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julesG

Warriorborn: A Cinder Spires Novella | Jim Butcher

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The novella was slightly better than the first book.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#NovelNovember #readathon

julesG The cover should have been a huge giveaway - name of author larger than title of book. 🙈🙈🙈 #petpeeve 5mo

TheSpineView Disappointing. Hope the next one is better 5mo

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

Untitled | Anonymous

"She released a breath she didn't know she was holding."

#SundayFunday #PetPeeve @ozma.of.oz

Librariana 😄😆🤣 11mo

wordslinger42 Yes!! How do you not know that you aren't breathing?! 🤣 11mo

CBee Omg 😂😂😂😂 11mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures There is no other line in literature used as often and that sticks out so much. Every time I read it my brain goes "Ah, there it is" ? 11mo

Susanita That bugs me too! Also: Someone was screaming. She realized it was her. 11mo

Ruthiella Totally. Drives me nuts! 🛑🙈 11mo

BookmarkTavern Oh yes! Thanks for answering! 11mo

BiblioLitten 😂 it‘s used so often! 11mo

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merelybookish

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance: A Novel | Alison Espach

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Sally adores her beautiful, fun older sister Kathy & Kathy's popular basketball-star boyfriend. But when a teenage Kathy dies suddenly, Sally's world is destroyed. A story about coming of age amidst grief & how it twists and stunts people, relationships, & families. It's also about finding a life in spite of loss.
A soft pick. I was interested at times but it also got bogged down by minutiae. I agree with @Megabooks that it is just too long!

merelybookish Not a strong contender for #TOB23 imo. @Cinfhen @MicheleinPhilly @Well-ReadNeck @BkClubCare @batsy @Aimeesue @JamieArc @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Ruthiella 1y

merelybookish @RebelReader @Chelsea.Poole @Hooked_on_books @Suet624 @sarahbarnes @Addison_Reads @Megabooks 1y

Ruthiella Bummer! Especially when there are so many stronger contenders to choose from. 1y

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Hooked_on_books I‘ve gone back and forth on this one since it published, just not sure if I wanted to read it or not. I‘ll give it a try, but my expectations are terribly high. 1y

BarbaraBB This‘ll be my next shortlist book, I‘ll temper my expectations! 1y

Jas16 I just finished this one too and agree that it was too long. 1y

sarahbarnes Great review - if I decide to read it I will keep this in mind! 1y

Cinfhen I was and am looking forward to this one but the poor editing will definitely be an issue for me!!! I found too many books are unnecessarily long!!! #petpeeve 1y

Megabooks This is one of my least favorites in the #tob. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ and agree that it was entirely too long!! (edited) 1y

merelybookish @Ruthiella Yes, it's not bad but also not great. Or weird. I can stand behind weird. 1y

merelybookish @Hooked_on_books It's a perfectly fine book. It's just not an exciting book. But maybe it will exceed your expectations. 1y

merelybookish @Jas16 Yes, could slash 50 pages. Easy! 1y

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Thanks! I wonder if you might connect with it more than I did. 1y

merelybookish @Cinfhen 💯 So many books need a ruthless editor! 1y

merelybookish @Megabooks I think if it had been tightened, it would have been more effective. There's good material there...but it's diluted. 1y

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DGRachel

Book Report: Publishing Strategies, Writing Tips, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors and Poets | Mark Shaw

Woo hoo! I finished three books that had been weighing me down for weeks (Perseus was good, just emotionally exhausting), read 4 graphic novels, bailed on a book for #readingafrica2022, read a great picture book and a middle grade travesty, and I will finish Moon of the Crusted Snow today. Daisy Darker is okay so far, but I‘ve already lost patience with the idiot MC in The Favor. If it wasn‘t a NetGalley book, I‘d bail. #bookreport

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Idiot MC‘s are definitely a #petpeeve 😫 1y

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Cinfhen

Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure | Menachem Kaiser

#UpNext I‘m already LOVING this memoir/ history ♥️🎧✡️ #JewishLit #NonfictionNovember

jlhammar I have this waiting on my shelves. Looking forward to it! 1y

Cinfhen Im not really sure how this book ended up on my radar @jlhammar and while I loved the beginning it‘s starting to drag a bit - I feel like a big chunk of the middle is filler, which is a #petpeeve of mine - I‘ll keep u posted 1y

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Cinfhen

Greenwich Park | Katherine Faulkner

#PetPeeve #MultiPOVthrillerSingleMonotoneReader 😬🙄This book is really good but I‘m having such a hard time figuring out who‘s POV I‘m listening to🎧Helen married is 24 weeks pregnant when she meets Rachel a single pregnant woman at a prenatal class. But Rachel isn‘t quite what seems-

TheAromaofBooks I often think that a book should be multiple 3rd-person POV instead of a bunch of 1st-person that sound way too similar. If I have to flip back to the beginning of a section to remember whose POV I'm reading, they don't sound different enough to justify it!! 2y

Cinfhen It‘s frustrating because the book is really good but the audio publisher really messed up by hiring ONLY one reader for the multiple POV chapters- @TheAromaofBooks 2y

Megabooks This is a pet peeve of mine too!! 👯‍♀️ 1y

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Megabooks

When We Cease to Understand the World | Benjam�n Labatut

so-so

Total mind**** for me!

This book takes major scientific discoveries and fictionalizes some stories about their founders. That said, I have done enough science reading over the years to know that some of the more outlandish stories are actually TRUE. So this book had me connecting and processing until I went mad. Perhaps someone coming in cold would enjoy it more. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Interesting but VERY frustrating.

