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E-resources librarian in Appalachia.

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I read STARLING HOUSE by months ago when it was a planned October 31 release. It snuck past me and got released October 3, and is the October Reese Book Club pick, and deservedly so! My 5-star review was posted to my blog back in April https://jillsreads.com/starling-house/ @bookstodon

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Next up for is the
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: C.K. Chau offers a rollicking update of in

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-ck-chau-offers-a-rollicking-update-of-pride-and-prejudice-in-good-fortune

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@ExcessivelyDiverting @bookstodon sounds amazing! +TBR

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In (1998) there is an actual MAGA President named Jarret. Whaaaat @bookstodon

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The prescience! If meth were pyro I would be wandering up I-81 with a gun and a knapsack as we speak @bookstodon

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@bookstodon Tomorrow (today in Australia and New Zealand) is Awareness Day. What really good novels have you read that feature older protagonists?

These come to my mind:

Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

Deacon King Kong, James McBride

We Spread, Iain Reid

Old God's Time, Sebastian Barry

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon ooooo now I want to give the audio a listen. Book was 🔥

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Lavoy. One of the best narrators. I listened to one YA book in which she did a dozen voices.

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon it’s on the hoopla app!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Listening now! I had remembered that some magic mature woman in a novel said of her rewilding lawn “this is how it wants to be” but it had slipped my mind that it was Harriet Osborne in the novel The Change!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @bookstodon she reminds me of Mattie in Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

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Fantasy:

The Shining Court - Michelle West
Labyrinth's Heart - M.A. Carrick
When the Sky Comes Looking for You - Chadwick Ginther (collection)
Sleep No More - Seanan McGuire
Scarlet - Genevieve Cogman
Putting the Ice in Nice - Diana Pharaoh Francis
Malevolent Seven - Sebastien de Castell
The Price of Meat - KJ Charles
Going Postal - Terry Pratchett

Novelettes:
Gwenael
Nanya of the Butterflies
-both Barbara Hambly

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@NicoleLuiken @bookstodon I thought Scarlet was so good. Can’t wait for the next one.

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Who's ready for beginning with The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents? I'm hoping to read both this upcoming weekend! It's Octavia Butler, baby! @bookstodon

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There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in English):
“It is inevitable — the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
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@ukaunz @DocCarms @bookstodon for the first time? If so I’m dying of envy

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Book folks, what’s your most anticipated fall read?

There’s so much that’s either freshly out or coming soon that I’m excited for, I don’t know how I’m gonna keep up! I already hit the Lauren Groff and Zadie Smith, and now I’m starting on Penance by Eliza Clark, which is intense right out of the gate…

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@lunalein @bookstodon I think I already read of all of my most anticipated fall reads and a good number of winter ones. My most anticipated Spring 2024 read is THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo. No last time I checked!

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Rosamunde Pilcher’s THE EMPTY HOUSE (1973) because I had a jones for predictability
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My latest blog is on the Wolf Den Trilogy by Elodie Harper. THE TEMPLE OF FORTUNA comes out November 14. https://jillsreads.com/wolf-den-trilogy/ @bookstodon

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Why are U.K. book covers a million times more fun than American ones, of which there are like five total design styles? Historical fiction all looks exactly the same. @bookstodon

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THE UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS OF HEARTBREAK AND MAGIC by Breanne Randall has been released. Mini-review: this witchy cozy could get schmaltzy and redundant with the romance, and the plot line with the scary malevolent presence went nowhere, but I loved Poppy Meadows, a town founded by ten magical families of different ethnicities and religions who, as a result of their differences, have different kinds of magic! Three stars. Will look for more from this author. @bookstodon

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Ok, so my thread complaining about my reading slump got to be miles long and full of awesome recs, but whoever recommended THE GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead (2021), thank you. Slump over! It's a great piece of writing. @bookstodon

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I'm in a reading slump! I had a long weekend and couldn't get any book to "catch." I need ideas! Something that grabs the reader from paragraph one but isn't a thriller. @bookstodon

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@rdviii @bookstodon Lessons in Chemistry was a fun read indeed!

