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Liz_M

Liz_M

Joined September 2017

Eliz_M on LT. Somewhat obsessively reading the 1001 books list. When I'm not reading I'm visiting museums or cooking.
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I have managed to read several books for my Novella November, but not as many as I hoped.

The Diesel is a fantastical story of a transgender person in UAE, hard to make sense of. The tagged was a retelling of Shakespeare. Memory is dense and more non-fictional than I liked, but several chapters were completely engrossing. In Sicily is a picture of it's time. And Sacrifice was enjoyable and also forgettable.

Up next, I think, is Hard Times.

batsy The Diesel sounds intriguing! Haven't heard of it so thanks for bringing it to my attention. 4d
Liz_M @batsy It is weirder and makes less sense than J. Winterson's most fantastical books. 3d
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I was surprised to find a cookbook for #FoodandLit #Chile in the library. So many tasty looking recipes, but I settled on just making ensalada de repollo con zanahoria, crema de garbanzos, tortilla de lechuga, and the irresistible chupe de mariscos.

Texreader Wow! Fantastico!!! 1mo
Ruthiella Looks delicious! 😋 1mo
Catsandbooks Yum! Looks tasty! 🇨🇱 1mo
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After finishing Clarissa (and Julie, or the New Eloise), I need to read some sort works. I've been thinking of some sort of "Novella November". So, I've chosen 11 books under 200 pages to read this month.

#Novellaember ? Hmmm, must work on the hashtag...

BarbaraBB Great idea especially after the chunksters you read! #novellanovember 1mo
JuniperWilde Any here that you‘re really excited about? 4w
Liz_M @JuniperWilde A bunch of them are a list of books to read that I have been working on for ages, so naturally I'm more excited about the three I bought recently at the Brooklyn Book Festival -- Blood Red, Voyager, Sacrifices 4w
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Belated Weekly Report:

There finally was a nice day with morning sunshine for my picture 😊

I have read the amusing meta-fictional The Age of Goodbyes and finally! finished #Clarissa 🎇🎆🎉

So, of course, I have started another 18th C epistolary novel, Julie or the New Eloise 😳🙄 For something completely different (that I can carry on the subway), I am also reading the tagged book.

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Almost done with Clarissa! So, of course, I've started another 18th century epistolary novel 😂 This one is overwrought. Also reading the quite meta Age of Goodbyes. And because my hold from several months ago came through, I read Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

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Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan | Zaure Batayeva, Shelley Fairweather-Vega
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I may have gone a little overboard at the Brooklyn Book Festival....

16 books from 14 different indie publishers

Sleepswithbooks I fully support that amount!! Excellent!!!! 2mo
LeahBergen Wow! 👏👏 2mo
BarbaraBB Wow what a great haul 😍😍 2mo
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Ruthiella Excellent stack! And some look quite short, so, you know, you really only got maybe 10 books proportionally…😆 2mo
Kitta This is great! I limited myself to two this year since I still have some from last year still unread. 2mo
Liz_M @Sleepswithbooks I appreciate the support! 😆 2mo
Liz_M @LeahBergen Thanks 2mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB I might have been making up for last year, when the marketplace was cancelled due to excessive winds blowing the tents over.... 2mo
Liz_M @Ruthiella and most of them were discounted, so at the cost of maybe 12 books... 2mo
Liz_M @Kitta I might still have unread books from 6 years ago.... ? (I did buy four volumes of "My Struggle" on sale one year). 2mo
BarbaraBB Oh yes I remember that! 2mo
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Love in a Fallen City | Karen Kingsbury
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Occasional Weekly Report:

Finally finished the Rushdie. Excellent, wordy and I should have read it during a vacation. Also read Ivory Pearl which was delightful until it abruptly stops because the author never finished it. And read, start to finish, very quickly the love letter to NYC that is The World We Made.

Always reading Clarissa and about to start Love in a Fallen City and/or The Great Believes.

Chrissyreadit Happy Litsyversary! 2mo
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The World We Make | N. K. Jemisin
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🤣 I ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 N.K. Jemisin.

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Weekly Report

I've finished the tagged #CostaRica book of short stories and Fugitive Telemetry.

