Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Mar 4, 2022 13:00:21 GMT -6
I just finished Arsenic and Adobo - 3.5 stars. It was a nice, cozy mystery full of yummy sounding food. Now I need to figure out where I can get some lumpia around here.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 4, 2022 13:18:52 GMT -6
I just finished Arsenic and Adobo - 3.5 stars. It was a nice, cozy mystery full of yummy sounding food. Now I need to figure out where I can get some lumpia around here. I picked up the second in the series I think I'll do that this weekend. I was hoping it would be a BOTM because that is where I saw it last year but nope
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snowyowl
Amethyst
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 4, 2022 17:19:32 GMT -6
Gave another Avery Flynn a try, Awk-Weird. It started cute, but then it turned out their personalities were 100% “THIS IS MY ADORABLE QUIRK” and “MY CHILDHOOD MAKES ME AFRAID OF LOVE.” Rinse and repeat for pages and pages and pages. I gave it a 3/5 for potential and not dragging out the beginning interminably.
I’m starting Cleopatra’s Dagger, which was the Amazon FR I picked. It’s ok so far, needed a better editor in places.
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Post by justbecause on Mar 4, 2022 17:34:47 GMT -6
I finished The Rose Code and it was good but I felt like it dragged in the middle. Just starting Dune and The Paris Wife.
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wedding
Emerald
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Post by wedding on Mar 4, 2022 18:12:21 GMT -6
I finished Come Find Me by Megan Miranda. It was pretty good. Definitely a different twist to the usual suspense. I’m going to start Mondays Not Coming tonight.
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Post by mrsnorris on Mar 4, 2022 18:38:14 GMT -6
I read mostly guilty pleasure smutty trash this month. 🙈 Fun but not terribly remarkable. 4⭐️ for the new Sarah J Mass Crescent City sequel. This is a must read if you are an ACOTAR fan! I wasn’t thrilled with the first one, but I read it at the very beginning of COVID and was not in a great headspace, so I re-read for this release and decided I actually love the series. It just takes a bit to get going, and the world building is more complex. I agree! It took me a second read through of the first book to decide I liked the series. Now I’m more invested in the characters so I’m loving it. That second book ending was bonkers!
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emma
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Post by emma on Mar 4, 2022 18:38:26 GMT -6
I just saw the Pieces of Her is on Netflix. I didn’t particularly enjoy the book so I’m interested to see if I like the show more
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Bluebird
Amethyst
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Post by Bluebird on Mar 4, 2022 19:03:33 GMT -6
I read mostly guilty pleasure smutty trash this month. 🙈 Fun but not terribly remarkable. 4⭐️ for the new Sarah J Mass Crescent City sequel. This is a must read if you are an ACOTAR fan! I wasn’t thrilled with the first one, but I read it at the very beginning of COVID and was not in a great headspace, so I re-read for this release and decided I actually love the series. It just takes a bit to get going, and the world building is more complex. I agree! It took me a second read through of the first book to decide I liked the series. Now I’m more invested in the characters so I’m loving it. That second book ending was bonkers! I totally freaked out at the ending.
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abs
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Post by abs on Mar 4, 2022 20:11:46 GMT -6
I read mostly guilty pleasure smutty trash this month. 🙈 Fun but not terribly remarkable. 4⭐️ for the new Sarah J Mass Crescent City sequel. This is a must read if you are an ACOTAR fan! I wasn’t thrilled with the first one, but I read it at the very beginning of COVID and was not in a great headspace, so I re-read for this release and decided I actually love the series. It just takes a bit to get going, and the world building is more complex. I agree! It took me a second read through of the first book to decide I liked the series. Now I’m more invested in the characters so I’m loving it. That second book ending was bonkers! I’m going to have to give this series a second chance. I never made it past chapter one of book one but now that I know it takes awhile to build up the world maybe I’ll like it better!
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thatgolfb
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Post by thatgolfb on Mar 4, 2022 20:29:41 GMT -6
I finished If The Shoe Fits and loved it! I am almost done with Chrishell’s book as well, it was a super quick one.
I started Butter Honey Pig Bread, and it seems really interesting so far.
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Post by kittyriot on Mar 4, 2022 20:55:36 GMT -6
I finished If The Shoe Fits and loved it! I am almost done with Chrishell’s book as well, it was a super quick one. I started Butter Honey Pig Bread, and it seems really interesting so far. Butter Honey Pig Bread was one of my standouts from last year. It SITS with you! But the multiple narrators and extremely disparate stories make it a pain to follow at times so it’s not for everyone. But I loved the character I saw as the main narrator and her takeaways about life and healing family trauma…I’m grateful for where that story took me.
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keg
Gold
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Post by keg on Mar 4, 2022 22:53:38 GMT -6
Both books I've read this month so far have been great.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl. What a great guy. I'm not some huge Grohl fan by any means, but I do love bios/memoirs of interesting people, and he seems so genuinely kind and normal. I really enjoyed it.
Your Wound, My Garden by Alok Vaid-Menon. Beautiful quick book of poetry. I bought this in December and kept forgetting to read it. Their writing is just always so great, whether it's on instagram or this format.
