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I love these quiet stolen reading hours of early Sunday mornings.
panThe story of friendship will stay with me because it was that good. But the writing was off. I didn't care for the dual timeline because the present parts were boring and flat and felt like they were written by someone else. The ending dragged and I just couldn't wait for it to be over. So disappointing.
35/80
"Louisa is a teenager, the best kind of human."
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My part of house painting is done! ???? Now the Mr. Just has to finish all the parts I couldn't reach, and the cutting in that just isn't my forté ?
I have now moved on to gardening, which I know nothing about ? Taking a break to start the new Backman ?
pickVery much felt like an elderly coming of age story for 70 year old Tommy who thought he could back to his old life. I kept hearing Billy Joel in my head, "then the king and queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again." It also felt Twilight Zone-y as Tommy walked around Downtown not understanding why it all looked so different, and feeling like an "old fool" for thinking it'd be the same.
34/80
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Starting this with a nice cuppa
bailedI thought the story would carry the weird writing style. I thought wrong. #HailTheBail
33/80
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"It was dusk on a winter day, and from high on the mountain came barking, drifting down above the snow like peals of a bell, one, two, three, four, more, just to say the light was leaving, but that was all right: here I am, I'm a dog, all is well."
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📚 The tagged and My Friends by Fredrik Backman, two auto-buy authors for me.
📚📚 I enjoy supporting authors by sharing what I've read on here, IG, and StoryGraph.
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pickWhat a fascinating imagining of the people who shared in the life of an ancient text. It really brings to mind just how much was lost in book burnings of yore.
32/80
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The overwhelming crowds make a visit to The Stanley rather underwhelming 🤷🏻♀️
Reading in the wild in Estes Park, CO
"I might as well say, right from the jump: it wasn't my usual kind of job."
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It's The Blue Bistro for April; and The SunDown Motel still hasn't been beat.
April Wrap-up
Total Read: 7
#BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo: ✔️
#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025: 6
#AllergicToChunksters: 1
#MonthlyNonfiction2025: 1
5 Star: The Blue Bistro
DNF: The Witches Are Coming
Still working on covering the faded pink of my house. Starting my 2nd Geraldine Brooks during brakes.
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pickI always enjoy EH's books, especially her earlier ones. The characters feel more authentic and the stories less formula. This one drew me in so completely I felt like I was in the bistro watching the story unfold.
31/80
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Taking a much needed break from house painting
Thanks for the tag @dabbe
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
It
The Green Mile
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1. There have been many throughout my life. But my sweet Beagle and Dopey were the best. Beagle thought she was a cat, and Dopey thought he was dog and the two of them together were like a comedy team.
2. Both
3. Tagged
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