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A Book Lover in Texas
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer
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A personal and professional memoir of a major literary catalyst in the stateon radio and the lecture platform, as author, agent, teacher, and book collector. Her review broadcasts hold the national record for fifty years on the air. Oppenheimer pulls no punches in her evaluation of books, writers, and the society and organizations related to them, including anecdotes about such literary and artistic stars as Irving Stone, Willie Morris, Peter Hurd, Agatha Christie, Herman Wouk, Leon Uris, James Michener, Jacqueline Susann, and Alistair Cooke. She also tells of her own life and that of a grander and more elegant generation of Dallasites.
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Eyelit
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer
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It‘s here and so am I! Looking forward to a great day at the Texas book festival. 📚💜 #txbookfest #texasbookfestival #atx

Sarah83 Hope you have lots of fun 🤗 7y
SilversReviews Have fun!! Let us know how it is!! 7y
jlondon1963 Standing in line waiting for Vintage Readers and Writers forum. 7y
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Eyelit @jlondon1963 enjoy! I‘m at the Info tent till one-ish. I just met @jpmcwisemorgan 😃 7y
Soubhiville Have a wonderful time! 7y
jpmcwisemorgan We met!!! Now we‘re real people! 7y
Eyelit @jpmcwisemorgan right?!? We will have to get a picture later to document the moment of reality 😄 happy birthday to you by the by! 7y
jpmcwisemorgan Reality? What is that? And thank you! 7y
Linear Man thata awesome 7y
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Eyelit
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Texas peeps! I totally dropped the ball on this! Anyone planning on going? I‘ll be there Saturday for sure (volunteering at the info tent from 11-1 feel free to stop by and say hi 😄)... and I‘ll be free for a meet up after 1 if anyone is interested.
Tagging folks that expressed interest when I originally brought it up a couple months ago (time sure does fly) and other littens that I can remember being in TX. #txbookfest #texasbookfestival

Soubhiville Wish I could be there! You all know Tom Hanks will be there, right? Enjoy the fest for me!! 7y
jpmcwisemorgan I‘ll be there! It‘s my birthday and that‘s how I‘ve chosen to celebrate. (edited) 7y
Julsmarshall I‘ll be there Saturday and Sunday! Will try to stop by to say hello! 7y
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jlondon1963 I hope to be there Saturday! I love the Texas Book Festival I have gone several times and always come home with my arms throbbing from all the books I pick up. 7y
Liatrek Where in Texas? I‘m in the DFW area😊 7y
Easytiger I have a new friend from Houston coming Sunday to the fest and a friend from back home coming Saturday to the fest so I‘m not sure when I‘ll be there but I will (edited) 7y
My_novel_obsession I can‘t make it this year - in Puerto Rico until after Thanksgiving. Sad that I won‘t make it - everybody that goes post pictures please!! 7y
Fortifiedbybooks @Liatrek it's in Austin. 7y
Christy2318 I have a book ticket for Dan Rather and my friend is going to be there from Dallas for part of the day. Maybe I will see some Litsy peeps in some of the sessions. 7y
Fortifiedbybooks I'll be there for both days 😆 7y
Eyelit @Liatrek as mentioned, it‘s in Austin 😄 https://www.texasbookfestival.org 7y
Eyelit @Soubhiville you‘ll be missed! 7y
Eyelit @jpmcwisemorgan happy early birthday! What a fun way to celebrate 🎉 7y
Eyelit @jpmcwisemorgan @Julsmarshall @jlondon1963 @Spacecowboytx @Christy2318 @Fortifiedbybooks how about those of you who will be there Saturday and interested in meeeting up converge at the info tent around 1pm? I know it‘s not a formal formal meetup but maybe we can chat and find a session we all want to attend? Or just wander the stalls together? No pressure. Hopefully I‘ll see some of you 😃 7y
Eyelit @Anovelobsession take care! Maybe we can plan another meetup in December or January if it‘s not too crazy 😁 7y
Liatrek @Eyelit @Fortifiedbybooks Thank you! I going put this on my calendar for future would really love to go😊 7y
Eyelit @Liatrek awesome! It‘s usually held the same time every year. It‘d be cool to meet you next time around! 😁 7y
Fortifiedbybooks @Eyelit I'll just be getting out of the Vintage Writer's on Reading panel, but I'll try to get down there 😊 7y
jpmcwisemorgan I will see what I can do about meeting up at 1. I think there‘s a session around that time I wanted to catch. 7y
jlondon1963 @Eyelit I will try to catch you after the Vintage writers panel it should be done shortly after 1. 7y
Liatrek @Eyelit Yes! That would be awesome 😊It‘s so nice to see so many Texas Littens 🎉 7y
Linear Where in texas is it? Is it there every year? Does it move? Ill be living in el paso next year 7y
Eyelit @Linear it‘s held every year in Austin (usually late October or early November) 7y
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Eyelit
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer
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Texas peeps! Anyone going to the TX Book Fest this November? Maybe we can plan another meet up? Authors were just announced and there are quite a few to get excited about. 😁

https://www.texasbookfestival.org/authors/

I'm tagging all the folks I can remember from the recent meet up and some more that I know are close by... sorry if I forgot you, everyone feel free to tag other Texans that might be interested.

