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Jan 17, 2021Liked by Books on GIF

Thanks for your insightful review. I had read other reviews of this book which made me not want to read it. But your review and the excerpt have me interested. Last year, I read Say Nothing by Patrick Raddon Keefe which is nonfiction about the troubles (and one of my favorites from 2020). I heard Milkman is sort of a companion, if you wanted to pair a novel with a nonfiction book. I am putting Milkman back on my TBR.

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Thanks, Kate! Glad you enjoyed the review and that it got you interested in Milkman again. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!

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I coincidentally read Say Nothing (also one of my favorites!) and Milkman back-to-back and they work so well together. I'm not sure I would have really gotten Milkman without Say Nothing.

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I've been thinking a lot about Milkman this week. I live in D.C. and have been watching as the Green Zone grows ever larger, and checkpoints become the norm.

I really enjoyed Milkman. Interestingly, me and one other person in my book club read it on a long flight. We had a way different experience than members who tried to pick it up and put it down.

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Thanks, Elizabeth! That's really interesting that you and your book club member had different reactions to Milkman. I could see people being turned off by the style and the density of text. But I think we agree that it's worth it. Be safe this week!

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Feb 20, 2021Liked by Books on GIF

The review made me to add the book in the want to read list. I dutifully added it in Good Reads

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Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

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How do you transfer your GIFs to Substack? I've been trying but it never uploads for me :/

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Hello! Happy to help. I have had this problem in the past too. What I do is I save the GIF to my desktop then drag it into Substack like a regular image. Then I add the caption etc.

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Books on GIF

You have made my day, thank you soooo much. Also your Substack is incredible.

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Thank you so much!! ❤️🙌🌞

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