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ShookBelf

ShookBelf

Joined December 2017

Blog: shookbelf.wordpress.com Reading is dreaming with your eyes open
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The Force by Don Winslow
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Heresy by S. J. Parris
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One Second After | William R. Forstchen
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Thank you so much to my secret santa #santathing 🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅
All three books sound great so can't wait to dive in.

I've been AWOL from Litsy for months as I've been at the bottom of a HUGE reading slump, but have kept the pages turning whilst I've been away. 86 books read this year and am hoping 2020 will be a better reading year.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays Littens! Hope Santa brings everything you wish for xxxx

Karkar 86 books is a great accomplishment! Hopefully the reading slump will end soon. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you. 4y
ljuliel Good to see you again. Happy holidays. 4y
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@jhod I'm so sorry - my horrendous book slump has caused me to forget about sending you the next installment of #whodunituk. I'm so so sorry. I promise (hand on heart) that I'll post it on Monday.
I also want to apologise to @Christine11 and @RachelO because I can't commit to another round of #LMPBC.
And if anyone finds my reading mojo, please send it to me. I'm feeling kind of lost without it 😭😭

jhod Don't worry! Hope you get out of your slump soon... 5y
rockpools Hi Helen! Hope your mojo returns soon. As Jess and I are both running late anyway (sorry! I‘ll get Hill House back to you this week, honest!), and @Christine11 sounds mega-busy, we wondered whether it would help to just pause this month, and start again next month? No pressure, of course, if you just want to stop. What do you both think? @jhod 5y
Christine11 @RachelO @jhod @ShookBelf Hi! I hope your book slump stops soon - they‘re the worst. I have been super busy recently so I would be happy to pause this month too if that would help! 😊 5y
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I am at the bottom of a mahoosive reading abyss and just can't seem to drag myself out of it. 😫😫😫

I look at my bookshelves and have no desire to pick up any book and begin reading. What is WRONG with me???

Dr._Who_number10 Same hereeeeee😭☹️ 5y
Eggs I believe everyone has times like that. Don‘t worry it won‘t last forever 5y
ReadingMeagan This was me earlier this month! I read a bunch of ebooks from the library and then I was spent and couldn‘t figure out what to read next! 5y
TrishB Sorry to hear! I‘m putting your #whodunnituk in the post early next week- sorry it‘s a bit late 😔 hope it might help. 5y
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A hauntingly, heartbreakingly beautiful story. The writing is atmospheric, evocative, bleak and very, very dark in places and the translator has done a superb job. This is a stand out Scandi-noir novel. One of my favourites of 2019 so far. 5🌟

Read via the Pigeonhole app.

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KAYAK THE KWANZA. | OSCAR. SCAFIDI
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A brilliant, engaging account of an epic adventure along the 1300km Kwanza river, by kayak and by foot. This has everything you could want; enough background and history to bring context to the modern day, recounts of the preparations for the journey, which makes the failings throughout that little bit funnier (dodgy tents and fake leather Italian loafers!!), rogue hippos and even more rogue police and bureau officials.

5🌟 Read via Pigeonhole.

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Freefall: A Novel | Jessica Barry
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Fast paced, heart stopping, twists and turns. Everything you want from a good thriller, along with characters that grab ahold and don't let go.

A fine example of the genre.

4🌟

#Pigeonhole #LitsyAtoZ #F

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Freefall: A Novel | Jessica Barry
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My current reads :

1 #whodunitUK - The Escape
1 audiobook - The Angel of Darkness
2 #Pigeonhole - Freefall and Kayak the Kwanza
1 #MountTBR - Why I'm No Longer ....

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A great read tackling the emotive issue of organ donation and transplantation. A young woman with everything to live for suffers a near fatal heart attack and needs a heart transplant to prolong her life. Cue a major lifestyle change and the revelation that fate had something else in store for her.
This is an extremely powerful book that delivers a very important message - but not in a preachy way.