The #audiobook narration is great!

Cinfhen, Mindyrecycles, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, Ruthiella, sarahbarnes

Megabooks I think I‘m forgetting to tag someone. If so, I‘m sorry!! 2y

Ruthiella I don‘t have your science background but suspect I‘m going to be googling a lot! 😆 Great review! 2y

squirrelbrain I definitely don‘t have a science background, but actually I let the really science-y stuff just go over my head. @Ruthiella 2y

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Cinfhen Curious how I‘ll respond to this book, since I have zero scientific background but I HATE when fiction and NF is blurred. Distortion is a #PetPeeve 2y

sarahbarnes Crazy! Great review. I‘m on the list for this one at the library, and as a total non-science person it will be interesting to see how it reads. 2y

BarbaraBB I‘m a non-science person too and curious how I‘ll think of this book. Thanks for the honest review 🤍 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen the first section “Prussian Blue” is about the guy who invented nitrogen collection from the atmosphere, BUT he also invented chlorine gas (this is true). Anyway, it has fairly graphic descriptions of Jewish people dying in gas chambers. Just wanted to let you know as far as a CW. It‘s not in any other place besides that section. 💜 I‘m interested to see what you think, especially since you also hate distortion!! (edited) 2y

Megabooks @Ruthiella it may spark you to find out the truth about these discoveries, but you can just let the most science-y parts go like @squirrelbrain said. There are some REAL wacky stories about science, which is definitely cool! 2y

Megabooks @sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB thanks! I‘m really curious to see what the non-science readers have to say for sure! 2y

Cinfhen The audio is available on #Hoopla @sarahbarnes in case you have that library service!! Thanks for the heads up, Meg. It‘s a short listen so I think I‘ll add it to my #WeeklyForecast ❤️ 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen cool!! Really curious to see what you think!! I should‘ve checked hoopla before I bought it, but you know I‘m not a hoopla fan! I listen at 2.25 and that‘s not an option on hoopla. 👎🏻👎🏻 2y

Cinfhen Just as a heads up @Megabooks Hoopla now offers a custom speed setting and it goes up to 4.0 😘 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen finally!!! Now if they‘d only put chapters in their back catalogue! Or have they done that too? 2y

sarahbarnes Thanks @Cinfhen! I wish I was better at books on audio. I apparently don‘t have an attention span for it - I get distracted and realize I missed the last five minutes of what was playing. 😂 2y

Cinfhen Chapters are back, too!!! Or at least they are in some of the last few I listened too!!! 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen yayayay!! I‘ll definitely check it out. It‘ll save me some 💰 2y

Mindyrecycles Not my cup of tea. 😬 2y

Megabooks @Mindyrecycles it was weird AF for sure! 2y

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MatchlessMarie

December | Phil Rickman

I started making a #DecemberChill playlist but then I remembered New Found Glory‘s new Christmas album just came out today and it‘s perfection 👌 Also Spotify rudely removed the 1998 Tooth and Nail Happy Christmas compilation so I couldn‘t add one of my favorites which is Five Iron Frenzy‘s cover of You Gotta Get Up by Rich Mullins. #MusicalMatters

https://youtu.be/7MqOui0znuM

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen I‘m excited to listen to this playlist 🎵even though I‘m Jewish, I enjoy Christmas music…..but not in October #petpeeve 😉💚♥️💚 2y

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Kimberlone

The Complete Christmas Music Collection: Piano/Vocal/Chords Sheet Music Songbook Collection | Alfred Music

Posting my “Actually Good Christmas Songs” playlist for #DecemberChill. Full disclosure, I do NOT like Christmas music. I get annoyed that every store and radio station starts blasting holiday songs by mid-November.

That said, there are some holiday and XMAS-adjacent songs I actually like, compiled here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0FEyw1YEuOaHQNBAhW10OW?si=RjdmnEg0S5KqkIiqMxtk...

#WinterGames #TeamGameSleighers

Cinfhen, StayCurious, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I don‘t like Christmas music either… 2y

Kimberlone @BarbaraBB good to know I‘m not the only grinch! 2y

BarbaraBB And I am sooo glad ‘Driving home for Christmas‘ isn‘t on your playlist! That song is the worst - imo 😊 2y

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Kimberlone @BarbaraBB lol I don‘t think I even know that one! A positive side effect of my holiday music aversion…. 2y

BarbaraBB Chris Rea… don‘t go and listen if you don‘t know it! 2y

StayCurious I‘m not a fan of most but every once in awhile they put out a new one that‘s catchy. That being said I used to work retail so I hate listening to it in stores too. Shop online now haha (edited) 2y

Kimberlone @StayCurious same! I had physical therapy today and the office played Christmas music the whole time! 2y

Cinfhen Hahaha!!! I TOTALLY share your #PetPeeve 😆but occasionally there are catchy tunes - I‘ll need to have a quick listen 🎧 2y

Centique @Cinfhen when I was a student working at a bookshop we only had 2 Christmas cds and the manager played them on repeat. I‘d go home to bed and shut my eyes and the whole CD would keep playing in my head. It was drilled into my brain 😂😂 But now it just reminds me of being 18 so I don‘t mind it! 2y

Cinfhen At least it‘s attached to happy memories @Centique 🎶🎄❤️ 2y

vivastory I also have an aversion to holiday music with a few exceptions thanks to working several years in retail music stores. I still have periodic nightmares about selling endless copies of the latest Kenny G Xmas album. 2y

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