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I went into this one cautiously given the potentially hyperbolic title, but it straightforwardly lays out the increasing use of lawsuits by rich and powerful people when they simply don‘t like what‘s been said about them. At times, this has led to complete dissolution of media companies, which is sometimes the goal, as is the chilling effect on speaking truth. It‘s very well done.

squirrelbrain Sounds fascinating, if infuriating. 2d
Suet624 What @squirrelbrain said. 😳 2d
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Fair Play | Louise Hegarty
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The description of this book sounded promising but it‘s just dumb. It‘s winking so hard at Holmes/Poirot that it‘s more like a grimace. And the construction of it just doesn‘t work. I wish I hadn‘t read it.

RaeLovesToRead Oh nooooo! 3d
Aims42 Thank you for this honest review! I was on the fence with it and it‘s nice to know I can move it further down my TBR list 😄 2d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2d
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Hooked_on_books @Aims42 You‘re welcome! I always appreciate honest reviews, so I try my best to do the same. 2d
squirrelbrain I got the ARC for this but then saw all the shitty reviews so didn‘t bother reading it. 🤷‍♀️ 2d
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain You made a good choice. It has a meta/experimental approach and the description really should have hinted at that and doesn‘t at all. 2d
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The Names: A Novel | Florence Knapp
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Bailedbailed

The first hour of this 9.5 hour audiobook is full on physical and verbal domestic abuse, and I am not here for it. It feels like this is less how a boy‘s life is impacted by different potential names and more the impact of his abusive father‘s reaction to said names. I don‘t care to read a book that gives an abuser that kind of power.

Aims42 I second @Dabbe ☝️🚀 3d
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Cold Eternity | S.A. Barnes
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Needing money and trying to stay hidden from a scandal she had a part in, Hailey takes a very sketchy job at an old cryopreservation ship. And then she starts to see things. This starts sci-fi and goes solidly into horror. Barnes keeps doing the isolated space story, but it‘s still working, so I‘m not mad. There are a few pacing issues in spots, but overall really good.

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In this book, some people from the past, famous and not, have suddenly “returned” in the future. Fun conceit, but this just ends up being them sitting there telling their stories. Those stories are valuable, but it‘s all tell and no show and it‘s just been done so much better. I found it really heavy-handed. There‘s one section of backstory that‘s really compelling, so I think Bob has potential.

squirrelbrain I was intrigued by this when you nominated it for #camplitsy25 and nearly got it on audio. I‘m kinda glad I didn‘t now! 😬 (edited) 4d
Prairiegirl_reading I thought it was a good debut, I do hope Bob writes more. 3d
Hooked_on_books @Prairiegirl_reading I would like to see what he can do. When we get the backstory with Slim, I was riveted. That section is so good, so I know he can write. 3d
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Atavists: Stories | Lydia Millet
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In these tightly intertwined stories, which could be called a novel in stories, Millet explores a group of characters from a friend/family group. Each story serves to deepen our understanding of one or more people. I enjoyed this one and think it will work for those who don‘t usually like short stories.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6d
Reggie I saw this at the library today and almost picked it up. Next time. 6d
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The Last Session | Julia Bartz
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I felt Bartz‘s first book was a mess, but I was entertained by it, so I gave this one a try and it‘s not good. She follows the same formula to isolate the characters and then it‘s a mess in a way it isn‘t entertaining. If there‘s a third book, I will not be reading it.

CBee I saw she had a new one, but her first was not great so I decided not to pick this one up. Glad I didn‘t! 7d
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The Wall | Marlen Haushofer
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A woman visiting the Alps one day discovers an invisible wall. No other people seem to be trapped on her side, so we move forward into a story of her efforts to survive. This definitely shares some DNA with I Who Have Never Known Men and On the Constellation of Volume. I found it riveting.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
TrishB This sounds interesting 👍🏻 1w
BarbaraBB I liked it too 1w
Gleefulreader I have this on my shelf waiting - think I‘m going to have to move it up the never ending TBR! 7d
Anna40 Love this book, love the author 7d
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Big Bad Wool | Leonie Swann
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This completely delightful book finds a group of sheep in France with their shepherdess when a deer is found horrifically killed in the woods. The sheep try to solve the mystery while protecting their own flock. It‘s so cute and fun, and the translator really did a marvelous job.

