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π Book Roulette | Fave π Reads By @whatjensreading
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items Welcome to my bookshelf β a cozy corner of stories that have made me laugh, cry, think deeply, and stay up way too late. Whether itβs a sweeping historical saga, a quirky memoir, or a beautifully written novel that lingers long after the last page, t...
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πβ¨ BOOK REVIEW: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
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This gentle read reminded me of the quiet magic that lives in bookstores β the kind that lives in the books, the kind that only employees and customers can create...
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
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πβ¨ BOOK REVIEW: Is This A Cry For Help? by Emily Austin (@emilyraustinauthor)
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I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH JUST AS MUCH AS I'VE LOVED ALL OF EMILY AUSTIN'S BOOKS OMG.
If you're down to consume a weird girl, librarian, very-much-20...
Is This a Cry for Help?: A Novel
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πβ¨ BOOK REVIEW: A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush (@maryoliversdrunkcousin)
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Iβve never been a classical poetry fan, but if all poetry were like the absolutely perfect gems in this collection, Iβd spend way more time reading poems!
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A Bit Much: Poems
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First read of March and Iβm off to a great start! As soon as I finished my last Emily Austin book, I knew Iβd be itching for my next. "We Could Be Rats" is written through a series of letters between two sisters, Sigrid and Margit. It was a...
We Could Be Rats: A Novel
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Good Dirt. I rarely enjoy multi-generational family stories, but I LOVED this one. Charmaine Wilkersonβs writing is perfect. If youβve been thinking about this one, I encourage you to add it to your list.
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Good Dirt: A Novel
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I LOVED THIS ONE, even more than the one before. It felt so great to be back at the Morisaki Bookshop.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel
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I finished Intermezzo last night. It was the one thing I wanted to get done before the end of my day. Intermezzo surpassed my expectations. I couldn't put it down, I never wanted it to end. I wanted to continue peeking into two people's lives that I ...
I finished Intermezzo last night. It was the one thing I wanted to get done before the end of my day. Intermezzo surpassed my expectations. I couldn't put it down, I never wanted it to end. I wanted to continue peeking into two people's lives that I ...
Intermezzo: A Novel
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πβ¨ I wasn't expecting this to be what it was. A friend told me it was related to David Copperfield (the Charles Dickens one, duh). But I wasn't even familiar with that story. I loved it. I loved Barbara Kingsolver's writing style, and gett...
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
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30% of the way in and I was sobbing... to be honest I didn't really stop sobbing at any point. I likely would have read this faster had I not needed breaks in between some of the chapters. I didnβt expect the feelings, the tugs on ...
This Time Tomorrow: A Novel
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Pineapple Street was phenomenal. It was messy, chaotic, and quite a page-turner! I finished almost 70% of it yesterday. It's been a bit since I've found something that I couldn't put down.
Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
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In my 2022 recap, I shared that Razorblade Tears was one of my favorite books of the year, similarly All The Sinners Bleed will inevitably be one of my favorites of 2024. It was powerful. It was well written.
The town's first Black cop,...
All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel
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BOOK REVIEW: Heartwood by @amity_gaige
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Heartwood was quietly stunning. It didnβt feel overly dark β instead, it carried a sense of beauty and hope through every page. The writing made me want to visit Maine and visit a forest or...
Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick): A Novel
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Maame: A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick
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Initially, my appeal to Central Places was the cover, but I so quickly got sucked into this page-turning chaos. The storyline was messy, the people were messy... IN THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY WAY POSSIBLE. It was quite a ride of bad choices, immaturity, ...
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Initially, my appeal to Central Places was the cover, but I so quickly got sucked into this page-turning chaos. The storyline was messy, the people were messy... IN THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY WAY POSSIBLE. It was quite a ride of bad choices, immaturity, ...
Central Places: A Novel
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I spent an entire day reading this, and I really couldnβt put it down. It covered so much, so many different areas of good and unbelievably bad. Choi wrote the struggles, the trauma, and the mental illness well, we felt these moments as we flipped th...
I spent an entire day reading this, and I really couldnβt put it down. It covered so much, so many different areas of good and unbelievably bad. Choi wrote the struggles, the trauma, and the mental illness well, we felt these moments as we flipped th...
