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Caroline2

Caroline2

Joined July 2016

If I'm hiding books under the bed, does this mean I have a problem???
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Not quite 99p kindle deal but almost! 👍

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When your TBR stack accidentally colour coordinates itself!! 😀 ❤️ 🤍

julesG 😍 1mo
Caroline2 @julesG And let me know when ya fancy a Confidence Men buddy read! 😃 1mo
RaeLovesToRead 💃💃💃💃 1mo
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julesG As soon as I find my copy? 🙈🙈🙈 It's here somewhere, I know I have it. I think tomorrow is a shelf-organising day. 1mo
Caroline2 @julesG 😂 no worries, there‘s defo no rush. 👍 1mo
squirrelbrain Lovely! ❤️ 1mo
Velvetfur So pretty! 😁 1mo
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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99p on kindle at the mo. This is a good collection of short spooky stories. 👍

ju.ca.no Loved it! 2mo
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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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Here‘s my #top10summer2023reads. I‘ve had a lot of bails but some really good books too. 👍

youneverarrived Plainsong is one of my favourite books. A few here on my tbr 👍 3mo
Amiable @youneverarrived Agreed—“Plainsong” is wonderful 3mo
sarahbarnes I reread Secret History this summer - so good! 3mo
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Cinfhen Loved some of these as well 😁 3mo
steph_phanie I love Plainsong! ❤️ 3mo
squirrelbrain I‘m glad Mary Jane made your list! ❤️ 3mo
quietlycuriouskate Plainsong ❤️ 3mo
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I'm Not Scared | Niccol Ammaniti
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I loved this. Set during a heatwave in 1970s rural Italy, a young lad stumbles across a boy trapped in a hole. I don‘t normally like books from kids points of view but this was done so well (like Lord of the Flies or Mockingbird). This will stay with me a long time.

La_Cori This is one of my favourite books.. I'm always happy to see someone enjoying this as much as I did! 🙂 3mo
squirrelbrain I loved this one too. Thanks to Between the Covers for putting it on our radar, hey?! 3mo
Itchyfeetreader This looks interesting 3mo
Caroline2 @La_Cori loved it ❤️ 3mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Defo! I‘d never heard of it before. 3mo
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Mary Jane | Jessica Anya Blau
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Set in the 1970s, this is a Judy Blumesqe coming of age story. Charming, nostalgic and easy to read this was just the palate cleanser I needed. I loved it! Thank you so much for sending this to me @squirrelbrain

squirrelbrain Glad you enjoyed it and, you‘re right, it‘s the PERFECT palate cleanser. ❤️ 4mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain It really was, esp straight after Animals!! 😂 I now feel reenergised. 👍 4mo
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This is dark, gritty and bleak. I absolutely loved it. It ticked all the dystopian boxes for me. I went in with v low expectations so I was pleasantly surprised.
Really enjoying campy litsy. What am I gonna read when it ends?!?! 😟 #camplitsy

Ruthiella You get a brief break and then we gear up for the real Tournament of Books starting in November/December! 😂 4mo
Christine Yay, I really enjoyed this too! Was wondering if I‘d have any fellow likers at #CampLitsy ! 😄 4mo
Caroline2 @Ruthiella Oh Yay! Can‘t wait. 😀 👍 4mo
Caroline2 @Christine I know right?! I was shocked when I looked on litsy and saw loads didn‘t like it. It still amazes me when people have different reactions to books than me. You would have thought I‘d be used to it by now!!! 😂 4mo
Christine LOL yes! I do love how Litsy reminds me daily that there‘s no such thing as a “bad” book and how any can be the right one for the right reader at the right time! 4mo
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Romantic Comedy | Curtis Sittenfeld
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I really enjoyed this. It was a book of two halves for me tho and I defo enjoyed the first half more than the fantasy/romance heavy second half. Not as good as American Wife but Curtis is a fav author now and I want to read all her books. 😁 #camplitsy23

