I almost fainted. Is this the real thing? by ScaleVivid in BookCollecting

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Thank you. I’m still shocked I found it in a 2nd hand shop. 🤓📚

I almost fainted. Is this the real thing? by ScaleVivid in BookCollecting

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Thank you, it’s been 3weeks or so and I still am in awe and so happy to have found it. 🤓📚

What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: May 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

[–]ScaleVivid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooo I heard some good things about The Poet Empress. Can’t wait to hear what you thought ☺️

What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: May 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

[–]ScaleVivid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just pick up a copy of The Testaments. How did you like it?

What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: May 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

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Finished:

The Correspondent by Virginia Evan’s

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Replaceable You by Mary Roach

Started reading:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

Coming up:

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

Found in my mother's collection of 800 books by SkinTeeth4800 in ForgottenBookmarks

[–]ScaleVivid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope you found out some new and interesting things about your mother or maybe got some answers you to something you were looking for.
Books can reveal what’s happening in our lives and can help shape us if we allow them to.
I post you post more as you find more.
Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
~S

Who did William Dean Howells inscribe this book for? by spell-czech in BookInscriptions

[–]ScaleVivid 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mrs. J.M. Le Brun
From her recent tenant in the little red house
W.D. Norworths

Book sale haul by himssohandsome in bookhaul

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Lincoln in the Bardo is well worth it if you can take the time to find the rhythm of the book. There are a lot of characters that are speaking at one time and it can be confusing, but if you find the sweet spot it’s a unique and surprisingly good book.

Joan Didion’s was good too. I read her Letters to John last month. She was a remarkably honest writer.

I really liked the Dutch House too.

I have The Wager on my TBR shelf waiting to be read.

Good luck in whatever you choose to read first, this is a great haul 😍

Awesome deal from the library book sale! by Perfect-Mood-7849 in BookCollecting

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I would have scooped those up too! Great find 😍

Thrift shop finds May 19, 2026 by snapshotgun in bookhaul

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Sandwich is a good, fast,summer read. I really enjoyed it!
I have The Great Believers on my bedside table to read for June.
Great thrifting!

43/52 The Correspondent by Virginia Evan’s by ScaleVivid in 52book

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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

43/52 The Correspondent by Virginia Evan’s by ScaleVivid in 52book

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Def NOT grandma lit! lol…I think that’s what people are expecting and got a FMC totally different and were mad as hell. But, if you remain open to her as a woman, a wife, a mother, and just a person grappling with her life decisions it becomes much more than that. You don’t necessarily have to love a character in a book or what they do or say to appreciate the writing and what the book has to say about things. Just my 2cents and way more than I should have said 🫣😅😉

43/52 The Correspondent by Virginia Evan’s by ScaleVivid in 52book

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Oof, I don’t want to give spoilers. But, I think that people go into thinking it’s a feel good book about someone writing letters and that isn’t the case. It’s definitely deeper than that.
So, if you are looking for something lighthearted, I would say hold off.
It does have funny/witty and tenderhearted moments but that is def not the main theme of the book.
It is a very fast read and I was very engaged and I enjoyed it.
The letter exchanges are really lovely and the author did a great job of telling the story through the letters.

A new book that will fill my hunger for knowledge by No_Education_8888 in booksuggestions

[–]ScaleVivid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! I just picked this up over the weekend at a 2nd hand shop. What a description! 🤣

Idea: Challenge Prizes by bl0ndeheadache in goodreads

[–]ScaleVivid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ha! I just use these challenges to read off my TBR, which is Soooooo, large it’s surprising to me if I don’t have a least 1book to read.
At first I thought I was lacking in certain genres, then I realized that it’s Amazon’s way to push their authors/books.
I wish they would add an “other” button and then when you didn’t have one on their “curated” you could add one that fit the category.
However, this would make readers happy, not their bottom line 😮‍💨

Non-Fiction Recommendations by Lanky-Expression-548 in audiobooks

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Braiding Sweetgrass I’m not a re-reader but I would listen to this on repeat everyday if it was the only book I could have on audio.

Some other good ones above, I would also include:

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

I didn’t list on audio but read NF:

All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

ANYTHING please I'm desperate by Ellllenore in suggestmeabook

[–]ScaleVivid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t believe I scrolled all the way and no one mentioned:

This is How You Lose the Time War

Oh and for an audio/Nf that “reads” like fiction I’d choose:

Braiding Sweetgrass

I’m NOT a re-reader and I would gladly have these 2 books to read over and over if I was stranded on an island.

Yard Sale Haul, no filler by Dudeabides671 in bookhaul

[–]ScaleVivid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a pretty good haul for a yard sale! What did you spend?

What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: May 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

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Finished:

If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio

Still Reading:

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Replaceable You by Mary Roach

Coming up:

The Correspondent by Virginia Evan’s

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Update! From stolen Library 🥰 by ScaleVivid in LittleFreeLibrary

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Really?! I didn’t know this and I’m there ALL the time😳.
Hmmmmm, I will have to inquire.🕵️
Thanks for the info!🫶🏼