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ChaoticMissAdventures
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I think I am going to bail on this for now. I have read 30 pages and it isn't pulling me in. I know so many enjoyed it, but it is due back at the library tomorrow and so many people are waiting. There is no way I am going to push through it all today. And obviously I have plenty to read from the library.

BarbaraBB It took awhile to get into the book, I agree 2w
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BarbaraBB
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Pickpick

At first I didn‘t know what to make of this book. Were it loosely connected stories, all set in a fantasy setting? YA maybe? And then I got it and I got the message. A book that packs a punch in a quite unexpected way(to me) and well deserves its place on the #InternationalBooker shortlist!

sarahbarnes Glad you liked it too! I agree I‘m glad it‘s on the shortlist. 2w
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sarahbarnes
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Well, I‘ve only read the tagged from the Booker Intl shortlist so far although I‘m on the list at the library for the others except for Small Boat, which isn‘t available.

BarbaraBB I really want to read Small Boat! But it‘s not out here yet either. 2w
sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB I‘m excited to try the others on the list and hoping my holds start coming in soon! I was trying to figure out if I could order a copy of Small Boat somewhere. 2w
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Graywacke
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Dystopian feel, with pared down prose and a lot mystery. Eventually we figure out we're in some future with a much smaller population of humanity. And we're within an unnatural system where no one seems to understand the controls. [The Giver] was always on my mind. This is is a bit of a puzzle to put together.

I liked it. I liked the pared down prose and curiosity build-up.

#booker #IB2025 No. 3

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Graywacke
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Working ok this one. #booker #IB2025

BarbaraBB Very excited about this one. I have heard such good things! 1mo
Graywacke @BarbaraBB easy fast reading. And very curious. I‘m enjoying it. 1mo
sarahbarnes Glad to hear you‘re enjoying this one. It is a bit of a puzzle in places. 1mo
Graywacke @sarahbarnes yes! feels like it‘s all scattered puzzle pieces 1mo
sarahbarnes Yes! Great description. 1mo
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sarahbarnes
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I really liked this book; it reminded me of science fiction in the style of Ishiguro‘s books. It‘s a clever and powerful statement on human nature and our undying capacity to work against ourselves in the name of self-interest. A line that feels especially poignant right now: “Oh you…dear humans…won‘t you find some way to help one another?” 💔

BarbaraBB That quote…💔 I have been very much looking forward to this one. Your review adds to that! 2mo
Cathythoughts I love the quote. Stacking 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts I hope you both enjoy it. ♥️ 2mo
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SBookLove I enjoyed it as well! I‘m reading so much Japanese literature now and I love it. 2mo
sarahbarnes @SBookLove good to know another lover of Japanese lit here! 😊 1mo
Reggie Ooof. The other day my mom won a jackpot at the casino. She says this horrible thing all gamblers say which is, God was with me. I laughed and said, Norma, Gods not even in the United States right now. I think Kawakami wrote one of my favorite books, Strange Weather in Tokyo. Stacked. 1mo
sarahbarnes @reggie I have to agree with you on that sentiment. And she did write that - a great book. I hope you like this one, too. 1mo
Graywacke I‘m reading it now. Puzzling it out. Enjoying it 1mo
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sarahbarnes
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Happy Saturday! Really enjoying this first read from the Booker International longlist. Lucky for me to have two works of Japanese fiction on the list this year. 😀

BarbaraBB I hear you 😀 2mo
eclectic-reader Hey, Sarah 👋 2mo
sarahbarnes @eclectic-reader hello! I was so happy to see it was you!! 2mo
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Gleefulreader
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I‘ve been delinquent in updating my finished books here while we were on vacation and then the post-vacation catch up, so apologies in advance for the post dump!
I read this just before I left and it is an odd book of extremely short stories with interconnected characters that become progressively weirder as the book goes on. I don‘t know that I retained much but I definitely enjoyed it while reading.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Thank you @BarbaraBB! I LOVE a quiz. I am super excited my results of the first Booker International I should read I already have a hold on at the library. I am #3 of 5 copies so hopefully soon!

So many books, so little time.

If you too want to take the booker quiz you can @ https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/quiz-which-book-from-the...

BarbaraBB This one sounds so good! I really want to read it too 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB did you read Shark Heart? I was disappointed by it and I feel like this one is going to be what I had wished SH was. I guess I am weirder than most because I didn't think that one was weird enough. So high hopes for this one. 2mo
sarahbarnes I‘m reading this one right now! It‘s really interesting. I like it. 2mo
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mom2bugnbee
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Thanks to @BarbaraBB for this link - this is fun! Going to check out this for sure.

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/quiz-which-book-from-the...

BarbaraBB One I really want to read this one too! 2mo
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