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Rachel.Rencher
Stolen Life: A Memoir | Jaycee Dugard
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I stayed in bed way later than I meant to this morning, completely absorbed in Jaycee's story. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering she endured. It's hard to believe there are people in the world who can do such horrendous acts, and she doesn't shy away from sharing exactly what her abuser did to her. It's honest, hopeful, and very well-written especially given the memory blackouts she experienced. Trigger warning for explicit descriptions.

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Bzosche
Bye, Baby: A Novel | Carola Lovering
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“That‘s the problem with trauma. You can decide to change how you think about it, time can fade it, but it‘s never going to disappear.”

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intothehallofbooks
Bye, Baby: A Novel | Carola Lovering
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Backstabbing and betrayal galore! Some of my favorite things to read about. So many secrets between Billie and Cassie. Their relationship is toxic. I couldn‘t turn away.

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intothehallofbooks
Bye, Baby: A Novel | Carola Lovering
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Finished this puzzle while listening to the tagged book. The book is great so far, I‘m not quite 2/3 thru. I‘ve enjoyed this author‘s work in the past. Her characters are complicated and have such toxic relationships. They‘re so catty, I absolutely love it.

The puzzle is called “A Book Lover‘s Christmas” and it has holiday scenes from a bunch of classic books. I received it for a Christmas gift but am just getting around to it. #audiopuzzling

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w
bookandbedandtea What a great puzzle 💜 2w
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AprilMae
A Stolen Life: A Memoir | Jaycee Dugard
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#bannedbooksunday book #2 is "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. This book was banned due to references to drugs, smoking and alcohol, offensive language, sexually explicit content and being deemed "unsuitable" for the age group, as well as "adopting, supporting or promoting gender fluidity".

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I didn‘t know this was banned! 2mo
AprilMae @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I got a list from the Kurt Vonnegut Musems website and it had it on there so I did some more research and yeah, banned. I don't think any books should be banned but way to silence a victim trying to tell their story. 2mo
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Butterfinger
Stolen: Escape from Syria | Louise Monaghan, Yvonne Kinsella
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This was my first completed book of 2025. I wanted to read it because Nicola Coughlan is rumored to play the author.

At first you can tell Ms. Monaghan is not a professional writer. But, it doesn't matter. That's the point. She is not a writer, she's a mom. She's a mother who has to creep her way into SYRIA on the precipice of the war to RESCUE her baby from a very abusive man. I was sobbing.

#SundayFunDay @BookmarkTavern

SilversReviews My first book was a winner - The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall. 2mo
BookmarkTavern Sounds like a very moving read! Thank you for sharing! 2mo
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BarbaraBB
A Stranger Like You: A Novel | Elizabeth Brundage
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WeeklyFavorites

This week favorites is the Elizabeth Brundage, a super surprising read filled with fun twists and very well written.

November hasn‘t been my best month but these four books absolutely made up for some meh 🫤 reads!

Read4life Excellent!!! Some good looking books on this post. 💙💙💙 3mo
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BarbaraBB
A Stranger Like You: A Novel | Elizabeth Brundage
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Ever since reading All Things Cease to Appear I've wanted to read more Brundage. This one is completely different yet just as good.
Set in Hollywood a man who's script has been denied by a famous producer, is looking for ways to make her change her mind. That's just the start, which leads to a whirlwind of actions, just like in a movie. A hard boiled thriller on the one hand but also a very thoughtful novel about war veterans. Highly recommended!

Liz_M Sounds like a variation of the plot for the movie “The Player“. 4mo
Cathythoughts Great review ! I really enjoyed it too. I hope she‘ll have a new book out soon 🤞🏻 4mo
BarbaraBB @Liz_M I don‘t know that movie. I have to look it up! 4mo
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BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts That would be great. I do have another one by her that I haven‘t read yet. Did you? 4mo
Cathythoughts I did read The Vanishing Point. I thought it was excellent. Although very hard to read , in terms of addiction and she really dosnt hold back. But it‘s very good. 4mo
Chelsea.Poole I really enjoyed ATCtA…We‘re on the same wavelength—I just finished a Brundage I‘ve been sitting on for years (review pending!) 4mo
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts @Chelsea.Poole That‘s so good to know! And what a coincidence you just read it Chelsea! 3mo
Megabooks How have I not read this??? I need to!!! 3mo
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BarbaraBB
A Stranger Like You: A Novel | Elizabeth Brundage
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#WeeklyForecast 48/24

I remember @Cathythoughts writing about the tagged book so when I found a copy in a free library I had to pick it up of course. I am going to read it after finishing Yr Dead from the #ToB25 longlist.
I want to read so many of the longlisted books and have a couple of them on my shelves. I‘ll read one each week. Except for this week lol because I also want to read Colored Television!

Ruthiella I love Free Little Library finds like that! It‘s magical somehow. 4mo
Bookwormjillk Yay! Love free libraries. 4mo
squirrelbrain How are you finding Yr Dead? 4mo
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BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain It‘s short and weird. It‘s a typical #ToB book and I like it but it won‘t be a favorite. Did you order it? 4mo
sarahbarnes So fun that you have some of the long list on your shelves! There are so many I want to read, too. We will see how many I can get to! 4mo
Cathythoughts Oh I think I love her writing.. she is quite dark and sometimes hard to read , but brilliant. I‘m waiting for a new one to come out. I look forward to your thoughts 👍🏻❤️ 4mo
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts I have meant to read her other books ever since I read and loved the tagged book and am super glad I stumbled upon this one! 4mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Way too many 😀. I am so excited about the list that I forget to actually read 😂 4mo
squirrelbrain I‘m just the same @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes - I spend far too long making exciting spreadsheets for lists that I forget to actually read the books. 🤪 I just finished Real Americans though. 4mo
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain That doesn‘t surprise me at all 😉. Is Real Americans good? 4mo
sarahbarnes Yes @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB I‘m doing the same thing! 😆 4mo
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Lizwarnerpdx
Long Time Gone | Charlie Donlea
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This is the second book I‘ve read from this author & they are riveting. Each seem to be stand alone books, not a series. Can you imagine being a pathologist fellow checking out forensic genealogy and discovering that you are the missing baby charlotte from 30 years ago!