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This Twitter post cracked me up this morning 😆 and of course we all love that her arms are full of books!📚
(Posted on Twitter by UK author Beth Morrey)

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merelybookish

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

Before I graduated, I got to see three concerts that were pretty formative experiences:
🎫Tina Turner's 1987 Break Every Rule World Tour in France
🎫The Cure's 1989 The Prayer Tour in Montreal.
🎫The Grapes of Wrath 1991Canadian tour (remember them Canucks? 😄) at a local bar (used a fake ID to get in.)
They shaped my love of live music and made me want to live somewhere with lots of concerts. Miss them! 😢
#back2school @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

TheKidUpstairs Tina Turner puts on a 🔥🔥🔥 live show. I saw her a few years ago and she absolutely slayed for two and a half hours straight. Legend. 4y

MsMelissa Holy cow The Grapes of Wrath! Now that is a blast from the past 🎸 🎶 4y

merelybookish @TheKidUpstairs Legend indeed! I was 14 when I saw her and didn't know how lucky I was! 4y

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merelybookish @Book_Fiend_Melissa They were MuchMusic staples for a year. I probably wouldn't remember them except sneaking into see them was such a big deal! 4y

wanderinglynn The Cure! 🖤🖤🖤 4y

sarahbarnes Amazing! Live music is one of the things I miss most right now! 4y

PurpleyPumpkin Ahh, I just went down a rabbit hole! Love all of these artists. I went on the hunt for this Grapes of Wrath album and found it! I have it on cassette. Wow, memories.🎼🥁🎸 4y

BarbaraBB I miss live music too. And I loved The Cure too, i always tried to dance like Robert Smith 😉 (edited) 4y

merelybookish @wanderinglynn The Cure and the Smiths for moody days! 4y

merelybookish @sarahbarnes I know! 😞 I was excited about our plans to see shows at small venues. 4y

merelybookish @PurpleyPumpkin Haha! I really loved them. I grew up in Saint John, NB so their song Backward Town really spoke to me. 4y

merelybookish @BarbaraBB Live music is one of the losses of COVID life I really feel. 😕 4y

PurpleyPumpkin I just watched on YouTube. Hadn't heard Backward Town before. I quite enjoyed it! 4y

Cinfhen So true!! I miss the live music experiences/ I saw so many concerts during my HS/ college days. Highlight was probably Michael Jackson‘s Bad tour 1987 4y

batsy Tina Turner! Oh man, how I envy you. I managed to catch The Cure when they came to Singapore in 2007 as a birthday present to myself and it remains my best present to myself 😍 4y

Cathythoughts The Cure 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 4y

merelybookish @Cinfhen Wow! MJ in his heyday! 4y

merelybookish @batsy I once indulged in a pricey ticket to see Leonard Cohen and it was the right decision! 4y

merelybookish @Cathythoughts Yep!! 4y

TrishB Missing live music so much 🎶 we paid a very lot of money to see Kate Bush‘s tour. Worth every penny. Seen The Cure and they are worth every penny too! @batsy (edited) 4y

Cinfhen Also seeing Bruce in 1985 (Born in the USA) was HUGE!!! Wham, Cyndi Lauper and KC & The Sunshine Band opened for him. Such GREAT memories 4y

merelybookish @TrishB Wow, I bet Kate Bush puts on a show! 4y

merelybookish @Cinfhen This is why I dreamed of living in a big city as a kid!! 4y

TrishB She was amazing ♥️♥️ 4y

LeahBergen The Grapes of Wrath?? Yes!! 😆😆 4y

merelybookish @LeahBergen Loved them and Spirit of the West, Blue Rodeo & Cowboy Junkies! 4y

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Cinfhen

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

The votes have been casted....we‘ve gone from Wolves to Bunnies🐰♥️📚❣️ @BarbaraBB and I are looking forward to a #Back2School #BunnyRead weekend; August 28-30 🌈Start dusting your shelves for those old yearbooks,prom & graduation photos🎓👑🥳We‘re super excited for another fun themed weekend. ALL OUR WELCOME TO JOIN🍹🎶📚🎬More details to follow....

