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The Great Alone was both beautiful and heartbreaking…one of my most favorite reads - ever?! I can’t wait to hear what you think about it when you read it. Demon Copperhead is also up there on my top reads…her storytelling was brilliant. Loved reading this post!

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Thank you, Sara!! I can't wait to read it and will definitely let you know what I think.

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Gentleman in Moscow was love at first page for me haha. But I agreed with you on literally everything else!

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This is the comment I needed. We have the same taste so why on earth does this book shout from the pages how much it doesn’t want me to read it!! It haunts me.

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Haha it’s certainly a quirky one. Have you read Rules of Civility by Towles??? No footnotes or anything…it might be the key

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This was on one of the lists…maybe two. Ok perhaps I need to read it!

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Oooo let me know what you think :)

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I was in a major “self discipline” era when I read Gentleman in Moscow, and I am glad I pushed through bc it has a very satisfying ending that really stuck with me. Same goes for Covenant of Water.

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a friend texted me: “I finished the Covenant of Water and it was the longest and most boring book I had ever listened to”. But she’s audio only and I think that’s makes it harder? (I’ve never read it!)

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😂 I DID like it but it’s long, not for everyone, and it takes commitment. I listened to parts on audible / parts on Kindle which I splurge on for any long & dense book.

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This is great to know!!

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So many good books and so little time!!! - I hated the list because it's very US centric and there's amazing world literature that was completely snubbed so it was a disservice to call it the best books of all time. It still irks me.

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Well shit! Okay, tell me a couple you loved that were big snubs?! Or if it’s too big a list — you should write yours 😚

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That’s quite a plethora of books read. I have yet to read Goldfinch.

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So.many.books! Right off the deep end…😘

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