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Eldarwen wrote: "ATTENTION ATTENTION
It is almost time. Sadly..
Those three months have flown by, haven't they?!
COUNTDOWN to End of TT: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown......"
Oh no! This went too fast....
Completion PostBook: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Date Read: 10 Aug 25
304 pages
4 stars
Mini 3 BRONZE in title
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
Characters
Cora Zeng
Delilah Zeng
Yifei
Harvey
Yuxi He
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man by Jesse Q. SutantoRead: 8 August
Pgs: 325
Vera Wong
Xander Lin
Aimes
Robin
Selena
Qiang Wen
The Coworker by Freida McFadden06 Aug 25
370 pages
Rating :3.5 stars
Audiobook is great!
Characters
Dawn Schiff
Natalie Farrell
Seth Hoffman
Mia Hodge
Caleb McCullough
Completion PostBook: Beautiful Ugly
Author: Alice Feeney
Pages: 400
Date: 4 Aug 25
Options:
AFN: A
Characters
Grady Green
Abby
V_Nerdbooks wrote: "Completion post 
When the Wolf Comes Home
Nat Cassidy
Pages 304
Date read 27 July
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Spell out
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I enjoyed this book so much! So glad you liked it.. one of my fave horrors this year
Book: My Friends by Fredrik BackmanDate Read: 01 Aug
Pages: 436
Rating: 4 stars
Mini 1: Sweden (unless anything else fits)
Links in the sheet
Jul 31, 2025 06:52PM
DQ's Day 4; Chapter 31 - 43 55-74%15. “She wishes he hadn’t said what he did about believing in her. That’s too much responsibility. All she can give him is disappointment.” Belief is a big theme of this book. How important do you think it is to have people that unequivocally believe in you? Have you ever had someone’s belief in you feel more like a burden than support?
Very very important. My husband and my parents have that belief in me that leads me to belief in myself.
16. This book is, obviously, a lot about memories and the happy times we look back on when the people we cherish are gone. I thought the shopping/shopping cart scene was particularly vivid and one I could’ve seen me and friends doing something similar. Do you have any particularly memorable times with a group of friends from when you were a child/teen?
Haha yes, for sure loads of them! I remember how in school me and my friends had a lame "secret place" and used to go their every week only to run around it.
17. We’ve come to the first(?) death from that summer, is it one you expected? It’s probably the most obvious one, but I still forgot it was a possibility.
Not very surprising
18. While this is a story of friends, it’s also really a story of parents. From the bad ones, to the indifferent ones, to the kind loving ones. Did you expect for Ted and Louisa’s savior to be the mother? How important do you think parents are versus friends on your formative years?
Yes, I did expecy that. Very important - for me parents love for their child is unconditional and how a child shapes up to be - depends on them
19. Ted seems to think that any of the other friends would have been better to care for Louisa, do you agree?
Jul 31, 2025 06:49PM
Day 2 July 3Chapter 12-19 18-37%
#5. Joar mentions that his mom thinks the best invention in the world are pockets. I have seen a Meme that says a woman, when complimented on her dress will reply “It has pockets.” I love a good pocket. How do you feel about pockets?
I love pockets - I don't know why brands give women pockets. In fact few brands have show pockets?!
#6. I must admit I am confused and intrigued about the artist. Who do you think the artist is? What is his or her significance in the story?
I think it is about friendship and that the artist has intentionally not been given a name yet for us to not think of him of any particular decent - that is how Backman write
#7. I am loving the banter between Louisa and Ted. Louise is so precocious. What do you think of their relationship? Any ideas of what is to come between the two?
Very cute banter. Ted is such a cute. I think they will form a strong bond.
#8. In Chapter #19 we find more about the mentioned Ali. What is your impression of her?Any guesses on what happens next?
I think she is a strong-headed and playful girl who is intricate to the group - definitely feeling her and Joar
#9. Fredrick Backman has a way of pulling at your heartstrings. In Chapter 19 I both cried and laughed. The children's stories are both heartbreaking and heartwarming. How are you feeling about the book so far? Are you enjoying it?
Very enjoyable, he has a wonderful way to convery emotions and make you both laugh and cry
Jul 31, 2025 06:45PM
Day 1, Chapters 1-11 (1-18%)1. Warm-up question: have you read any other books by Fredrik Backman before? If yes, what do you like/dislike about his themes/style, etc?
Yes, a lot of them. I love his writing style and characters - the ache in them.
2. In the first chapter we are intorduced to quite a memorable auction scene with super-rich people who all want to possess THE PAINTING, though their intentions are questionable. Did this make you think of some similar events happening in the world right now?
Yes, so true. Backman does a wonderful job in explaining characters you see all around you and pointing it out to you in a funny way.
3. "Artists vs Normal People" - another apsect of these first chapters is the great divide between true artists and normal people. Backman seems to suggest that most people don't/cannot get true art and artists are so much more different (possibly better people?). Do you agree with this? Or is it a generalisation?
Yes, so true. I don't get art and I think I am a normal person. Not everyone has that perception.
4. In a sequence of weird events, Louisa ends up in possession of The Painting.
Any guesses what may happen to her and to it?
She will get entangled to the life of the artist.
Bonus Q: do you have a favourite artist or a favourite piece of painting/sculpture?
No, I dont get art
Keely wrote: "Nistha wrote: "Book: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagDate read: 30 jul
Pages: 192
Mini 1 - India
Characters
Anita
Vincent
Chitra
Malti"
I put this in Mini 4 par..."
For sure, whatever is better for points :)
Keely wrote: "I'd say it's too large of a body of water to be a river."Yeah agree
Q - Do you think this works for river on cover? Might be more sea .. but wanted to double check
Book: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagDate read: 30 jul
Pages: 192
Mini 1 - India
Characters
Anita
Vincent
Chitra
Malti
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace29 Jul 25
447 pages
Anastasia Allen, Nathan Hawkins, Russ Callaghan, Henry Turner, Lola Mitchell, Jaiden Johal, Aaron Carlisle, Robert "Robbie" Hamlet
Completion PostBook: Shivaji: The Great Maratha by Ranjit Desai
Date Read: 27th July
Pages: 845
Rating: 4 stars
Mini 2
Spread over multiple generations
Characters
Shivaji
Yesubai
Shahaji Bhosale
Jijabai
Putlabai
Ekoji Raje
Aurangzeb
Quicksilver by Callie Hart624 pages
24 Jul
Rating: 4 stars (good but very similar to ACOTAR)
Characters
Saeris Fane
Kingfisher
Renfis Orithian
Carrion Swift
Hayden Fane
Everlayne De Barra
Madra
Belikon
Lorreth
Danya
Elroy
Brynn
Archer
Te Lena
Zareth
Babylonia by Costanza Casati21 Jul
432 pages
Mini 1: set in Iraq (ancient city of Babylon / Mesopotamia is current day Iraq)
Characters
Semiramis
Ninus
Onnes
Sasi
