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Rhonda is 21% done with The Correspondent
Her feelings as an adopted child connected to Mary Poppins 😢
Jan 22, 2026 07:00PM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 12% done with The Correspondent
ā€œBetter to leave the past within the past, jf you ask me.ā€
Jan 20, 2026 07:39PM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 92 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
ā€œWisps of burned paper bumped around inside the fireplace like frightened black butterflies… Sitting in father’s large leather chair, I fought back tears, feeling my happy days were burning away with the girl.ā€œ
Jan 16, 2026 06:49AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 80 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
ā€œBefore we left the store, we had the friendly clerk pack an extra cow horn in a small box for mother. When mother asked where it came from, we would tell her it was given to us by a passing cow.ā€ Little adventures with father ā¤ļø
Jan 16, 2026 06:42AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 80% done with Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Look at your father, I understand why the mother would suggest this. But what is the next instruction to ling?
Jan 13, 2026 10:17AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 183 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
The part where she’s learning to haggle and manipulate for food is like her Batman training sequence.
Jan 13, 2026 07:23AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 136 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
ā€œYou are two melons on the same vine.ā€œ - mother regarding daughter/father.
Jan 09, 2026 07:00PM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 122 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Perspective - she is so confused. Why would Niu call her his enemy? The red guard seems so vicious. However, it’s making me think that it is stemming from the cult-like leader and deep anger at class difference.
Jan 08, 2026 08:55AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 112 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
ā€œI might be able to take you with me.ā€ Swimming across the river to Hong Kong. Niu loves her like a sister 🄹
Jan 08, 2026 08:41AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is on page 108 of 248 of Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
So sweet- she and Niu hooked pinkies to promise they would not share the secret of listening to American folk songs on the radio. He takes her parents’ attention, resources (food) so he is more like a brother now. 😢
Jan 08, 2026 08:34AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 25% done with Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
At times I wished my family was poor and my parents worked on a vegetable farm like Yu’s so I could have friends. But if my parents worked on a farm, who would treat their patients?
Jan 06, 2026 08:45AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 25% done with Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
The part where she packs her doll, Bao Bao for her upstairs neighbor whose husband was detained. 🄹
Jan 06, 2026 07:13AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 91% done with Broken Country
Powerful writer - her clear lines can stick with the reader.- quote about how she and Frank are stewards of the land and despite anything else, it is their job to take care of it for the next generation.

Tessa is truly a villain. I hate her parts. It makes sense that she’s going to convince MC about the baby.
Dec 16, 2025 06:21AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 89% done with Broken Country
Pregnant and had to leave school at 17 - Frank was a better father than you ever could’ve been? …. Interesting because Gabriel becomes a little more sympathetic now
Dec 16, 2025 04:23AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 88% done with Broken Country
Mother paid her off.
Dec 16, 2025 04:20AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 88% done with Broken Country
Frank had to pick up the pieces. ā€œYour sonā€ - unforgivable

ā€œYou stole him.ā€

Why did Gabriel’s mother know?

Okay okay, it is kind of masterful storytelling. Will there be even more?!
Dec 16, 2025 04:20AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 88% done with Broken Country
I do understand Frank’s guilt and wanting a concrete punishment.

I hate the idea of Gabriel ending up with MC and then them raising Leo and new baby.
Dec 16, 2025 04:15AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 88% done with Broken Country
Okay yes so they are protecting L. But why are little children so unprotected on this farm? And why don’t they take proper precautions with shotguns? 😩 just like Bobby’s classmate when he visited the farm years ago.
Dec 16, 2025 04:11AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 87% done with Broken Country
Gabriel driving inebriated Jimmy back to Frank’s farm. Wording is ā€œlike a father,ā€ not like equals - Let’s go, get in the car. Prior reference to George & Lenny - the brothers.

At first 70/80% - I thought Gabriel shot, Frank protecting him so he can continue to care for his son Leo.
Now 90% - possibly both men are protecting MC.
Dec 16, 2025 04:00AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 80% done with Broken Country
The narration is so indulgent. I wonder if it’s more despicable as an audiobook. ā€˜Oh…how will Frank cope?!’ While he is literally in jail and she is safe in her sister’s cozy apartment. Or safe in their farmhouse or wherever. She keeps waxing poetic and it’s annoying.

I wonder if the buzz about the end of the book will live up to the hype.
Dec 15, 2025 07:31AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 66% done with Broken Country
ā€œAs if even the memory of Bobby is too pure to be in the midst of all this.ā€ Yes. Fully true.
Dec 15, 2025 06:41AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 66% done with Broken Country
Honestly I would stop reading if I didn’t have book club for this book. The affair - I am so disinterested. And she’s getting another (already vulnerable) child involved. Part of me feels like I should be sympathetic due to her trauma but I just don’t want to read about it. Does she not have a farm to run? How can one take hours off from one’s daily responsibilities? šŸ™„
Dec 15, 2025 06:24AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 56% done with Broken Country
This is getting tedious. Her child died, her brother in law is getting married, and she is kissing her first love. I hope the pace starts picking up soon.
Dec 12, 2025 09:17AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 49% done with Broken Country
Drinks with Gabriel and talking about Bobby. She sadly needs a therapist.
Dec 11, 2025 09:33AM Add a comment
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Rhonda
Rhonda is 31% done with Broken Country
Continued - ā€œThe two of us vacillating back and forthā€
Dec 11, 2025 07:37AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 31% done with Broken Country
ā€œIt is our togetherness that bars us from healingā€ - their grief
Dec 11, 2025 07:36AM Add a comment
Broken Country

Rhonda
Rhonda is 45% done with The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
Really annoying waiting for the other shoe to drop- Nina to find out that husband and Millie are using the Broadway tickets and eating at fancy restaurant and sleeping in a hotel room at the plaza together. So much repetitive ā€œi know I shouldn’tā€ from Millie, and yet they do it all anyway.
Nov 21, 2025 12:15PM Add a comment
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)

Rhonda
Rhonda is 99% done with The Names
ā€œThe boy did indeed overthrow his father.ā€ As much as I thought it was so heavy handed when Maya first saw the artwork depiction and explicitly said to Gordon, is it like you and dad? It was really satisfying to see Gordon support his mom so well, with the video proof, and to help her escape to safety. And to go seek out the painting.
Oct 03, 2025 03:08PM Add a comment
The Names

Rhonda
Rhonda is 90% done with The Names
Cora to be with Felix. Made me emotional, finally she can have love for herself.
Oct 01, 2025 07:46AM Add a comment
The Names

Rhonda
Rhonda is 80% done with The Names
The bee sting is becoming cliche. Ann Pachett had a story like this as well. It’s terrible. I don’t see why this had to happen. When the family has already been affected by DV/death, and a mass shooting. Like at some point, okay. Enough.
Sep 30, 2025 11:22AM Add a comment
The Names

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