thatgolfb
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Post by thatgolfb on Mar 6, 2022 17:33:02 GMT -6
I loved Rock, Paper Scissors!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2022 17:51:01 GMT -6
The end of Rock, Paper, Scissors made me kind of mad. Felt like it went too far. It was still a good book though!
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Post by mintyblueair on Mar 6, 2022 18:19:44 GMT -6
The last book I finished in February was Mistress of Rome and I loved it! Kate Quinn does historical fiction really well.
And I finished Rock Paper Scissors a couple of days ago, so this discussion is timely. The main twist did catch me by surprise, but the rest of it fell pretty flat for me.
I'm currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison.
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Post by imapenguin on Mar 6, 2022 19:26:14 GMT -6
The last book I finished in February was Mistress of Rome and I loved it! Kate Quinn does historical fiction really well. And I finished Rock Paper Scissors a couple of days ago, so this discussion is timely. The main twist did catch me by surprise, but the rest of it fell pretty flat for me. I'm currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. Kate Quinn’s next book is about a sniper from Kyiv which is just crazy timing!
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Post by yellowwallpaper on Mar 6, 2022 19:39:27 GMT -6
I read 19 books in February. My favorites were The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen. Books I'm looking forward to in March are And They Lived... by Steven Salvatore and Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram.
So far in March I've read Fence Vol 2, Vol 3, and Vol 4. I'm about 75% through the Dovekeepers. I also started Pua by Lehua Parker on my Kindle. It's super short (just over 100 pages) but I haven't had a chance to pick it back up.
We were in Brooklyn this past Wednesday and Thursday for a concert. We didn't have a ton of time on Thursday before we went home, but we did find a nice book store to wander around in.
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Post by mintyblueair on Mar 6, 2022 20:01:38 GMT -6
The last book I finished in February was Mistress of Rome and I loved it! Kate Quinn does historical fiction really well. And I finished Rock Paper Scissors a couple of days ago, so this discussion is timely. The main twist did catch me by surprise, but the rest of it fell pretty flat for me. I'm currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. Kate Quinn’s next book is about a sniper from Kyiv which is just crazy timing! Wow, I knew it was about a sniper but no other details. That is really crazy. I have it on hold at the library for when it comes out but I think I'm way down the list so I may just buy it.
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junch817
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Post by junch817 on Mar 6, 2022 22:35:52 GMT -6
I’m sort of on a Holderness Family high right now since watching them on the Amazing Race. I downloaded their book Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It. It’s basically like listening to a podcast because they seem to ad lib a lot. It’s obviously got a serious tone to it too, but it’s making me happy to hear their voices again knowing they won!
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Post by angelashly on Mar 7, 2022 8:15:01 GMT -6
I finished The Paris Apartment and I am mad I spent money on it. It wasn't terrible just not great. I gave it 3 stars. It was 3.5 until the end.
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Post by tatorhead328 on Mar 7, 2022 8:42:31 GMT -6
I finished The Paris Apartment and I am mad I spent money on it. It wasn't terrible just not great. I gave it 3 stars. It was 3.5 until the end. I'm reading this right now!
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Post by angelashly on Mar 7, 2022 8:47:51 GMT -6
I finished The Paris Apartment and I am mad I spent money on it. It wasn't terrible just not great. I gave it 3 stars. It was 3.5 until the end. I'm reading this right now! I am interested in your thoughts
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caer
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Post by caer on Mar 7, 2022 8:51:12 GMT -6
I finished The Paris Apartment and I am mad I spent money on it. It wasn't terrible just not great. I gave it 3 stars. It was 3.5 until the end. Yep, that pretty much sums up my thoughts, too. I was definitely disappointed.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Mar 7, 2022 8:55:18 GMT -6
I'm really liking So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix. I haven't read much about freed slave towns, and I think that perspective and historical aspect is important and accessible as a YA novel. I would say it is only vvvv loosely based on Little Women.
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adelbert
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Post by adelbert on Mar 7, 2022 9:10:05 GMT -6
What a bummer about Paris Apartment. It's one I was excited for, but now it's one I'll wait for the library to have.
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gingy
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Post by gingy on Mar 7, 2022 9:16:50 GMT -6
I started listening to Perfect Little World last night. It's already so weird, but I loved Nothing to See Here by the same author. Hoping this one is just as good.
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Post by kittyriot on Mar 7, 2022 9:38:34 GMT -6
I’m listening to Stanley Gucci’s book right now. Loving it, it’s so cozy.
I had to put the Lincoln Highway on hold. And I’m contemplating it becoming a DNF. I recognize the talent and the beauty of it. But I’m finding it boring.
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snowyowl
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 7, 2022 9:51:46 GMT -6
The Charm Offensive 5/5. It’s been so long since I read a romance I really loved! So cute. The conflict and back and forth felt earned instead of just forced in there to keep the couple apart. And I actually read the sexy bits because they were part of the story instead of an interlude with eight pages of various positions.
