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How the Light Gets In: A Novel | Joyce Maynard

Not all the time, or often—just now and then—the light hits the pieces of colored glass just right, and for what may be just a fleeting moment, everything looks beautiful. If a person doesn‘t ask too many questions about what happened yesterday or what‘s going to happen next. If she can just look at this one brief moment in time, without asking for more 🫧

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Book Clubbed | Lorna Barrett

Finall the April BOTM picks are live!

What is everyone thinking!?!

TheBookHippie I skipped 😂😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w

bookish_wookish Me too! @TheBookHippie 3w

TheBookHippie @bookish_wookish I have NOT been impressed lately! I feel bad because my subscription was a gift. OY. 3w

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bookish_wookish Oh no! I haven‘t skipped in awhile but i already preordered Enchantra and nothing else really interested me! @TheBookHippie 3w

Megabooks Unfortunately skip! I really wanted Sky Daddy from the add ons though! 3w

bookish_wookish Same! @Megabooks 3w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Skip 😩 3w

TheBookHippie @Megabooks I always want the addons! 🤭🤣😝 3w

bookish_wookish Me toi! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 3w

staci.reads Skipped 3w

bookish_wookish I feel like a lot of us skipped! @staci.reads 3w

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Deblovestoread

How the Light Gets In: A Novel | Joyce Maynard

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This follow up to Count the ways was everything I didn‘t know I needed until I started reading. Between the two books is a family saga with all the ups and downs, wins and losses, etc. Told in mostly short chapters it is a fast read. Loved it!

Read for #TransRightsReadathon. My first choice was Meet Cute Diary which I had to DNF as it was way to YA for my 65 year old brain 😂

Amiable It was so good! 3w

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actualdisneyprincess

Handbook for Homicide | Lorna Barrett

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Finished it, and read the sneak peek of the next book, and yup, it‘s definitely quit-the-series time. Lazy plot-manipulation, plummeting characterization, and one of my least-favorite ways to resolve a ~love triangle~. It‘s kind of a shame, because this was a really enjoyable series in the beginning, but now? Byeeeeee. ✌🏻 #booktownmysteries #handbookforhomicide #lornabarrett

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Handbook for Homicide | Lorna Barrett

Once I finish this, I‘m 99% sure I won‘t continue with the series. Tricia is a judgy bitch, and her obsession with food and gaining weight is obnoxious. Not to mention, the writing is just getting bad. Although I love Mr. Everett so much, there‘s not enough of him to make this worth it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #booktownmysteries #lornabarrett #cozymystery #handbookforhomicide

Fortifiedbybooks I struggled with this book as well, but managed to get through it and find out the reason behind Tricia's obsession with food, weight, and being judgmental. The next book, A Deadly Deletion was better, but Clause of Death was the last straw for me. I barely got through it. It's a shame, too, because this was the series that got me into Cozy Mysteries. 4w

actualdisneyprincess @Fortifiedbybooks I‘m pretty sure her obsession with food was explained in a previous book, and I thought I remembered her acknowledging it and beginning to heal from it; the characterization here seems to ignore that completely and just reverts to her worst self. I feel your disappointment, though! This was one of my favorite series until now. 🫠 4w

Fortifiedbybooks I do remember the issue coming up previously, but I feel like this book went into more detail about it, possibly for the sake of bringing social issues into the series. That was the main reason (besides the bad writing) I finally bailed. I don't want to read about social issues in my Cozy Mysteries. I want to escape from the social issues/reality LOL To me, that's the whole point of Cozies. 4w

actualdisneyprincess @Fortifiedbybooks right???? There‘s a way to touch on them without making them feel like Very Special Episodes of 80s/90s television, or holier-than-thou, savior complexes, and unfortunately…this doesn‘t do it. 🙃 4w

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Amiable

How the Light Gets In: A Novel | Joyce Maynard

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Loved this sequel to “Count the Ways,” which picks up in 2010 and follows Eleanor and her family through 2024 —with mention of many of the historical events in America. (Trigger warnings if you don‘t want to relive several school shootings, the 2016 election, the pandemic, George Floyd‘s murder or the Jan. 6 insurrection of the Capitol, for example.) These characters feel real to me now and I will miss them.
#transrightsreadathon

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Amiable

How the Light Gets In: A Novel | Joyce Maynard

#Resist

dabbe 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 #resist 1mo

CoverToCoverGirl Elbows up! Canadians are with you! 💙 4w

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Amiable

How the Light Gets In: A Novel | Joyce Maynard

Just downloaded this one from Hoopla —the sequel to “Count the Ways.” I‘d forgotten that Eleanor‘s oldest son is transgender! So I‘m jumping in and participating in #transrightsreadathon. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! It is such an important time for the readathon! 1mo

BittersweetBooks Enjoy, can‘t wait to hear what you think! I‘ve requested it through the library so just waiting for my hold to come in. 1mo

Deblovestoread Thanks for this post! I wasn't feeling my chosen book but have this one ready to go. YAY!! 1mo

TheBookHippie Adding this to my list! 1mo

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