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Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume | Tom Robbins
Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesnt conclude until nine oclock tonight (Paris time). It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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SanjanaGhosh
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Mehso-so

This has got to be the strangest book I‘ve ever read! I don‘t know quite how to review it but I can say for sure it has definitely enhanced my vocabulary for sure!!!

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gogoAmy
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Pickpick

One of my favorite books of all time. I love intertwining plot lines, bizarre characters and an opening line that pulls you in from the first moment you start reading.

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TK-421
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“Should you fail to #pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.” #QuotsyAug21

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TK-421
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“Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of #beer.” #QuotsyAug21

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TK-421
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“The beet is the most intense of #vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent, not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious.” #QuotsyJun21

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Tom Robbins is the best 👍 3y
Tamra Ok, that‘s just great! 3y
Cathythoughts Love this ! Love my beetroot soup … serious stuff 3y
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TK-421 @Tamra 😊 3y
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LaraS
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So far this seems to be several interwoven stories: two lovers who seek immortality, and several groups of people spread across the world who compete to re-create an ancient perfume.

Meanwhile, while googling more info on something in the book, I accidentally stumbled across a cocktail recipe (from goop, of all places 🤔) that incorporates the ingredients of the fictional perfume into a cocktail...

https://goop.com/recipes/jitterbug-perfume/

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The_Penniless_Author
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#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

1. When done well they can really add to the story, but otherwise they can become convoluted and pull you out of both narratives.
2. Tagged
3. Science fiction is tailor-made for dual timelines.

BookmarkTavern Oh, I totally agree on 1. Thank you for sharing! 3y
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Shemac77
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Pickpick

Even with a second read it stands up completely original.

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Shemac77
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Reading and wine in front of the fire

PurpleyPumpkin Sounds like the perfect way to toast the end of the week! Enjoy. 🍷 3y
Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️ this book. 3y
Cathythoughts 👍🏻❤️📚🍷 3y
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TK-421
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“I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us, to tempt us, to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize: the safety of the void. To #fashion of life such a petty game is unworthy of both men and gods.” #QuotsyNov20

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The_Penniless_Author
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Some people can't stand writers who revel in their own “cleverness“, but when the writer in question has Robbins' command of the language and seemingly endless supply of inventive metaphors, it's a joy to watch him show off. Jitterbug Perfume shows Robbins at the height of his powers, and even those who aren't devotees will surely find something to like here.

britt_brooke Nice review! 3y
Nute Nice review! I enjoy when an author “shows off” her/his prowess for the craft of storytelling and the skill of writing. It makes me a happy reader!😃 3y
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The_Penniless_Author
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britt_brooke I just reread this. Vonnegut‘s my favorite! Welcome to Litsy, btw. It‘s a good place to be. 3y
The_Penniless_Author Thanks! Vonnegut's in my top-five as well. He might even be my favorite, but I'm too much of a prevaricator (or a coward) to choose :)
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britt_brooke @The Penniless Author ☺️ 3y
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The_Penniless_Author
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SW-T Welcome to Litsy! #litsywelcomewagon Happy reading to you. 😊 3y
The_Penniless_Author @SW-T Thanks, and sorry for the belated reply. Still finding my way around here :) 3y
SW-T @The_Penniless_Author No worries 😊 Following@LitsyWelcomeWagon @Chelleo or @RaimeyGallant helpful. They have links for how-to‘s. Also the tag #litsytips is useful too. You‘re doing fine. Relaxed and helpful community! Glad you‘re here. 😊 3y
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Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🥳🎈 3y
Nute Welcome to Litsy! It‘s a warm and friendly community. I know that you will enjoy yourself here. I‘m looking forward to getting to know you!🙂 3y
The_Penniless_Author @Nute Thanks, me too! 3y
RaimeyGallant A belated welcome! 3y
The_Penniless_Author @RaimeyGallant Thanks, nice to meet you! 3y
RaimeyGallant Nice to meet you too! 3y
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CBee
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Or Alabama, or anywhere in the Deep South 😂😂 #quotsyjuly20 #humid @TK-421

TK-421 😂 4y
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sarahlandis
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Mehso-so

don't love Tom Robbins. This book was ok

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Mrshawaii
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DePaepe
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Borscht, homemade kombucha with beet juice and Jitterbug Perfume for lunch today at work. Goodness I love books and beets and books with beets.