The rest of my books are long and slow going 🫤

Clarissa continues, the Rushdie reads much slower than I thought it would, and I'm having trouble getting into the Kesey.

BarbaraBB I enjoyed that Rushdie and still need to read the Kesey. Did you finish it? As good as One Flew? 3mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB I haven't finished the Kesey. It was wordy and digressive -- too similar in style to the Rushdie, so i had to set it aside. 3mo
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Born Into This | Adam Thompson
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I had a productive reading week. I've finished How the One-armed..., In the Forest, Born into This, and Eclipse of the Crescent Moon.

Clarissa is ongoing, as always. And I think I will start The Grind Benefit Her Feet next.

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It's been awhile since I've finished a book or posted a weekly report. I'm reading some long ones and so keep starting others that I hope will hold my attention!

The tagged is a Hungarian classic from the #1001Books list. Clarissa, of course. In the Forest has a darker subject than I wanted and Born into This is short stories that are good for subway reading.

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Ivory Pearl | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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August's #TitlesandTunes took some thought. The somewhat absurd “Pulling Mussels (from the shell)“ with it's beach holiday images seemed a nice counterpoint to the (probably violent) noir story of a war orphan turned photojournalist (with the help of a rich man) taking a break in Cuba. In 1956.

I've substituted the actual Shakespeare quote above for #TheWorldIsMyOyster. 😊

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

vivastory I've loved both of the Manchette books that I've read 4mo
BarbaraBB Such smart choices! I didn‘t expect less from you 😀💛 4mo
Cinfhen Squeeze!!!!! I forgot how MUCH I 💙this song!!!!! Awesome pairing 4mo
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batsy Nice picks! I've had my eye on that book. 4mo
Liz_M @vivastory I read my first Manchette -The Mad and the Bad - this summer and it was a fun trip! 4mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB Why thank you, thank you very much. 4mo
Liz_M @Cinfhen 😁 How could I resist a song about shellfish and a book including a pearl? 4mo
Liz_M @batsy It was finished by someone else after his death, so we'll see.... 4mo
CarolynM Brilliant song choice👏 4mo
Billypar I'm a little late to looking through these posts but this song popped in my head too - great choice. 4mo
Liz_M @CarolynM @Billypar Thanks! 😁 4mo
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Social Statistics for a Diverse Society | Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Anna Leon-Guerrero
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Not too bad! The goals were:
60% owned-TBR
40% Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+
33% translated works
51% published before 2000 😒
33% 1001-Books

I am behind in #ReadingtheAmericas (want to read a total of 18 for the year) and just where I should be for #FoodandLIt.

I so rarely read non-fiction anything above 1 book is a success. 😂

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For #TitlesandTunes I may not get to this story of “love, death, and rock 'n' roll“ in July (and save it for August's #AuthorAMonth), but I do want to read it soonish. Who doesn't love an Orfeo retelling?

Too many #sexdrugsandrockandroll songs to choose from, but “Rock and Roll Lifestyle“ by Cake has been stuck in my head for several days now. You're welcome?

@Cinfhen, @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Great choices! I loved that book! 5mo
Cinfhen I don‘t know this song…but I love The Distance 5mo
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Celestina | Fernando De Rojas
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I just got back from a chill family visit, reading almost a book a day. So, I've finished The Romantics (quiet, bittersweet), The Restless (interesting structure), After the Death of Don Juan (longish postscript of a well known story), The Tree of Man (stoic view of Australian frontier), and Laidlaw (early Scottish noir).

Still reading Clarissa and almost done with the tagged book.

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The Years | Annie Ernaux
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Perfect book for a quiet, contemplative day at the lake.

batsy Lovely photo! I just read my first Ernaux (Simple Passion) and loved it—looking forward to catching up on some others, including The Years. 6mo
Tamra Yes, gorgeous! 6mo
BarbaraBB Gorgeous view and photo 😍 6mo
Liz_M @batsy I saw your review this morning! 😁 6mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB @Tamra The northern Midwest does have some lovely lakes! 6mo
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😳😳😳

#Clarissa

Lcsmcat A sure sign of what he turned out to be! 6mo
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Just bringing a little light reading to the roof deck for a sunset drink.

