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Linda Stoll's avatar

Hi Lisa - I loved these reviews, mostly new to me, and your thoughtful reflections on each one. I was fascinated by 'underlining my favorite sentences and I do not typically write in novels.' I don't believe I've ever highlighted a thing in a novel. And your words make me wonder why. Thanks for that invitation.

Here's my October Bookbag -

https://lindastoll.substack.com/p/porch-154-october-bookbag

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Brooke Shorey's avatar

Thanks for making these available! I love reading about other people's reading.

Loved your line about underlining in Gilead not being something you normally do given that it's a novel. I LOVE underlining beautiful passages in novels and it's one of my favorite things about using a Kindle, it stores them for me and I can reference them again easily when the moment strikes. Keep on!

I read James for my neighborhood book club and did not anticipate as dark of a story as we got. Also did not expect that it would not line up with Huck Finn as that's the story it was supposed to retell. I think I would have been more satisfied if it delivered what it promised, but nonetheless it was a good read and I gave it 4 stars.

Intrigued by some of your other reads; I added Unreasonable Hospitality to my (ever-growing) TBR.

Can't wait to read more!

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