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Eric, Sarah and Sharon discuss the eternal reader's dilemma "to finish or not to finish" a book once begun. Sarah discusses a recent Joyce Carol Oates selection as a comfort read and questions Sharon's gift of a book about a woman on the eve of her wedding having second thoughts as she is approaching her big day. Sharon reviews books from her month of reading Booker International Prize nominations, and Eric has some "deep" revelations from the world of cozies. Sharon: The Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer, translated by Katie Derbyshire Stillborn by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches TBR: Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim; The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier, translated by Daniel Levin Becker Sarah: Frontlist: 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates Backlist: Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King TBR: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey Eric: Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Slow Horses - Mick Herron Dead Lions - Mick Herron The Deep Dish Mysteries by Mindy Quigley TBR: Middlemarch by George Eliot
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