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thecheckoutstack
Family Family: A Novel | Laurie Frankel
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I loved this book just like I loved Laurie Frankel‘s last novel. She paints such compelling and honest portraits of families.

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Tamra
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“Trying would be their life‘s work.”

So very good! 💔How can we recover from our mistakes, even those most ordinary of human failings? We all think we‘re special in or miseries and joys. But are we?

sarahbarnes Oh yes, so good. 6h
Cathythoughts Oh great. I keep meaning to try her. I‘m stacking. ❤️ 1h
BarbaraBB I loved this one. 1h
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Eyelit
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My dude, that‘s a very big deal and def should be investigated… this poor kid, saddled with two bad parents on either end of the spectrum (one way too hands on and the other way too hands off).
This manga is creepy and unsettling and I‘m basically bingeing it as fast as I can get from library. Probably should be worried about that fact - but zero regrets here. 😬😳😂

sarahbarnes Sounds really good! 18h
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Jess861
The Girls | Lori Lansens
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Excited to announce that our second pick for the Oh Canada Book Club will be The Girls by Lori Lansens - a fictional book about conjoined twins. I flipped a coin because the vote was tied. This book club will run every two months, so this will be the March/April book. Excited to continue the Canadian book journey!

All are welcome to join! Let me know if you want to be added to the tag list!

#OhCanada #BuddyRead #BookClub #Canada @LitsyEvents

kwmg40 Looking forward to this one! 1d
Ruthiella Awesome. Another totally new author for me! Exciting! 1d
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cjk One of my favorite books. 😍 1d
CarolynM New author to me too. I‘m enjoying Indian Horse so far 🙂 23h
DogMomIrene 👏🏼 New author to me too! 21h
Jess861 @kwmg40 @Ruthiella @CarolynM @DogMomIrene - I'm so happy that new Canadian authors are being discovered! I am truly surprised that Lori Lansens isn't more well known. I can't wait to see what everyone thinks of The Girls!! 6h
Jess861 @cjk Right?! Such a good book! 6h
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Pickpick

Lots of laughs about motherhood and some bittersweet thoughts about aging.

10/80

February #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 21h
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Shemac77
Three Wishes (Perennial) | Liane Moriarty
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Next audible

dabbe Breathtaking photo. 🖤🩶🖤 1d
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ImperfectCJ
Someone Like Us | Dinaw Mengestu
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Pickpick

This novel covers a lot of ground: grief, family dynamics, generational trauma, illness, addiction, income inequality, immigration, racism. I appreciate the writing and the characters, but like others, I found following the story to be a challenge. The format and timeline feel true to life and therefore a little unsettling to me. I wonder if I go to fiction because a tidy narrative helps life seem more manageable. (This isn't a tidy narrative.)

ImperfectCJ Another #tob25 shortlist title. 2d
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Deblovestoread
Greta & Valdin: A Novel | Rebecca K Reilly
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Audio books that aren‘t too heavy with characters that I love and root for seem to be what my brain and heart want. That and any excuse to organize something. I bought new hangers after a friend told me about the slimmer velvet cover ones. Spent some time today switching them in with the old plastic ones out.

Loved this one. When Greta tells about Val listening to I‘m Not in Love after getting his heart broken I‘m thinking been there, done that.

Lesliereadsalot Give me a book with interesting characters like these any day! 2d
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CarolynM
Someone Like Us | Dinaw Mengestu
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Mehso-so

I‘m not at all sure that I understood this book at all. My take away is that African immigrants to the USA (and their children) have a strong sense of dislocation and not belonging and they are always on edge, waiting to be arrested. I kept waiting for a story beyond this. If it existed, I lost it in the constantly shifting timelines.

squirrelbrain I felt like I just didn‘t ‘get‘ this either. 🤷‍♀️ 3d
CarolynM @squirrelbrain It definitely created an atmosphere. I kept looking for a story, or some revelations about the characters, that I never found. 2d
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