vivastory Those all look like 1,001 books 6mo
Liz_M @vivastory The middle could be -- it's described as Joyce-like, but it's a Paraguayan novel I am reading for #FoodandLit. The other two are #1001Books 😊 6mo
vivastory I've been curious about all 3 I hope they work for you! 6mo
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Amiable I'm reading “Clarissa“ on my e-reader so it's always startling to see just how giant it is in print! 6mo
BarbaraBB @vivastory Has Liz ever told you how many of the 1001 she has read? She is absolutely killing that list! 6mo
vivastory @BarbaraBB Isn't she almost finished? I felt proud of myself for having read 200 off the list lol 6mo
Liz_M @Amiable I ended up buying it because in print it's easier to reference/look up the earlier letters which are mentioned in the footnotes. 😁 6mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB @vivastory I think I'm at 921 read. 😳 6mo
BarbaraBB @vivastory @Liz_M That is incredible. You‘re almost there. Do you know of anyone having read more than you? I‘m at about 650 but I have slowed down enormously. I am more in the mood for contemporary literature lately 🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 6mo
vivastory @BarbaraBB @liz_m I'm in awe of both of your numbers 📚📚📚 (edited) 6mo
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@TheHeartlandBookFairy

As always, waiting until the last minute because I kept changing my mind. These are 14 owned books that I am planning to read before Labor Day. #14books14weeks2023

Some #1001Books, Some books for #ReadingtheAmericas2023, a bookclub book, and some just because.

TheHeartlandBookFairy No worries, you're in with plenty of time! Thanks for joining us...happy summer, happy reading😎📚 6mo
Leftcoastzen Nice group of titles! 6mo
batsy What a great stack! 6mo
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arubabookwoman Of those, the ones I've read were all great: Drive Your Plow, Telephone, Visitation, and especially The Years. (edited) 6mo
Liz_M @batsy, @Leftcoastzen Thanks! 😊 6mo
Liz_M @arubabookwoman Hopefully I won't over-anticipate how good they are supposed to be, having waited so long to those! 6mo
Liz_M @TheHeartlandBookFairy It's a great challenge! I'm happy to have found it. 6mo
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My reading seems to have slowed down lately, I can't figure out why....

😹😹😹 #CatsofLitsy #Bert

Tamra 😆 6mo
LeahBergen Aww! 😘 6mo
Leftcoastzen 😄😻 6mo
batsy Awww! Little floof ❤️ 6mo
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I the Supreme | Augusto Roa Bastos
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I've finished Three Lives and Baba Yaga. And then started I the Supreme. Doctor Thorne and Clarissa continue....

Dilara I'm curious to know what you think of I the Supreme! 6mo
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Three Lives | Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten
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I finished The Hidden Palace, a fun read and have started a couple of other books. Hoping to finish Three Lives today and continue slowly working my way through Doctor Thorne, Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and as always, Clarissa.

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Belated Weekly Report.

I've finished Salt Crystals and have started reading a few other books. The Hidden Palace for bookclub, Doctor Thorne, and of course there is the every present Clarissa. Tagged book is not pictured, but is a pleasant interlude from the others.

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Doctor Thorne | Anthony Trollope
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BEFORE the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, and the neighbours among whom, our doctor followed his profession.

#FirstLineFridays

And I'm off, on an early start #Trollopeing through Barsetshire.

Billypar Gotta love an opening line that includes both "in which" and "among whom" ? 7mo
Liz_M @Billypar It takes a minute to adjust to the language! I might have fallen asleep in the first chapter. 🤣 7mo
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BarbaraBB Wow 🤩 7mo
quietjenn Yay! Hoping to finish up my current book so I can start all the May reads soon! Also, hello kitty! 7mo
Cathythoughts Oh ! Looks good, are we started ?! I better get organised ♥️👍🏻 7mo
batsy Oh, whoops! I forgot that it's our May read 😆 Plus, 🐱😍 7mo
Liz_M @Cathythoughts @Batsy I think mid-may was discussed, I just started early 😆 7mo
Liz_M @rubyslippersreads, @quietjenn, @batsy #Bert appreciates the attention. He is clearly suffering due to my the abandonment when I to go to work. 😹 #catsoflitsy 7mo
LeahBergen Oops, I forgot about this one, too. 😆 7mo
CarolynM I‘m looking forward to this, but it will be a week or two before I get started. 7mo
Leftcoastzen Oh , it slipped my mind. But I shall find a copy & join in !😻 7mo
Freespirit Love that first line!! 7mo
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Salt Crystals | Cristina Bendek
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Love how the #IslandVibes goes so well with #ReadingTheAmericas2023! Oddly, I chose one of my few non-Caribbean books for this month, though -- a book set on a Colombian island.