4🌟

#Pigeonhole

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The Girl Next Door | Phoebe Morgan
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Oh no, no, no. As per usual these days, a formulaic psychological thriller with extreme plot twists, unreliable female narrator (why are they always FEMALE??), a whole host of unlikeable characters and bad people doing bad things.
If this is your bag - go for it because you'll LOVE it. If you're after something a little bit more original then read something else.

#Pigeonhole
#lifestooshortforbadbooks

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Some beautiful poems in this short, little book.

"There are flowers in your chest: water them, with love, with laughter, with believing in yourself in spite of the voices in your head that tell you that you are not enough.
There are flowers in your chest: make a garden of the world, with your words, with your breath."

Only picked this up because of the cover and title. Stunning in its simplicity.

4?

Tanisha_A That's a beautiful poem! 5y
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Read this in part via #Audible and also by my physical copy of the book. This had been on my TBR shelf for just over a year and I'm so glad I got around to reading it. All at once, it is heartbreaking and laugh out loud funny - the audio in particular was fantastic as the narrator brought all the characters to life so successfully that I think my enjoyment of the book was enhanced by listening. This will definitely be one of my top books of 2019.

Reviewsbylola So good!! 5y
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Gritty, realistic, frenetic but above all, authentic.
This story follows Ryan, a 15 year old small-scale drug runner, who becomes a part of something much, much bigger when his best friend is stabbed to death on Gallowstree Lane.
It is fast paced and though told from multiple POVs, it is not confusing. The writing is concise, extremely believable and topical.
4🌟

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I Owe You One | Sophie Kinsella
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Mehso-so

Hmmmm ..... light hearted fluff.

3🌟

#Pigeonhole #52in52-2019 #publishedin2019 #popsugar2019 #aboutafamily #LitsyAtoZ #K

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This is very powerful account of growing up as an autistic young person who, while trying to understand and cope as a 'neuroatypical', also identifies as a girl, despite being born male. Her voice is so authentic and at times, it is very hard to read as Dale is honest about her struggles, both mentally and physically. But this should be a compulsory read for anyone who wishes to bring some humanity and compassion 👇👇👇.

ShookBelf to what is (but shouldn't be) a controversial and often derisory subject. This is an important book and should be treated with the respect that it's author deserves. I am a better person for reading this book and for that, I thank Laura Kate Dale for her brutal honesty and bravery. 5y
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Bailedbailed

Oh no no no no no.
This just wasn't for me at all; I couldn't even bring myself to read it all. Bailed at 34%.
Full of angst and screaming WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME????
This is poetry for the self absorbed, selfie taking, social media obsessed generation.

#NetGalley #1stbailof2019 #DNF

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Forgot pics but @Christine11 your next #LMPBC book is winging its way to you and @jhod the same can be said for the next #whodunituk book.

#HappyReading

TrishB I shall be posting your next #whodunnituk tomorrow! Sorry it‘s slightly outside January - I couldn‘t get to the PO until tomorrow 😁 5y
rockpools Your #lmpbc went in the post yesterday, do hopefully will get there tomorrow! 5y
jhod I am doing all mine on Saturday! @RachelO @ScorpioBookDreams plus my #cupidgoespostal 5y
rockpools @jhod 👍 Thank you! I‘ll see if I can get my ‘currently reading‘ heap down to a sensible number before it arrives 😬 5y
Christine11 Thank you @ShookBelf! 💛 I put yours in the post this morning too @jhod so it should be with you soon! 5y
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This was simply brilliant - Billy's love story to Scotland. Made more poignant by his honesty about Parkinson's Disease and how it affects him.
Gordon Kennedy narrates the audio and is he perfect choice, a couple of times, I almost forgot that it wasn't actually Billy speaking. Glimpses of comedy gold throughout.
A sure fire 5🌟 end to January.

#52in52-2019 #strongsenseofplace #popsugar2019 #bookbyamusician

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I am gutted that I've finished the series 😞😞

Want to go back to the beginning and read them all again.

Snape 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I got so emotional reading that part.

