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Post by kayc on Jan 5, 2024 15:23:56 GMT -6
I finished The Finance Solution and The Elephant In The Room this week. I'm part way through both The Romance Dilemma and Those Who Wish Us Dead. Hopefully I can make a good dent in both, if not finish them this weekend. I ordered a physical copy of Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd that I'm excited to read then put out in my classroom for students too. I just listened to an episode of This Podcast Will Kill You and Natalie Lloyd opened it with her story-and I promptly added Hummingbird to my TBR shelf |
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Post by cnf on Jan 5, 2024 15:26:37 GMT -6
I finished The Finance Solution and The Elephant In The Room this week. I'm part way through both The Romance Dilemma and Those Who Wish Us Dead. Hopefully I can make a good dent in both, if not finish them this weekend. I ordered a physical copy of Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd that I'm excited to read then put out in my classroom for students too. I just listened to an episode of This Podcast Will Kill You and Natalie Lloyd opened it with her story-and I promptly added Hummingbird to my TBR shelf That's why I ordered it! I love TPWKY! |
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Post by junch817 on Jan 5, 2024 15:42:23 GMT -6
I had a sixth grader tell me she was in the mood for a murder book today. Some kids have been asking for murder books since fourth grade. The new wave of true crime girls 😂 I am not surprised when adults say it My 8th grade niece was telling me her friend (or maybe it was her? I can’t remember) wants to read A Good Girls Guide to Murder when I saw her over the holidays. It was fun to be able to tell her that I read those books and have that in common 🙂 |
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Post by angelashly on Jan 5, 2024 15:49:47 GMT -6
I had a sixth grader tell me she was in the mood for a murder book today. Some kids have been asking for murder books since fourth grade. The new wave of true crime girls 😂 I am not surprised when adults say it My 8th grade niece was telling me her friend (or maybe it was her? I can’t remember) wants to read A Good Girls Guide to Murder when I saw her over the holidays. It was fun to be able to tell her that I read those books and have that in common 🙂 Yes that is another good one. I need to get the second one soon |
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Post by imapenguin on Jan 5, 2024 16:15:08 GMT -6
The Covenant of Water I has sucked me in much more strongly than I anticipated. I designated it my night time book for the month but I can’t think about anything else today. This is good to know. The audiobook keeps coming up on my holds list, but at 31 hours, I just need to be in the mood to start it. I keep hearing about how good it is. Maybe after I finish ACOMAF I will start it. my plan was to take all of January and listen to 1 hour a day of the audiobook, but yesterday I listened to 3 hours. Reading along so I was at 3x, 1 hour of real time. |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2024 7:54:15 GMT -6
Just finished the Tom Lake audiobook and I actually enjoyed it more than reading the physical copy. Which is very rare for me.
I just love Meryll.
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Post by byjove on Jan 6, 2024 8:17:20 GMT -6
Just finished the Tom Lake audiobook and I actually enjoyed it more than reading the physical copy. Which is very rare for me. I just love Meryll. You could almost imagine she was talking about herself. She was stellar. |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2024 8:18:55 GMT -6
Just finished the Tom Lake audiobook and I actually enjoyed it more than reading the physical copy. Which is very rare for me. I just love Meryll. You could almost imagine she was talking about herself. She was stellar. She really nailed the wistful tone |
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Post by junch817 on Jan 6, 2024 10:53:12 GMT -6
I feel like I keep seeing Tom Lake popping up and I don’t know why, but I assumed it was not a new book, and it just happened to be getting mentioned in a few of my book places. I finally looked it up just now and it’s a new release from last year, so that makes a lot more sense now! I’ll have to add it to my list, especially if it’s a good audiobook. I’m always looking for good audiobooks that aren’t just celebrity memoirs (which I do love BTW, but there’s only so many of those).
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Post by adelbert on Jan 6, 2024 14:01:09 GMT -6
I just finished my first book of 2024, "House of Open Wounds" by Adrian Tchaikovsky and it was absolutely fantastic. One of the best fantasy books I've read in forever and a great start to the new year. It was loosely connected to his book City of Last Chances which I also loved and I hope he writes another book set in this world.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jan 6, 2024 14:50:57 GMT -6
I feel like I keep seeing Tom Lake popping up and I don’t know why, but I assumed it was not a new book, and it just happened to be getting mentioned in a few of my book places. I finally looked it up just now and it’s a new release from last year, so that makes a lot more sense now! I’ll have to add it to my list, especially if it’s a good audiobook. I’m always looking for good audiobooks that aren’t just celebrity memoirs (which I do love BTW, but there’s only so many of those). I’m so glad I listened on audio. I actually don’t think I would have liked the book all that much if I hadn’t listened. It was 5 stars for me because Meryl was amazing. |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 6, 2024 15:22:57 GMT -6
I finished The Gospel of Orla. It was.....interesting. lol.