#TitlesAndTunes

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen The theme is perfect for #ReadingTheAmericas23 as is your song choice 💃🏾 7mo
BarbaraBB Cool choices! I chose my bij too with #ReadingTheAmericas23 in mind 7mo
batsy That looks like a great match of book and song! I'm always intrigued by Charco Press titles. 7mo
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The Hidden Palace | Helene Wecker
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Occasional Weekly Report:

I've recently finished the pictured books. Of course I am still reading Clarissa and I need to settle on the next read. Probably the tagged for bookclub or wait to see what BookSpin chooses for me.

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Dog Years | Gnter Grass
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Still reading (surprise) Clarissa. And Dog Years. I've started The House of Broken Angels so I can have something lighter where I can see I'm making progress. 😂

AlaMich I really enjoyed Broken Angels, as well as this one by Urrea. (edited) 8mo
BarbaraBB I enjoyed both of them. Hope you will too!! 8mo
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I am making some progress on my reading goals. But it's time to trade off: more 1001 books and therefore fewer female authors.

And maybe I should read a nonfiction book? Or maybe I should have chosen a more cheerful color to make it more encouraging?

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The Silentiary | Antonio Di Benedetto
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(Almost) Weekly Report

I've finally finished The Rainbow! Very dense writing. I've also read A World of Love and The Silentiary.

And because I'm me I have immediately started another big, difficult book. Also, always, trying to keep up with Clarissa.

It finally feels like spring - a day with beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures!

Suet624 Geez Louise, that‘s a big one. 8mo
Liz_M @Suet624 I sure know how to pick them 😂 8mo
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I've been eating lunch from the tagged #Syria cookbook all week for #FoodandLit. As I am feeling too lazy to plate it properly, here is a picture of my many lunch containers. 😆

Itsch Salad – Bulgar Salad
Baklava (store bought)
Shorbat adas – Red Lentil Soup
Lob el kossa – Zucchini with Garlic and Mint
Foul ma‘ala – Fava Beans with Cilantro and Garlic
Zahra – Spicy Roasted Cauliflower

@Texreader, @Catsandbooks

WorldsOkayestStepMom I love baklava! I can't find it around me, so it's a special treat when I do get it. Enjoy!! 8mo
Texreader Baklava is food of the gods no doubt. The entire menu sounds and looks amazing. 8mo
LeahBergen This all sounds amazing! 8mo
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batsy Gosh that looks delicious! 8mo
youneverarrived Looks and sounds amazing! 8mo
BarbaraBB That looks delicious. I love this cuisine! 8mo
Karisa Wow! Yum! 👏👏👏 8mo
Catsandbooks It all looks great! 🇸🇾 8mo
TheBookHippie Yum! 8mo
DivineDiana Fantastic!!! 8mo
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#Clarissa is no fool? 🤔 Time will tell.

Lcsmcat I marked that same passage, and for the same reason. 👍🏻 9mo
Liz_M @Lcsmcat great minds and all that! 😂 😂 😂 9mo
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Elena Knows | Claudia Pieiro
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I've finished The Silence and the Roar and read Elena Knows. The Rainbow and Clarissa continue and I also started A World of Love.

BarbaraBB Hope you‘ll enjoy Elena! 9mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB I did enjoy it! 😊 9mo
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The Rainbow | David Herbert Lawrence
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... It was a sort of romantic situation that she knew so well in fiction she hardly understood it in fact.

BarbaraBB That‘s what people in Ukraine are probably thinking right now too 💔 (edited) 9mo
tpixie Wow I do seem to recall how was World War I and World War II? There seemed to be romance about it. TV & Vietnam stopped all that. 9mo
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I finished Nana and am still (always) continuing with #Clarissa and The Rainbow.

