Litsy

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I‘ve started reading Meet the Austins to my 10 yo granddaughter bc this has always been a favorite series, in addition to the Murrys and O‘Keefes of the Wrinkle in Time series. At some point in the chronology there is a mingling of the 2 families, and I hope to work on both series over the next 12-16 mos.

#LitsyLove
#ReadAway2024
#SeriesLove2024

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tpixie What a great idea!!! Enjoy! 1h

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LiseWorks

Peace Like a River | Leif Enger

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Just finished this book. It was my pick for this month's #BackListReadathon. One more off my floor, lol. It gave me one bingo spot #ISpyBingoApril and another for #ReadAway2024. This story happens in 1962 and is very riveting. You get to love the characters who try to move forward with tragedy that happens to them. @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

TheSpineView Well done!💜📖 1d

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DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 1d

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Beatlefan129

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

so-so

Between a so-so and a pan for me. I found this story to be incredibly plodding and slow. An almost actress takes an entire summer to tell her adult daughters the story of her relationship with a man who went on to become a famous actor. Supposedly she has told them this story before, but they didn‘t know how their mother met their father? 🍒🍒/5

BookWrym I did the audio read by Mel Streep that made the whole experience for me 1d

Beatlefan129 @BookWrym I listened on audio as well. I didn‘t like the weird voice Meryl Streep used for her middle daughter. Just a little thing but it annoyed me 1d

BookWrym That‘s a shame 1d

Lesliereadsalot I loved this book about mothers and daughters. 1d

ShelleyBooksie I could not get through this one - I found it to be plodding as well. 1d

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monalyisha

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

In the span of a dozen pages, Ann Patchett‘s referenced Sandra Boynton‘s “Hippos Go Berserk” and Melville‘s “Bartleby the Scrivener.”

I didn‘t know it was possible for my already abundant estimation of her to grow. Yet here we are.

JamieArc I‘m reading this right now 😊. We spend a lot of time getting away throughout the year where this is set. 2d

CBee Oh, I adore Sandra Boynton, and this makes me want to read Tom Lake next! 😊 2d

monalyisha @JamieArc One of my closest childhood friends moved to Michigan after college (initially working with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps) and she never left. I still give her shit about it. 😅 I‘m thinking it might be time to sit down and plan a visit. The one and only time I flew to see her, we went floating out on the Lake and ate the best pie I‘ve ever had. Even without the cherry trees calling to me, I was due a repeat. 2d

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lil1inblue My sister got so many Boynton books at her baby shower this weekend! 😍 2d

Aimeesue My kids loved this one. So much so that I still know it by heart 😂 1d

monalyisha @lil1inblue @Aimeesue @CBee I think the true moment that I fell head over heels for her was when I learned about the tagged.

Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko de Silo [With 28-Minute]

CBee @monalyisha oh my goodness this is everything 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1d

CBee @Aimeesue our favorite was

Belly Button Book!

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AmyG

Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett

1. My Grandparents (on my Moms side)
2. My Grandson
3. My latest favorite was Lara and Joe and daughters in Tom Lake.

@Eggs #WondrousWednesday

Eggs Thanks for playing 🧡 2d

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Eggs

Meet the Austins (Turtleback School & Library) | Madeleine L'Engle

Happy Hump Day! Here are your #WondrousWednesday questions! Tag me and anyone else you think might want to play❣️Everyone is invited!!

1-My sister that was 10 years older than me-she was so sweet and kind and took care of me as if I was her daughter💞
2-My own 3 daughters—they keep me ‘young‘ and make sure I stay healthy and make me laugh💖
3-I loved the Austins from the Madeleine L‘Engle series. They are so real!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

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marleed You and I both have that sister 10 years older treating us as a daughter. Mine has been gone 3 years. I thought I knew grief and tackled it to the ground. But this one still hits hard. 2d

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!🥰🏷 2d

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Crazeedi Thanks for the tag!❤️ 2d

slategreyskies I chose the O‘Keefe family for question three, but the Austin family is right up there for me too! ❤️ 2d

Eggs @marleed 💛🙌🏻💔 Mine passed in 2016. 2d

Eggs @TheSpineView 🧡🧡 2d

Eggs @wanderinglynn 🩷🩷 2d

Eggs @slategreyskies I agrée!! 2d

iread2much 1. My grandma who never made me feel bad about who I was. 2. My husband - he reminds me to chill and relax which I am not good at. 3. The pike family from Baby Sitters Club, even though it was a huge family it seemed like it was very supportive and loving, at least to my memory 😅 (edited) 2d

iread2much @Eggs thanks for the tag! 2d

Eggs @iread2much Lovely post❣️ 2d

dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 💜 your answers! 😘 2d

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Gissy

The Wren, The Wren: A Novel | Anne Enright

so-so

4th book read from the Women‘s Prize for fiction long list. Mixed feelings with this one. It was beautifully written but I didn‘t find a well integration in the story, specially the first parts. In some parts I just lost interest because I felt author was jumping from one topic to another🤷🏽‍♀️Let‘s see if it included in the short list. It didn‘t work for me as I expected 3⭐️

Gissy April 2024

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65 @Ghabi4Roses
#BookSpinBingo #10 (Women‘s Prize long list) @TheAromaOfBooks
#ISpyBingo (wings?😜) 2d

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 2d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2d

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Amie

Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club): A Novel | Angie Kim

so-so

I mostly kept reading just to find out what happened to the missing father. Mia's rambling digressions were charming at first but then became tiresome. I skimmed a lot. Good writing, interesting characters, not my favorite plot structure.

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