Soubhiville This sounds unique! Did your mom like it too? 1w
Aims42 This was a great read!! I hope there‘s a third book, I‘m not done with Miss Maple🤞 1w
Hooked_on_books @Aims42 I would love a third book!! And a fourth, and a fifth, and 🤭🐑🐑🐑 1w
Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville She loved it! We had both already read the first book, Three Bags Full, and loved that, too. It‘s not necessary to have read it for this one, but both are a lot of fun. 1w
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Early in the COVID pandemic, Cora‘s sister is brutally killed in front of her in an anti-Asian hate crime. She then becomes a crime scene cleaner and starts getting visited by ghosts. I was initially put off by the title, but I‘m glad I got over that, as I found this really absorbing.

BarbaraBB Great review. This one has been on my radar since people nominated it for #CampLitsy. 2w
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A Little Trickerie | Rosanna Pike
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I tried, but this one is not for me. I don‘t like the writing or the voice and based on other reviews, it doesn‘t look like those will change, so I‘m out. #WP25 longlist

TheKidUpstairs I love your bookends! 2w
Hooked_on_books @TheKidUpstairs Aren‘t they cute?! I‘m actually at my mom‘s house and I think they belong to her sister. I really want to steal them! 🤭 2w
LeahBergen Those bookends!! 😍 2w
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I was unenthusiastic when I saw this on the #WPNF25 longlist: really, another famous dead white guy? So I dragged my feet on picking it up. But once I did, I struggled to put it down because the writing is SO good. There are some issues with some bits near the end being slotted in not quite so seamlessly, but overall I really enjoyed this.

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In the latest installment of the maid series, a televised antiques show comes to the hotel and the staff get the first crack at them, where Molly learns something extraordinary. We also get Gran‘s backstory in a separate timeline, which I wasn‘t sure about at first as it pulls us out of the hotel, but it did work. And once again, Lauren Ambrose is perfect on the audio.

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Twins Julie and Chloe are separated quite young after their parents die. Now, Chloe is a trending influencer and Julie is at a dead end. Then Julie finds Chloe dead and finds herself slipping into Chloe‘s life. I really enjoyed this. It has a good tone and veers into camp (but it works) while providing social commentary on social media.

Librarybelle I picked this up through Aardvark because it sounded interesting. Glad you liked it! 2w
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In Nightfall | Suzanne Young
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I was looking for a lighter, faster paced read, and this YA horror fit the bill. A family heads to a small Oregon Coast town for the summer. It‘s beautiful, but they‘re advised not to stay out after dark or talk to strangers. Obviously, something bad is going on. It was a fun read, though the cover is terrible and makes it look campy, which it isn‘t.

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Merry Month of May | James Jones
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The spins this month for #ReadYourEbooks gave me 3 NF, which is fun. I didn‘t manage to read any last month, so we‘ll see how I do in May!

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Crooked Seeds: A Novel | Karen Jennings
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I wasn‘t a fan of An Island and so would not have read this if not for the #WP25 longlist, so color me surprised that I enjoyed it. It is a portrait of a selfish, self-pitying woman who I think the reader gradually comes to see we all have a bit of inside us. She‘s unlikable, of course, and we gradually come to understand her a bit by the end. I do think this is worthy of the list.

BarbaraBB I had no idea she is the same author. Will bump it up my TBR! (edited) 3w
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Abigail is trying to find her solo way in Soap Lake after her husband takes off for a work opportunity. In a separate timeline, we see Esme grow up in Soap Lake then meet the fate we see in Abigail‘s timeline. I enjoyed this overall but was sometimes thrown going back and forth between the stories, as there‘s no reminders that the timelines are different. I also thought the ending was a bit too drawn out and I got a little bored.

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I did a lot of nodding and “yep”ing as I listened to this one, about how a subset of American society has turned against the knowledge of experts (and no doubt it‘s happening elsewhere, too). He doesn‘t offer solutions, which is of course frustrating, but then the first step to problem solving is acknowledging the problem. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa !

