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BarbaraBB
All Fours | Miranda July
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Miranda July made my day on Instagram. Whether you liked the book or not, this IS cool right?!

sarahbarnes Oh wow! I would watch this. 😀 3d
Suet624 It is! 3d
TiredLibrarian Very cool! 3d
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TheKidUpstairs Super interested to see how this works as a series! 3d
squirrelbrain It will be interesting to see, that‘s for sure! 3d
Lesliereadsalot So cool! 3d
Ruthiella Can‘t wait to see that motel room! 😃 3d
Meshell1313 Oooh interesting! Casting the main character is going to be key I think! 3d
Centique What a great message to put out there 🙌 2d
CarolynM Sounds more like threat than a promise to me. 8 or 12 hours of that character? No thank you! 1d
BarbaraBB @CarolynM 🤣🤣🤣 1d
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BarbaraBB
Wayward | Dana Spiotta
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Mehso-so

Another menopause oriented book, a subject I am not really interested in. It‘s an important subject but it mostly isn‘t that interesting to me. I didn‘t like Sandwich much either. All Fours is an exception of course!

Anyhow this one is about a woman who leaves her husband and daughter to get caught up in working out and feminism. And there is the shooting of an innocent black boy of course. And cancer. A lot of subjects. Not much told.

sarahbarnes I think I read this awhile back and liked it okay - is this the one where she buys the old house? I think at the time I read it that felt like a tempting idea. 😆 5d
Lesliereadsalot I‘m with you on Sandwich and All Fours! 5d
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Yes it is! The book and the tempting idea 😉 5d
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot Really? Most people prefer Sandwich to All Fours! 5d
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Sparklemn
All Fours | Miranda July
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I can‘t remember ever rooting so hard AGAINST the main character. She is dreadful. That being said, I‘m enjoying the book (about 70% complete) and looking forward to seeing how the story ends. Did anyone else feel this way about her?

Ruthiella I didn‘t find any character particularly likable. But I was curious to see where it would all end up. I also wondered how much of this was culled from the author‘s life. 1w
TheBookHippie LOATHED her. LOATHED and I bailed. 😵‍💫😂😝🤪🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
fredthemoose Also completely loathed her, so much that when a friend read it we spent a 5 day trip having one long book club conversation about what a self absorbed jerk she was. 1w
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Sparklemn @Ruthiella I hadn't even thought about that. I'll have to research the author when I've finished. 1w
Sparklemn @TheBookHippie I almost bailed, too, but stubbornly pushed on. Not sure why. Hopefully it be worth it. 1w
Sparklemn @fredthemoose Now that sounds like fun! I'm looking forward to reading reviews when I'm done. I'm not sure I can convince any of my friends to read this one. 1w
TheBookHippie @fredthemoose was 5 days long enough????? 😝😂😩😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️😅 1w
TheBookHippie @Sparklemn 😝😵‍💫😅 1w
fredthemoose @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂 No! But it was as long as we had so we had to make do! 1w
CarolynM Loathed her 1w
BarbaraBB I enjoyed the book so much! I didn‘t particularly like the narrator but loved what the author did. I now follow Miranda July on IG and she‘s so fun. 1w
Sparklemn @CarolynM yes! 😖 1w
Sparklemn @BarbaraBB Can‘t wait to finish! 1w
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HettyG
All Fours | Miranda July
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Pickpick

A middle aged female artist facing a midlife crisis writes about a middle aged female artist facing a midlife crisis with all the credulity of a teenager who has just figured out how to have an orgasm, certain the rest of the world must not be clued in to the experience.

I still really liked it though, there were moments of real insight and while the main character remains insufferable from beginning to end, I still liked her. 💜

BkClubCare Nice review. 3w
CarolynM Great review. I didn‘t like her. At all. 3w
HettyG @CarolynM she's a complicated character for sure and the book is really not for everyone, I wasn't sure I liked it or her until towards the end. And she is unlikeable, maybe all of us, the perimenopausal, are tough to take in this phase of life? I know I am. 🤣 2w
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HettyG
All Fours | Miranda July
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"I'd thought the two paths were:

sex with Davey vs. a life of bitterness and regret

But maybe the road split between:

a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

I'm still not sure about this book but I feel this quote deeply, and it's one of the few times I've felt any genuineness from the main character, who hides herself from everyone, including the reader.

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HettyG
All Fours | Miranda July
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"It took me two days to call Brian the neighbor because I was busy savoring my position, like when a crush finally texts back and you want to enjoy having the ball in your court for a while."

Y'all know I have a soft spot for unlikeable female main characters but it is only page five and I am really being tested on this one. Also this particular quote had me ??? I have no idea why it's not THAT funny

JuniperWilde I loved this one 📕 4w
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fredthemoose
All Fours | Miranda July
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I didn‘t love this. The writing was engaging and I got through it quickly but I just did not connect with the MC. There were some interesting pieces of commentary about women‘s sexuality and relationship structures and menopause, but by the time they came around I wasn‘t willing to give the MC a pass for being a self-absorbed jerk. #ToB2025 #ToB25

CarolynM Yep. 1mo
TrishB Accurate description of said MC. 1mo
Larkken Haha, agreed 1mo
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ncsufoxes
All Fours | Miranda July
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Pickpick

Read in 2024. At first I was a little unsure when I started listening to this one. It dealt with many topics & areas that I know nothing about but I realized that it‘s important for people with all different experiences to be able to tell their story. The biggest thing that resonated with me is the f-in patriarchy. Just that realization of how much of our lives as women is directed by the patriarchy (especially as we get older). The societal

ncsufoxes expectations of women. There are some uncomfortable discussions in the book & at first I was ready to give up but definitely happy I stuck with it. It‘s really made me think about things I didn‘t expect to get from this story. 1mo
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rmaclean4
All Fours | Miranda July
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Pickpick

Surprising at every turn. Some very explicit sex scenes in this novel about a woman facing change in her body. A story about family and how to be an individual within parenthood. Great first book of 2025. Not for the faint of heart. 4.5 🌟

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Bevita
All Fours | Miranda July
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Mehso-so

I really do not get the fuss. The first 2/3 of this book was stupid. Is it possible that an educated woman has never heard of perimenopause? I trust the other books on all the “best of” lists will be an improvement.