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Wow. I thought I would just read a story or two, but I'm tearing through this entire book. Stories by indigenous women and women of color of miscarrying, fetal and infant loss. Powerful stories. Important stories. Impactful stories.

Very, very good. It was tough to put this aside for a moment to read for two of my book clubs.

Blurgh. This is a depressing slog. I would definitely drop this if not for the library's book club.

I am love, love, loving this nature memoir. I find it so peaceful and fascinating to read about nature, even though I'm a wimp about being in nature. I'd rather curl up in my cozy bed, watch the snow fall out my window and read about Van Hemert's experiences in nature. Highly recommended. Whenever I have a spare minute, I eagerly pick this book up.

Loving this well crafted novel. I can't believe this is a debut. It's stunning.

Just started this and it's crazy good. It's one of those all-I-want-to-do-is-read-this books. Next up is reading everything else Sarah Gailey has ever written.

So far a powerful look at the effects of PTSD, framed as a Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson story--both are black women and this is set slightly in the future during a civil war in the US. Told from Dr. Watson's viewpoint. You will root for her like none other.

I switch off loving this book and detesting it. It's been a ride.

I am loving this sweet, tender novel. Highly recommended for its portrait of life for a middle class woman before and during WWI in a small, British town.

I immediately fell in love with this fun novella about how the Queen of England happens upon a Bookmobile, picks out a book to be polite, gets addicted to reading and tries to fit it into her busy schedule.

I'm glad I stuck with "Beartown" and couldn't put it down even when I wanted to. Backman has done an impressive job with this book. There's a lot of insight into why and how people act.

I can't stop reading this slow burn novel, but I'm also increasingly dreading what's going to happen. I keep stopping, trying to read something else to save myself from the trauma I know is coming and then thinking of the characters and coming back to them.

This is a fun, fast read so far. As the author says on Goodreads, "Breakfast Club with a criminal twist".

I am LOVING this wonderful book. For fans of "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--it has that same light feeling to it while looking at the life of a bookseller and his daughter and still tackling tough issues in their lives.

This hooked me immediately, although the main characters lead pretty depressing lives.

This book is so much fun already. I just want to read it, not do anything else.

Loving this book so far!

I fell in love with this book immediately after starting it! Can't wait to get back to reading it tonight. Spunky WWI women spying in France. Can't go wrong.

Really impressed by this book so far. Interesting story of a family dealing with the husband/dad entering a memory care facility for Early Onset Alzheimer's.

LOVING this book so far!

I may have stayed up until midnight reading this last night. I'm hooked!

I'm hooked!

A few pages in and this book is already altering my thinking on end of life care. WOW. I only wish I was able to read this with my grandmother before she died last month. An extremely intelligent woman who loved to think outside the box and examine life, I would love to hear what she thinks of aging at home surrounded by family vs aging at a nursing facility like the one she lived in for the last 6 years of her life.

Ugh, not enjoying this one so far. It's a slog. Too many cliche phrases and the main character is thoroughly unlikable. Maybe just the wrong book at the wrong time?

This is well written, compulsively readable and very interesting. I'm loving it.

I'm LOVING this book. I feel like I live in the Moscow hotel with the main character (he's under house arrest). So glad I listened to all the positive reviews and picked this up.

Fascinating so far. Also useful. Lots of ideas for increasing your attachment to where you live.

Love the atmosphere of this novel.