I'm giving this 5 shiny Swords of Gryffindor 🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡

#52in52-2019 #book2relatedtosametopicgenretheme #popsugar2019 #inspiredcommonphraseoridiom
#afterallthistime #always
#LitsyAtoZ #H

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Untitled | Anonymous
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I love love love the cover of this NetGalley ARC. Reading out of my comfort zone with more poetry.

#NetGalley #Poetry #whatbecomesofthebrokenhearted

RadicalReader @ShookBelf love your username genius 5y
ShookBelf @RadicalReader Aw, thank you muchly ☺☺ 5y
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Worth every millisecond of the 27 hour, 15 minute audiobook. I have so much love for this book, and so much admiration for the three women whom the story revolves around. It's extremely hard to read (or listen to!) in places, as the hardship, abuse and torture experienced is just diabolical and it's hard to believe that this is not fiction but actual fact.
A definite 5🌟
#52in52-2019 #multigenerationalsaga #popsugar2019 #asianauthor #LitsyAtoZ #C

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Inspired by our binge watching of the films over the last week (Deathly Hallows Part 2 this evening), I am going back to Hogwarts for the last two books in the series. Intended to read the whole series last year but never got around to the last two so it's now time to rectify that. I don't know if I've ever been so excited to start a book 🤗🤗🤗

Lauram Enjoy! I only read the books once after each edition was released. Someday, I‘ll read the series again. (edited) 5y
ShookBelf @Lauram This is my first time reading the series and I've loved each book so far. Hoping book 6 and 7 don't disappoint 🤞🤞 5y
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Mehso-so

Great artwork, intriguing premise, hard to follow ... and not my cup of tea. But extremely quick to read, on Kindle Unlimited so essentially free, and fulfilled prompts for 4, yes 4!, challenges. 3🌟

#52in52-2019 #somethingnew (My first ever comic read) #popsugar2019 #anownvoicesbook #ReadHarder2019 #comicbyanLGBTQIAcreator #LitsyAtoZ #W

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Nocturnal | Wilder Poetry
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Beautiful, elegant, effortless... that is all.

I don't usually read poetry but this short collection was simply stunning. 5🌟

#52in52-2019 #mostlyblackcover #ReadHarder2019 #collectionofpoetrypublishedsince2014

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A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
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My favourite kind of Saturday afternoon - tea, chocolate and #LMPBC book. Bliss.

Tamra Such a well written tragedy. 5y
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#unpopularopinion

OMG - overlong. Like seriously, get over yourself and get on with it. I stuck with it because there is so much love for it ... and the denouement was good ... but it wasn't worth the slog it took to get there. A blatant reminder of why I don't like fantasy.

2🌟

#52in52-2019 #NYPLstaffpicklist #popsugar2019 #imaginarycreature #fairy #LitsyAtoZ #M

julesG Check out our #DickSoapGate #buddyread of this book. We had a lot of fun reading this book. If it hadn't been for the buddy read I would have bailed. 5y
ShookBelf @julesG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5y
PaperbackPirate I think this is the first negative review I‘ve read of this book! It‘s all over my IG feed. Thank you for sharing. 5y
staci.reads Agreed. I really disliked this one and have trouble understanding the love people have for it. Even if I don't care for something, I can usually get why others would. Not this one though. 5y
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A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
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@RachelO - before I jump the gun completely and assume that something is mine (I have done it before), would you confirm if the book sleeve is mine to keep? It is really the most beautiful 'William Morris' inspired material (and I just LOVE William Morris) and I would be absolutely thrilled to own it - but I don't want to get too excited if it goes with the book.
Although, just to add, I am excited to read this book!

#LMPBC @jhod choice.