rockpools Oooh, good! I‘ve just started the first bit. 4mo
squirrelbrain Glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to our discussions at the weekend! 4mo
Megabooks I‘m a sucker for epistolary bits so chapter 2 was my fav, but I‘m glad you enjoyed it! Once I finished, I picked up this at the used bookstore. 4mo
Megabooks I loved Rodham and thought Prep was okay. I‘m excited to try more of her backlist too. 4mo
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99p kindle deal. Sounds charming. 😁 ⛪️ #nunlit

jlhammar That sounds delightful! Thanks for sharing. It‘s not available in the US, but I might need to add it to my next Blackwell‘s order. I guess there‘s also a follow-up out this fall 4mo
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I am loving the TV show The Bear. Can anyone recommend a good book about a family run restaurant please?? (I‘m more interested in the family run business drama side of things than the cooking side 😉)

julesG @TrishB recommended Marrying the Ketchups 😁 4mo
Caroline2 @julesG Got it. 👍 4mo
TrishB @julesG @Caroline2 I recommended in the art of mime 😁 4mo
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julesG @TrishB 😁😁😁 4mo
Itchyfeetreader Not a restaurant but there is. A restaurant in the family run hotel in 4mo
Larkken Have you tried Manansala‘s mystery series? Lots of family drama in these with much description of yummy Filipino food! 4mo
peaknit I was going to mentioned the tagged book. 4mo
jlhammar Such a great show! 4mo
jlhammar Have you tried J Ryan Stradal yet? All of his books are about food and family. His latest features a family-run supper club 4mo
Tamra Loving the show! 4mo
Caroline2 @Itchyfeetreader oh this sounds perfect, thanks. 😀 4mo
Caroline2 @Larkken I‘ve added to the list, thanks. 👍 4mo
Caroline2 @jlhammar I haven‘t but this sounds great, thank you! 😁 4mo
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Chain-Gang All-Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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So excited to read this!! Which means I‘ll either read it next week or in the next 2-3 years! 👍

Ruthiella Yup! Bookworm time is different from normal time! 😂 5mo
LaraReads 🤣🤣 5mo
RaeLovesToRead 2-3 years is still pretty recent. I have hardbacks from a decade ago 😬😬😬😬 5mo
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Caroline2 @RaeLovesToRead me too! 🤦‍♀️ 😆 what are we like?? 5mo
Caroline2 @Ruthiella I like that! 👍 5mo
RaeLovesToRead We are terrible, neglectful readers! 😆😆 5mo
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Happy Anniversary | Wulf Stapelfeldt
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Wow! Has it really been 7 years?! So grateful to have met you lovely bunch of book pals! Such a lovely platform and I‘ve made some truly fantastic friends (GladstoneNerds!) and especially enjoying the Camp Litsy reads and discussions this year. 👍 😉 📚

julesG Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉 5mo
TrishB Woohoo 🎉 🎉 5mo
squirrelbrain Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 5mo
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JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 5mo
Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 5mo
Mollyanna Happy Litsyversary 🎉🎈🎉 5mo
Daisey Happy Litsyversary! 🎉 5mo
wanderinglynn Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🥳 5mo
AmyG 🎉🎉🎉 5mo
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚 5mo
eeclayton Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 5mo
batsy Happy Litsyversary! 🎉 5mo
Gissy Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎊📚📚📚👏👏👏👏👏❤️ 5mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy Litsyversary 🎉🥳🎈📚 5mo
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
fredamans Happy Litsyversary! 5mo
Caroline2 Thanks everyone!! 😀 ❤️ 📚 5mo
LeahBergen Happy Litsyversary! 5mo
bthegood happy litsyversary - 5mo
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The Cloisters | Katy Hays
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Disappointing. When I hear the words Dark Academia, it sets my expectations sky high. Which doesn‘t help. I liked the location but there wasn‘t enough atmosphere or interesting plot for me here. I found the tarot cards stuff frankly boring. At one point, she says that the history of tarot cards is often left out by historians… I think there‘s a reason for that!!! I liked the ending tho, good twist. 👍

marleed I read this a few months back and can‘t recall the story. What stays with me though is the actual physical place and gardens maintained with historic seeds. I want to visit those gardens! 5mo
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Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton
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Disappointing! The writing is very literary (No chapters, really long sentences and paragraphs) it feels ranty and smug. We are given so much background for the characters, pages and pages, yet they‘re still stereotypes (the evil billionaire, the idealist eco youngster, money grabbing baby boomers). The set up and some of the plot is interesting but then there‘s too much tomfoolery. #camplitsy23

