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Robotswithpersonality
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Robotswithpersonality
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Incredible writing: inventive descriptions in non-fiction is one of my favourite things.

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Robotswithpersonality
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First page and it's already giving Terry Pratchett style footnotes. I LOVE IT! 😁

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rmaclean4
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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Mehso-so

#@carolshieldsprize This was a fast read for me. It was well written, but I did not think the novel was special. 3 🌟 I am surprised it is on the long list.

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Lauram
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“When it was my turn, I nervously approached the counter and described the project. I had a wood stove and just needed it installed. They asked what the cabin looked like, so I carefully drew a box with a triangle on top. ‘This is the roof,‘ I said, pointing to the triangle.” 😆

Reggie lol 1mo
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Gadolby
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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Panpan

I assume this book is a metaphor for domestic abuse? If I look at it through that lens I like it ok. If not, then I really didn‘t. Characters are irritating, whole story line is boring, nobody evolves. I wish the bear was interesting in some way. If you don‘t want to read it, the mom dies and the sister gets eaten by the bear 🤷‍♀️. To be honest, I legit lol‘d at that second one 😆

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Christine
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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I was so bummed to not finish this in time during #CampLitsy and therefore was thrilled to see it on @monalyisha‘s #AuldLangSpine list; will now have to go back and read the discussion that I missed! I found this very emotionally engaging, and the writing had me vividly picturing characters, setting, and scenes throughout. Have the film rights to this been purchased? 🤔 Would be great on screen.

Christine And no, this doesn‘t take place in California. I just love my state. 2mo
Suet624 I live in Vermont but love your state too. Have spent lovely sections of time there. 2mo
monalyisha Disappearing Earth bowled me over. I was so excited/nervous for Bear — and so happy when I wasn‘t disappointed! 2mo
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BarbaraBB Glad you‘re reading it, it was my favorite #CampLitsy read. 2mo
Christine @Suet624 We‘re both lucky to live in such beautiful places. 🩵 2mo
Christine @monalyisha I‘ve had DE on my TBR forever!! Must make time for it soon. 2mo
Christine @BarbaraBB So good! Second only to James for me. 2mo
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Mpcacher
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This is a memoir about a young man who is not finding satisfaction with his job and on a whim buys a very rundown off grid cabin. We follow his adventures as he upgrades the place on a very limited budget and with no previous skills to draw on. Along the way he learns more about life and what he wants out of it. Thanks to both NetGalley and Edelweiss+ for the digital ARCs. I really enjoyed it as it was light & funny, but still a worthy read. 4/5

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mcctrish
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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OMG! I am just so frustrated with Elena and her stupidity! I would totally be Sam in this narrative and that‘s not fair. One description on the book jacket says “haunting fable” and that it is

BarbaraBB But it‘s good, right?! 3mo
mcctrish @BarbaraBB it is. It‘s just a crazy juxtaposition of this beautifully described natural world against the chokehold poverty and illness has on the family plus the magic of this great bear and the spiral it produces 3mo
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mcctrish
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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I‘m on page 147. This can not end well

ChaoticMissAdventures “This cannot end well“ should have been typed on the cover 😂 3mo
CSeydel Oh I just finished this one! And … you‘re not wrong 3mo
mcctrish @CSeydel someone in reviews back when everyone was reading this for camp Litsy said it felt magical until it didn‘t and I was thinking I have a completely different definition of magic and fairy tales 3mo
CSeydel Oof yeah, same here. I don‘t want to say anything to influence you while you‘re still reading it, but the magical/fairy tale mood didn‘t land for me. As a fable I found it lacking, but taking it literally didn‘t help either - Sam was too frustrating. 3mo
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