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BookishTrish

BookishTrish

Joined April 2016

Librarian * Dutch Learner * Cross stitcher * Horror Lover * Will read anything - especially if it‘s about Russia
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
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Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
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Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
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Come and Get It | Kiley Reid
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Once again I was up all night reading. I think this character driven novel might work better as a tv show. Every character makes terrible choices at every turn, it keeps the pages turning. Not sure the pay off at the end was impactful enough for me.

Shemac77 Beautiful rings! 3d
BookishTrish @Shemac77 Thank you so much ! 3d
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Above the Salt: A Novel | Katherine Vaz
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The lifelong love story of two Madeiran refugees in the US. I really loved reading about the divergent paths their lives took and treasures the moments they reconnected. A little slow moving, but beautiful.

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Ferris | Kate DiCamillo
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Having someone read you a Kate DiCamillo book is one of life‘s gentle pleasures.

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I devoured this haunted historical fiction / fantasy in one sleepless night. Beautiful, devastating, hopeful. Highly recommended.

Lindy Perfect photo accompaniment 👌 1w
AlaMich I‘m looking forward to this! 1w
BookishTrish @Lindy Thank you for- exhausted me thought she was being quite clever! 1w
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Im guessing Jamison‘s favourite Taylor Swift song is Mirrorball.

Lindy I was just mentioning to someone recently that I couldn‘t identify a single Taylor Swift song. Now I can! One of my nieces has a Mirrorball dance routine that I have watched several times. How did I not know the singer before this? 1w
ImperfectCJ I'm not a Swiftie, but my favorite song of hers is Seven. (I've yet to meet a Taylor Swift fan who knows the song. My spouse has big opinions about this..."How can they call themselves fans if they don't know all the songs? In my day, I knew all of Led Zeppelin's songs, even the ones I didn't like," and I say, "Calm down, honey, you sound like an old man.") 1w
BookishTrish @Lindy That‘s how Swifties are born 🤣 1w
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BookishTrish @ImperfectCJ my daughter and I are both Swifties and we know Seven! Great song! 1w
BookishTrish @ImperfectCJ I get both sides of this issue! 1w
Chelsea.Poole @ImperfectCJ I‘m a swiftie and seven is one of my favorites! Along with ‘ivy‘. @Lindy I recommend starting with her album ‘evermore‘ it‘s lyrically beautiful, perfect for readers, maybe it‘ll speak to you 🤍 1w
Chelsea.Poole @BookishTrish which show did you go to? We went to Cincinnati night 1 at the end of June! 🫶 1w
Chelsea.Poole Also, I was already looking forward to this book and I can‘t wait to see you mean with the mirrorball reference 🪞 1w
ImperfectCJ @Chelsea.Poole @BookishTrish This is not the first time I've said on Litsy, "I've never met someone who..." and was promptly offered multiple examples otherwise! We're an outstanding group of people, obviously :-) I will be sure to let my beloved Mr. Led Zeppelin Fan know! 1w
Chelsea.Poole @ImperfectCJ I think many people have an idea in their head about who Taylor Swift is and make decisions based on assumptions without actually listening to a variety of her music. Or try any of her newer music, as she‘s ever-evolving. That being said, the woman has around 250 songs (I think!?) and she‘s releasing more all the time (from the vault tracks, new album next month!) it‘s alot to keep up with!! 1w
Lindy @Chelsea.Poole Thanks for the recommendation. I‘m kind of stuck in lesbian music from the 80s and 90s. I don‘t listen to music much at all, preferring audiobooks and podcasts. But I feel like I need some Taylor Swift education, so I will check out her music. 1w
Chelsea.Poole @lindy I can relate to that! My ears are mostly busy with all audiobooks at all times! But the *only* music I listen to is Taylor Swift 1w
Lindy @Chelsea.Poole High praise! 7d
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Food and memory are uniquely entwined. This is a sweet story of a father-daughter owned restaurant / food detective agency.

julesG Oh, that's a cute edition. 2w
batsy Such a cute cover. 2w
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Womb City | Tlotlo Tsamaase
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A most excellent dark sci fi technothriller. Highly recommended.

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End of Story | A. J. Finn
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Ooof not great

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
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5 undulating towers of rats out of 5

CoverToCoverGirl Lovely 😊 2w
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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Deeply traumatic family saga meets dark occult horror.

Reggie My favorite book from last year! 3w
BookishTrish @Reggie that tracks! 2w
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Denison Avenue | Christina Wong
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A gorgeous meditation on community, grief, belonging, aging in place, gentrification. I think this one will go far in the Canada Reads debates this week.

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Podcaster Bodie returns to her former boarding school and wades deep into the murder of her former roommate.

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Cold: A Novel | Drew Hayden Taylor
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An Indigenous hockey player, journalist who has written a survival memoir, and an unfaithful university professor‘s lives Intersect in interesting ways in this horror / police procedural

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty ❄️ 1mo
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I have a lifelong love of both artists‘ work so this was a dream read.

