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vkois88
Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward
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This is my #isthisreal post... @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks you are an absolutely wonderful, kind person. I can't thank you enough for sending me a lovely birthday package. I've been wanting to read both of these since hearing such great things about them. And the donut bookmarks!! 😂😂 They're perfect. The card is lovely. You shouldn't have, but I am extremely grateful you did 🤗😘❤

robinb So sweet ❤️ 7y
vkois88 @robinb isn't it? She's the best ❤❤❤ 7y
robinb @vkois88 she certainly is! 👍😊 7y
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Purrfectpages
When It's Real | Erin Watt
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻🙌🏻📚❤️ 7y
vkois88 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😏 7y
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tjwill
The Angel's Game | Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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This follow-up to Shadow of the Wind will have you wondering: #IsThisReal? It once again returns to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books but is also very different. I love Carlos Ruiz Zafon‘s lyrical writing, and I always get swept up in his stories. Plus, check out this detailed and layered cover on the paperback edition. #MagicalMarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ll have to check this one out!! Thank you for posting!! 💕📚 7y
wanderlustywriter This book was so bizarre and lovely 7y
Godmotherx5 I have a used hardcover on my shelf. I hope it doesn‘t disappoint. 7y
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tjwill @Godmotherx5 I hope you enjoy it! 7y
vkois88 Ooooh sounds interesting 👍👍👍 7y
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Christine11
The Godfather | Mario Puzo
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I‘ve been listening to the audiobook of The Godfather whenever I‘ve been out walking. I know it‘s partly based on real people but I wonder if that is what the mafia was actually like? My feelings are mixed, I hate the way women are treated in the book but I guess that‘s partly due to it being written in the 60s. I‘m still finding it quite a compelling read though! If you‘ve read it I‘d be fascinated to know your thoughts!
#IsThisReal#MagicalMarch

Settings If your less than half of the way through the book, prepare yourself, the treatment of women gets much worse. 7y
Settings *you're :'( 7y
Christine11 @anoplph0ra I‘m about 2/3 of the way through - you‘re right, it is definitely getting worse. It‘s just shocking to me how ok they all seem to be with horrific domestic violence 🙁 7y
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vkois88 I've never read (or seen) this... I feel like it would be too much!! 7y
Christine11 @vkois88 I‘m ok with reading it but I think I‘m too squeamish to watch it! 😬 7y
DeborahSmall Love this book. Movie is fantastic 7y
Christine11 @DeborahSmall I might need to try and watch the movie once I‘ve finished the book - don‘t know if I‘ll find it too violent to watch, but I‘m interested to see how similar it is to the book! 😊💕 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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I came across this while Googling and like, erm, #isthisreal ?
#magicalmarch

batsy That cover 😆 🍽️ 7y
JamieArc Those illustrations look like they are done by the same illustrator who did the Ronald Dahl books. In that case, something about it makes sense to me 😆 7y
readordierachel Someone needs a book to tell them that? 😂 7y
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saresmoore @JamieArc I was just going to ask if Quentin Blake did the cover art! Haha! 7y
batsy @JamieArc Quentin Blake 💕 7y
RowReads1 It must‘ve been written for jeffrey dahmer. 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh my, this is real 👌! 😂 @RowReads1 Now that you mention, it does look a bit like Quentin Blake‘s illustrations! @saresmoore @JamieArc 7y
Christine11 🤣😮😬 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Omg!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂 7y
vkois88 Lol 7y
CarolynM Ah Malcolm Bradbury...very much of his time, I think 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Did you keep wondering #Isthisreal ? And boy oh boy is Lo annoying!!!


I have her other books and haven‘t read them yet! Are they better??
#MagicalMarch

BookNAround I was very cranky reading this one. Since it‘s not my usual genre, I thought it might just be me. 7y
MicheleinPhilly I totally rooted for her to fall over the side of the ship. 7y
Jess7 I liked this one — but there were parts that were super unrealistic. Sadly, this is my favorite one of hers so far. I did not like In a Dark, Dark Wood (but some did). The Lying Game was just so-so for me. But I‘m looking forward to her new one coming out this summer: 7y
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RadicalReader @MicheleinPhilly 😂😂😂😂 7y
TheFunkyBookworm Uggghhhhh this book! 7y
blondie I did not like this one. 7y
FantasyChick I have other books by her but haven't had the nerve to try them yet. This book....just...😤 I hear In a Dar Dark Wood is much better. 7y
CouronneDhiver I‘ve read three of Ruth Ware‘s books... I think they all have an unreliable narrator and some unlikeable characters. If you don‘t enjoy that, she may not be for you. 7y
Reviewsbylola I liked the setting in this one and the final 1/2 of the book, but overall I‘m not that impressed with Ware. I also read her first book. 7y
Christine11 I just read In A Dark Dark Wood for my Litsy mark-up postal book club group! I liked it but didn‘t love it - I thought it was well written mostly but the motivations of some characters seemed a bit silly to me! I‘m kind of on the fence as to whether to read her other books! 🤔💗 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @BookNAround nope!! Not just you!! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jess7 I didn‘t know she had a new one coming out! Maybe I‘ll get to them someday!! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @CouronneDhiver you‘re probably right!! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Christine11 I have both of them and got them at Goodwill so if they are terrible not much $ lost!! 🤣 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Reviewsbylola I agree!! I lump her in the same boat with Paula Hawkins!! Pardon the pun! 🚢🤣 @FantasyChick @blondie @TheFunkyBookworm 7y
vkois88 I liked it... not keen on Lo herself, but found the story involving the other characters. I kinda wish it had been written from the other point of view. THAT would have made for a crazy interesting story. The beginning of this book was drawn out, and had way more of an effect on the rest of the story than it should have. However, going on other people's comments about about an unreliable narrator... you can mark one off for a reading challenge 😉 7y
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