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Lydia's Party

Margaret Hawkins

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Nov 25, 2013 Suzanne rated it it was ok

2.5 stars. This book had all the makings for the type of novel I usually love, but somehow didn't come together. Weighty topics that just felt too passive? Semi-flat characters who I never warmed up to? ...more

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Feb 11, 2014 Lisa of Hopewell rated it did not like it

Shelves: couldn-t-stand-it-so-gave-up

Woman with name no one ever had -- Check (Norris); gratuitous use of F--K -- Check; Gratuitous mention of something gross and sex related --Check (dead man's balls...yeah we've all seen those). That's all in Chapter one..... Oh boy! Tattooed penis anyone? How about a discussion of the Latin word that means shame but relates to the female genitalia??

Threw it back without finishing. ...more

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Mar 05, 2014 Deedee marked it as to-read

Shelves: title-has-possessive, fiction-friendship, literary-fiction, title-has-girls-name, year-2014, two-word-title, l2, l2-no-articles, m3, author-name-occupations

Mar 24, 2014 Kristen marked it as to-read

Shelves: fiction, audio-ipl-overdrive, ebook-libby

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