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Melismatic
Dr. No | Percival Everett
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This was wild, chaotic, confusing, and very funny in a nonsensical way. Plot? There kinda isn‘t one. And yet you come away rooting for Wala & Co. 🤪🤯

A fever dream-like intro this author indeed. 😅 #AuthorAMonth

Ruthiella It‘s all about nothing! 😜 4m
Melismatic @Ruthiella truly about nothing 🤣 2m
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uncommonlycozies
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“If you‘re focused on moving from sign to sign,
there‘s no opportunity for happy accidents.”
-Mosscap
#librarybooks #bibliophile #sifi
#uncommon #philosophicalfiction

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SomedayAlmost
Staircase in the Woods | Chuck Wendig
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Am reading. Dolly Cat is moral support. #horror #novel #fiction #womenwriters

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psalva
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Waldo‘s narrative is intriguing, often full of vibrant vocabulary. “Scrofulous,” suitable for #weirdwordwednesday , means having a diseased appearance, and similarly “rachitic” refers to rickety geraniums. Interesting word choice. Revealing much?….

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Bookish.SAM
The Lost Garden: A Novel | Helen Humphreys
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My intro to Helen Humphrey. She was recommended by my cousin (more specifically Followed by the Lark, but this was the first book of hers I could get my hands on). I loved this so much! surprisingly so! It gave me an entirely new (more intriguing) direction for my own gardens 🌷🪻 and for such a short book I cried several times 😢
I‘ve since picked up more of her work. And bonus that she‘s a 🇨🇦 author from a town near by.

TheKidUpstairs Love this book. And Helen Humphreys in general. I've heard great things about Lark, but haven't read it yet. My favourites are this one and 26m
Bookish.SAM Thanks for the recommendation @TheKidUpstairs 🙂 I have a feeling I‘ll really enjoy making my way thru her work. I actually picked this one up for a friend who LOVES gardening, but i couldn‘t resist giving it a read. So happy I did! 12m
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Chelsea.Poole
We Are Called to Rise | Laura McBride
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A great read about the impact of war, generational trauma, and the importance of human connection. Alternating perspectives of individuals in Las Vegas, centering the war in Iraq and the aftermath on soldiers and their families, as well as an immigrant family. In-depth inner dialogue and emotional lives of the featured characters who all struggle, but do their best. A great audio as well!

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OwenB
A Noise Downstairs | Linwood Barclay
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I picked up this book on a whim and it was an enjoyable read. I wasn‘t sure if this was a supernatural themed thriller or not until the end. Overall, it was a fun read with some good twists and turns. Wraps up nicely in the end.

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CoveredInRust
Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton
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Time to revisit this one 🥰🥰🥰

AileenRR You‘re right! I read this in high school and it‘s time for a re-read 2h
CoveredInRust @AileenRR It's been so great! It feels to me like one of those books that has events that work well for the book and the changes they made for the movie also worked well. Kinda like a good example of how stories can need change to work well in different mediums. 23m
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LitStephanie
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Watching the 1983 BBC version of Mansfield Park, which is on Prime currently, and I recommend it for three reasons:
1. Angela Pleasence as Lady Bertram does the best portrayal of a vapid, drug addict idle housewife I have ever seen.
2. Fanny, played by Sylvestra Le Touzel, occasionally gets this look on her face that clearly says "Go ahead, keep it up, I am plotting to murder you all with an ax."
3. It follows the book very closely.