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This is how you roll at the cafe with a book. Drink between you and the world you're getting into.

P.s. Please don't judge me for reading this! I just prefer books by investigative journalists!

Ok. Let the read begin. With a boba, again!!!?☝️also it doesn't help that my eldest keeps pointing at Trump's son-in-law, saying, of all names, "Johnny English!"

Ok. Who else here buys pocket sized books just so that it fits into their bag? I do. I carry a Kindle with me all times. But sometimes, I really just wanna hold a book. So I carry both...

Brushing up on current events. Manafort, Cohen, Stone. There is a cancer on the presidency and this well researched book unravels the treasonous plot of this absurd group of criminals and fame whores.

Wowser. I have always been confused by all the players in the Russia investigation and this book does a pretty good job explaining things. And making the case that Russia definitely did interfere heavily in our election in a bunch of different ways But I‘m mostly shocked at how routine all this hacking and spying is. I‘ve been very naive to this part of government, I think

Happy #caturday - we are off to a slow start around here! Have a great day! #catsoflitsy

Some scary nonfiction for Halloween night! #currentread

I confess. Sometimes I only read headlines. And I don‘t make a lot of time to watch the news. But it‘s hard to miss the Russia controversy. Roulette takes all those headlines, puts them in a logical, primarily chronological, order and compels the reader to stop and take notice. It‘s connect-the-political-dots for the average person. Sometimes it even reads like a spy novel. It‘s excellent!

Full review at www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2018

1. Stress from the ending of my summer job and getting everything ready for getting back into grad school and my school year job,plus thinking about finding an internship!
2. Seeing my school year work friends!
3.cray-on
4. Tagged: Russian Roulette
@jesshowbooks

Very informative. I learned a lot and feel much more invested in the scandal when it comes on my morning news podcasts. Starts back at the beginning of Obama's presidency, and walks through the events through shortly after Trump's inauguration. As I was listening to this while driving, Butina was arrested right after I had listened to a part mentioning her! And she was arrested for exactly what this book claims, (cont.)

Grateful to @BarbaraTheBibliophage for posting about this, which I snagged on audio from the library and flew through in a day. Incredibly well-written, informative, and disturbing. I don‘t read as much daily news as I probably should (unlike my husband, who spends about as much time reading NYT/WP, etc. articles as I do books), but the reading experience of a book like this - scary and infuriating as the content is - feels really valuable to me.

I‘m just finishing up another book on Putin, his criminal past and present, and now this library hold comes in. I may need a LOT of wine and chocolate to get through two in a row. But we NEED to know!

#booksandbooze #russianroulette #audiobook #readersresist #knowthineenemy

Today in “Why do I do this to myself?”🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
This book examines the relationship with Trump and Russia before and during the 2016 campaign. There‘s really no grand revelation that hasn‘t already gone public, but still an interesting read.

I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I am (mind you, I'm only in chapter 4). I thought of it as something to read when I was feeling particularly anti-Trump, but theres a lot of history being discussed with the events over the last decade that led up to the meddling. Very interesting- I'm learning a lot from it.

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The only thing missing in this book is a timeline/Who‘s Who for reference. It suffers without that, because it‘s so dense with details.
To that point, it‘s infinitely fact-check-able. And it‘s clear - the Russians interfered with the 2016 US election. It‘s also clear: many people in the Trump campaign had inappropriate - sometimes illegal - contacts with Russians.
And it‘s clear that an investigation is justified. We need to know all of it.

Huh... so that‘s 2 Russians who have been charged with treason over the 2016 election... to 0 Americans.
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Just finished this and still reeling. Isikoff and corn have done a great job of contextualizing the Russia involvement in the 2016 election.

So I try to keep politics out of my Litsy, because it‘s the last place on Earth that I can.
But I‘m reading this damn book, and it‘s REALLLLLLY hard not to share every infuriating, illegal, insane moment with you all 😮😫🤬

Instead I‘ll share the Table of Contents, & chapter names. I think it serves the purpose. It may also help you decide if you want to read it. (Hint: you do.)

What happens when a paranoid crook is presented with information he doesn‘t like/isn‘t favorable to him/calls into doubt one of his egotistical claims.

Took a few weeks to get to it, but I‘m starting this tonight.

Far more excited to read both of these than I probably should be. It‘s funny what can motivate some people to finally learn more about the stuff that effects their lives on a daily basis. Knowledge is power, right?

It‘s been a rough winter for my reading plans! I am finally feeling so much better and finding my stride again. I am almost done with this and it‘s a doozy. I‘m sad it‘s not getting the same level of press as Fire and Fury because this is a much better book, rooted in true reporting and sources, unlike the gossip found in Fire and Fury.

😳😳😳 This book will become one of the historical books of the era. Hard not to get angrier as you read.

Started reading this last night, and I'm riveted. We saw Corn and Isakoff on Rachel Maddow's show, yesterday, and The Housemate and I both wanted badly to read it right away. These guys can write! And what they're writing about is well-researched and documented. Engaging, horrifying, and damning.