ShookBelf And what's not to love with a bar of chocolate 🍫🍫🤗🤗 5y
rockpools Yes, that‘s for you! 😘 5y
rockpools And it arrived so quickly! I only put it in the post on Saturday. Glad you like it ☺️ 5y
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ShookBelf @RachelO Thank you so, so much. It is beyond perfect. 😘😘 5y
jhod Yay #lmpbc love @Christine11 @RachelO 💕💕💕 5y
ShookBelf @jhod You, @Christine11 and @RachelO are the bestest book buddies. Hope 2019 keeps us reading along together 📚📚📚 5y
jhod I got one too! Yay! 5y
Christine11 @jhod @RachelO @ShookBelf - I love our little book club too - it‘s always lovely reading something unexpected! 💛 5y
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@Christine11 - I apologise for the delay in getting this next #LMPBC book to you. The two week Christmas/New Year break really broke my reading schedule. This will be in the post to you today.

Thank you @RachelO for sharing your choice.

#LMPBC #52in52-2019 #FarEastAsianauthor #popsugar2019 #amateurdetective #ReadHarder #cosymystery #LitsyAtoZ #Y

rockpools Ha! That met a LOT of challenge prompts! 5y
ShookBelf @RachelO It sure did - it was a GREAT book for that! 5y
Christine11 Don‘t worry about it at all - I was a few days late sending mine too! 😊 That time between Christmas and new year always mucks up my reading schedule because I think I‘ll have loads of time to read but then I‘m super busy with friends and family so I don‘t! Hope you‘re having a nice January so far! 💛 5y
ShookBelf @Christine11 It's nice now that kids and hubby are back at school and work 🤣🤣 5y
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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Finally been and collected the last of my Christmas book haul. Despite being told on numerous occasions last year that I had more than enough books, they still made up the majority of my presents, along with book vouchers, a bookish cushion and an 'I'd rather be reading' t-shirt.
One of my challenges this year is to not buy books until I have read the majority of the ones I own. Whose bright idea was that??

#christmasbookhaul #dontblameme

ladyonequestion On a book buying ban here too 😞 5y
Caroline2 Yep, I‘m Ona book buying ban too! 🙄 5y
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Mehso-so

This was one that, despite being entertaining and engaging, didn't live up to the hype. It had the potential to be so much more. #unpopularopinion
But it was a quick read and ticked off prompts in two challenges.

#Pigeonhole #52in52-2019 #weirdorintriguingtitle #popsugar2019 #debutnovel #LitsyAtoZ #2of26

TheLibrarian I‘m with you with the unpopular opinion! 5y
ShookBelf @TheLibrarian Glad I'm not the only one 😊 5y
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Didn't think this could live up to the hype ... but it surely did.
With its cast of completely likeable, if not lovable, characters, this had me smiling, laughing and crying along with them. It warmed the cockles of my heart 😊❤
An easy 5🌟

#Audible #52in52-2019 #popsugar2019 #readharder2019 #LitsyAtoZ

rmaclean4 Loved this book. 5y
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The Wolf and the Watchman | Niklas Natt och Dag
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What an absolutely stonking start to my 2019 reading, with this historical fiction set in Sweden in the late 18th Century. Character, setting and writing are all so well done, and it's pace, although leisurely in some parts, kept me hòoked. My first read of 2019 and it's 5🌟 from me!

#NetGalley #ARC #52in52-2019 #prompt42 #popsugar2019 #setinScandinavia

Tamra Oh, sounds like a fun creepy read for winter! 5y
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The Wolf and the Watchman | Niklas Natt och Dag
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Current reads as we reach the end of 2018. Don't think I'll get any of these finished before we ring in 2019 but I'm hopeful 😊😊

#currentreads #needtospendmoretimereading #LMPBC #whodunituk #Pigeonhole #NetGalley #Audible

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Otter's Toy Box | Yolanda Olson, Elizabeth Cash
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Mehso-so

WHAT'S IN THE GODDAMN BOX?????