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I found this one thanks to Bookstagram, and I just honestly fell in love with it. The chaos of existing, the anxieties of existing, of even being someone that you're not. It was weird, quirky, but lovely. I couldn't put it down.ββββββββ ββββββββΒ
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I found this one thanks to Bookstagram, and I just honestly fell in love with it. The chaos of existing, the anxieties of existing, of even being someone that you're not. It was weird, quirky, but lovely. I couldn't put it down.ββββββββ ββββββββΒ
Also yay for library books that I'm definitely going to be purchasing for my growing collection!ββββββββ
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead: A Novel
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It was weird listening to a book that had COVID as an event. It seems like time has been standing still these past couple of years, and that writing in COVID feels so strange. However, I loved this story and I loved Joan. I get Joan, in some ways, I ...
It was weird listening to a book that had COVID as an event. It seems like time has been standing still these past couple of years, and that writing in COVID feels so strange. However, I loved this story and I loved Joan. I get Joan, in some ways, I ...
Joan Is Okay: A Novel
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Since finishing this book, I've been telling everyone about it. I loved it, and it just might be my favorite book of 2022 so far. Highly recommend this one, highly.ββββββββ
No Land to Light On: A Novel
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I was fortunate enough to experience this as an audiobook. I highly recommend the novel. It's such an interesting story.
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
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I'm not sure if I've ever read a memoir before, and if I have, it's certainly not as memorable as What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci. This book was amazing, the perfect recipe of travel, family, and food. I felt like I traveled the wor...
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I think this might be one of my favorite reads of 2023.
"We recognize the kind of coffee we should drink or the kind of shoes we should wear to signal our political affiliations, but we are often unaware of what difference that makes for t...
Poverty, by America
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I started in the book game preeeettty late in the game, but Killers of the Flower Moon is one of the few books that I love. It connected me to historical non-fiction, and has allowed me to recommend this book to friends and family.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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I really enjoyed this. As a human that works in higher education, I think it would be a great book to gift to about-to-graduate students. Of course, ...
You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead
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πβ¨ BOOK REVIEW: Totally and Completely Fine | Author: Elissa Sussman (@elissa_sussman)
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I was fortunate to receive the ARC last week. I started it after work on the same day⦠and consumed the remaining 65% in one sitting.
I donβt love re...
Totally and Completely Fine: A Novel
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Romantic Comedy: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
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This was a paperback that I simply couldnβt put down. As the person who didnβt know what this was about, I was surprised I was reading a romance, I was relieved to be reading a romance. I loved this book.ββββββββ ββββββββ This brought me joy, happine...Β
Iβll miss Gabe and Chani, actually I already do.ββββββββ ββββββββΒ
PS: this was my fiftieth book of 2022, I canβt believe Iβve made it this far, or even read/listened to/consumed this much. Itβs been a blast and a half, and I thank you for being along for the ride! π₯³
Dear Elissa:ββββββββ Youβre a gem, and you wrote a masterpiece. ββββββββ ββββββββΒ
This was a paperback that I simply couldnβt put down. As the person who didnβt know what this was about, I was surprised I was reading a romance, I was relieved to be reading a romance. I loved this book.ββββββββ ββββββββ This brought me joy, happine...Β
Iβll miss Gabe and Chani, actually I already do.ββββββββ ββββββββΒ
PS: this was my fiftieth book of 2022, I canβt believe Iβve made it this far, or even read/listened to/consumed this much. Itβs been a blast and a half, and I thank you for being along for the ride! π₯³
Funny You Should Ask: A Novel
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Beach Read, oh Beach Read. I didn't think I was going to love you as much as I did. You really grew on me... enough to read it the entire thing in five hours, blowing past my bedtime.
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Holy guacamole. I'm never going to make it to my reading finish line this year... π¨
Beach Read, oh Beach Read. I didn't think I was going to love you as much as I did. You really grew on me... enough to read it the entire thing in five hours, blowing past my bedtime.
There was just something about their relationship, the anxiety, the emotion of it, the anxiety of it (haha), all of that was really satisfying and romantic. I'd recommend it.β β β β β β β β β .β β β β β β β β β
Beach Read: Deluxe Edition
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π BOOK REVIEW: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by @sangumandanna
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This took me forever to finally buckle down and read... but WOOOWEEE, am I glad I did.
I loved this one. I'm so happy it lived up to the hype, both online and...
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: A romantic cozy fantasy
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π BOOK REVIEW: A Witchβs Guide to Magical Innkeeping by @sangumandanna
30/50
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I loved this. So much more than I expected. I laughed, I cried, I loved.
It started slow... slow to grab my attention, slow to set the stage, but once I hit the ...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
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This ended my reading slump (it was only a week, but it felt longer). THE ENTIRE APPEAL OF THIS BOOK WAS THE GIRL AT THE BOOKSTORE LOVING THIS COVER. I mentioned it was beautiful, and then eventually went ba...
Daughter of the Moon Goddess: A Novel