ChaoticMissAdventures My goodness it is so frustrating. Not only are they turning against experts many are turning against knowledge period. It is so bizarre. 3w
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures It really is bizarre. And they revel in doing it! I really don‘t know what the answer is, but it‘s really bad for us as a society. 3w
Prairiegirl_reading And “do your own research” from RFK while cutting actual research is devastating. 3w
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Christine Ooh, we‘re covering this topic in the sociology of science class I‘m teaching right now. I‘d better check this one out! 3w
Hooked_on_books @Prairiegirl_reading Not only that, but he shows up in here as an example of a dangerous person for spreading misinformation. And here we now have him as our HHS secretary, which shows how much further we‘ve slid down this dangerous path. 3w
Hooked_on_books @Christine I would totally take that class! 3w
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You‘re welcome…. I‘m glad it still held up. We seem to be sliding down this slippery slope so fast, I sometimes wonder when I recommend books if they will hold up, even when they are just a few years old. I remember back when I read this thinking how much the climate change debate had been taken over by the same forces of Big Tobacco back in the fight of cigarettes…Big Oil now. But now we are into Big Coal and so many of those issues have ⤵️ 3w
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ been co-opted into the political cultural issues instead of science with debating science teams paid by the corporation. And now we have progressed into cutting funding of the basic science itself, and deleting reports we do not like (culturally) which gives the misinformation voices even more space. 3w
Hooked_on_books @Riveted_Reader_Melissa You sum it up really well. And the pervading force is money. Pay people to say what your interests want rather than try to find the best way, is what these folks do. It‘s not a good thing at all. 3w
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My first read of short stories from PE, and they‘re good, including a couple of fantastic ones. So far I do like his novels better, but it was fun with this one to read a couple a day.

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MAGGIE NELSON 😲😍

And she signed my book! ☺️

RaeLovesToRead OH MY WOWWWW!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 3w
Ruthiella Wow! 🤩 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures Do you live in Portland?? This looks like you were at Powell's Burnside! 3w
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures That‘s exactly where I was! I live out at the coast, so it‘s about an hour and a half one way for me. And Maggie is worth the drive! 3w
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A bomb goes off on a British school tour bus in northern France and Chief Inspector (on leave) Ortley rushes to the scene, as his daughter is on the bus. I would term this a literary mystery, as it does have a central mystery but the heavy lifting here is the exploration of anti-Middle Eastern racism in British society. It‘s terrific.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 (edited) 3w
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This is such an interesting book. It starts out as memoir of Yale law professor Kenji Yoshino‘s younger days as he processed his “otherness” in American society as a Japanese-American, gay man. He talks about covering—attempting to act as white and straight as possible—then goes into related legal issues. There‘s a gentleness to his writing and some of the legalities are more important than ever in our current moment.

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This is a lovely look at the reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone, focusing on a runty pup who became a formidable adult wolf. While it does use the discredited concept of “alpha” repeatedly, the stories are still riveting and worthwhile. I loved it.

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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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Here are my books for May #Roll100. I only managed to get one read for April, so hopefully I do better this month!

PuddleJumper Looks good! 3w
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Kill For Me Kill For You | Steve Cavanagh
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Two women traumatized by violent loss meet up in a trauma group, then decide maybe they can help each other. This was an enjoyable enough thriller to listen to, but most of the twists seemed very obvious and the big one at the end was unconvincing.

ShyBookOwl I immediately get Strangers on a Trian vibes (which is my fave Hitchcock movie). Maybe I should check it out! 3w
Hooked_on_books @ShyBookOwl That story is repeatedly referenced here, and not subtly! 3w
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In this deeply intelligent, thoughtful book, Dr Cooper explores race and gender and many of the realities of living as a black woman. There are things here and there I would dispute (not the living as a black woman but, as I am white), but that disagreement doesn‘t make this book any less superb. #SheSaid

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Dream Count | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This book follows four African women who are connected to each other in various ways, exploring the reality of being a woman and all the indignities that can be pushed on a woman‘s body (including sexual assault on the page). The writing is very good overall but a bit uneven and the start of the third woman‘s story was so dense I was thrown in a bad way. Good but not great. #WP25 longlist

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Fundamentally: A Novel | Nussaibah Younis
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Finally, a book on the #WP25 shortlist I actually like! (I loved The Safekeep, but read it well before the longlist dropped.) This one follows an idealistic young Muslim British woman who goes to Iraq with a UN program in the hopes of repatriating ISIS brides. It balances the heavier content with snarky good humor and looks at how our own expectations can be blinding.

fredthemoose I liked this one, too! 4w
BarbaraBB Me too! 4w
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The Story Collector | Evie Woods
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The main story here is of an Irish woman in 1910 who is delighted when an American man comes to her village to collect local stories about fairies. It‘s framed by a modern storyline of an American woman at loose ends in Ireland. A bit skimpy but charming. A low pick for me.

