Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
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I may even check out one of her other novels, but it definitely wasn't written in a way that really blew me away. Like there were very rarely any moments of pros where I was just like, oh my gosh, that knocked me over. That writing is just gorgeous. And for me, that's important as a reader. So overall great story. Loved learning at the end about all the research and the historical detail was really interesting
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 4:14
So, yeah, maybe I want you to read that just so I can see Madame Coldhearted come out in you because you're kind of coming out a little bit. And I like, also just kind of nurturing Madam Coldhearted in other people. It's just like, yeah, I love it anyway. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for that review. I thought it was an absolutely lovely. Lovely, lovely review. I thought it was very well thought out. Very well structured
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:02
I was like, okay, there's nothing memorable about it for me, which I know sounds mean, but that's important to me. And I think the more I read it's so hard not to compare books to other books, and it really made me want to go back to all the light we cannot see and figure out, like, what makes that book exceptional to me
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 5:00
Book Club next month, and I have already picked other book for Book Club for April, and I will announce it at our next Books Club. I am very excited about it. So, yeah, I'm Super excited about that one. So I haven't read it. I have not read it, but it's on my TBR. So that's also something to look forward to, and I cannot think of anything else. Oh, yeah. So Erin is so funny
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:11
Oh, my gosh. How can you leave me hanging like that? I want to know what this books is. Come on. You know you want to tell me. I know you want to tell me. I totally know what you you mean about all the light we cannot see in the Book Thief. That's why that book is 100% Five stars Forever, because I still remember it so vividly. And I also would love to review it
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 2:14
So based on all of that, that my friend is April's Book Club Pick. It's a book written by an author, and it's already published. And that's our pick. And if you want more details, come to Book Club, which you will be on February 4. And at the end of Book Club, I will announce April Roll, Am I driving you nuts or what? This is kind of fun. I'm going to just kind of see how you handle this
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 2:17
It has to be Yay or Nay or yes. I mean this or that you have to only give me two options and I will pick you can't be like, what's this book about? That's not going to you know, you could be like, is this books genre a. I don't know, horror or nonfiction that kind of a thing. Then I could be like, Well, it is
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:08
Oh, yes, I love a good guessing game. So here we go. This definitely deserves its own swell. Let's do this
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