TieDyeDude Very cool! That would be a fun read 1mo
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Poster Girl | Veronica Roth
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The girl from a propaganda poster grows up and is tasked with finding a missing girl. I was hooked.

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I‘m not mad on faeries and saw every twist coming; still really enjoyed this one.

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The Night House | Jo Nesbo
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A one sitting whiplash inducer. There were all the twists and turns and I was there for some of them, but not all.

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Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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11 hours flew by #audiostitching to this unputdownable tale of an orphan poet obsessed with having a meaningful death after losing his mother in a planet crash when he was an infant.

IndianBookworm Already looks so pretty!😍 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Hooked_on_books That‘s so cute! 1mo
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A Guest in the House | Emily Carroll
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Weird vibes for a lunch break read. Was ALL in until the ambiguous ending.

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The Fury | Alex Michaelides
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This is my second Michaelides and my second so so.
My journey with both was the same: sucked in, frantically turning pages, too convoluted, disinterest and sped read to the end.

TheBookHippie Love the shoes!!! 2mo
Ruthiella That‘s how I feel about most thrillers. The scenario grabs me but the execution leaves me wanting… 2mo
Soubhiville Cute shoes! 2mo
Shemac77 Are those satin chucks?!?!? …(and I agree about the Michaelides) 2mo
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I appreciate Land‘s giving public voice to single mothers living in poverty. Each family has its own story to tell, and I didn‘t find this chapter of Land‘s story as interesting as the last. A soft pick.

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The Hike | Lucy Clarke
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It was fine, I guess. The narration was good and the chapters were short.

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Lots of books I feel ambivalent about lately. While I liked a few characters in this one, the book felt too overstuffed to pack much punch. Just me?

Ruthiella Not just you! 😂 But I‘m just letting it wash over me with no expectations. 2mo
squirrelbrain No, not just you. I liked it, but didn‘t love it. Overhyped for me, I think. 2mo
Karisa Yeah, I just finished this one, and it‘s leaving me with that feeling too. So many characters (though I loved Chona). Not sure about the ending either. The U.S‘ south as a sort of paradise? Huh? I get that the north has problems. He doesn‘t gloss over the racism there, but the south does too. Is it just money solves everything? It‘s a pick for me but barely. 2mo
Jas16 You are very much not alone. 2mo
ClairesReads Not just you- I felt exactly the same 2mo
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Quick but deep lunchtime read about a middle grader and their family attending a silent meditation retreat.

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Shut Up You're Pretty | Ta Mutonji, Tea Mutonji
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I have a few questions about this one. First I‘m curious why it‘s been marketed as short stories when it holds together as a novella. Second, why Canada Reads shortlist this year? I‘ll be keen to see the debate on how this book moves us forward and how long it takes for the thematic/setting twinning with Scarborough to come up.

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The Witness Blanket has just arrived at our Library. I‘m somewhat overwhelmed by it and this book helps make sense of some of those feelings.

rockpools Wow. That‘s beautiful but 💔. I googled and just the website is pretty overwhelming. 2mo
ShelleyBooksie Wow. That is truly profound. How amazing that your library is has it! 2mo
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Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton
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With the snow here in Vancouver, I‘ve been tearing through books. Started this one on Saturday expecting it to last the week, but I quite simply couldn‘t put it down. The reviews calling it a Shakespearean thriller are spot on. So so good.

AmyG I loved this one, too. The ending!!! 🙌🏻 2mo
BarbaraBB I loved it too! 2mo
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August Blue: A Novel | Deborah Levy
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Elsa is a gifted pianist who choked during a Rachmaninov concert. Disgraced, She‘s become a private piano teacher who sees her double regularly as she bounces about Europe. The writing is lovely - as Levy‘s always is. Recommended.

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Two snow days this week meant I had loads of time to read this fascinating book about an aging poet collaborating with AI to write a poem.

TheBookHippie Pretty!! 2mo
kspenmoll Beautiful photo! Interesting about a poet using AI. we had a student using AI today to write a reflection that was obviously on a college level. It‘s a problem in high schools. 2mo
TheLudicReader Haha, @kspenmoll , I had a student pass in a reflection on happiness that started with something like, “As I am a machine, I have no personal feelings about happiness” and the student still denied using AI. 🤦‍♀️ 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty ❄️ 2mo
MicheleinPhilly @TheLudicReader Good grief. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo
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The Mystery Guest | Nita Prose
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My expectations for this sequel were sky high and so the novel felt a bit short. I missed Juan, found Molly‘s rhymed wisdom a bit twee-er than previously, but thoroughly enjoyed the mystery.

