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The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Nghi Vo
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Quicksand
Nella Larsen
Post from the Where the Crawdads Sing forum
I have zero idea what this book is about, all that i heard is that it’s sad. dunno what i’m getting into but im excited
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wow. i am FLYING through this book. i absolutely love the writing style; it’s so easy to get through and kinda poetic. this might be a finished-in-a-day book for me! (i’ve also been taking notes and sharing with my friends lol, it’s very fun—i have over 3k words on it so far LOL)
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Maurice
E.M. Forster
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Laughing to Keep from Crying
Langston Hughes
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
livvvvi commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I know there's been a lot of feelings going around over the past few days, so in the spirit of building community (and because I'm at home today!), I wanted to offer a thread just to chat and vibe because I love the community here and I want it to be a place where people can just feel free to be themselves. SO!
Send me a heart and you will get:
❤️ A compliment/shoutout/affirmation 🧡 A completely random question 💛 A completely random fact 💚 An encouragement or virtual hug (feel free to specific what you want encouragement for!) 💙 A book recommendation (let me know your preferred genre) 💜 A book-related discussion (will try and go off your currently reading or My Taste but if I don't know those books, may just be more of a general book-related topic)
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Nghi Vo
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bittersweet stories of platonic love in friendships hold a special place in my heart
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The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali
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okay maybe i’m crazy, but i feel like the MCs of this book remind me a lottttt of the MCs from BTTM. 🤔 both FMCs are uptight and have a very specific aspect of their personalities that some (or a lot) of people find annoying or unlikable. both MMCs are sarcastic and have this nonchalant feel to them. they’re naturally charming and somehow manage to purposefully annoy the FMCs just by existing. 😭
not only that, but the plots are really similar too: the FMC gets the MMC to help her with a relationship/lack thereof, and in exchange, the MMC gets a favor. idk, i feel like these books are very similar. i’m not sure if that’s a good thing because i liked BTTM, but i don’t necessarily want a carbon copy, yk? i will say, though, i think i like their initial chemistry more than BTTM. i’m going to keep reading because i have no idea where this is going, and i want to find out.