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! 🥳 I went to two indies today and one yesterday, and here‘s my haul! Mostly nonfiction and I had a really lovely time. I hope many of you were able to celebrate as well!

LeahBergen What a haul! 👏 4w
squirrelbrain Great haul! ❤️ 4w
TieDyeDude 😍 3w
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The Intern: A Novel | Michele Campbell
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The premise of this seemed fun, so I thought I‘d give it a try. Unfortunately, it‘s immediately completely ridiculous. I thought I‘d give it a little time to see if that improved and by 25%, it‘s still completely ridiculous. So I‘m all done.

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The Gulf: A Novel | Rachel Cochran
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In 1970s Texas, Lou is a mostly closeted lesbian who lost part of her livelihood when Miss Kate died and is now at a crossroads since a hurricane decimated her small town. Then Kate‘s daughter Joanna returns to town and more upheaval ensues. Part mystery, part portrait of a community, this starts a bit slowly but fully hooked me. I really enjoyed it.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4w
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I knew this book would show truly deplorable behavior, but I was not ready for such bottom of the barrel depravity. I honestly believe there is nothing these people won‘t do to achieve their own ends, which is horrifying and terrifying. Such an eye-opening book. I hope a lot of people who continue to use Facebook read this and think on what they are supporting.

TheBookHippie Gonna have to read it I think. 4w
squirrelbrain It‘s almost unbelievable isn‘t it? I‘m glad I‘ve never had a Facebook account. 4w
Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie It‘s definitely worth your while. And the writing is engaging, too, so it‘s pretty riveting. 4w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I really wish I had never had one. But at least I‘m glad I ditched my account years ago (8 maybe?). 4w
TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I ditched in 2015 I think …still have IG but I go back and forth on deleting it .. 4w
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According to Sarah, Mark Zuckerberg believes Andrew Jackson was the best president of the US. WOW. That says so very much.

Aims42 😂😂😂 4w
Librarybelle OMG. That definitely says a lot! Ugh! 4w
BookmarkTavern Oh look, I CAN think less of him. 😂 Gross. (edited) 4w
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TheBookHippie Lord. 🫣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 4w
Ruthiella No. Not possible! 😱 4w
lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I didn't think I could loathe this man more. I guess I was incorrect. But also, color me unsurprised. 4w
dabbe #wtf? And like @lil1inblue ... not surprised. 🙄 4w
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This book explodes the myth of Austen being the first female writer of significance by exploring the lives and work of the women who influenced Austen herself while looking at gatekeeping and sexism in “canon.” I really enjoyed this and @LeahBergen , this has you written all over it.

TheBookHippie You‘ve convinced me! 1mo
LeahBergen Thank you!! And I conveniently already have it waiting on my shelves! 😆😆 4w
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Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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I am beyond frustrated by this book. It has such rich material—fish out of water, racism, stranger in your own land—and it‘s just kind of a mess. Plus, there‘s an explosive event near the end that was so gripping, I really wish the book had been set around it, but instead it‘s squandered. What is this doing on the #WP25 short (or long) list?

squirrelbrain I thought that event was a bit deus ex machina - an excuse to bring her home. It would have been much better to have been suggested or signposted earlier in the book. 1mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain If that event had been about a third of the way in after the stage was set about her struggles and the rest of the book explored the aftermath and how it upended her, her community, and her sense of identity, I would have loved that. Instead it was plopped in without really exploring it. I don‘t get it. 1mo
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The World Record Book of Racist Stories | Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar
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I loved Amber and Lacey‘s first book, and their second it equally good. It‘s astounding to see some of the racism Lacey has had to face and a good reminder of how not to behave. I‘m glad these ladies are able to approach this with humor while not diminishing the importance of revealing racism. I‘ll read anything they write.

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2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas | Marie-Helene Bertino
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I really liked Beautyland and the Book Riot podcast folks love this one, so I figured I‘d give it a try. I made it almost halfway through but I just don‘t care. It isn‘t grabbing me at all. So, on to the next.

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Stag Dance | Torrey Peters
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I loved her debut novel and thus was excited for this, but it didn‘t quite get there for me. I thought the 3 stories were good, but the novella never pulled me in. And had some really high quality technical aspects and a great central metaphor, but it was almost like the technical bits got in the way of the magic. A low pick for me.

