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SanjanaGhosh
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Pickpick

Just me and my trustworthy Kindle against the 🌎 again this weekend!

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TiredLibrarian
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Mehso-so

I read the previous books in the Bill Smith / Lydia Chin series and enjoyed them, so I expected this to be a good read. Instead it was a bit of a slog. Slower paced, less of the relationship between the two, and a less-than-compelling mystery plot. The bright sides were the few scenes with Lydia's mother, and the commentary on the New York art scene. ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 #mystery

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TiredLibrarian
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I guess reading time is over for now. 😻

Bookzombie 💕🐈‍⬛ 11mo
BiblioLitten 😄💕 10mo
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TiredLibrarian
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Shifting colors on a monster billboard bled through the April evening mist, showed me a shadow in the alley.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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TiredLibrarian
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Just started this one. I'm in the mood for some mystery in the Big Apple, and I've enjoyed others in the Bill Smith/Lydia Chin series. #mystery

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Clwojick
The Obsession | Nora Roberts
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Last night I finished my last #TrappedonAnIsland book, chosen by @Pigpen_Reads 💖 I had a blast reading these this month, and only had one DNF.

1. Never Ever Getting Back Together 4*
2. Beauty‘s Curse 2.5*
3. The Lawyer 4*
4. Crown of Secrets DNF
5. The Obsession 5*
6. Blood Like Magic 4*
7. The Good Girl Complex 4*
8. Driving Her Crazy 4*
9. Convict Me 4*
10. The Hard Truth About Sunshine 3.5*

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Cinfhen
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Pickpick

I don‘t know when I picked this up on Audible or why, but it was a really solid memoir of a young woman‘s experience as a war correspondent/ photo journalist. Lynsey Addario has worked in almost all the contemporary war zones risking her life to take photos that show the cost of war on civilians, soldiers and most often innocent women & children. Her story was fascinating & I loved hearing her story. #52Books23 #AWarOtherThanWWIorWWII

Cinfhen @Riveted_Reader_Melissa using for #Imagine as Lynsey often wishes 🎶Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace🎶♥️ #NonFictionChallenge23
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JenReadsAlot Oh I read this years ago and loved it! 1y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great choice and great book! I recommend it often. 1y
Cinfhen It was so good @JenReadsAlot @Riveted_Reader_Melissa sent me down a bunch of rabbit holes 🤓 1y
squirrelbrain Sounds great - but of course it‘s not on my Scribd. 🤷‍♀️ 1y
Cinfhen I listened on Audible @squirrelbrain 1y
Deblovestoread Sounds great! Stacked. 1y
squirrelbrain Ah, yes, I missed that. I can see it on there…may just go for this one as I was struggling with that prompt. 1y
Librarybelle Good choice for the prompt! 1y
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OutsmartYourShelf
Greta and Cecil | Diana Souhami
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Panpan

Neither of the main players in this account of the on/off relationship between Greta Garbo & Cecil Beaton come across as very nice people. Garbo, well-known as reclusive, seems also quite selfish & rude & dismissive of her fans, whilst Beaton seems like a bit of a flibbertigibbet. They have a brief affair, which Beaton thinks will lead to marriage. When it doesn't, Beaton commits the ultimate betrayal in Garbo's eyes - he talks to the press.

OutsmartYourShelf There's an LGBTQ+ slant to the book as both Garbo & Beaton had affairs with both men & women, & both liked to wear clothes typically worn by the opposite sex at the time. Ultimately their personalities were too different to have ever made a go of things as a couple. Overall it was quite interesting as I didn't know a lot about either of them, but really, not much happened & it was very slow at times. 2⭐

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OutsmartYourShelf TW: racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, & misogynist phrases in the period quotations.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4284483795

Read 1st - 5th Jan 2023

#WinterReadathon @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader
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Andrew65 Not good. 😖 ☃️☃️☃️ 1y
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dabbe flibbertigibbet ... BEST word of the week! 😀 1y
DieAReader 😂🥳📚🤓 1y
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Pigpen_Reads
The Obsession | Nora Roberts
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#ManicMonday #LetterO @CBee

Today's picks are!:

📚: The Obsession
✒️: Olivia Dade
🎬: Oscar
🎤: Owl City
🎶: Obsesion- Adventura

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MoonLogic
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*A talented young woman must support her grandmother and manage the family photographic studio despite the presence of a competing business in the same neighborhood.*
LIKES:
~ well-defined characters
~ resourceful protagonist
~ women in business
~ varied obstacles to success
~ gentlemanly love interest
DISLIKES:
~ romance was great once it progressed, but it felt rushed at the beginning

#vintage #careerromance #photographer