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Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 27

๐Ÿ“š 1922 Back to Methusaleh by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 268 | ๐Ÿ“š 2024 The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin | US | 304 | ๐Ÿ“š 2024 The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft | US | 320 | ๐Ÿ“š 2024 Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange | US | 336 | ๐Ÿ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for February: https://fable.co/list/f73cffbf-6464-4093-892c-51078e459b48/share

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 26

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๐Ÿ“š 1891 Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen | Norway | 134 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ( My Review ) ๐Ÿ“š 2002 After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell | Ireland | 384 | ๐Ÿ“š 2013 The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell | Ireland | 384 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Lies Between Us by Jen Bray | 281 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Motherfaker by Anna Brook-Mitchell | UK | 400 | ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Gone for Good by Sarah Crossan | Ireland | 416 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Six Little Words by Sally Page | UK | 400 | ๐Ÿ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for February: https://fable.co/list/f73cffbf-6464-4093-892c-51078e459b48/share

Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L. M. Chilton (2025): A Review

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Title : Everyone in the Group Chat Dies Author : L. M. Chilton Publication Year: 2025 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐๐Ÿ’ซ Pages : 343 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : Humor, Mystery, Crime, Thriller Let’s start with the title: Everyone in the Group Chat Dies. Too subtle! A spoiler in the title! You know what you’re getting, and that’s half the fun. Why did I pick this up? Desperation, plain and simple. I needed a fun audiobook to shake off the existential dread of my daily commute, and this one practically leapt off the digital shelf at me. With a title like that, how could I not give it a shot? If you’re ever in need of a distraction from your own group chat drama, trust me, this will put things in perspective. The plot is as wild as you’d expect: Our narrator, on the run from her family secrets (relatable?), lands a gig as a journalist in a sleepy and boring little town whose only excitement is its famous serial killer. Just when you think she’ll be reporting on lost cats and streets pu...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 25

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๐Ÿ“š 1904 Riders to the Sea by J M Synge | Ireland | 26 | ๐Ÿ“š 1907 The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw | Ireland | 88 | ๐Ÿ“š 1960 Toys in the Attic by Lillian Hellman | US | 72 | ๐Ÿ“š 2020 The River Home by Hannah Richell | UK | 320 | ๐Ÿ“š 2020 Apeirogon by Colum McCann | Ireland | 480 | ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2020 The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu | US | 411 | ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2020 Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch | US | 400 | ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2020 Norma Jeane Baker of Troy by Anne Carson | CAN | 64 | ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2021 Simplexity by Kiley Reid | US | 34 | ๐Ÿ“š 2025 Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis | UK | 352 | ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐ŸŽ“ ๐Ÿ“š 2025 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld | US | 448 | ๐Ÿ“š 2025 Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein | US | 336 | ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2025 Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction by Andrea Barrett | US | 208 | ๐Ÿ“š 2025 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad | CAN-Egypt | 208 | ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“š 2025 Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba | JAP | 1...

Today in Bookish and Literary History, February 24

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๐Ÿ“š 1876 Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen | Norway | 214 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 All In Her Hands by Audrey Blake | US | 441 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Where the False Gods Dwell by Denny S. Bryce | US | 326 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi | UK | 352 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise | Ireland | 246 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 Kin by Tayari Jones | US | 368 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 White River Crossing by Ian McGuire | UK | 288 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Choir by Carol M. Cram | CAN | 342 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Ghost Women by Jennifer Murphy | US | 368 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson | UK | 368 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Optimists by Brian Platzer | US | 304 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen | US | 256 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Other Moctezuma Girls by Sofia Robleda | Mexico | 331 | ๐Ÿ“š 2026 The Enchanting Lives of Others by Can Xue | China | 448 | ๐Ÿ”— Check this list for Today in Bookish History for February: https://fable.co/list/f73cffbf-6464-4093-892c-51078e459b48/share