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keg
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Post by keg on Mar 4, 2022 22:55:28 GMT -6
I finished If The Shoe Fits and loved it! I am almost done with Chrishell’s book as well, it was a super quick one. I started Butter Honey Pig Bread, and it seems really interesting so far. Butter Honey Pig Bread was one of my standouts from last year. It SITS with you! But the multiple narrators and extremely disparate stories make it a pain to follow at times so it’s not for everyone. But I loved the character I saw as the main narrator and her takeaways about life and healing family trauma…I’m grateful for where that story took me. This looks great! There is something about a lot of Nigerian writing that I love so much.
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Post by mrsnorris on Mar 4, 2022 22:56:27 GMT -6
Recently finished the last of the Murderbot series and the fourth Bridgerton book, Colin and Penelope’s story. Both pretty good! February reading was fairly average overall, although I did enjoy SJM’s latest book.
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Lakes
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Post by Lakes on Mar 5, 2022 8:46:29 GMT -6
adelbert I just finished Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe. It was good. It was a quick read and easily accessible. I agree that it’s a good overview and I appreciated a lot of her points. I like breaking it down into the “six americas” instead of believers vs deniers. I like her explanations on how to approach topics with other people. It made me realize I’ve done that on a couple topics with my in-laws so that approach really does work. It was weird to see her frequently mention covid since we’re still living in a pandemic. I had a similar reaction my first year teaching and 9/11 was in the textbook.
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tinyjoys
Ruby
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Post by tinyjoys on Mar 5, 2022 11:30:09 GMT -6
This morning, I finished The Soulmate Equation. It was good, 3.5, maybe 4 stars.
I’m starting Black Flags, Blue Waters, a history of America & the pirates.
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Lormor
Platinum
Sometimes I can gif and sometimes I can't.
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Post by Lormor on Mar 5, 2022 12:19:36 GMT -6
My very first Libby hold has come. I’m so excited! It’s an audiobook of Dolly Parton’s Songteller, narrated by Dolly.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 5, 2022 14:42:26 GMT -6
This morning, I finished The Soulmate Equation. It was good, 3.5, maybe 4 stars. I’m starting Black Flags, Blue Waters, a history of America & the pirates. I won the soulmate equation from goodreads so I’m waiting on that
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tinyjoys
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Post by tinyjoys on Mar 5, 2022 14:57:24 GMT -6
This morning, I finished The Soulmate Equation. It was good, 3.5, maybe 4 stars. I’m starting Black Flags, Blue Waters, a history of America & the pirates. I won the soulmate equation from goodreads so I’m waiting on that It was cute & fun. I liked it a lot.
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 5, 2022 17:07:08 GMT -6
I just finished rock paper scissors and Holy crap. I loved it! Best thriller I've read in a bit.
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emma
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Post by emma on Mar 5, 2022 17:15:17 GMT -6
I just finished rock paper scissors and Holy crap. I loved it! Best thriller I've read in a bit. ::adds to Goodreads list::
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caer
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Post by caer on Mar 5, 2022 17:18:30 GMT -6
I just finished rock paper scissors and Holy crap. I loved it! Best thriller I've read in a bit. Yay! I loved this book so much but it’s VERY polarizing. But I just thought it was so cool and spooky.
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 5, 2022 18:35:10 GMT -6
I am tackling Pachinko this month by doing just 16 pages a day all March and if I weren’t doing that with a group I’d be ready to fly to the end. I was not ready for how quickly I became invested in these characters. Really loving it.
I finished Finley Donovan is Killing it and it was just fine. It was a bit too much for me. Totally entertaining but I don’t love a mess quite as hot as Finley.
I’m going to try the new (out in June) Carola Lovering tonight. I loved Too Good To Be True so I’m excited for this one.
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 5, 2022 20:52:35 GMT -6
I just finished rock paper scissors and Holy crap. I loved it! Best thriller I've read in a bit. Yay! I loved this book so much but it’s VERY polarizing. But I just thought it was so cool and spooky. Haha really!? I think I was just surprised that it actually surprised me. Like my jaw dropped.
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Post by motherofdachshunds on Mar 6, 2022 9:10:08 GMT -6
I just finished rock paper scissors and Holy crap. I loved it! Best thriller I've read in a bit. Oh I should be getting that one from the library in a couple weeks! Now I’m excited for it.
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caer
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Post by caer on Mar 6, 2022 9:16:27 GMT -6
I finished The Night Shift and enjoyed it. It’s well paced and twisty. I’m reading Megan Miranda’s The Last House Guest now.
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 6, 2022 10:17:05 GMT -6
I started The Roughest Draft on audio while I ran today. So far the only thing I don’t like is that I can’t read the made up books.
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Lakes
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Post by Lakes on Mar 6, 2022 10:18:02 GMT -6
The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America by Hannah Nordhaus was amazing. It’s well written and engaging. I couldn’t put it down. I started it last night and legit ignored my family this morning so I could finish it. It’s about the struggles of modern large scale beekeeping and the agricultural industry with a side of history and science. It stole my fav book of the year spot from Cal Flyn’s Islands of Abandonment.
Disclaimer: I just got accepted to a small beekeeping class at a local nature place so I’m extra hype about honey bees right now but it was still really, really good.
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kayc
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Post by kayc on Mar 6, 2022 10:24:35 GMT -6
Last night I finished Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook. I have such a love hate relationship with his books. I find them fascinating, but then he goes SO over the top it’s absurd. And he uses a lot of exclamation marks in his dialog. I did enjoy the book, though!
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thatgolfb
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Post by thatgolfb on Mar 6, 2022 17:32:36 GMT -6
Chrishell’s book was… not very good. 🤣 2.5 stars, I generously rounded up to 3.
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