Catsandbooks Does the bowl say "it's cold outside bébé"? ? love Moira! 2mo
BookishTrish @Catsandbooks indeed it does 2mo
Catsandbooks @BookishTrish That is perfect! 🩵 2mo
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The Jazz Club Spy | Roberta Rich
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I liked the characters and the pacing, but the climax was historically inaccurate and that didn‘t sit well with me. Between a soft pick and a so so.

dabbe Holy guacamole! I saw the snake, and my heart literally stopped for a second! 😱 2mo
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Meet Me at the Lake | Carley Fortune
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I read this in the context of the Canada Reads shortlist. I‘m not sure it brings much (anything?) to the discussion and am curious about what arguments its champion brings forward. The ending was very rushed IMHO, but I adored the description of place and Dirty Dancing vibes.

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Winter Stroll | Elin Hilderbrand
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I like this series - but why do they all end on cliffhangers?!?!

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Always lovely and cozy stepping into this world. I missed the friend group in this volume and enjoyed the deepening of the boys‘ relationship.

rwmg I've been binge-watching the TV series over and over again. I haven't read the books because I don't want any spoilers. I wish I could have seen it when I was that age. But then could any real boys have lived up to Nick Nelson? 3mo
arlenefinnigan I have cheese envy. 3mo
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I usually don‘t love a full cast recording, but this true crime podcast inspired story really worked as an audiobook. The twists and turns were relatively easy to guess, and the ending wasn‘t my favourite, but I still loved the ride.

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Bad Cree: A Novel | Jessica Johns
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My partner recommended this to me and I‘ve recommended it to my teen, who described it as “like Freddy Kruger” - which it kind of was and wasn‘t. Either way I enjoyed it.

Blueberry Yummy-looking bagel. 😋 3mo
Suet624 I want whatever you're eating. 3mo
Reggie I agree with her on the Nightmare on Elm Street vibes. 3mo
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Young widow Bria works hard to open a B&B in Positano to honour her late husband‘s dream. A murder in the building threatens these plans so Bria decides to investigate. I liked the characters and didn‘t guess the murderer.

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An insightful, painful, hopeful look into a piece of art created from artifacts from each of Canada‘s residential schools.

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The Happy Couple | Naoise Dolan
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A soft pick and an easy read. An engaged couple each try and decide if they should actually get married as their wedding date looms.

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A gorgeous book about parenting a new adult AND a travelogue of a second Camino. There were a few moments where I wished AM and Sam were more aware of their privileges; but in all AM is incredibly emotionally aware and it makes for compelling reading.

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This quick read simply wasn‘t for me. The twists were predictable and the ending was too pat. I had no time at all for the Anthony storyline.

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What a gorgeous book for my first read of 2024! Sigrid spends the early days of the pandemic house sitting a parrot and living with a stranger. Some gorgeous passages and the writing felt true to how quarantine felt to me - both its privileges and its effects on our thoughts.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this historical fiction chonkster about the woman who brought the Stanislavsky method to China and her inevitable downfall at the hands of a longtime rival. The writing is almost breezy despite the sometimes heavy subject matter. Highly recommended.

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The birthday dozen!

Ruthiella Fantastic stack. Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 3mo
BookishTrish @Ruthiella Thank you! 3mo
Jas16 Happy Birthday 🎉🎂🎈 3mo
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Bookzombie Happy Birthday!! 🧁🥳 3mo
LeahBergen Nice haul! Happy Birthday! 3mo
Hooked_on_books Oooo, that‘s exciting! Happy Birthday! 3mo
Reggie Happy Birthday! 3mo
quietlycuriouskate Happy birthday! 🎁📚🎂 3mo
Megabooks Wow!! Hbd!! 🎉🎉 3mo
thewallflower0707 Happy (belated) birthday! 3mo
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Family Lore: A Novel | Elizabeth Acevedo
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Acevedo is an excellent storyteller and very good at creating memorable characters. Despite the predictable ending, I enjoyed this one.

thewallflower0707 I really liked all her YA novels, haven‘t read her first adult novel yet! 3mo
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There was a lot I loved about this book: the post apocalyptic setting, the effect of worldwide scarcity on the rich, the incredible descriptions of the food. I wasn‘t as keen on the ending - which seemed abrupt and too pat - but I‘d definitely read more by this author. A soft pick.

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Picked this one up today during a visit to my favourite bookstore #munrosbooks

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The Hacienda | Isabel Caas
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Historical gothic horror set in Mexico? Yes please! I thought Andres (the hot priest character) was more interesting than the Beatriz - but I enjoyed reading about them both. It was creepy and exorcisty

keys_on_fire I thought the writing was really beautiful. I liked this more than I expected! 3mo
Reggie It was the red eyes in the dark for me. lol, I liked this one a lot, too. 3mo
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Winter Street | Elin Hilderbrand
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This was my Christmas Eve present and I tore through it. My family chose well. Happy Holidays all!

Bookzombie Happy Holidays! 3mo
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Thornhedge | T. Kingfisher
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Lightning quick Sleeping Beauty retelling that made good company while I wrapped.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute paper ❤️ 3mo
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