I've started The Silence and the Roar, set in #Syria for #FoodandLit.

BarbaraBB Did you like Nana? 9mo
sisilia I haven‘t started Clarissa 🫣 I hope it‘s not too late to catch up 9mo
Texreader I‘m looking forward to your review of this one 9mo
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The Rainbow | David Herbert Lawrence
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Continuing on with these three biggish books. Nana continues to entertain, #Clarissa to rile up, and The Rainbow to expound.

Graywacke A picture that makes me want to read old books 9mo
Daisey I‘m looking forward to reading Nana at some point. I read L‘Assommoir, very much about her mother, last year and really enjoyed Zola‘s attention to detail. 9mo
Liz_M @Graywacke But, you do read old books! Books written in old English and ancient Greek! 9mo
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Liz_M @Daisey Unfortunately, I am reading this as a stand-alone. It's been way too long since I read L‘Assommoir and had forgotten the connection. @sisilia's post reminded me that there was a connection at all. So, I guess I'll have to read La Bête Humaine sooner rather than later! 9mo
Graywacke @Liz_M yes, true that. Well, it‘s strong reinforcement. 🙂 9mo
Lcsmcat I‘ve had Nana on my TBR forever. I think I need to bump it up. 9mo
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I obtained a copy from the library, just to get a sense of how the book is laid out. From the table of letters, I now understand why the dates all go awry -- characters enclose other people's letters, written/received much earlier, in with their present day letters.

It will be interesting to see how some of the characters get ahold of some of the other letters they include!

#Clarissa, @Lcsmcat

Lcsmcat That‘s cool! My edition doesn‘t have that chart. 9mo
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Weekly Report

I'm stuck in some slow (but good!) Books. I really am reading The Rainbow-- it's my subway book. Nana is my read at home book and I am beginning to get back into #Clarissa. I needed a "light" book and so I read Death.

BarbaraBB Lots of heavy stuff indeed. Do you like Nana? 9mo
Liz_M @BarbaraBB The character, yes. The book, mostly. I'm not that far in, but the scenes that do not have Nana are a little boring. 😆 9mo
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Nana | Emile Zola
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I finally acquired a complete copy and therefore finished Celestial Harmonies. I also read W Or the Memory of Childhood and Tentacle. I've started Nana and am closer to resuming The Rainbow.

BarbaraBB Cool photo again! Are you almost reaching 1001?? 10mo
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Celestial Harmonies: A Novel | Peter Esterhazy, Judith Sollosy
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Oh noes!

Soubhiville 😔 10mo
IndoorDame So frustrating!!! 10mo
RaeLovesToRead 😱😱😱 10mo
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Ruthiella Is it a misprint or are there actual pages missing? 10mo
BarbaraBB That is horrible!! 10mo
Liz_M @IndoorDame, @BarbaraBB Quite.
@Ruthiella Not a misprint on the page numbers, there are definitely missing pages. 😫

But there is copy in one of my library systems, so hopefully it's intact and I can read the end of this book soon!
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Weekly Report

I am reading a little of Celestial Harmonies each day and I think I'll restart The Rainbow as my subway book this week. I'm halfway through the Perec (tagged). I finished, a few days late, Kintu and then read The Sandman Overture. And somehow, not only have I not killed my plant, it bloomed!

Suet624 I‘m so happy about you and your plant! 10mo
merelybookish Lovely! 10mo
BarbaraBB Beautiful pic 😍 10mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Ten squares completed and I even managed a BINGO! Thanks for such a wonderful challenge, @TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Fabulous month!!! 10mo
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Mehso-so

Structured as Cedar‘s journal to her unborn child, our knowledge of the impending genetic catastrophe is limited to what she knows/experiences, resulting in an undefined world and a novel with bad pacing. The first section slowly establishes the apocalypse as Cedar‘s world diminishes. The second part is tightly knit with a dramatic turning point followed by a disjointed and anticlimactic final section. Rushed to print, it needed better editing.

Soubhiville Well said! I thought the premise was good, but found it unsatisfying ultimately. 10mo
Liz_M @Soubhiville Exactly. Not her best work. 10mo
SamAnne Agree. The only novel of hers I haven‘t liked. 10mo
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Kintu | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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I finished Future Home of the Living God.