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TK-421
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“He was becoming unstuck, he was sure of that - his bones were no longer wrapped in flesh but in clouds of dust, in hummingbirds, dragonflies, and luminous moths - but so perfect was his equilibrium that he felt no fear. He was vast, he was many, he was #dynamic, he was eternal.” #QuotsyNov19

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TK-421
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“Bones are patient. Bones never tire nor do they run away. When you come upon a man who has been dead many years, his bones will still be lying there, in place, content, patiently waiting, but his flesh will have gotten up and left him. Water is like flesh. Water will not stand still. It is always off to somewhere else; restless, talkative, and curious. Even water in a covered jar will disappear in time.👇

TK-421 Flesh is water. Stones are like bones. Satisfied. Patient. Dependable. Tell me, then, Alobar, in order to achieve immortality, should you emulate water or stone? Should you trust your flesh or your bones?” #bone #QuotsyOct19 4y
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TK-421
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“The gods have a great sense of humor, don't they? If you lack the #iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, if you insist on leaving your fate to the gods, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a grin or two at your expense. Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.” #QuotsySept19

Redwritinghood I Love Robbins! (edited) 5y
Zoes_Human Jitterbug Perfume is my favorite Tom Robbins. 5y
TK-421 @Zoes_Human I‘ve been meaning to reread it for a couple years. I‘m thinking maybe it‘ll be my #LitsyAtoZ2019 choice for ‘J‘! 5y
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TK-421
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“I do not fear death. I resent it. Everything must die, apparently, and I am no exception. But I want to be consulted. You know what I mean? Death is impatient and thoughtless. It barges into your room when you are right in the #middle of something, and it doesn‘t bother to wipe its boots.” #QuotsyAug19

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Dogearedcopy
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Lavender Festival 2019! Who knew there was such a thing!? Lavender is apparently the “other herb” Oregonians grow 😜

At the English Lavender Farm in the Applegate Valley, you can harvest lavender, buy a wide range of lavender-based products and foods, and inevitably think of Robbins‘ absurdist comedy, ‘Jitterbug Perfume.‘

LibrarianJen We have a lavender festival too. It must be a super versatile plant if it can grow in Oregon and New Mexico. 5y
wen4blu It's everywhere! I live near a lavender farm in NJ. 5y
Crazeedi It's beautiful! And it grows in PA too!! 5y
lynneamch Oak Ridge, Tennessee, also has a Lavender Festival. 5y
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TK-421
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We are in deep sleep only two or three hours a night. For the rest of our sleeping session, the unconscious mind is off duty. It gets bored. It craves recreation. So it plays with the material at hand. In a sense, it plays with itself. It scrambles memories, juggles images, rearranges data, invents scary or titillating stories. This is what we call "dreaming". #juggle #QuotsyJune19

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m.galehuxley
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Happy Spring 🌺

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TK-421
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“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. Still, lovers #quarrel. Frequently, they quarrel simply to recharge the air between them, to sharpen the aliveness of their relationship." #QuotsyFeb19

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Rebesta
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Pickpick

If you like your philosophy with cotton candy, enjoy stories about immortality, and can‘t live without beets then this book is your ticket to the circus of life. It spans a 1000 years in which a condemned king meets a Greek god and travels the world with his true love. It‘s a story replete with sex, intrigue, and three perfumeries‘ attempts to find the perfect scent. It has a little something for everyone. Join King Alobar. You won‘t regret it.

