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jalkarnes

jalkarnes

Joined October 2017

Lover of books, wine, and good times ✨
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The Nix | Nathan Hill
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Have you ever picked the perfect book you needed to read at an exact moment in your life? I‘m finding a lot of relevant insight and comfort in The Nix this week.

mrozzz Absolutely! Glad this one is doing it for you 😊 The Nix is awesome. 7y
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I bought Madame Bovary for $2 at a used bookstore on vacation and I‘ve never been so happy with an impulse purchase. This was the most fulfilling romance novel I‘ve read since Anna Karenina; Flaubert articulates every characters‘ point of view so well it‘s hard not to empathize with them all.

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Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand
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Found a pile of books sitting under the mailboxes in my apartment complex and grabbed all of these! Plenty of classics I‘ve wanted to read and a few fun contemporaries as well. Hardest question now is which I should start with!

britt_brooke Nice!! 7y
emilyhaldi Awesome!!! In Cold Blood is great 👍🏻 7y
MamaGina Ditto, In Cold Blood. I think it inspired the true crime genre. 🤓 7y
AmyG Definitely In Cold Blood. And the Scientology (Going Clear) book is good...and crazy! (edited) 7y
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It | Stephen King
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You‘ll float, too. 🎈

Book characters are my favorite costumes. (Can you tell I love Stephen King?)

mrozzz This is a great picture!! 👍🏻 7y
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Cujo | Stephen King
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Cocktails & Cujo after a long day

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The Outsiders | SE Hinton
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Finally read this YA classic and I am emotionally drained. A beautiful story, well written, and an impressively stunning feat considering S.E. Hinton wrote it while she was in high school. I went in expecting a quick, fun read and came out in tears. I know I'm pretty late to the game with this one, but I highly recommended it for anyone else who missed it reading it in school.

Cinfhen It's a total winner!! Movie too!!!! 7y
DebbieGrillo Confession: I'm a high school English teacher and I've never read this. 7y
jalkarnes @DebbieGrillo hey, it's never too late! It's a pretty easy one to breeze though 7y
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Breakfast at Tiffany's | Truman Capote
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Excited to start this today. I've never seen the movie before, so I can't wait to finally find out all about Holly Golightly!

robinb OK, I‘m embarrassed to admit it, but I did not know the movie was based on a book (nor have I seen the entire movie)...where have I been??! 😊😳🤷🏻‍♀️😫🙄 7y
jalkarnes @robinb I honestly didn't either until I saw this sitting in the library! 7y
squarepeginroundhole The movie is actually a bit different from the book. It's a much sweeter version than the actual story. See which you'll like better. I preferred the original by Capote myself. 7y
jalkarnes @squarepeginroundhole I loved the book - I actually liked the honest depictions of all Holly's flaws - but I'm very much looking forward to the movie as well! (edited) 7y
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The Dark Half | Stephen King
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Finishing this #halloween read tonight!

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