I'm still pretending to be reading The Rainbow and Celestial Harmonies and I've started Kintu.

BarbaraBB *still pretending* 🤣 10mo
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The She-Devil in the Mirror | Horacio Castellanos Moya
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A perfectly crafted monologue of a wealthy, elite San Salvadorian gossiping about her best friend‘s murder. I loved her tirades about the police‘s attempts to besmirch Olga Maria's impeccable reputation all the while detailing OM‘s extramarital affairs and mixed with barbed comments about the victim‘s husband, lovers, family and occasional snotty remarks about others‘ improprieties. The end twist was more unsettling than the one for which I hoped.

BarbaraBB A highly original read. I am glad I read it. 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10mo
Librarybelle Love your photo! 10mo
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An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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Panpan

I‘m not a fan of “whodunit“ books and I suspect this is an even more plodding example than usual. In many places the author mistakes a list of facts/directions as plot. Written over years, it began as a series of anecdotes. There are too many ideas, none fleshed out properly. Despite this, it's not an entirely bad book. I did enjoy the 1940s NYC setting, the name dropping of the many artists, the multi-narrator structure, and the central mystery.

Liz_M 2⭐ @TheAromaofBooks this is my January #DoubleSpin 10mo
vivastory When I saw you were reading Exquisite Corpse in a previous post, for a moment I thought it might be the Poppy Z. Brite book. ☠️🤣 10mo
IndoorDame That‘s an exquisite sunset 🌅 10mo
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10mo
BarbaraBB That picture 😍😍😍 10mo
Liz_M @IndoorDame @Barbarabb The only advantage to running errands after work 😁 10mo
Liz_M @vivastory Now THAT would be out of my comfort zone.🤣 I wonder if the title had the same source: a game played by Surrealist artists 10mo
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Mehso-so

I was so looking forward this! It‘s engaging with snappy dialogue. It‘s fabulous to have a narrator who‘s brilliant and doesn't take any crap. Except, as a female chemist in the 1960s she‘s getting crap from everyone and no amount of smartness will overcome that. The situations described, all too present in the real world, seem ridiculous and exaggerated due to the simplistic representation. I disliked the mismatch between tone and events.

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The Center for Fiction | Brooklyn, NY (Library)
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@BennettBookworm What a fabulous idea for your #20kgiveaway -- I can't wait to see the list of independent bookstore you compile!

I am fortunate to live in an area of Brooklyn with almost a dozen independent bookstores with “walking distance“. While I love McNally Jackson for their usefulness in various geographic reading challenges, the tagged bookstore (The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY) is my favorite for browsing and discovery.

BennettBookworm Thanks for sharing! I live in Manhattan so I also love McNally Jackson, but I‘ve never been to Center so I need to check that out asap! 10mo
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The Rainbow | D. H. Lawrence
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I finished She-Devil in the Mirror, which was delightful; Diverse Spines for which I need to go back through and add all the books to my TBR; and Endless Nights.

I am, of course, still reading Clarissa. This is my weekly reminder that I need to continue on with Celestial Harmonies and The Rainbow and I want to start Future Home of the Living Good.

BarbaraBB Glad you enjoyed she-Devil too! 10mo
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Weekly Report

I've finished An Exquisite Corpse and Lessons in Chemistry and should return to one of my paused books: She Devil, Celestial Harmonies, or The Rainbow. Instead I'll probably read more Sandman. And the Clarissa year-long read, of course.

BarbaraBB Of course you are reading Clarissa too! I am still on the fence about joining 10mo
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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines | Jane Mount, Jamise Harper
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Weekly Report

I finished Cold Enough for Snow, my first book for #AuldLangSpine, which was lovely.

After more than a year of (mostly not) reading it, I finally finished Blonde

Currently reading An Exquisite Corpse for bookclub, so Celestial Harmonies, The Rainbow, and The She-Devil in the Mirror are paused.

Also slowly reading through the tagged, which is excellent.

BarbaraBB I had no idea Blonde is such a chunkster! And I am enjoying the She-Devil a lot! 11mo
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