#atxmeetup #txbookfest

jpmcwisemorgan I'm going on one of the days because that's my birthday weekend. The Austin Celtic Festival is that weekend too so I think I want to do that too. 7y
Christy2318 I bought ticket for Dan Rather so I'm definitely going to his talk. Waiting to see schedules for my son and the festival before I know what else I might attend. 7y
Fortifiedbybooks My plan right now is to go on at least one of the days, but that may change depending on whether or not the Boyfriend gets the job in Seattle. 7y
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My_novel_obsession I am definitely planning on going!! My hope is to be able to do both days. Would love to have a meet up! 7y
Julsmarshall I'll be there and my sister may come in from Oregon to join in the fun. Would love to meet up! 7y
Eyelit @jpmcwisemorgan I didn't know about the Celtic fest! They always have too many fun things clustered on certain weekends. I'll probably be there both days cause I'm volunteering one of them 😁 7y
Eyelit @Christy2318 yay for the Rather talk! Should be interesting. I hope they post the whole fest schedule soon 7y
Eyelit @Fortifiedbybooks good to know. I'll check in with everyone as the date gets closer 😃 7y
Eyelit @Anovelobsession @Julsmarshall yay! I'll keep you posted 😀 7y
jpmcwisemorgan There's a drag show Friday night and the new Thor movie opens that weekend. It's my 42 birthday and I want it jam packed but I'm having a hard time deciding! 7y
Easytiger Will look into it I'll get back to ya 7y
Snakes6atx Definitely planning to go and would love to meet up! 7y
k.reads Count me in! 7y
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jpmcwisemorgan
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer

It's #BookLoversDay - what are y'all doing to celebrate?

DivineDiana Went to the library! 📚 7y
Redwritinghood Spending the day reading, of course! 7y
BibliophileMomma We went to the library! 7y
Sarah83 I had to work. But now I pick my book and start reading 😍 7y
jpmcwisemorgan @DivineDiana @Tiffy_Reads I went to the library too!!! @Redwritinghood @Sarah83 Couldn't read all day because of work but I'm reading when I can. 7y
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Felso
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📚❤️truth❤️📚

Suet624 💕💕💕 7y
Smangela Love this! May need to repost it 🙃 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💕❤️💜 7y
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Emily92Bibliophile
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer
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I love this getting to know you post! A wonderful idea 1️⃣ Texas ⭐ 2️⃣Jane Eyre 3️⃣Harry Potter & The Lunar Chronicles ⚡️🌕4️⃣You've Got Mail📩 5️⃣BBC Sherlock 6️⃣George Ezra 🎼7️⃣ Blue! 8️⃣ Historical Fiction 9️⃣ Currently working as a Children's Librarian, about to start my MLS in the next couple months 🔟 2 Dogs, Fidel ( a Cuban Havanese)& Gypsy Rose ( a German Shepard/ Great Pyrenees mix)& a Cat, Ariadne.@maich #MeetTheLittens

maich Hy😊 You have a little pet zoo❤ 7y
Texreader Ahhh that great state!!! 7y
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Eyelit
A Book Lover in Texas | Evelyn Oppenheimer
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So this happened sometime this morning... little did I know when I joined litsy back in late July that I was stepping into a fabulous community of likeminded folk... that I'd have a whole new circle of bookish friends (#litsygoespostal) or some far flung bookish pen pals. Thanks @Litsy for creating a wonderful space for this book lover in ATX. And to all the fab litsy peeps: you are amazing and I wish I could bake y'all cookies. 💚📚😃

TrishB Wow 😀✋ 8y
BookishFeminist 🎉🎉🎉💯🏆 8y
JulieAnn Congratulations!! 8y
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katedensen ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 8y
Kirstin Hurray! 🎉🎉🎉 8y
stacybmartin Wow - congrats!! 🎉📚🎉👏🏼 8y
LeahBergen Yay!!! 🎉🎉🎉 8y
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DebinHawaii Congratulations!!! 👍🎉👍🎉👍 8y
Bookzombie Congratulations!!! 8y
Suzze Fabulous! 🎺🎺🎺 8y
KVanRead Woohoo! Well said.🎉❤️📚🎉❤️📚 8y
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