TrishB Now tell us what you really think 😁 6mo
Caroline2 @TrishB AND, to add insult to injury, the ending happens off screen!!! We‘re just told what happened in a couple of sentences!? What a cop out! 🤬 6mo
squirrelbrain At least you finished it! 🤣 6mo
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Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Yep! I nearly gave it a so-so but the ending annoyed me too much. 😆 (how it was written rather than what happened). 6mo
Megabooks I see what you‘re saying even if I don‘t agree. I‘m glad you‘ll be joining the discussion! 6mo
BarbaraBB Oooh I see what you mean too but I loved the book. So interesting what effect her writing has on each of us! Lots to discuss! 6mo
CoffeeK8 Oh boy! We‘re supposed to read this for my book club and I usually am not a big literary fiction reader. Thanks for the helpful review! 5mo
Vansa Thanks for this,so it's as unreadable as The luminaries then! 5mo
Caroline2 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I just bought Animals! 😀 Loving Camp Litsy!! It‘s so much fun. Thank you all so much for organising it. 😘 👍 5mo
BarbaraBB You‘re very welcome. It‘s so fun indeed! 5mo
Megabooks You‘re welcome! So glad to have you at camp! 👍🏻🏕️ 5mo
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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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I absolutely devoured this book! It was so entertaining, in a Fatal Attraction kinda way. You know it‘s going to end bad but you can‘t look away! Loved it!! Can‘t wait to discuss with #camplitsy23 👍 💛

Megabooks Yay! So excited about this one! 👍🏻 6mo
BarbaraBB I am super excited for this one too! Can‘t wait for July! 6mo
Tamra Yay! Picking up from the library today! 6mo
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American Wife | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Cor I devoured this! I got completely immersed in the story and the characters. I now want to read everything Curtis has ever written. Fantastic!

squirrelbrain I loved this one, and Prep too. Are you going to join in with Romantic Comedy for #camplitsy? I‘m hosting at the start of August. 6mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain yep! Got my signed hardback edition ready to go! 😆 6mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain I have Prep and Rodham on my kindle in the meantime!! 6mo
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squirrelbrain I have a signed hardback edition too! And I also have Rodham on my Kindle too…. 6mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain 😮 you know what that means… it‘s been agessss since we‘ve done a buddy read. Weren‘t we supposed to be doing The Change?! 😆 6mo
squirrelbrain Yes, we were….! And I still haven‘t read that one either. We could do one (or both) at Gladstone‘s. I know it‘s a long way off (actually, not *that* long!) but wouldn‘t it be fab to discuss face to face?! 6mo
Caroline2 I haven‘t either 😆 sounds like a plan. 😉 👍 6mo
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In the Blink of an Eye | Jo Callaghan
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I really enjoyed this. Everything you want from a thriller: interesting murder plot, depressed yet brilliant detective, fast paced but then there‘s a little splash of sci-fi with an AI assistant also on the case. 😯 So much fun! Loved it. 👍

youneverarrived Sounds good! 6mo
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This is such a lovely, lovely book. She‘s an expert but also a Mum so she just gets it. It‘s all about acceptance and making reasonable adjustments. But she also gives examples of how unhelpful CAHMS/schools/docs can be. I found it comforting and validating. Highly recommend. 👍 ❤️

squirrelbrain Sounds really useful, but comforting too. 6mo
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The Secret History | Donna Tartt
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Wow, just wow. I bailed on this book years ago, I thought it was just about a bunch of pretentious, snobby students killing their mate. And it is about that but sooo much more. I‘m so glad I gave it another go when I was in the right mood because I got completely sucked into their world to the point were I now feel listless and I don‘t know quite what to do with myself.

