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Caffeine Fiend

CommentBelow said:
It’s possible I just didn’t connect with any of the characters, possibly doesn’t help that I don’t have any sisters

Speaking of character driven.. did you see Backman mention on instagram that he’s editing a new book atm?
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Nooooo but life is kicking my ass lately and this has really brightened my day
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However I have just gone to his instagram and seen the lovely post hes written about his wives birthday
 
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Gem_woody

I got the KU offer too, thank you! I would have missed that otherwise as the promotion ends on 17th July
 
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LaBlonde

Booklover said:
This is my birthday present from my lovely son and girlfriend. I've stacked them in order of what I'll read. Really enjoying Homecoming by Kate Morton.
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happy birthday!!!

that’s a great haul - i loved cleo and frank, and really liked at the table.
 
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CommentBelow

Caffeine Fiend said:
Nooooo but life is kicking my ass lately and this has really brightened my day
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However I have just gone to his instagram and seen the lovely post hes written about his wives birthday
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Oh that post got me and made me realise that I’ve assumed his wife is Kira from Beartown anytime he’s mentioned her in any other post.
 
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HoGi

Oh no I picked this up at the weekend as its my work bookclub pick
 
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Caffeine Fiend

CommentBelow said:
Oh that post got me and made me realise that I’ve assumed his wife is Kira from Beartown anytime he’s mentioned her in any other post.
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Ha yes. Exactly how I imagine her too. does that make him Peter?

He is a green flag though. I adore how he writes women, I love that he writes strong women, brave and courageous women. Well rounded, dimensional women. He also writes quirky women and unconventional 'womanhood' beautifully too. He also writes toxic masculinity so well.

Cannot imagine ever disliking a book he writes.
 
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Merpedy

HoGi said:
Oh no I picked this up at the weekend as its my work bookclub pick
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Plenty of people seem to love it!!

I think it depends what you expect from it? I think my line of thinking was more along the lines of how podcasts on similar subjects (Missing Crypto Queen and the like) have dealt with it

I’m also just very critical on books I’m reading lately. A lot of them just go into the DNF pile these days
 
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twilightgarden

Hi bookworms. My reading is very slow this month and not sure why, feeling more like a book snail than a bookworm I have a free Sunday so hoping to get loads of reading done then
 
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slugella

I just saw that We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter is a series now on Disney, I read the book a few years ago and liked it. Has anyone seen the show?
 

LaBlonde

twilightgarden said:
Hi bookworms. My reading is very slow this month and not sure why, feeling more like a book snail than a bookworm I have a free Sunday so hoping to get loads of reading done then
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but that little is so adorable! the ministry of time has put me into something of a book slump so i’m struggling through the end of this month too, we’ll make it

(i did hit 50 books in my 2024 reading challenge though! i set 70 as my target but i might need to up it)
 
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wishiniwasskinny

I feel like such an amateur reader and thought I was a real book worm I’m reading my 16th book of the year (Blue Sisters). Enjoying it now I’m halfway through but felt a slow start. I do have a 5 month old though so she’s a distraction from my reading
 
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Katykatykaty

Caffeine Fiend said:
Worth a go though if you like audio books anyway?
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I intend to, I love audiobooks but it wasn’t till I saw @061wan’s post that I realised I’d misread your post. I was too excited at being offered anything for free by Amazon to realise we’d been offered different things.
 
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daisynoon

I think I'm going to have to DNF The Last Murder at the End of the World. I'm really enjoying the cadence of Adjoa Andoh's voice narrating, and... that's it.

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Hooray for 50 books! Can I steer you away from One Night in Hartswood if you haven't already read it? I know we were both interested in it a while back, but it's so poorly written, it's likely to prolong a slump.
 
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StephenTJackson

daisynoon said:
I think I'm going to have to DNF The Last Murder at the End of the World. I'm really enjoying the cadence of Adjoa Andoh's voice narrating, and... that's it.
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Oh it's awful. I didn't dnf it, but still hated every word of it when I read it.
 
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LaBlonde

daisynoon said:
Hooray for 50 books! Can I steer you away from One Night in Hartswood if you haven't already read it? I know we were both interested in it a while back, but it's so poorly written, it's likely to prolong a slump.
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i sadly read it a few weeks ago and i completely agree - it was sweet enough but i don’t know why on any level you would choose to set a book in the 1300s and do absolutely no historical research beyond “they rode horses and i think wore tunics maybe”. knowing that it won a major romance writing competition blew my mind because how.

i haven’t read murder at the end of the world but i HATED evelyn hardcastle by the same author so i’m validating you!
 
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