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Antarctica | Claire Keegan

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Her debut of short stories. They run the gamut of emotional highs and lows with some creepy stories thrown in. All spectacular, as only Keegan can do. #TenBeforetheEnd #offtheshelf

ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures ✔️✔️ glad you found a good one!! 4d

Cathythoughts I really enjoyed this one too, she‘s great 👍🏻❤️ 4d

JuniperWilde Loved this collection 5⭐️ 3d

sarahbarnes I have this in my shelf too. Glad to see you liked it. 3d

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make dumb choices, win stupid prizes. A hauntingly written battle of conscience.

#TheElements

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sjc731

Athena | John Banville

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

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sjc731

Ghosts | John Banville

dabbe #photocontestwinner 🧡💜💛 3mo

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

Been a while since I‘ve relaxed with a book at soccer practice. It‘s warm but pretty nice out! 📖⚽️

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Hooked_on_books

Earth | John Boyne

I know Boyne is well liked, but apparently he‘s as bad as JKR and I thought people might want to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-w...

mcctrish This came up in my feed too 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading This is so disappointing. 😞 3mo

EKonrad Oof. So disappointing. 😢 3mo

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TheBookHippie I knew this. Also he‘s hugely antisemitic… covered in writing so you feel bad for the non Jewish person in his writing… hugely problematic. It is disappointing as I loved some of his books… there have been articles before about him. Not this huge however. 😵‍💫 3mo

lil1inblue Ugh. Gross. The statement from Polari gave me so much ick. 3mo

TrishB I‘ve been following this on Twitter….its been known for a while, sadly. 3mo

BarbaraBB Wow this is new to me. 3mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie @TrishB My guess is this story hasn‘t been as big as JKR because he lacks her level of fame. But it makes me glad I‘ve never read any of his books. I for sure won‘t now. 3mo

TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I loved The Hearts invisible Furies by him … then I read quotes from him on how there were good Nazis 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 3mo

marleed Oh dang. I‘ve loved his books but have now dropped him from my auto read authors. 3mo

AmyG NOOOOOOOO. Goddammit. @TheBookHippie WTF? (edited) 3mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie What the what now? 😵 3mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG yup even got into a war of words with THE Auschwitz Memorial and others …. @lil1inblue (edited) 3mo

Deblovestoread So incredibly disappointing! I don‘t know why I expect better from authors but I do. (edited) 3mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie Sure, all those good Nazis! What were the rest of us thinking? 😵‍💫 3mo

peaKnit @AmyG I think you were reading my mind with your comment. WTF indeed! 💩 3mo

CarolynM Seems a bizarre decision by Polari. I didn‘t know Boyne was problematic but I didn‘t much like the only one of his books I‘ve read so I wasn‘t planning on reading any more anyway. 3mo

Amiable DAMN. I love(d) Boyne‘s books. I‘d heard none of this. It feels like a kick in the stomach. 3mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sounds like an author to avoid. 3mo

AmyG @Amiable Same. 😢 3mo

janeycanuck I heard rumblings about this a few years after The Heart‘s Invisible Furies came out but nothing definitive. How disappointing that he‘s still on this train. 3mo

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charl08

Cal | Bernard MacLaverty

Yikes this cover.

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sisilia

The Pornographer | John McGahern

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3⭐️ An autobio, this presents a balance between life and death. The title caught my interest, and I selected this for my bookclub. As usual, I wouldn‘t know about this author if not for NYRB Classics collection. This publisher really pushes me to explore more ✌🏻

sarahbarnes This sounds intriguing! 4mo

Suet624 I appreciate the number of NYRB Classics that you read 4mo

sisilia @Suet624 Having a bookclub helps being consistent with it 😆 4mo

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