Caroline2 @RaeLovesToRead what did you think Rae? I absolutely loved it. One of my all time fav books ever! 😁 👍 6mo
RaeLovesToRead Book 2 is so compelling!!!! I'm not finished yet, but wow... this book!!!! 6mo
Caroline2 @RaeLovesToRead It is relentless isn‘t it! In a good way!! The twists and hits just keep coming!!! The tension and suspense that she maintains throughout the whole book is so impressive. It‘s so readable and easy to read but it‘s so immersive and thoughtful too. God knows what I‘m going to read now?!?!? 🤦‍♀️ 6mo
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TrishB I‘m still in the minority then 😁 6mo
julesG @TrishB Me too. 😁 6mo
TrishB @julesG 😁 we have a small gang! 6mo
batsy It's one of my faves! How cool that it worked for you on this try. Books are so surprising this way 🙂 6mo
CaramelLunacy I bailed on this one ages ago, but kept it...this may be the push I need to try again 6mo
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For anyone doing #authoramonth #99pkindledeal

Soubhiville Great! I‘ll try to remember to tag everyone this afternoon. 7mo
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Untilted | Autechre
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This was hard but here‘s my final six nominations for Camp Litsy! #camplitsy23

squirrelbrain I see someone‘s been getting ideas from Between the Covers on BBC! 🤣 7mo
Megabooks Oooo!! Great choices!! 😁🏕️ 7mo
Caroline2 Defo!! 😀 Altho I bought Hungry Ghosts before BtC and in the last episode it seemed v marmite. Some loved it tho so fingers crossed 🤞 😬 @squirrelbrain (edited) 7mo
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BarbaraBB Wow, great choices! I loved Birnam Wood and wouldn‘t mind reading the rest of your nominations! 7mo
squirrelbrain I didn‘t love Hungry Ghosts, I have to say. 😬 7mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain ah man!! 🤦‍♀️ 7mo
Ruthiella Nice list! Hungry Ghosts looks intriguing. I think we should all buy our copies of Birnam Wood now. It seems to be a sure thing. 🥳 7mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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I enjoyed this. I don‘t normally like dual timelines (or triple in this case) but all three storylines were interesting and I liked all the characters. It‘s very readable.

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This was a mixed bag for me. I loved the premise (I‘m a sucker for a good old fashioned revenge plot) and the writing was refreshing and so funny at times. But other times it was long winded and dragged?! Not sure about the ending either…! Bit disappointing.

julesG Perfect book to casually leave on a side table. 😈 8mo
Caroline2 @julesG Ha!! Defo! 😆 8mo
jamield1993 Oh, I loved this one! It's definitely my sense of humour 🤣 I also really enjoyed leaving it on the coffee table or in the car when my other half annoyed me 😆 8mo
BookNAround I gave this to my sister for Christmas (after pre-reading it, of course). I told her not to get any ideas. 8mo
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Walmer Castle and Gardens | Rowena Shepherd, Jonathan George Coad, Virginia Hinze
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I was dead chuffed to find a secondhand bookshop in the basement of Walmer Castle! 😁

Oryx That is so cool. Did you get anything? 8mo
TheBookHippie 😍😍😍😍 8mo
AvidReader25 What an awesome spot for a bookstore! 8mo
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TrishB Ohhh lovely ♥️ 8mo
LeahBergen Ooo! 👀 8mo
squirrelbrain Oooh nice! 🏰 8mo
Meshell1313 LOVE 😍😍😍 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly 😍😍😍😍 8mo
batsy Oh wow, that's fab! 8mo
Gissy 📚😍 8mo
Jeg Wow. 😍 8mo
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Operation Moonlight | Louise Morrish
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I should have bailed! Really disappointing. The modern storyline was too long, boring and by the end quite depressing. The wartime storyline was really good at first, I liked the sections on her training as a spy but her actual mission is really brief with too much attention given to the love story and the end of that plot line… really? It just didn‘t ring true for me. Not what I was hoping for.