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TK-421
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"...hold on to your divine blush, your innate rosy magic..." #Red #QuotsyDec18

LiterRohde So true. 5y
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Bookmarkie
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gradcat Oh, he really can turn a phrase, so to speak...😊😊😊 5y
Bookmarkie @gradcat for sure! 5y
TK-421 ❤️ 5y
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TK-421
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“Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it in, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route.” #individual #QuotsyAug18

Leftcoastzen Ahhh , loving that quote. 6y
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Cathythoughts
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#AbbaInAugust #DancingQueen Jitterbug Perfume is our IRL Bookclub book this month. The shoe 👠 is my daughter‘s bottle of perfume she had with her this weekend.. it‘s pretty nice - Carolina Herrera ( I might treat myself, it‘s a nice warm scent) 👠💃🏾💃🏾

CarolynM Wow, that's a great perfume bottle!😍 6y
erzascarletbookgasm I would not have known that‘s a perfume bottle! Cool! 💜 6y
Tanisha_A It's so awesome looking! 6y
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TrishB Very cool 👍🏻 6y
Cathythoughts @Tanisha_A it‘s a crazy bottle 😆. I put something into the post for you ... but will prob take awhile to get to you ... but it‘s on the way 😘 6y
Mdargusch Perfect post! 👌🏼. That is fancy looking perfume! 6y
Tanisha_A @Cathythoughts Thanks my lovely friend! Happy to wait for it! 💌 6y
emilyhaldi Fancy!!! 💁🏻‍♀️ 6y
Reviewsbylola Thank god that is perfume and not a real shoe. Can you even imagine walking at that angle?!? 6y
Cathythoughts @Mdargusch thankyou & yes @emilyhaldi Fancy ! @Reviewsbylola Thank god is right ! I already freak out at the heals my girls wear 😳 6y
Meredith3 Work it, girl! 6y
Cathythoughts @Meredith3 👠👠👠 6y
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Cathythoughts
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Bookclub last night IRL ... this is our book for August, never heard of it , sounds interesting 👍🏻💕

catsuit_mango Read it à long time ago (or just many books ago) I remember liking it. It was around the same period as middlesex. 6y
Billypar One of two Robbins novels I've read- also a long time ago, and I also remember liking it- pretty funny: he has a great comic style. 6y
Cathythoughts @catsuit_mango @Billypar thanks! I‘ll let ye know how it goes down with the ladies 👍🏻 6y
Tonton Loved it, enjoy! 6y
Cathythoughts @Tonton oh that‘s great to hear ! Thanks 🙏🏻 6y
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TimSpalding
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Four days at a library conference and hardly a book I was interested in. Fifteen minutes at Beckham‘s Bookstore in New Orleans and I found four things I wanted—and, in Jitterbug Perfume, a great recommendation.

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TheBookgeekFrau
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How do soul-mates find each other incarnation after incarnation? By smell of course😉

#ReadingResolutions Day23 #LoveStory

CoffeeNBooks "May scent be with you always." I really enjoyed this book! It's the only one of his books I've read, but I plan to read more. 6y
TheBookgeekFrau @CoffeeNBooks Such a wacky, great read lol My other fav of his is 6y
umbrellagirl I love him! I need to go back and reread him. 6y
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CoffeeNBooks @C.Perone I'll have to check that one out. I have a copy of Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates on my bookshelf, I just haven't read it yet. 6y
TheBookgeekFrau @umbrellagirl I think I do too! It‘s been so many years, I barely remember the stories anymore 6y
TheBookgeekFrau @CoffeeNBooks I read that when it came out. I‘m pretty sure I liked it🤔😄 6y
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Boogajets
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“The minute you land in New Orleans, something wet and dark leaps on you and starts humping you like a swamp dog in heat, and the only way to get that aspect of New Orleans off you is to eat it off.”

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TK-421
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“Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it in, in grace and love and wit, from #peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route.” #QuotsyJan18

Leftcoastzen Love Tom Robbins! Excellent Quote. 6y
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NicoleD1
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Read multiple times. An all time favorite

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britt_brooke
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My tiny #bookhaul from Sundog Books. I controlled myself! I wanted more but I‘ve bought a lot of books lately. I picked this book based on @Shemac77 ‘s recent review! No clue when I‘ll get to it, but hopefully soon.