LitsyHappenings

erzascarletbookgasm 👌 looking forward! 5y

BarbaraBB We‘re growing soft, moving from wolves to bunnies 😂. Great to be hosting with you again! 5y

erzascarletbookgasm 😂 @BarbaraBB 5y

Tanisha_A @BarbaraBB Hahaha! Like that 5y

TrishB Cool 😁 5y

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Cinfhen

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

We are so excited to introduce the 4 book selections for #Back2School #BuddyRead taking place August 28-30. Now is your chance to decide which book we‘ll head #Back2School with?
Please go to @BarbaraBB page and vote for one book ?Open to all!!! Voting ends Friday, May 22 at 12pm PST.
Thanks for all of your wonderful suggestions ??

KarenUK, DebinHawaii, Megabooks, JennyM, Hooked_on_books, peaKnit, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, britt_brooke, Kalalalatja, Kimberlone, erzascarletbookgasm, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Cuilin, CarolynM, Lizpixie, Marni, Centique, bookandcat, Balibee146, TrishB, Suet624, jenniferw88, merelybookish, Librarybelle, batsy, vivastory, bookandbedandtea, Billypar, JaclynW, squirrelbrain, BookwormAHN, Liz_M, CoffeeNBooks

Cinfhen My apologies if I left out any names....I meant to include you @Cathythoughts 😘 5y

Cathythoughts Thanks, I‘d love to read Prep ! That would be my first choice. Then Bunny 5y

Cathythoughts 👍🏻😘😘 5y

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Marni How to decide?! Prep or The Gifted School, both look sooooo good! I‘ll go with Prep because Curtis Sittenfeld write one of my favorite books 5y

Librarybelle I posted also on @BarbaraBB ‘s too - any choice is fine by me, but if I had to choose, either The Gifted School or Prep. 5y

Cinfhen Those are the two I‘m leaning towards as well @Librarybelle I‘m a little worried about Bunny....but I‘ll happily read whatever gets the most votes @Cathythoughts @Marni I loved American Wife but was not a fan of

Sisterland: A Novel

Marni @Cinfhen Eligible is one of my all time favorites. I‘ve read or listened to it at least 4 times in the last 3 years! You should check it out! 5y

Cinfhen I forgot about Eligible @Marni 🙈It IS GREAT!!!! So fun!!!! 5y

Kimberlone I vote for

Bunny

DebinHawaii I voted over at @BarbaraBB 🤗 Prep is my first choice, then Bunny. 5y

Hooked_on_books Thanks for the tag. The only one here I‘m interested in is Bunny. I‘ve read Prep and just have too many books to be rereading. It‘s good, though. 5y

CarolynM I'm honestly happy with any of them. I'm about to read Bunny for #bookspinbonanza 5y

JaclynW So many great choices! 5y

Cinfhen I‘ll be looking for your review @CarolynM it seems like BUNNY is a popular choice but I‘ve heard it‘s STRANGE!!! guess we‘ll have to wait and see @Hooked_on_books @JaclynW @DebinHawaii @Kimberlone 🐰 5y

DebinHawaii @Cinfhen Sometimes I really like strange! 🤪 5y

Hooked_on_books Strange gives us more to talk about 😬 5y

alisiakae Playing catch up, and this looks fun! Can I still sign up? 😃 5y

Cinfhen Definitely @4thhouseontheleft just go to @BarbaraBB to place your vote 😘 5y

Reviewsbylola I just started reading Matilda to my kids after great success with Charlie & the Choc Factory and its sequel. So far they hate Matilda and are begging me to bail. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂 5y

Cinfhen I‘m surprised the girls aren‘t liking Matilda @Reviewsbylola I thought they would/ I recently read this book for a challenge (#pop20 - #madeuplanguage) and I thought it would make a wonderful read for kids 👉🏽

The BFG

Reviewsbylola Florence was very into it last night. Genevieve keeps getting scared by the pranks Matilda plays on her dad and runs out of the room. 🙈 5y

Cinfhen Your girls are so cute @Reviewsbylola 💕💕 5y

Reviewsbylola I‘m so glad they‘re into chapter books now. It‘s been fun reading them some of my favorites!! 5y

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Cinfhen

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

To all who participated in Tell The Wolves I‘m Home/ Thank You!!! We love reminiscing and bonding over the good ole days. Even though summer is almost here.....we‘re thinking about #Back2School 🤪
Join us August 28-30 for our new #BuddyRead themed around school days🍎✏️🧮📓
First we need your help choosing a book set at or about a school 🏫
Share your suggestions below by May 19.
Love,
Cindy & @BarbaraBB

