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Heart the Lover | Lily King

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My number 2 read of 2025

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NovelNancyM

Heart the Lover | Lily King

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Such a well written novel that took a turn I wasn't expecting. With a compelling plot and well-developed characters, I read this in one day.

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NovelNancyM

Heart the Lover | Lily King

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Such a well written novel that took a turn I wasn't expecting. With a compelling plot and well-developed characters, I read this in one day.

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Jas16

Heart the Lover | Lily King

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What a book to end 2025 with. I am both crying and wanting to open it back up and start over from the beginning. Love and friendship and heartbreak and growing up and holding on and it was just so lovely.

ChaoticMissAdventures I loved this too! One of my favorites of the year 8h

BarbaraBB Such a fabulous book! 2h

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Dive From Clausen's Pier | Ann Packer

Every year I choose a few books I want to re-read. These are the ones I have been thinking about a lot and will be my picks for 2026!
A Dive From Clausen's Pier
Death With Interruptions
The Collector
Slaughter House 5
The Bluest Eye
5th Season
Red @the Bone
In The Time of Butterflies
Death of Vivik Oj
Underground Railroad

Billypar Great selections! This stack has two that I read for the first time this year: The Bluest Eye and Red at the Bone, both excellent and very worthy of a re-read. 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures @Billypar those 2 are so good!! I have read both a couple of times but it has been a few years so time to revisit and remember why I love them. 1d

BarbaraBB The Collector and Red at the Bone are all-time favorites of mine too. 1d

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ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB The Collector is so creepy!! I love it, it was down to that or Perfume which gives similar vibes. I really want to read another by him in '26

French Lieutenant's Woman

BarbaraBB I read The French Lieutenant too, it‘s completely different! And Perfume, wow, yes, that‘s a long time ago but I still can feel it (smell it 😂?). Have you read

Wasp Factory

BarbaraBB It‘s equally creepy and so is

Under the Skin

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB oh I have not read either of these! Is Wasp Factory very violent? I think what I like about the Collector and Perfume is that they are quiet scary. I will add both of these to my list! 16h

BarbaraBB Maybe they are too violent to your taste indeed. I didn‘t realize that indeed there is hardly any violence in both Perfume and The Collector! 2h

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Amor4Libros

Heart the Lover | Lily King

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I loved this book way too much considering how it devastated me…

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BarbaraBB So true! 4d

Lesliereadsalot Waiting for my library hold to come through. 4d

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youneverarrived

The Happy Couple | Naoise Dolan

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This started out so well but I lost interest halfway and found myself switching off. Possibly better to read in print. I think I would have preferred it if there weren‘t as many character points of view, too. I was left with similar feelings as when I listened to I Want To Go Home But I‘m Already There…just couldn‘t connect to the characters and not very memorable. #10beforetheend

ChaoticMissAdventures

sarahbarnes Good progress! 3d

youneverarrived Thanks @sarahbarnes I read 9/10 🤍 3d

sarahbarnes 🎉🎉🎉 3d

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Mattsbookaday

Good Material | Dolly Alderton

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Good Material, by Dolly Alderton (2023) [RE-READ]
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Premise: A thirty-something failing comedian spirals in the aftermath of a break-up he didn‘t see coming.

Review: I loved this as much on seven read as first. The main male character is a bit of a man-child, but the book never suggests anything else. And, it‘s refreshing to see the flip side of the ‘cast off the unsatisfying relationship to live the life you‘re meant to live!‘ motif.⬇️

Mattsbookaday That Alderton was able to make a book dealing with themes of unequal love, the end of youth, and rough breakups charming and laugh-out-loud funny is a tremendous credit to her.

Bookish Pair: This felt like a modernization of High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby (1995. 4d

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staci.reads

Good Material | Dolly Alderton

Thank you @alexus_sb for the lovely #jolabokaflod package! This book has been a long-timer on my tbr, so I'm excited to dive in! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for another year of this Christmas Eve tradition 🎄

alexus_sb Yay!!! I‘m so glad that you like it! It‘s been on my TBR as well - enjoy! 1w

lil1inblue 💚 ❤ 💚 1w

Lesliereadsalot Good Material is really fun, loved it! 1w

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