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@rdviii @bookstodon Oooo! Kettle Bottom is poetry!

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@Jennifer @bookstodon I’ve never heard of Lady Hardcastle mysteries! I’ll look them up!

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@quantum_purva @bookstodon bookmarked!

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@dbsalk @bookstodon both were really fun. The denouement of Malibu Rising was super and I listened to the full-cast audio of Daisy Jones

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@dbsalk @bookstodon and I feel like I missed out on the Malibu Rising audio!

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@dbsalk @bookstodon she’s one of the very best audiobook narrators. I also think January Lavoy is very talented.

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@fskornia @dbsalk @bookstodon my thoughts exactly. Loved Benjamin Bratt’s voice work on that audiobook.

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@DoubleTreble @rdviii @bookstodon not really! Lessons in Chemistry really was a lot deeper and more complex than the cover suggested it would be.

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@dbsalk @BertL @bookstodon that is why audiobook popularity is exploding. The talent and production value going into them. Once you start listening to audiobooks, you are hooked.

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@andrewspink @DoubleTreble @rdviii @bookstodon Good review and we are agreed on the three stars. You never can tell about these cartoon cover books. Some are total fluff. Some are great, like, IMO, Flying Solo by Linda Holmes.

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@andrewspink @DoubleTreble @rdviii @bookstodon I would put Lessons in Chemistry in the middle leaning toward good. I really enjoyed reading it.

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@arratoon @bookstodon Matrix was my favorite book of 2021! I don't like The Vaster Wilds as much although I have to admit the writing is brilliant.

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@willaful @bookstodon It seemed vaguely familiar and guess what? My records say I read The Monk Downstairs in November of 2005!

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@arratoon @bookstodon it was lovely. No one else writes like Patchett. She’s in a class all by herself.

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@BertL @bookstodon I think I have two books left of . Going Postal is one and I forget the other.

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@BertL @dbsalk @bookstodon Thanks. And I absolutely love the Luggage. One of my favorite characters. Some others I love are Carrot, Susan, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg.

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@arratoon @bookstodon Bel Canto is a straight up masterpiece IMHO. Utterly riveting.

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@arratoon @bookstodon I mean, yes, Joe is not super fleshed out but I think that’s kind of the point of him. He’s just a good solid man, like Hardy’s Gabriel Oak. He’s a contrast to the flashy superstar dude, and all the reasons why the MC’s marriage is a great one are kinda private and inscrutable to outsiders and even her daughters, if that makes sense? Patchett draws the veil of secrecy and sanctity around those two. For me it works.

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@BertL @dbsalk @bookstodon I have it on hold and will give it a try. Sounds like my sort of book for sure.

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@Jennifer @BertL @dbsalk @bookstodon adult dark epic fantasy, looks like. I am going to try the first one out when it arrives from another library.

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@rdviii @bookstodon Got a copy of Kettle Bottom. The very first piece, "Explosion at Winco No. 9," nearly did me in.

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@BertL @bookstodon got it! Beautiful cover. How can this 2021 book be a trilogy already? They sure are writing at a fast clip. I just love a fantasy book with a map.

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@rdviii @bookstodon the QUILT with Harlan’s HANDPRINTS 😭😭😭

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@rdviii @bookstodon There is more of her poetry at the college where Kettle Bottom came from!

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I loved SCARLET so much that I read it last night in one sitting then came to work today and grabbed another Cogman, THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY. I didn't know I needed a Scarlet Pimpernel retelling with vampires, but this novel is oodles better than it sounds! What a ripping yarn! @bookstodon

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @likewise @bookstodon I did love AFTER THE FOREST 🌳

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @likewise @bookstodon Starling House is one of my faves this year!

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @likewise @bookstodon what about the Hansel and Gretel tale particularly called to her?

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@DarkMatterZine @kimlockhartga @likewise @bookstodon I keep forgetting that AFTER THE FOREST just came out since I read ahead. Kell Woods and water-based mythology, huh? Mermaids maybe? Will grab an ARC the day it is available.

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