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Vivienne is 50% done with This Other Eden
I am about halfway through this short novel and am losing the will to live!

It’s just so wordy….🤦🏻‍♀️
Oct 28, 2023 11:22AM Add a comment
This Other Eden

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Vivienne is 15% done with Traitors Gate (William Warwick #6)
So addictive. I forgot how readable Archer’s books are.
Oct 13, 2023 05:52AM Add a comment
Traitors Gate (William Warwick #6)

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Vivienne is on page 220 of 259 of Prophet Song
I am completely blown away! Even though this is my first read of the 2023 Booker Prize shortlist, I feel that this will be hard to beat. It is very powerful.
Sep 29, 2023 11:36PM Add a comment
Prophet Song

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Vivienne is starting The Queen's Gambit
Rather surprised that the book is under 300 pages yet the audiobook is almost 12 hours. The narrator isn’t particular slow though maybe the print in the book is tiny.
Sep 26, 2023 04:59AM Add a comment
The Queen's Gambit

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Vivienne is 20% done with Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1)
Definitely enjoying though tiny anachronism in reference to the Prince Regent in 1793. Still, given there’s vampires I can certainly forgive and consider alternative history 😹
May 28, 2023 05:29AM Add a comment
Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1)

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Vivienne is 25% done with Death on Deck (Lady Eleanor Swift #13)
Had to laugh: “Gladstone’s exuberant and over-licky welcome”
Mar 13, 2023 08:15AM Add a comment
Death on Deck (Lady Eleanor Swift #13)

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Vivienne is 25% done with The Close (Maeve Kerrigan #10)
Loving it especially Pippin the dog
Mar 10, 2023 10:58AM Add a comment
The Close (Maeve Kerrigan #10)

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Vivienne is 20% done with The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)
This is a sample via NetGalley

Glancing through other reviews there’s certainly a great deal of excitement for this title
Dec 27, 2022 12:21PM Add a comment
The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

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Vivienne is 56% done with Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
Thoth Tarot and Aleister Crowley featured along with lots of quotes from Spencer’s Faerie Queen
Dec 17, 2022 05:54AM Add a comment
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)

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Vivienne is on page 30 of 116 of Small Things Like These
I was slightly sceptical reading praise for this book but on starting I completely understand why.
Short but not a wasted word.
Sep 18, 2022 02:11AM Add a comment
Small Things Like These

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Vivienne is 60% done with The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
This is proving a chore…
Sep 07, 2022 04:45AM Add a comment
The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

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Vivienne is 41% done with Carrie Soto is Back
So much tennis .. luckily I enjoy tennis
Aug 31, 2022 02:16AM Add a comment
Carrie Soto is Back

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Vivienne is 40% done with From Hollywood With Love: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the Romantic Comedy
This is fun. I didn’t realise how many romcoms I have seen over the years.
Jun 12, 2022 05:24AM Add a comment
From Hollywood With Love: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the Romantic Comedy

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Vivienne is on page 136 of 209 of The Bread the Devil Knead
I wish that the publishers had released the audiobook edition for this novel. It is due at the end of June but I am reading for a library group meeting before that date.

The stream of consciousness novel is written in Trinidadian patois and deals with issues linked to domestic abuse. While I applaud the use of the local dialect I am finding it difficult whereas I expect that its audiobook will prove more accessible
Jun 09, 2022 11:48AM Add a comment
The Bread the Devil Knead

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Vivienne is 2% done with To Paradise
I know, I know I shouldn’t read or rather listen to a novel this long when I look at my TBR. But seeing this audiobook added to our local e-library, I took the plunge as undoubtedly it would soon generate a long reservation queue.
Jan 11, 2022 07:08AM Add a comment
To Paradise

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Vivienne is 50% done with The Hobbit
I am listening to this nightly read by Andy Serkis. He is excellent in his reading with a rich deep voice though quite capable of switching to others including Gollum. His singing of the comic songs are brilliant too.
Jan 07, 2022 12:41AM Add a comment
The Hobbit

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Vivienne is 60% done with The Great Alone
This is incredible! Such a powerful story though difficult subject matter. Still, very well done
Oct 24, 2021 02:21AM Add a comment
The Great Alone

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Vivienne is 35% done with The Road Trip
Definitely a fantasy as in the opening chapter a Mini manages to total a Mercedes! I assume a new Mini rather than classic. Hooray Henrys too.
Sep 24, 2021 04:40AM Add a comment
The Road Trip

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Vivienne is starting The End of the Line
I am giving this book a second go. It was a 2019 ARC and I chose not to give feedback Our local online library has its audiobook edition so slotting it in though not bothered how long it takes.
Aug 28, 2021 12:43PM Add a comment
The End of the Line

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Vivienne is 15% done with Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
Note that I am reading the sample. Uncertain whether I will read all 300+ pages of it as I feel it’s quite long for a sample. I should know within 100 pages if I will be buying or borrowing the complete version.
Aug 21, 2021 11:24AM Add a comment
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

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Vivienne is 40% done with Together We Will Go
Keeping a list of the characters and key characteristics as they join the busy .
Jul 13, 2021 12:55PM Add a comment
Together We Will Go

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Vivienne is on page 75 of 445 of Secrets of the Starcrossed (The Once and Future Queen, Book 1)
The constant use of ‘boys’ to describe characters in their 20s is seriously annoying...why?
Jan 23, 2021 01:05PM Add a comment
Secrets of the Starcrossed (The Once and Future Queen, Book 1)

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Vivienne is 15% done with Pine
Currently doing a group read - reread for me with The Pigeonhole
Oct 07, 2020 03:18AM Add a comment
Pine

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Vivienne is starting The Perfect Wife
Rereading for reading group. Accessing audiobook edition
Sep 30, 2020 11:07PM Add a comment
The Perfect Wife

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Vivienne is 25% done with Rodham
This is a strange one. Finding the Rodham-Clinton sex scenes 🤢🤢 audio for 30sec ff ...dump him Hilary!
Sep 11, 2020 11:33PM Add a comment
Rodham

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Vivienne is 82% done with To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Great fun. Plenty of action plus “Put Down That Pig!” 😹
Sep 09, 2020 11:46PM Add a comment
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

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Vivienne is 53% done with The Push
#ThePush ...started reading this morning as publisher contacted Friday about an early social media blast - so thought would read a little each day. Proved ‘impossible to put down’. Must finish this afternoon.
Aug 23, 2020 07:13AM Add a comment
The Push

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Vivienne is 33% done with A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (The Shadow Histories #1)
#ADeclarationoftheRightsofMagicians is proving a very serious work of historical fiction though with supernatural and magical elements
Loving it
Jun 20, 2020 12:23PM Add a comment
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians (The Shadow Histories #1)

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Vivienne is 33% done with Deities
#Deities the multiple gods aren’t acting very god/goddess-like
Not quite sure what they are about. Will stick with but it’s a hodgepodge.....
Jun 19, 2020 08:12AM Add a comment
Deities

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Vivienne is finished with A Thousand Ships
Oh how I love Penelope’s witty letters to her absent husband.
May 03, 2020 08:28AM Add a comment
A Thousand Ships

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