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With the Fire on High
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With the Fire on High (July 2019) - Laurel, Shorouk, Dolinka
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i would like to join if that's okay, :)
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Sure, no problem! You have been added! You can read a different pace if this doesn't work for you.
Aless {thegirlwhocapturesmidnight} wrote: "Dolinka wrote: "i would like to join if that's okay, :)"Sure, no problem! You have been added! You can read a different pace if this doesn't work for you."
thank you.
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i am sooo excited to read this book i really can't wait until July 6. how about you guys? are you also excited for it?
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Dolinka wrote: "i am sooo excited to read this book i really can't wait until July 6. how about you guys? are you also excited for it?"I'm so excited too! My copy returns to the library on the 16th, but I have a couple other books I need to plow through before I can get to this one.
Dolinka wrote: "i am sooo excited to read this book i really can't wait until July 6. how about you guys? are you also excited for it?"I am really excited .All the hype made me wanting to read it + the beautiful cover ♥.
does one of you have the physical book? if so how many pages does it have? I want to know how many pages i read for the readathon. I haven’t read the chapters for today oops. I probably don't have time to read tomorrow either, so I'll start Monday and catch up.
Dolinka wrote: "does one of you have the physical book? if so how many pages does it have? I want to know how many pages i read for the readathon. I haven’t read the chapters for today oops. I probably don't have ..."Hope laurel has the physical copy.I have it as an e-book but I recommend you trying to read .It is so good up until now.
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rated it 5 stars
I have the physical copy but it doesn't have actual numbered chapters. It looks like the chapters are short (since there are about 113) however, so if you read about 50 pages a day you'd be on track with the anticipated timeline.But I'm also going to be catching up tomorrow or Monday, since I need to finish the book I'm currently reading (I've been in a kinda slump recently).
Yay procrastinators lol
@Laurel that is not what I mean :). I would like to know how many pages the entire book is. not by chapter hahah.
Dolinka wrote: "@Laurel that is not what I mean :). I would like to know how many pages the entire book is. not by chapter hahah."Oh I'm sorry! My physical copy has 388.
I'm completely up-to-date again and I think it's a good and enjoyable book so far. the only thing that annoys me is that she always calls her daughter "baby girl". I love the little recipes.
Dolinka wrote: "I'm completely up-to-date again and I think it's a good and enjoyable book so far. the only thing that annoys me is that she always calls her daughter "baby girl". I love the little recipes."I love the recipes too! And the semi-magical realistic portions, which remind me of Like Water for Chocolate, where food has the power to bring back memories or change moods.
The entire thing is just so good so far, particularly with how Emoni juggles all of her responsibilities and tries her best to be a good mom—and how she doesn't give a single shit about what people think about her being a teenage mom.
And I went ahead and finished it because it was so amazing. 5/5 stars. Like Emoni's food, Acevedo's writing stirs up so many feelings and memories.
Me terrible review is here.
I'll still be tuning in and chatting :)
So how's everyone going? Liking it so far? Thoughts?
laurel [suspected bibliophile] wrote: "So how's everyone going? Liking it so far? Thoughts?"
I've my graduation project so I'm late but I am planning to continue today.It was good up to where I was.
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rated it 5 stars
Shorouk wrote: I've my graduation project so I'm late but I am planning to continue today.It was good up to where I ..."No worries! Catch up when you can and good luck on your project :)
I really like it so far. I am pretty sure it will give it 5 stars. I think I'm going to finish it tonight or tomorrow morning depends on how tired I am from work :)
Dolinka wrote: "I really like it so far. I am pretty sure it will give it 5 stars. I think I'm going to finish it tonight or tomorrow morning depends on how tired I am from work :)"Yay!
Yay, I finished it and I loved it . It was 5 stars read. My review is:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I wrote many things in my review but I just wanted to really tell you how I appreciate the topic of the book and how well it was executed.
By the way , have you read the poetX?would you recommend it even if I'm not the poetry type?
Shorouk wrote: "Yay, I finished it and I loved it . It was 5 stars read. My review is:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I wrote many things in my review but I just wanted to really tell you how I a..."
I'm not a huge poetry fan either, but The Poet X is incredible. It is very different in tone and writing style (not just with the poetry) than this one, but still incredible.
laurel [suspected bibliophile] wrote: "Shorouk wrote: "Yay, I finished it and I loved it . It was 5 stars read. My review is:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I wrote many things in my review but I just wanted to really ..."
and that's all your girl here needs to add to her TBR =D .Thanks for the recommendation.
Still haven’t finished it yet.... this is just the perfect book club for me. I swear I am going to read today and finish it.
Dolinka wrote: "Still haven’t finished it yet.... this is just the perfect book club for me. I swear I am going to read today and finish it."It's all good! We're procrastinators for a reason :)
I finished it. 5 stars, I loved it.
Dolinka wrote: "I finished it. 5 stars, I loved it."Yay!
Any last thoughts before we close the thread?
~ Althea ~ ☾ wrote: "Any last thoughts before we close the thread?"Go for it!
It was a fun discussion :)
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Each week we will be reading by chapters. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows (I hope my counting was not off if it is please let me know):
Week of 7/6
July 6: Chapters 1-15
Week of 7/7
July 7: Chapters 16-30
July 8: Chapters 31-45
July 9: Chapters 46-60
July 10: Chapters 61-75
July 11: Chapters 76-90
July 12: Chapters 91-105
July 13: Chapters 106-113
PARTICIPANTS:
~ Laurel
~ Shorouk
~ Dolinka