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 7, 2022 10:29:33 GMT -6
The last book I finished in February was Mistress of Rome and I loved it! Kate Quinn does historical fiction really well. And I finished Rock Paper Scissors a couple of days ago, so this discussion is timely. The main twist did catch me by surprise, but the rest of it fell pretty flat for me. I'm currently reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. Kate Quinn’s next book is about a sniper from Kyiv which is just crazy timing! This is how I felt as I was reading a Karen Slaughter (The Last Widow) book in January of 2021 A thriller about a group of white supremacists that had made a commune in the woods and were practicing for a breach of the capitol building, and had kidnapped a CDC scientist. She published this in 2019 and I was like girlll..... you don't even know.
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Post by cdnfroggy on Mar 7, 2022 10:42:36 GMT -6
I wanted to order The Book of Eels after all the praise here, but it seems like there are two books by that name - which one is the one people were loving here? Lakes
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Lakes
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Post by Lakes on Mar 7, 2022 11:31:41 GMT -6
I wanted to order The Book of Eels after all the praise here, but it seems like there are two books by that name - which one is the one people were loving here? Lakes The one by Patrik Svensson!
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melohdy
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Post by melohdy on Mar 7, 2022 11:35:38 GMT -6
I finished The Appeal this weekend and really enjoyed it. I bumped it down to 4 stars just because one or two twists were a little far-fetched - but it was good! I really liked the style
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Post by filingjointly on Mar 7, 2022 12:36:10 GMT -6
I’m listening to Stanley Gucci’s book right now. Loving it, it’s so cozy. I had to put the Lincoln Highway on hold. And I’m contemplating it becoming a DNF. I recognize the talent and the beauty of it. But I’m finding it boring. I read The Lincoln Highway in January and was bored all the way through, and it’s a really long book. I kept waiting for it to grab me and it never did. There was one character I liked, the trust fund one, I can’t even remember his name now.
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Post by kittyriot on Mar 7, 2022 12:40:57 GMT -6
I’m listening to Stanley Gucci’s book right now. Loving it, it’s so cozy. I had to put the Lincoln Highway on hold. And I’m contemplating it becoming a DNF. I recognize the talent and the beauty of it. But I’m finding it boring. I read The Lincoln Highway in January and was bored all the way through, and it’s a really long book. I kept waiting for it to grab me and it never did. There was one character I liked, the trust fund one, I can’t even remember his name now. I’m thinking it will become a DNF. I don’t want to be bored for that long. I’m not quite half through so I still have a long way to go.
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Post by filingjointly on Mar 7, 2022 12:50:04 GMT -6
I read The Lincoln Highway in January and was bored all the way through, and it’s a really long book. I kept waiting for it to grab me and it never did. There was one character I liked, the trust fund one, I can’t even remember his name now. I’m thinking it will become a DNF. I don’t want to be bored for that long. I’m not quite half through so I still have a long way to go. I was so confused because I LOVE Amor Towles, I should have DNF’d it but I’m broken and never ever let myself.
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Post by CestLaVie on Mar 7, 2022 12:51:24 GMT -6
I got a nice stack of holds from the library that I need to start getting into. Black Cake is first up, I have been really excited to read that one. I also got the paris apartment, so I'm glad I didn't buy it haha.
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loony
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Post by loony on Mar 7, 2022 12:53:21 GMT -6
I am half way through "A Boob's Life" How America's Obsession shaped me and you.
It's pretty funny and appropriate for Women's History Month.
ETA: TW DV midway through...but is done in a really good informative way, not gratuitous at all.
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melohdy
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Post by melohdy on Mar 7, 2022 13:01:26 GMT -6
I started Verity this weekend and I'm intrigued. For the longest time, I had it confused with Code Name Verity thanks to Goodreads' dumb search function. I wasn't interested because I have gotten burnt out on World War II spy novels. Verity, though, seems like it will be a good one
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Post by cdnfroggy on Mar 7, 2022 13:24:00 GMT -6
Thanks Lakes! I finished Road of Bones by Christopher Golden and it was ok. Horror/thriller/supernatural story set in Siberia, but what really threw me was that it wasn't really about what the jacket said it was, not really. I'm happy I got it from the library and didn't buy it.
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Post by kittyriot on Mar 7, 2022 13:25:38 GMT -6
I decided to DNF the Lincoln Highway. Life is way too shorts for books that are feeling painfully boring.
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Post by tatorhead328 on Mar 7, 2022 15:22:38 GMT -6
Have we traded Goodreads profile links on here? I'm posting my profile link just in case. I need more people's books in my feed. goodreads
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caer
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Post by caer on Mar 7, 2022 15:31:11 GMT -6
Have we traded Goodreads profile links on here? I'm posting my profile link just in case. I need more people's books in my feed. goodreadsI followed you. Here is mine (hopefully this works) for anyone who wants to add me: Check out my profile on Goodreads! ETA: this maybe? www.goodreads.com/#_=_
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