This was very good. The poet deals with grief.

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This feels like cheating, but I lucked out and you drew a number I had assigned to a book of poetry

I love this author. She loves science and the environment and I love how funny and snarky she is. I started this in January. And it ended up as my September #DoubleSpin. It's going into my recipe book shelf. Because food. And recipes. ❤

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And thank you to @Soubhiville for sending this to me.

This is very fun. Baba Yaga's house with the chicken legs is a central (though mostly silent) character. A modern fairytale based on Russian folklore.

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This is already out.
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Still reading my September Double Spin.... First time I haven't finished both in the correct month since I joined in on the fun.

Today's train book is my September #DoubleSpin. Can someone please explain where exactly September went?

Cutting it really close with this month's #AuthorAMonth selection. This is good. But it's a book for kids. It still almost made me cry on the train.

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And I'm going to need to pause here because I'm about to start crying on the train. This book! 😢

I loved this. The #audiobook is awesome. The voice of the octopus is next level. I definitely recommend it.

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❤🤐

I know some of you all are behind schedule. But I loved this.

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I need to read the first 400 pages of this by Thursday. Good thing I have a silly tote to carry it around.

🤐🤐🤐

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This started out really strong so giving it a pick.

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This doesn't seem to have its dust jacket. Today's library hold pick up. Only one. Self control at its finest.

I loved this. It's freaking adorable.

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I neglected all of the things today and went to the beach. 🤷

All of the stars for this one. It's funny. It's sad (I may have cried on an airplane). It's very matter of fact, like the main character. And I loved the dog.

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If you like Russian lit and haven't read this yet, it definitely gets my recommendation.

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Any thoughts I had that this shouldn't have won the Women's Prize have totally evaporated. This book is next level. And good luck carting this chunkster around. Might I suggest the ebook?

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This is really good. It's about a mixed race girl and her mom in 1940s Berlin. And how to make sure the daughter survives being labeled a mischling. But that's the beginning. It's multigenerational and it sort of loops back on itself. Looking at who the monsters are actually and under what circumstances.

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Pub date is 1/10/2023
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I have a terrible habit of not reading book descriptions. So this is not a fun romantic contemporary novel. It is Instagram jokes by one of my fav authors pretending to write to her grandma. But the proceeds go to a charity so whatev. It's very funny.

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I loved this. But be warned about the tears. You will probably cry. So maybe read it at home. Or out in the wild with the other commuters. If you don't mind crying in front of strangers.

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Missed my train. Trying not to do screamy things right now. So me and big bertha here are getting an extra HOUR together. Also if you dislike crying in public, read this at home.

So behind on book club books. Actually lugging this chunkster on the train. It's exercise, right?

It's possible that I liberated another book from Iceland.

Not sure who sent this to me. And I gave it a go. But I don't think this is the book for me. Passing it along to the universe.

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Pub date was in August.

Finished this one. And there's a book shelf in the hotel for guests where this has found a new home.

The book itself is ok. My attention may have been distracted by other things.

There was also some of this happening.

I may have liberated a couple of books from the local bookstore....

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I'm going to Iceland tomorrow!
3 of my book club books are 500+ so I may be concentrating on those. But looking forward to seeing the numbers when I get back!

Retrieved my library holds.... ❤

How did we all pick chunky September book club books? I also have Love Songs at home.

This is great Scandinavian noir. It's the second book in the dark Iceland series. But frankly, the #audiobook is a smidge ridiculous. Very melodramatic. Still giving the book itself a pick.

This is so good. I definitely recommend it. It caught my eye because I'm heading to Iceland on Thursday.

A woman has lost her memory after a seizure. And where is her son? It's very well written.

This #audiobook is so good. It's long, about 18 hours, but totally worth it. It's a combo of fairytales, set in Lithuania. It's a great story. I was very impressed.

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This is book 7. I may need a break from the dragons for a bit now.

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This was fine. Not really my jam. A man writing poetry about a breakup with a woman. Apparently it was tough. Emotionally. My desk neighbor (who I possibly gave Covid) liked it a lot and let me borrow it.

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This is a quick read. It's labelled as horror. But I'd equate it to creepy Roald Dahl stories. You know, the one where the housewife murders the husband with a ham hock and then serves it to the officers. If that's your jam, definitely try this.

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Pub date is 9/27/22
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This afternoon's beach read inspired by @TheBookHippie and her women in translation post. Also I may be on the beach today, but next week I'm going to Iceland with my book squad so this caught my eye especially.

I actually can't find this book in the database with this title....

Kindle, blanket, beach. Perfection.

Went to the beach. Bought a book at a local store. This is how we roll, right?

I don't know how to explain this. It's almost like the most gruesome fairy tale ever. But without the fairies. Or magic. And it's kind of a commentary on religion. And there's rape and incest and cannibalism and murder and other things you probably shouldn't do IRL. So you've been warned. It's really well written and I like the author. But it's mega dark. The um dead lamb on the cover might be a sign.

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I haven't read enough Jane Austen to truly appreciate this one. The author takes your fav Austen characters (and one we all hate) and puts them together at a house party. She takes the time they were published (or written) and ages them all appropriately. It's clever. Then she kills off the one she hates and turns it into an Agatha Christie style mystery.

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This book is about a group of college students who start a company based on revenge which spirals out of control. It has The Secret History vibes but is not quite as epic. If you like a psychological thriller with a fairly fast pace, this might be for you.

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Pub date is 1/10/2023. (2023?! What!?)
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Not sure this would make any sense without the previous book. And it's good. But possibly unnecessary to my life. Read this for my secondary IRL book club. Probably not even attending the meeting but whatever.

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This author is an amazing writer. This is one of those books that's beautiful despite having little to no plot. It's about an Alsatian young woman who marries a Moroccan soldier and moves to that country and starts a family. It's about culture and religion and living in a colony right before it isn't a colony any longer. Setting is 1950s Morocco.

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I love this author. This book is so fun. I don't even care that it was predictable.

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I received a copy of this after pub date. After I already bought a copy for a friend. Who let me borrow it. Because apparently according to me print is sometimes better.

I um just finished this a couple of days ago. Oops. It's informative and detailed and well written. But I did not exactly enjoy this experience. If I wasn't at least pretending to read this with the group, this would have been a bail for me.

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If you're interested in science and the environment, this is a quick read about different types of wetlands and their destruction by humans. This is almost like a passion project from a great author who clearly excels at research.

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Pub date is 9/27/22
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This is a fun adventure fantasy.

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This series is so good. This is the second book. I have to force myself not to immediately read the third book. I am thoroughly hooked.

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