This is an absolute car crash of a book, in every which way. It's violent, gory, more than a little disturbing, you're never quite sure what has happened, what is happening and what is going to happen ... and yet you can't tear your eyes away! Even at the end, I'm still not entirely sure WHAT WAS IN THE GODDAMN BOX!!!
A short, quick read but with too many typos and grammatical errors.
3🌟

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I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book, and I still cannot completely and adequately put those thoughts and feelings into words, but suffice to say, this book should be compulsory reading material for every member of the human race. That is all.
5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thanks to #NetGalley for the copy but no thanks to life for getting in the way of me reading this earlier

jhod Wow! Have stacked! 5y
FB931 Yeah, well said 5y
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I saw an ad on Facebook this week for 'A Box of Stories', essentially £10 for 5 completely random books (all new). I took a chance and ordered them, they arrived today and I'm pleasantly surprised. Don't think I would have picked any of them up from a bookshop but there's only one of them that I don't think I'll read (Girl on the Net - not my cup of tea at all). Not a bad bookhaul really for £10. Happy Christmas to me!! 😊😊😊

rockpools Wow! 5y
Lauram What a great idea! 5y
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The Christmas Hirelings | Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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A delightful story about an old man who, found wanting of Christmas spirit, takes up a friend's suggestion to hire some children for the Christmas holidays to inject some life and laughter into his quiet, lonesome world. What follows is a truly wonderful, albeit a little predictable, tale of the true meaning of Christmas. This was a free download on Audible and you would be a fool to miss out. It was an absolute pleasure to listen to this.
5🌟

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Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
Poo-tee-weet.
So it goes.

What the hell have I just read??? This was so far beyond absurd, I'm not even sure I can form a valid opinion of it. Even James Franco seemed to have plenty of WTAF moments while performing the audiobook version!
No, no, no ... this was not for me.

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The Blue | Nancy Bilyeau
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At once, a superb blend of historical fact and fiction, we follow exceptionally well developed characters in a novel where the writing and imagery is as delicate and elegant as the porcelain whose history we are examining.
A must read for any fan of historical fiction. 5🌟

#Pigeonhole #NancyBilyeau

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Really charming memoir by a British ex-pat who emigrated first to Australia then settled with her family in Tasmania. The writing is eloquent and frequently funny and makes this a very easy, entertaining read.

4 🌟

#Pigeonhole #FionaStocker

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This is simply outstanding. I loved every second of this audiobook, although certain parts were heart breaking to listen to, and included vivid descriptions of abuse and rape. I came away from it with nothing but respect and admiration for Sandra Pankhurst - she is one hell of a woman!
5 squeaky clean, bright golden stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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A truly lovely read with captivating characters and depictions of London during the Blitz that are so realistic, it's almost like you are experiencing it with the characters.
An absolute treat .... just in time for Christmas 😊
🎵5 gold stars🎵 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward
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Mehso-so

Feel like I've missed out on something here - just 'meh'. Don't know whether it was just the wrong time for me to audiobook this but I just wasn't feeling it at all.

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Families - you can't live with them, you can't live without them. That is, in a nutshell, what this story is all about. Despite a mother with mental health issues and a peculiar brother, whose suicide is the crux around which the rest of the story revolves, it is essentially an exploration of the depth of guilt, animosity but above all else, love shared by family members.
'You are all pebbles from the same beach
4🌟 for audiobook version

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The Thief Taker | C. S. Quinn
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A rollicking romp through a plague-filled London. Slightly overlong, I would've struggled with the physical book, but the narrator of the audiobook (Napoleon Ryan, if you please!) was so fantastic that even the more boring parts were entertaining enough!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟

Sparklemn I took a chance on this one as an Audible daily deal. Worth it! 4y
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Heads You Win | Jeffrey Archer
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Mehso-so

1968: a Russian boy escapes from the Soviet Union on a boat, after the KGB murders his father. The timeline splits at this point - one boat heads to America and the other to England. We follow the dual timelines of Alex/Sasha through 3 decades until the final denoument back in Saint Petersburg.
This was a gripping story with great characters and, at times, very clever writing, but the ending was a total cop out and very dissatisfying. 🌟🌟🌟

ShookBelf Thanks to #Pigeonhole for sharing this novel with us. 5y
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Spark of Light | Jodi Picoult
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Very powerful and poignant story (with some quite graphic descriptions of abortion - trigger warning) but the reverse timeline was too much of a distraction for me. Although it became clear at the end why this narrative was required, I think the revelations could have been dealt with in a different way, that wouldn't prove a hindrance to the story. Despite that, a 🌟🌟🌟🌟 read. Not quite classic Picoult but well worth a read.