TrishB 😞 8mo
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This was just the sort of palate cleanse I needed. Easy to read and charming, it was a delight and just what my frazzled brain needed right now. 👍

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The Haven | Amanda Jennings
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Totally engrossing! A young couple buy a farm in Cornwall to start a commune with a group of friends and live sustainably but then things take a turn for the worst….!
This is so gripping, I loved living their idyllic life on the farm then it went really dark and sinister! Absolutely loved it.

rockpools That sounds really disturbing (and probably quite realistic 🤣). Stacking! 10mo
RebelReader That sounds great! Stacking! 10mo
Cathythoughts Sounds good 👍🏻 10mo
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I loved this book. Frida is a struggling single mother who has a very bad day and the state send her away for a year to teach her how to be a good mother. It‘s like The Handmaid‘s Tale meets One flew over the cuckoos nest. It is so immersive and scary and I still can‘t stop thinking about it. Loved it so much, I read it on my kindle but had to buy the hardback. (God bless Waterstones hardback sale).😉

TrishB Looking forward to getting to this one sometime soon! 11mo
Cathythoughts Sounds interesting.. I‘m a bit afraid to read it , but I‘ll stack it and try it. 👍🏻 11mo
NovelNancyM Hadn't thought about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest until your review - so true!
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The Corner That Held Them | Sylvia Townsend Warner
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If any of the ladies doing #nunlit are looking for some soothing music to listen to while reading, this is a lovely little piece written by a medieval nun! 🧘 🎶

jlhammar Wonderful! Perfect to set the medieval mood. I love Hildegard and I loved Year of Wonder. We did it back in 2020, I think, and it was a lovely addition to each day that I looked forward to. Felt a bit bereft when we finished. I wish there were a a follow-up/Year of Wonder II (and beyond). 11mo
batsy Nice! Thank you for the rec. 11mo
jlhammar @Caroline2 Oh my gosh, so exciting! I had no idea. Thank you! 11mo
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Middlemarch | George Eliot
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Looking forward to doing a chapter a day of this chunkster. I am going to cheat and use the serial reader app tho as this is a monster to hold. 😆 #buddyread #chunksterchallenge #pemberlittens

BookBelle84 One of my favourites ! 11mo
bnp Hope you enjoy it. Don't blame you for not wanting to hold this one in hardback. 11mo
BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh it‘s so pretty! I almost bought that one at Barnes yesterday, but i resisted…. For now! 11mo
Amiable Serial reader is a perfectly valid and wonderful way to progress through the chunksters! Email me (AmyBF45 at gmail.com) if you want to receive the graphics you can post when you‘ve finished #ChunksterChallenge2023 11mo
dabbe I adored this book about provincial life in England. I was in this phase one summer where I read some novels with great female protagonists of the 19th century: Anna Karenina, Middlemarch, and Madame Bovary. Looking back, Middlemarch was my favorite. Hope you enjoy it! 😊 11mo
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Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) | George R.R. Martin
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Thank you lovely Litsy Ladies for the cards. ❤️ 😀

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Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason
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Last book of the year and what a book it was! I thought this was going to be really literary and boring but, like Fleabag, it‘s real, gritty and raw. I laughed and cried and absolutely loved every damn page. Best book of the year and one of my top ten favs of all time! (Plus it‘s only 99p on kindle at the mo 👍)

squirrelbrain This was my favourite of last year! ❤️ 11mo
MicheleinPhilly In 2023, I think I‘m going to give this one another go. I read it on holiday in 2021 and wasn‘t terribly focused so it didn‘t “hit” for me. 11mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain it‘s been sitting on my kindle for ages. Can‘t believe it took me so long to read it although it did come along at the right time so defo worth the wait. 11mo
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I loved this! I have never been into gaming but my kids love it. I now have a new found respect for the work and effort that goes into it and how it is essentially interactive storytelling. I loved the John Greenesque bittersweet writing. Highly enjoyable. My only complaint… it is a little long.

squirrelbrain Thanks for your lovely card Caroline! It arrived today…naughty posties! 😘 11mo
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain argh! I am so sorry it took so long. I just had a pile of Christmas cards just turn up too. 11mo
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The Wolf Den | ELODIE. HARPER
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Thank you @jhod this sounds fab! I love books about Pompeii so I can‘t wait to dive in! 😀 👍

jhod Happy belated birthday! 😘 12mo
Caroline2 @jhod Thank you 😘 12mo
Wesleypaker Hello Caroline 11mo
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Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr
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Thank you so much @Oryx 😀 I had just added this to my Christmas wish list so perfect timing! I can‘t wait to read it. 👍

Oryx You're very welcome. I love your little gingerbread person! 12mo
Caroline2 @Oryx Thanks. He‘s cute isn‘t he. Wish I could say I made him but we bought him at a craft fair last week!! 😆 12mo
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Birthday book haul! 🎉😁 Thank you so much @kathedron @squirrelbrain @TrishB @kaysworld1 for my lovely books and cards. I can‘t wait to dive into them all!!!

