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Epsita's avatar

Loved reading about all your March books! I am sad too that the rainfall market wasn't to your liking, since it was soo hyped and I thought that it would be amazing, but my own expectations will be realistic when I pick it up someday.

The others are going on my TBR, and the icelandic family saga is very intriguing. Also, it's so wonderful that the author of your favourite book is from your own county!

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Michelle's avatar

Thanks Epsita!

Ah so was I, it'd been so widely hyped and sounded just like the sort of thing I'd enjoy. Perhaps I'll reread it when I'm in a different headspace someday? I think you'd enjoy The Swell, it's such a great mystery!

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Epsita's avatar

I’ve begun to be wary of hyped books for this reason. 😅 Yes, I hope to get to the book soon!

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Michelle's avatar

Honestly, I'm sure this is why I tend to gravitate towards backlist titles!

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Ella's avatar

These are some of the most gorgeous titles of books!!

My book of the month is Sunrise on the Reaping, I think the nostalgia really got to me and I finished it in a day!! But at the moment I’m burying my nose in Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister, looovvve thrillers at the moment.

I just know you’re going to have the best time filling those shelves 😍😍

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Michelle's avatar

Aren't they just?! I noticed that when putting this piece together.

Ah I really want to read The Hunger Games series, as it seems I'm the only person left in the world that didn't get into the books. Or movies. I shall educate myself this summer!

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Brittany Viklund's avatar

I have Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and What You’re Looking for Is In The Library on my short TBR-- I've gotten very into this genre of translated fiction! I'm adding The Antidote to my TBR per your review!

I read a lot of cozy fiction this month as well and really loved The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett as well as The Book of Joy for non-fiction.

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Michelle's avatar

This cosy genre of translated fiction is everything, honestly! Would love to hear your thoughts on all three of those, as I do so love them for different reasons (and moods).

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

So jealous you got Karen Russell's new book early!! I literally cannot WAIT to read it!! So glad you enjoyed it. She is one of my all time favorite authors :)

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Michelle's avatar

It was magnificent! And, my first of her work. Which of hers would you recommend I read next?

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

I loved Vampires in the Lemon Grove, but really allll of her short story collections are incredible. Orange World and St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves are both amazing too. The titular story in St. Lucy's is still probably my all-time favorite short story.

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Michelle's avatar

Ah, thank you for this!! Perhaps St. Lucy's will be my next port of call then.

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

yes! let me know what you think of it!

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El's avatar

It sounds like a rewarding month's reading! I've not read much new medical realism since the Night Circus, but loved Angela Carter's when I read that years ago. Maybe I should revisit and reconsider.

I finally finished off a very dense biography I began ten years ago. It was an inspiring read, but hugely detailed. I also read The Big Sleep, and found the early twentieth century homophobia a jarring element which took me out of the book.

I read Orbital this month too. I have to confess I couldn't quite get my head around the actual orbit of it which was frustrating. Regardless an interesting read, and reinforced the valuable sense of humanity as part of an earth system. It was nice to read it around the equinox as the weather warmed up and greenery began blooming!

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Michelle's avatar

Very happy with my March reads! Oo I've never read The Night Circus, but it sounds familiar and I'm sure it was on my radar at some point.

Oh gosh sooo many people have said this about Orbital! I thought it was a beautiful read, but I couldn't say I enjoyed it since the plotless narrative really frustrated me as well. I'd love a longer, fleshed-out version of it, I think!

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