vivastory Robbins is a great person to follow on Twitter 6y
AmyG Great book. And thanks @vivastory. Good to know. 6y
britt_brooke @vivastory Good to know - thanks! 6y
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britt_brooke @AmyG Looking forward to reading this. It‘ll be my first book by him. 6y
Redwritinghood Love Robbins. One of my favorites. 6y
britt_brooke @Redwritinghood This will be my first time reading him. Looking forward to it! 6y
Shemac77 Please please please let me know what you think of it. I'm not sure if I fell in love with it because of life events or if it was just the perfect storm of coincidence or it's just a stupendously wonderful book. I'll private message you with all the details of said storm :) 6y
britt_brooke @Shemac77 Definitely! I plan to read it before year‘s end. And I‘d love to hear - thank you. ☺️ 6y
Suet624 I'm with @Shemac77. This was a very special book to me many years ago. I handwrote so many passages from it. Loved it. 6y
britt_brooke @Suet624 Looking forward to reading it! 6y
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Susanita
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A gray and dreary day is a perfect time to visit the wholesale book seller and see what I can find.

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Shemac77
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Pickpick

Smell, death, life, love; all covered in a technicolor dream coat. Who would've thought that those innocuous things would conspire to make a novel of such loveliness and fun? Tom Robbins at his finest. Every sentence is immaculate. I want to crawl inside his brain and see what I can find.

Lcsmcat I see so many favorites on the shelf behind the tagged book! 7y
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Shemac77
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"But the devil will bite a young girl if she gives him a spot, and he sure took a nibble of this one."

Well then....

vivastory 😈😬 7y
GlassAsDiamonds "In general, long term peace between the telegraph-station workers and the Indians was rare"...? 7y
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Shemac77
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Hi, my name is Sheila and I adore Tom Robbins.

#readeverydayeverywhere
#paramediclitten
#nslitten
#readingissexy

Well-ReadNeck Oooooh! And this one is my favorite! 7y
shawnmooney I have never read any of his stuff 7y
Shemac77 Oooh! Then I think that should change. @shawnmooney 7y
Shemac77 I'm loving it! @Well-ReadNeck 7y
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Liberty
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🎶Where it's at - I got two Tom Robbins and an Ink and Bone. 🎶

#sorrynotsorry

Megabooks Love it! 7y
Suet624 Jitterbug Perfume is my go to book. Love it. 7y
britt_brooke Perfect! 😆 7y
lauralovesbooks1 And now I'm singing. Nicely done. 7y
BibliOphelia 😂🤣 7y
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Shemac77
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Megabooks Nice! 7y
Izai.Amorim Cheers! 7y
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twohectobooks
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#anditsaugust Day 11: #startswithj

Thought I'd show you the "J" books on my Goodreads tbr. Not pictured because Goodreads uses so much space to display books now is The Just City by Jo Walton.

batsy Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary! I really enjoyed that one. 7y
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jordanerickson
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Pickpick

Hey sorry for the absence but here I am again. This book surprised me and it was enthralling and fun

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Tamarity
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1, Ontario, now in BC
2, Jitterbug Perfume
3, Narnia
4, Godfather 2 or Big Lebowski
5, Roseanne
6, Tom Waits
7, Ocean blue
8, Literary fiction? (vague, I know)
9, Tattoo & Piercing studio
10, no😼

vivastory Tom Robbins twitter account is pretty amusing. Also, I love Tom Waits. I saw him in St Louis in 2008 & it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. 7y
Suet624 Oh, you've warmed my heart mentioning Jitterbug Perfume. So, so good. And of course Tom Waits. ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
TieDyeDude I'd love to see Tom Waits live! 7y
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Jenbug68
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Weekend getaway with the hubby and found this gem in the hotel lobby's free library . Usually all you find in hotel libraries are Sue Grafton and old Readers Digest Condensed books . SCORE !!

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Jassinboots
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A book devoted to the beetroot - how could you not yourself rooted to the page at every turn? A sweet addition to the kooky corpus.

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tracyramone
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Day 3 of being laid up in bed with the baddest of bad backs. Hockey & Tom Robbins. I love him. I love this book. I'll have to play #riotgrams catch up when I'm mobile again, y'all.

ReadingVampire Hope you feel better!!! 7y
CherylDeFranceschi Feel better! Wishing you pain free! 7y
Megabooks Get well soon!! 💚💚 7y
Joybishoptx Hope you feel better soon! 7y
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