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Lisacarlson

Lisacarlson

Joined May 2016

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Homegoing: A novel by Yaa Gyasi
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Living by Annie Dillard
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This guy would prefer that we just stay home though.

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A House for Mr. Biswas | V.S. Naipaul
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Sunday afternoon 👌🏻

Notafraidofwords How's this one? I always wanted to read it? 8y
Lisacarlson @Notafraidofwords It's the first book I've read by Naipaul, and I'm really enjoying it! So far, would definitely recommend! 8y
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Absolutely loved it.

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I'm having a total Graywolf weekend. (Yay, Minneapolis!)

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The Argonauts | Maggie Nelson
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I really enjoyed this book! It was so hard to put down, and I'll definitely need to re-read at some point.

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The Argonauts | Maggie Nelson
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Working on this book now.

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Amazing!! I never thought I would love the book this much.

LitHousewife I'm so glad you loved it! 8y
MrBook It's on my TBR! How quickly did you get through it? It seems like a week-plus sort of read. 8y
Lisacarlson @MrBook It took me about 2-ish weeks to read. I wish I had taken it slower though! 8y
MrBook 😎👍🏻 8y
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Just beginning "THE EPIC NOVEL OF OUR TIME." ?

[DELETED] 3604292746 I started almost 2 months ago and am currently on page 667 . I have loved every minute of it 😊 There were a couple times I did close the book and shake my head at Scarlett. I became so frustrated with some of her choices. But what is a book if it doesn't stir emotions, right!? 8y
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Pastoralia | George Saunders
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I enjoyed about half the stories.

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Pastoralia | George Saunders
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Excited for these short stories!

HeatherBookNerd I loved Tenth of December. Might need to check this out sometime. 8y
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Sophie's Choice | William Styron
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I will be thinking about this book for a long time. Amazing and haunting.

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Sophie's Choice | William Styron
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How to Be Alone: Essays | Jonathan Franzen
Mehso-so

2 ⭐️

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How to Be Alone: Essays | Jonathan Franzen
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Jeanette Winterson

There are threads that help you find your way back, and there are threads that intend to bring you back. Mind turns to the pull, it's hard to pull away.

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"No one even wondered whether Santiago Nasar had been warned, because it seemed impossible to all that he hadn't." Really enjoyable, quick short story!

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
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So glad I read this, even though i knew it was going to be devastating.

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A Little Life: A Novel | Hanya Yanagihara
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Completely enjoying this book. I think this will be a very quick 800+ pages.

ErikasMindfulShelf I loved it. 8y
Seonjoon I read it in one fell swoop and was wrecked afterward...loved it, but it was a tough read. 8y
ramyasbookshelf Should read this soon! I have it in my TBR pile. 8y
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The things you find in thrift store books...

ramyasbookshelf How cute! 8y
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I Remember Nothing | Nora Ephron
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LOVED.

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I Remember Nothing | Nora Ephron
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Found this at a thrift store today. Super thrilled, I laughed all the way through I Feel Bad About My Neck!

Chessa Oooh curious to see what you think! I just finished I Feel Bad About My Neck and thought it was hilarious, too! 8y
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The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah
Mehso-so

Not my favorite! But the pacing was really quick, like really quick, and was a fast read.

hhharlow Totally agree. 8y
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The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah
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I can't stop rolling my eyes, such cheesy writing. Please tell me it gets better?

bookloversnevergotobedalone I was afraid of that, and my book club wants to read it. 😱 8y
BookishFeminist Oh no! I've been curious about this because of all the buzz it got but may steer clear now. @bookloversnevergotobedalone my book club wants to read it next month too! 8y
birdie_writes Cheesy? Really? I thought it was a great book and I couldn't put it down! It's one of my all time favorites! 8y
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Lisacarlson @birdie_writes It is really fun to read! I guess I keep comparing it to Suite Francaise, which I really liked, and has a lot of similarities to this book, but it's just not quite measuring up. 8y
Lisacarlson @bookloversnevergotobedalone @BookishFeminist The book goes really fast, at least! My mother-in-law got it for me, because she absolutely loved it! She really enjoyed the characters and said she can't stop thinking about them. I guess it's just not exactly my cup of tea 😕 8y
AmyWrites I, too, thought this book was cheesy! Terrible writing. And the whole ending is so rushed and tidy and neat. I could not stand this book. 😐 8y
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What did this mean? Only that that he had begun the private work of storing and secreting, deciding on his own what should be preserved and how, and what these things were going to mean to him, in his unknown future.

shawnmooney Alice Munro is the greatest writer alive! 8y
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Never enough Munro.

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Girl in a Band | Kim Gordon
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TGIF.

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Tales of the Jazz Age | Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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And it is!

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Tales of the Jazz Age | Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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There were no troublesome memories in his childish sleep; no token came to him of his brave days at college, of the glittering years when he flustered the hearts of many girls.