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This was more action than other Klune books I‘ve read, but that worked for me. The story is engrossing and I enjoyed the characters. But I have some quibbles. The biggest is that there‘s a cute drawing on every chapter page that is actually a major spoiler, and I really didn‘t like that. Also, the overuse of italics for emphasis is insulting to the reader and the bashing of vegan food was old before it started.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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I am finally submitting my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I tried to pick books that haven‘t been nominated yet. I particularly think Careless People would provide a lot of conversational fodder.

Chelsea.Poole I‘m really interested in Careless People! 1mo
squirrelbrain Yay -I‘ve been waiting for your nominations - well done on finding ones not yet nominated! You‘re right about Careless People - it would make for great discussions! 1mo
Deblovestoread I‘d love to read Careless People as a group! Now to check out the others. 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Careless People is a good idea 1mo
Ruthiella Definitely adding a nonfiction entry would be great! 👍 1mo
BarbaraBB Thanks for nominating and adding these four books! All look Camp worthy! 1mo
Megabooks These are great nominations!! Careless People was excellent, and I hope you and other folks read it regardless of CL. 1mo
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Say Everything | Ione Skye
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I listened to this mainly because it sounded like she spilled the tea about her relationships and conquests, which is largely true. (I love how she really tried to get with Keanu and he showed himself to be the gem we know he is.) I do feel like she held back a ton (her prerogative, of course), and she did mainly focus on her relationships here, but it was fun to hear about all the famous people.

CSeydel All this time I never knew she was the daughter of Donovan! 🤯 1mo
Deblovestoread @CSeydel What now!?! That is new information🤯 1mo
BarbaraBB I want to read all she writes about Anthony Kiedis ☺️ 1mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Oh, there‘s a lot about him! 1mo
BarbaraBB I‘ll definitely read it one day 1mo
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Any collection of writing runs the risk of being uneven, and this is a bit. It starts off with 2 somewhat off-putting essays, but when it gets into the travel stuff, it‘s great, especially the 100+ pages on China. The end is a little bumpy as well, but overall I found this a really worthwhile read.

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Rabbit Moon | Jennifer Haigh
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This book starts with a young American woman being injured in a hit and run in Shanghai. It is then an onion of a family story, slowly peeling away the layers to reveal each family member. Overall, I enjoyed it, but the section at the end is told by the woman‘s sister and the shift is a bit jarring; I wish her perspective had been incorporated throughout.

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Ootlin | Jenni Fagan
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This book is a look at Fagan‘s brutal childhood in the foster care system in Scotland, filled with every horror that can be wreaked upon a child. This makes it a difficult read, of course, but it‘s very well done and vital for exposing the deep inadequacies in care systems and mental health care. A worthy presence on the #WPNF25 longlist.

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Having never identified as a witch, I felt a little skeptical going into this, but I ended up being SO seen by it. After all, how many women persecuted through the ages as witches identified as such? I kept saying, “Exactly!” out loud as I listened. I especially connected with the chapter on choosing whether or not to have kids (I chose no) and aging. Definitely in defense of women!

kspenmoll Great review! 1mo
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I loved meeting Vera Wong in book 1 and am delighted there is a book 2, in which she is back and just as much of a hoot. There is a part of this book that is serious and heavy, but overall it is a delight and I sure hope to see Vera and company again.

Aims42 I hope there‘s more from Vera too! 1mo
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In Weiner‘s latest, 2 sisters were in a band that went big before quickly breaking up. We follow them in the current day then get to see what happened 20 years ago. She really knows how to tell a story and I was really pulled in. I will say, though, that one of the major characters reveals themselves over the book to be a truly despicable person.

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I was so excited when I saw this on the #WPNF25 longlist because Vikings, but I ended up being a little disappointed. It focuses on grave goods and exploring the culture through them but never quite pulled me in.

Soscha You might be able to find this on Overdrive. Harl, Kenneth W. The Vikings, 2005. 1mo
squirrelbrain I struggled a bit with this too 1mo
youneverarrived I bailed 😕 1mo
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Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain @youneverarrived Glad I‘m in good company! 1mo
squirrelbrain And we should have loved it Katie @youneverarrived with all that Viking history around here! 🤦‍♀️ (including the fossilised 💩 of course! 🤣) 1mo
youneverarrived @squirrelbrain haha I know, we should have! 1mo
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