CBee Some SUPER good reads there!! 12mo
TrishB Happy birthday 🎉🎉 great choices 😁 12mo
Ruthiella Happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 12mo
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squirrelbrain Ooh I loved The Trees and Migrations! Hope you‘re having a fab day! 😘 12mo
jdiehr Happy birthday! 12mo
jlhammar Happy Birthday! What a great haul! 12mo
LeahBergen Happy Birthday! 📚📚 12mo
Linear Happy birthday!!🎂🎂 12mo
quietlycuriouskate You're welcome, @Caroline2 . Hope you are having a fabulous day! 📚🎂🎁 12mo
MicheleinPhilly Happy Birthday, Caroline! 12mo
ravenlee Happy birthday! 12mo
BarbaraBB Migrations and The Trees are both favorites of mine! Happy birthday 🎈 12mo
Caroline2 Thanks everyone. 😘 12mo
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 12mo
CaitZ Happy Birthday!🎉🎉 12mo
bthegood happy birthday - 12mo
Oryx I, as ever, am late sending you something, but it should have arrived today! Happy birthday! 12mo
Caroline2 @Oryx Ah that‘s lovely, thank you for thinking of me and no worries at all about when it arrives. 😉 👍 12mo
Oryx @Caroline2 I'd been thinking for weeks "I need to check that Litsy list, I'm sure there is something coming up..." ? 12mo
Megabooks Happy belated birthday!! 12mo
Megabooks Great stack! 12mo
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I‘ve bailed on the last couple of Three Pines books but this felt like a return to form for me. If a little long winded at time. I‘ll give the next book a go tho. 👍

Tamra I think the series gets better as it progresses and you come to know the characters & their dynamics. I didn‘t even read them in order! 12mo
Crazeedi The series does get better as you go, definitely worth trying! 12mo
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The Nest | Cynthia D'Apriz Sweeney
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What kind of ending was that??? I loved the beginning of this, plenty of dysfunctional family drama but then there were more characters and more till I got new perspective fatigue and then that ending?!?!? 🤬 so lazy!

kaysworld1 Hello there my dear just letting you know you will be getting your birthday card a little early as post is a bit dodgy where I live xx 12mo
Caroline2 @kaysworld1 Oh how lovely, thank you!! I‘ll keep an eye out for it and save it for the day. 👍 (edited) 12mo
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Apples Never Fall | Liane Moriarty
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I really enjoyed this! I loved Joy, the Mum of a family obsessed with tennis. It was overly long at times but I loved all the family drama and the writing was so easy to read. Thank you @squirrelbrain for gifting this to me. 👍

IMASLOWREADER love your coaster…and this is in my tbr 13mo
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Gods of Jade and Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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For anyone doing author a month, 99p on kindle. 👍 #authoramonth

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I throughly enjoyed this dark Victorian murder mystery. Full of gothic atmosphere, suspense and intriguing. The perfect mix of historical fiction and a thriller; it had so many twists and turns!! Really good! 👍

TrishB And a lovely cover ♥️ 13mo
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A Witch in Time | Constance Sayers
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This is really good! Caught up in a dodgy curse, Juliet keeps reincarnating and reliving a doomed romance. It‘s really readable and I loved the historical sections. Reminded me of Interview with a vampire but I hear others compare it to Addie Larue. Well worth 99p on kindle. 👍

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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I don‘t normally like short stories but this collection of ghost stories written by Laura Purcell, Jess Kid and Kieran Millwood Hargrave (to name but a few!) is so good. They‘re all creepy, gothic classic ghost stories. Perfect for Halloween. #99pkindledeals