MMFinck Is that what‘s happening- it‘s being told in reverse??? It‘s weird for me to feel this distracted by a storytelling device, especially hers. It‘s not just that it‘s backwards. There‘s SO much headhopping. I hope it catches me soon. 5y
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@jhod @Christine11 @RachelO

I've missed the sign up for round 4 of the #LMPBC and from the looks of it, none of you have signed up either. If you missed the notification, would you like to do another round with the four of us? I really enjoy this as I end up reading books that I would otherwise not look at.
If you're not bothered, don't worry. It was just an idea as I was gutted when I realised I'd missed out 😥😥

jhod Yes! 5y
ShookBelf @jhod Cool. It's due to start Nov 1 but I'll wait and see the response from Christine and Rachel xx 5y
Christine11 I didn‘t see anything about round 4! I‘d definitely be up for us four doing another one 😊 5y
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rockpools Yes! I'd love to do another round 😊 5y
ShookBelf @jhod @Christine11 @RachelO - could you be ready for 1st November? Reading and marking up your own choice before sending on in December? 5y
Pogue I did not see anything for round 4 either. I wonder why. 5y
rockpools Hi Helen, that'd be fine. No idea what I'm going to choose yet - might have to go book shopping. What a hardship!! 😉 5y
jhod Oh sorry - my app is very bad at giving me notifications at the moment. Yes sounds good to me! X 5y
Christine11 Yep I‘m in for starting to read on 1st November, like you @RachelO - I have no idea what I‘m going to pick! I‘ll have to do some book research! 😊 5y
rockpools Hi folks! I'll be putting a book in the post tomorrow (I never *quite* manage to be on time!) . Just wanted to check - are we sticking to the same sending order as last time? Am I still posting to you, Helen? Cheers. X @jhod @Christine11 5y
jhod @RachelO @Christine11 I'm really sorry I am running late too - realistically it's going to be next week now, sorry to mess things up! I'm completely easy on order! X 5y
Christine11 Hi guys! I‘ll pop mine in the post within the next couple of days too! I don‘t mind about order either - we can switch it up or keep it the same, I‘m happy either way! 😊 @ShookBelf @RachelO @jhod 5y
ShookBelf Sorry for being late to the party! Just for ease, why don't we stick to the same order? I've pretty much got @Christine11 address memorised!! I'll hopefully have my choice in the post tomorrow and the next #whodunituk for @jhod . #HappyReading everyone xx 5y
rockpools Perfect, thank you! Will get this off today 😊 @shookbelf @christine11 - and no probs @jhod - I think I'll be reading everything I need to read this month round about December 29th 😬 5y
Christine11 I‘m totally fine keeping the order the same - makes it a bit easier! I‘ve sent my pick to you today @jhod 😊 Looking forward to reading all your choices! 💛 @ShookBelf @RachelO 5y
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Doctor Sleep: A Novel | Stephen King
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Started this yesterday on Audible and Will Patton is a phenomenal narrator. I'm LOVING this Shining sequel.

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The Secret Garden (Collins Classics) | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Why o why have I not read this book before? 42 years old and I'm in love with a children's book 💖💖

#Pigeonhole #secretgarden #betterlatethannever

Andrew65 A great book! 5y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I haven't read this since I was a young child. It might be time for a reread. 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I read this as an adult too. Loved it! 5y
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Absolute Proof | Peter James
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Panpan

An engaging enough story but with some major, MAJOR flaws, and an ending that was a complete cop out. My opinion: a poor man's Da Vinci Code / Angels and Demons.
🌟🌟 only - and that's being generous.

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