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the official blog of the galliproof podcast. we read, we talk, you listen. WARNING: OUR PODCAST EPISODES CONTAIN SPOILERS

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✨ my mama bought me three books for my birthday (the third hasn't arrived yet). very excited to read these! - g 💕

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✨excited to read this! i hope it lives up to the hype - especially as we're reviewing it on this month's episode of the podcast 🙌🏻 - g✨

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🌸 thank you to mollysbookclub on instagram for my beautiful bookmark! i love it!

🌸 everyone should go follow her and grab a bookmark while you can!

- g✨

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we're running a book giveaway over on instagram (galliproofpod is our insta handle) so go check it out if you're in the UK or US and wanna win a free book!

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episode 10 - the invisible life of addie larue by galliproof • A podcast on Anchor

in which v.e. schwab successfully brings out the sad bitch in all of us

we're fashionably late but here's the new episode of the podcast! enjoy!

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🎁 all the books we've covered on the podcast so far!

❓can you spot them all?

❓have you read any of these?

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#️⃣ cute jumpers/sweaters and matching books 😘

❓have you read any of these books?

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happy thanksgiving! 🍁🦃🍽

i hope those celebrating are spending it with some delicious food, and even more delicious reads!

our review of addie larue goes up next monday, and we’re so excited to share our thoughts ✨

(i’m not gonna lie, it took me a minute to figure out how to aesthetically photograph an e-book, so i just plopped my phone in my mom’s bouquet... lol sorry mom)

- alli 🍁 (and grace, in spirit)

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💕 my mama's book 💕

🌸 fun fact: my mum wrote the first draft of this book when she was my age and i am actually named after one of the main characters!

🌸 i am currently trying to promote this book for my mum over on instagram (@therese.down) so do go and follow and maybe check the book out! it'd be so helpful! (and i know I'm biased but i think it's pretty good!)

- grace caitlin✨

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✨ finally got my copy of 'how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories' by holly black!

✨ i've been a big fan of holly black's writing since i was in middle school when i discovered 'tithe' and fell in love with all things fae.

✨ my love of fairies and folklore started much earlier than that though and the first piece of creative writing i remember doing was a story about fairies living at the bottom of a garden (it was very creatively titled 'the garden fairies') - just a lil' bit about me ☺️ - g✨

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⭐ final reminder that this month's episode is our thoughts on 'the invisible life of addie larue'!

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🎄 started decorating early this year to try and cheer ourselves up!

🎄 the baubles you see here promptly fell down and refused to stay up so the bookshelf no longer looks like this - oh well! we live and we learn.

- g✨

❓are you decorating early this year??

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 here are some books from my bookshelf that the internet says count as 'scottish' in some way or another! - g✨

❓do you have any fave books by scottish authors or set in scotland or even just with a cool scottish character?

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📚 just a lil' bookshelf update pic 📚

📙 bookstagram has really influenced how i organise my bookshelf - i don't think i ever would have started facing books cover-forward without the influence of booksta!

📘 soon i'm going to be needing a new bookshelf because i'm working through my tbr books and adding them to my already-full shelf 😭 - g✨

❓how do you organise your bookshelves? and how do you choose which books to showcase??

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✨ just a reminder that this month's episode of galliproof will be us reviewing 'the invisible life of addie larue'! 🙌🏻

❓ what books would you like us to review?

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🔥my friend keren_heppuch (on instagram) has started putting out her seasonal decorations and it's so cosy! especially with her penguin cloth bound books on the mantel!

🔥i love the candles in the fireplace! she's so creative! go check out her etsy shop: pink_monster_tees for some beautiful and artistic clothes 🙌🏻 - g✨

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❕BOOK REVIEW❕

✨we come apart by sarah crossan and brian conaghan✨

this book had so much going for it, and i’m so sad to say i was ultimately disappointed. i loved the story of two individuals forming an unlikely relationship to overcome their hardships together, and i think these two writers did convey very likable protagonists that were easy to empathize with.

however, the choice to format the story in verse was questionable, especially as there wasn’t a clear poetic tone to most of the language. as someone fond of books written in verse it was really disappointing to see this device so underutilized when the technique could have been really effective to convey the emotion behind certain events, both protagonists' sense of loneliness and lack of belonging, and the growing connection between the main characters. it really ended up feeling like normal prose broken into stanzas, and that really made the whole event of it feel kind of pointless.

my second issue is with nicu’s portrayal, as he ends up serving as more of a device for jess’s character development. this is both conveyed through the events of the ending, as well as the rather uncomfortable fact that the white authors are both from the UK, and chose to write in broken english. i respect the choice to reflect on the experiences of xenophobia, especially in a brexit context. i just wish more thought was put into a respectful depiction of a character so outside of both writer’s experiences, and the implications of some narrative decisions.

that being said, my qualms did not make the story less moving, i certainly shed a tear or two in the final few pages.

❓have you read this book? what do you think of it?

- alli 💕