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Currently reading AVARICE by Peter Brassett
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The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Currently reading THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Kidd Monk
The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey Charming and uplifting ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther
Finished Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi ThorpeMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Australian crime fiction -
Return to Moondilla by Tony Parsons ⭐⭐⭐.8https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm currently reading Great Expectations.
Now reading MISTRESS OF THE RITZ by Melanie Benjamin
you should try, uncle tom the president (2nd edition) and insanity is hereditary you get it from "your children,"(2023 edition). both are cleverly and humorously written with a premium on unique entertainment.
I just finished reading Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
The DISTANT HOURS isn’t working for me. Put it down. Reading CITADEL by Kate Mosse instead.
Once upon a river by Diane Setterfield. I love it so far.
I feel shattered in the best possible way after finishing
Swimming to Lundy by Amanda Prowse ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐+ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading Animal Farm by George Orwell
An absorbing historical mystery
The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A dual reality concept that works really well!
The Other Year by Rea Frey ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Kind Worth Saving - Peter Swanson
Confusing, disappointing.
Only the Guilty Survive by Kate Robards ⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
An edge of your seat mystery/thriller
The Girl in the Dark by Zoë Sharp ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Love, friendship and the importance of family.
The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman ⭐⭐⭐⭐+ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.5 for
The End of Tennessee: A Memoir by Rachel M. Hanson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.8 for
Interpretations of Love by Jane Campbell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Both plot and cast of characters will remain with me for a long time to come and I will probably revise my rating upwards when I have thought more about it. 💖📚
Currently reading THE DIAMOND EYE by Kate Quinn
I just finished Under Water by Rachel Callaghan and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Under Water may be a good fit for folks in this group. It's about a woman who moves into an old house and finds (spoiler) in the pond in her yard. She gets obsessed with finding out the history of that thing, and the book jumps back in time to show you the POV of the characters who left the thing behind. So it's dual-timeline with present vs Civil War era. A few things I liked: the character dialogue is sometimes witty, and each character feels different enough to be real. So even though the book deals with trauma, I would still consider it a "light" read. I also felt like the author understands people and the way that "hurt people hurt people" as the saying goes. I also liked that the parts in the past about the stubborn Irish girl trying to run the farm while her hubby is at war. Civil War battles don't really interest me, but this is different as the historical parts are set in the North. Interesting how the social norms of the time got in the way.
Braiding Sweetgrass was amazing too. That's written by an indigenous botanist but it reads like poetry. Which sounds dreadfully dull but was actually fascinating. It's like she uses the way plants interact as metaphors for how people should live in community. As a follow up to Graeber's Debt: The First Five Hundred Years it was perfect.
Currently I'm writing a memoir so I'm trying to read more of that next, and I'd love to hear what you thought of Glass Castle. Or other memoirs people have read! Folks on Reddit have called Glass Castle "trauma porn" so I have not gotten into it, but I am interested in memoir that grapples with PTSD.
(PS I could not find the welcome thread so I didn't post there)
A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle
just started reading Mrs. Dallowey. anyone who's read this book already? Is it just me or it is a rather tedious read?
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 for this heartwarming and entrancing mystery
The Secrets of Flowers by Sally Page https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
How does everyone have actual pictures of the books they recommend show up vs just linking the book?
I just finished “The girl with the dragon tattoo” Started “it ends with us”
An absorbing read
Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Felishia wrote: "How does everyone have actual pictures of the books they recommend show up vs just linking the book?"When you write in the comment box (like now) sitting on the line above the box is add book/author. Select that, type in the name of the book you are looking for and I usually add by (the author's name) to narrow down the search. Select Search. This will bring up a drop box of possibilities. At the bottom of the dropbox there are two choices - Link and Cover. Select whichever one you want to add. If the correct cover is showing select Add. If it is not the correct cover select Other editions
Hope this helps. 💖📚
Hello, Felishia, Sandybookaday gave you great directions. However, let me add that you can not accomplish this on the app. You will want to do this on your computer or tablet.
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