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JenlovesJT47
The Stranger | Kiersten Modglin
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Mehso-so

This short audiobook was creepy but kind of a jumbled mess at the end. And a little bit corny. But I will still give this author another try. 3⭐️

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#horror
#thriller
#mystery
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CrowCAH
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My current #Hoopla #ebook read for #BookClub this month!

Already halfway through and I‘m lovin it!!! 🖤🏴‍☠️📖

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Get Jiro! | Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose
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Panpan

Wasn‘t a fan of this. My least favorite part of watching/reading Bourdain‘s works are his opinions about America‘s food culture. In his graphic novel, a corporate chef and a locavore chef battle for control of the upscale dining market. But Jiro, an edo-style sushi chef, and other upholders of food traditions battle back for control of America‘s stomachs. I also never appreciate his fat shaming. That really kills me about him. #hoopla

Megabooks @dabbe 💯💯💯 5mo
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Pickpick

Bourdain‘s graphic novel collaborator, Joel Rose, finished this two years after Tony‘s death. The artwork in this exploration of Japanese food-related horror tales was excellent, but the copy felt unfinished. I plan to try his other graphic novels on #hoopla that were finished before his death. This one is available there, too, but I took advantage of my library‘s hard copy. Between a pick and a so-so.

JenReadsAlot Oh I need to check this out! 5mo
Megabooks @JenReadsAlot yeah, I didn‘t know he had written graphic novels until earlier this year! 5mo
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The Laughter: A Novel | SONORA. JHA
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Pickpick

Oh how I love dark academia! This tale of an older white male professor obsessed with a younger female Pakistani colleague hit on all cylinders. When a racial crisis hits campus, it reveals they both have darker pasts than first meets the eye. The ending stunned me. On #hoopla!

Cathythoughts Stacking 👍🏻 5mo
squirrelbrain Sounds fab! 5mo
BarbaraBB I had this one stacked already but now I REALLY want to read it 🤍 5mo
Ruthiella Also stacking! 😃 5mo
sarahbarnes Omg I LOVED this one! Glad you liked it, too! 5mo
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Megabooks
Appetites: A Cookbook | Anthony Bourdain
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Pickpick

Why did I read a cookbook cover-to-cover that I can‘t eat 90% of the recipes in? I‘m still not sure, but it‘s Tony. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Is this going to be your go-to cookbook? No, unless you live in a city with access to a lot wider variety and better quality ingredients than I have in my large town, and you have more speed and fluency in the kitchen than I do. He scores point on not using complicated equipment though. #borrownotbuy on #hoopla!

Megabooks Also, it‘s a bit sad reading a family friendly cookbook when we now know his marriage was crumbling and he had started to date Asia, who was a problematic girlfriend at best. And Ariane, who is pictured without showing her face, is growing up without a dad. 😢 (edited) 6mo
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The Prospectors: A Novel | Ariel Djanikian
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Pickpick

If you‘re into sweeping historical family sagas, this one‘s for you! I don‘t always love them, but Alice‘s greed and conniving totally drew me in. Great character!

After striking it rich in the Klondike gold rush, Alice‘s sister takes her up to care for her. While there, Alice looks to enrich herself while cutting off a local indigenous family. In the present day, Alice‘s descendant looks to right this wrong. A good look at white guilt. #tob24

Megabooks Available on #hoopla! 9mo
squirrelbrain Not one I fancied, but your review is making me think again….. 🤔 9mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain I was really surprised by how much I liked this! 9mo
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Ruthiella I do like the sweeping historical saga from time to time! 👍 9mo
Suet624 Thanks for letting us know it‘s on hoopla. My library‘s daily borrowing limit for the entire library is such that I have to wake up at midnight to get a book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 9mo
willaful @Suet624 The things we do! 😂 9mo
Megabooks @Suet624 wow! I‘ve never heard of a library having that problem. But I don‘t use hoopla very often outside of tob season. I just don‘t find it as intuitive to browse as Libby. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I hope you‘re able to get some of these good tob reads on there though! I think this is my fifth title from the longlist off hoopla. 9mo
Megabooks @willaful right?! 9mo
Megabooks @Ruthiella I really enjoyed this one! 9mo
Suet624 @willaful Woke up at 3 am and grabbed it from Hoopla. 😊 9mo
Megabooks @Suet624 I hope it‘s worth it! 🤞🏻😁😁 (edited) 9mo
Suet624 Me too. 😂😂 9mo
Chelsea.Poole Great review! 9mo
Chelsea.Poole @Suet624 wow! Our library reserves 10 borrows per person for the month. Seems a bit dog-eat-dog to reset each day and share borrows with all fellow cardholders 😱 9mo
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