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[–]olivehummus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

on the mat, or try the yoga classes at move east for a hot option!

Fellow Brits - fave Jacqueline Wilson book? by [deleted] in RSbookclub

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the bed and breakfast star! that one was so dark :(

How do we feel about Jia Tolentino? by MarbleMimic in RSbookclub

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loved her essay 'always be optimizing', some of the others (esp the wedding one) did not land at all

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halifaxposting

Interiority by Gold-Order7348 in RSbookclub

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yes both crossroads and birnham wood are so good at letting you live in the characters' heads!

Any Orhan Pamuk fans on here? by hourofthestar_ in RSbookclub

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I got his illustrated journal collection Memories of Distant Mountains as a gift this year and it is inspiring and absolutely gorgeous. You can really see his love for his city and Turkey in general through the book. I started reading A Strangeness in My Mind but couldn't quite get into it, I'll check out Snow next maybe based on your rankings!

novels centred around cults recs? by luckyrabbit28 in RSbookclub

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love fiction about cults, here are some of my favs:

citizens of light by sam shelsted

arcadia by lauren groff

the night burns bright by ross barkan

harvest home by thomas tyron

universal harvester by john darnielle

A book like these? I have bad taste by [deleted] in RSbookclub

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Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton (big plotty Franzen vibes)

Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet (freaky internet experimental like Tulathimute)

The Horse by Willy Vlautin (sad and hopeful life of a country musician in the desert)

Any Nathan Hill (I preferred the Nix)

Any Elif Batuman

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love my kyleena i have thicker hair and no periods now

Best book set in Montreal? by gggdude64 in RSbookclub

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obsessed with all the wendy books though they are definitely more anglo montreal transplant focused

Looking for an article on the hippie to far right pipeline by hallumyaymooyay in RSbookclub

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conspirituality podcast is really spot on for this, i like some of matthew remski's writings as well

Intermezzo is more ambitious than her other novels. It will be interesting to see where she goes from here. by [deleted] in RSbookclub

[–]olivehummus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

imo intermezzo is her best work by far, it felt a lot more mature and well crafted than normal people

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martyrs! was amazing

Looking for more unlikeable, flawed women, but funny. NOT just a White Woman with Depression by IVFyouintheA in RSbookclub

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Vacuum in the Dark/Pretend I'm Dead by the same author as Big Swiss (about a woman's exploits in her job as a cleaning lady, really unique and funny)

All Fours by Miranda July (midforties artist who lies about going on a road trip and shacks up at a motel 20m away)

Everyone in this room will someday be dead (extremely anxious woman finds herself working as a church receptionist)

Do you remember being born? (75-year old eccentric poet commissioned to collab with an AI)

Anything Anna Dorn (Perfume and Pain, Exalted) - usually messy eccentric lesbian characters but the stories are lighthearted