MicheleinPhilly How are you feeling? 14mo
Caroline2 @MicheleinPhilly Hey, pretty rough to be honest. 😒 Just wish I could fast forward the next couple of weeks. 14mo
MicheleinPhilly ☹️ I‘m sorry. Sending speedy recovery vibes to you. I hope you start feeling well soon. ❤️ 14mo
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The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Only 99p on kindle today if anyone is doing author a month? #authoramonth #99pkindledeal

Soubhiville Great deal! Thanks for sharing! 14mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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Thank you so much for thinking of me @squirrelbrain and sending me the infamous new Stephen King book! It‘s really cheered me up and I‘m dead chuffed to be able to join in the buddy read next weekend esp as I can‘t be there in person! So thoughtful! Thank you! 😘 ❤️

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! Hopefully we‘ll be able to Zoom you! 🤞 1y
julesG That's a great idea, @squirrelbrain! 1y
Caroline2 @squirrelbrain Can‘t wait! 😃 1y
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TrishB Ah that‘s so cool 👍🏻 1y
MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain I want to be Zoomed! 😉 1y
squirrelbrain We‘re seriously trying to organise a Zoom call @MicheleinPhilly - so we‘ll let you know! 1y
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Autumn | Ali Smith
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My overly ambitious Autumn TBR pile!! 😆 🤦‍♀️

TrishB That depends how long autumn is 😁 1y
Caroline2 @TrishB 😆 That‘s true! I can go right up to Christmas right?! 😉 1y
Richryan52 You need a Holmes boo there 1y
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This is a good book and so well written but it really dipped in the middle. At over 600 pages, this is wayyyy to long for a whodunnit, there‘s only so long you can keep the suspense going. I started to not care. Also the main relationship between the 34yr old writer and a 15yr old girl was gross and the constant references to their great love for each other was too much over so many pages. A very strong ending though.

CaramelLunacy Not sure I could have powered through that main relationship... 1y
Caroline2 @CaramelLunacy yeah it was upsetting esp as he kept saying she was his muse. 🙄 🤮 so parasitic!!!! 1y
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The Maidens: A Novel | Alex Michaelides
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I‘m not mad, I‘m just disappointed! With myself, for not listening to the negative reviews. This is as bad as everyone says! I can‘t believe it was written by the same guy who wrote The Silent Patient. This was so predictable and daft with cardboard characters and even worse dialogue. Meh.

Caroline2 I think I need a break from thrillers now. 😬 1y
TrishB I didn‘t like The Silent Patient so didn‘t bother with this one! 1y
Chelsea.Poole Me too…taking a break from thrillers that is. Lately I haven‘t been very “thrilled” 😑 1y
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Caroline2 @Chelsea.Poole Yeah, I‘ve read about six on the trot and they were all so good but then I hit this dud and it has thrown me into a slump so I defo need a palate cleanser!! 😆 1y
Chelsea.Poole Oh tell me your good ones! @Caroline2 1y
Caroline2 I really enjoyed Home before dark by Riley Sager, Russian Doll by Marina Palmer and Counterfeit by Kristin Chen👍 @Chelsea.Poole (edited) 1y
LitStephanie I just started but am about to bail. I wanted to check the reviews on here first to see if it gets any better. Sounds like it doesn't. Thanks for posting your review to warn others! 😆 13mo
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The Startup Wife | Tahmima Anam
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Think a girly Silicon Valley meets We Work! I got totally absorbed into Asha‘s world as she tries to build an alternative to social media. The characters felt like friends, I want to text them and see how they‘re doing! Not sure on the ending though… I really hope there‘s a sequel!

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Ohhh super excited about these two biographies being published soon! 😯 👏

Caroline2 @TrishB I bet J and C will be interested too. 😉 1y
Deblovestoread I pre-ordered Matthew‘s but didn‘t know about Tom‘s so thank you! 1y
Blerdgal_Fenix I preordered Tom‘s book!! 1y
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TrishB Cool 👍🏻 I can def see those being purchased 😁 1y
Jhullie I am just beginning Matthew‘s and Tom‘s is next 💙📘💚📗 13mo
peaknit I have both also, I started Tom, switched the Matthew and will wrap up with Tom lol. 13mo
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