I've requested a copy from the library 1mo
Gleefulreader Yay! I‘ve already got my copy and am ready to go! 1mo
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AmyG I‘m in. I already have this book! 1mo
mhillis I‘d like to join! 1mo
TheKidUpstairs Yay! My library just got this one in. So excited to read with everyone! 1mo
Tamra Woot! 🥳👏🏾 Thank you for the organization and the tag! @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB (edited) 1mo
Lesliereadsalot @TheKidUpstairs @Tamra So happy to have you reading with us! 1mo
tpixie @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB Yay! 🎉 🥳Thank you for taking over #EuropaCollective! I think we will love this book! 💙 🎨💙 1mo
kspenmoll I am joining in! 1mo
Deblovestoread Yay! So glad this is our first book. ❤️ 1mo
BarbaraBB Yay! Here we go! @Lesliereadsalot 🙌🏽. Glad you‘re in too @kspenmoll @Deblovestoread (edited) 1mo
GatheringBooks Ordered the book! Hopefully it arrives soon. 🤞🏽 1mo
Lesliereadsalot @tpixie @GatheringBooks Really excited to read this one! 1mo
squirrelbrain Looking forward to this! 1mo
mcctrish Have we read Fresh Water for Flowers as the #europacollective ? 1mo
Lesliereadsalot @mcctrish I don‘t believe so but I love that book, have read everything by that author! 1mo
Lesliereadsalot @squirrelbrain We are too! So glad you‘re reading with us. 1mo
Tamra @mcctrish I don‘t think so, but it is soooooo good. I am so anxious for her latest to be translated. 1mo
tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
Chelsea.Poole Great first pick! I have this on audio ready to go for October. Can't wait to share thoughts with everyone! Are the next books already decided? Just curious :) 4w
Lesliereadsalot @Chelsea.Poole So glad you‘re reading with us! We haven‘t decided on future books yet, do you have thoughts? 4w
Caryl This looks like a wonderful book! Thank you for tagging me. 4w
Chelsea.Poole I‘ve had my eye on a few. I‘ll tag them! 4w
Lesliereadsalot @Caryl Glad to have you with us! 4w
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