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What is the last book you read, and how much did you rate it?
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On a brighter note, I'm a little over halfway through The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and I absolutely love it.


I gave it a 5/5. I originally gave it a 4/5 but I was caught off guard by the ending so I changed it.

I thought it was stupidly sweet when the two protags met each other, and like typical teenagers figured that only one of them would make it out.
The pacing for how the two converge is suspenseful, because what he’s doing doesn’t seem like it’s getting him anywhere but trouble.
Lola, I loved her so much, that when reading my next book, Emma Lord’s ‘Begin Again’, I made a writing prompt based off the book and wrote her into the story, because I wanted to see her happy.



One of my favorites, the banter or little 'back an forths', between Jane and Edward are quite amusing. And when Jane is trying to decide if she should marry St. John, the whole scene is so captivating, her struggle on whether to be submissive and comply or to remain her true self, strong and plastered with fortitude, and walk away...angered me even during my second reading. My brain was screaming..."Jane, if you marry this contemptuous jerk, l'll never read this story again!" Granted, knew the answer...but the whole scene is so masterful written...you loss track of yourself reading. If you ever get a chance, watch the movie with Orson Wells, black and white version, it follows the storyline of the book rather well and Orson is at his best in this role.

I am reading it in March for my in-person library book club. :)
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