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Post by byjove on Jan 6, 2024 15:31:30 GMT -6
I feel like I keep seeing Tom Lake popping up and I don’t know why, but I assumed it was not a new book, and it just happened to be getting mentioned in a few of my book places. I finally looked it up just now and it’s a new release from last year, so that makes a lot more sense now! I’ll have to add it to my list, especially if it’s a good audiobook. I’m always looking for good audiobooks that aren’t just celebrity memoirs (which I do love BTW, but there’s only so many of those). I would say it is celebrity memoir adjacent. Should be right up your alley! |
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Post by klw on Jan 6, 2024 17:32:22 GMT -6
I have never kept track of all of my books read in a year but decided that I am going to try this year. I think I'll set my goal at 100.
December is so busy I usually stick to quick and easy reads. I found a series by Pamela Kelly called "Nantucket Beach Plum Cove" I think there are 8 books plus a few spin offs which I am just starting. I've also been bad about going to the library, but I have jury duty on Tuesday and wanted an actual book to take with me. I picked up 3:
"Vacationland" by Meg Moore
"Meet Me at the Lake" by Carly Fortune
"Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety"
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Post by sudsy on Jan 6, 2024 17:47:00 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet.
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Post by emma on Jan 6, 2024 17:52:55 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet. me too! I’m about 1/3 of the way through and meh, it’s ok but I’m not grabbed by it |
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Post by marygracerich on Jan 6, 2024 18:22:29 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet. That’s disappointing to hear because I heard it was a fantastic book. I hope it gets better for you! |
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Post by sudsy on Jan 6, 2024 18:23:09 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet. me too! I’m about 1/3 of the way through and meh, it’s ok but I’m not grabbed by it I feel broken. |
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Post by emma on Jan 6, 2024 18:35:07 GMT -6
me too! I’m about 1/3 of the way through and meh, it’s ok but I’m not grabbed by it I feel broken. I think in future I’m going into high rated bookstagram books with low expectations |
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Post by beepers on Jan 6, 2024 18:56:15 GMT -6
Divine Rivals got better as I went but it also took me a while to get more into it. In the end I didn’t love it was much as I hoped.
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Post by willow on Jan 6, 2024 21:28:35 GMT -6
Just finished my first two books of the year.
Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan and Book 5 of the Irish village murder series, Murder in an Irish Cottage. Both 5 stars from me.
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cnf
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Post by cnf on Jan 7, 2024 5:10:27 GMT -6
I finished The Romance Dilemma last night. Now I need a new romcom for bedtime tonight.
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Post by Pizzaslut on Jan 7, 2024 7:30:43 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet. That’s disappointing to hear because I heard it was a fantastic book. I hope it gets better for you! I liked it. I wouldn't say fantastic but I flew through it. |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 7, 2024 14:12:27 GMT -6
Why am I on the struggle bus trying to get into Divine Rivals? I didn’t expect to be dragging my feet. In Five Years should get to you tomorrow or Tuesday  |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 7, 2024 14:21:38 GMT -6
I finished The Romance Dilemma last night. Now I need a new romcom for bedtime tonight. I read The Kiss Quotient over a weekend this summer. It's a super cute fluffy rom com with a neurospicy protagonist. |
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Post by dc2london on Jan 7, 2024 14:25:01 GMT -6
I need to stop ending my posts with smiley emojis
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Post by cnf on Jan 7, 2024 19:20:28 GMT -6
I finished The Romance Dilemma last night. Now I need a new romcom for bedtime tonight. I read The Kiss Quotient over a weekend this summer. It's a super cute fluffy rom com with a neurospicy protagonist. Sounds good to me! I read romance books at bedtime and I read fast, so I frequently run out of bedtime reads, lol. |
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Post by loony on Jan 7, 2024 23:38:00 GMT -6
I think I’m leaning into my tendency for mood reading this year.
I’ve already DNF’d 5 books because I just didn’t feel them right now.
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Post by angelashly on Jan 8, 2024 7:26:46 GMT -6
First book of the year done ✅
I read The Coworker. It was a fast paced interesting read
I also started and got a big chunk read of the other mothers
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Post by kayc on Jan 8, 2024 7:31:56 GMT -6
I need to stop ending my posts with smiley emojis flan Flan! Blast from the past! |
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