KarenUK, DebinHawaii, Megabooks, Hooked_on_books, peaKnit, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, britt_brooke, Kalalalatja, Kimberlone, erzascarletbookgasm, BarbaraTheBibliophage, Cuilin, CarolynM, kspenmoll, AnneCecilie, Marni, bookandcat, readordierachel, Balibee146, TrishB, Suet624, jenniferw88, batsy, vivastory, bookandbedandtea, jhod, Billypar, JaclynW, squirrelbrain, CoffeeNBooks

Cinfhen As always, ALL OUR WELCOME!!! Join us 😁 5y

DebinHawaii Ooh, count me in please. I love these creative #buddyreads 🤗Hopefully a boarding school setting. I have to go think of some suggestions! 🤔 5y

jenniferw88 Still thinking, but my obvious choice is Harry Potter 😂😂😂 5y

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bookandbedandtea A school themed book sounds fun! I agree with @DebinHawaii that one set in a boarding school would be great. Thanks @Cinfhen and @BarbaraBB for hosting these parties! 5y

Hooked_on_books I haven‘t read it yet but want to. How about

The Secret History

Cuilin @cinfhen @barbaraBB thanks for organizing the #buddyread. That was fun. looking forward to #backtoschool. 5y

merelybookish Fun! The Gifted School by Ben Lerner, Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas, the divisive Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, or my beloved

Prep: A Novel

Librarybelle Definitely count me in - still reading through Tell The Wolves I‘m Home so I can join the discussion. It truly packs a punch! 5y

BookwormAHN @vivastory I also think Bunny or If We Were Villains would be good. 5y

squirrelbrain What @merelybookish said - I loved this one!

Prep: A Novel

vivastory @BookwormAHN Great minds! 5y

squirrelbrain Thanks for hosting this #buddyread @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB - it‘s the first ‘Litsy-wide‘ one I‘ve participated in (done mini ones before) and I loved it! I‘ll have a think for more school-based books.... 5y

squirrelbrain Another option - lots of discussion points...

Never Let Me Go

KarenUK Love this idea! A book I haven‘t read but want to.....

The Go-Between

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KarenUK Also this list has some good ideas.... https://lithub.com/the-20-best-campus-novels-ranked/ 5y

Lizpixie I really loved this campus novel

If We Were Villains

TrishB Good one 👍🏻 no ideas as yet though! 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I don‘t know why this popped into my head for this question... not really school but a library.... The Library at Mount Char. I‘ll see what else I can think of...

The Library at Mount Char

bookandcat Maybe

The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work

Kimberlone

A Separate Peace

Kimberlone

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Kimberlone

The Power Of One: Popular Penguins

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Megabooks

Prep: A Novel

CarolynM I'm in! Great suggestion @bookandcat The fist book, Changing Places, is particularly good. 5y

peaKnit I‘ve not read it but enjoyed the movie ages ago, seems it would garner a lot of discussion.

Dead Poets Society

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bookandbedandtea Just in case I'm not the only person who hasn't read this yet, I nominate

The Broken Girls

JaclynW @Librarybelle I'm still reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home also. I ended up planting my garden today before my plants died instead of reading. I will catch up on the discussion soon! The book definitely packs a punch! @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB Thanks for organizing these! I love them! 5y

JaclynW I've always wanted to read this one

Speak

JaclynW And this one

Up the Down Staircase

JaclynW This one looks interesting

Bunny: A Novel

JaclynW And this one

The Swallows: A Novel

JaclynW Or maybe

On Beauty

Cinfhen I‘m enjoying all of these fabulous suggestions!! @BarbaraBB and I will collect them and then narrow them down to 5 which we will put up for a vote. Thanks for your enthusiasm!!!! It‘s your participation that makes these buddyread s so much fun @JaclynW @Librarybelle @bookandbedandtea @peaknit @CarolynM @Megabooks @Kimberlone @bookandcat @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lizpixie @KarenUK @squirrelbrain @vivastory @BookwormAHN @merelybookish @Cuilin 5y

Cinfhen See above 👆🏽🙏🏼 @DebinHawaii @Hooked_on_books @jenniferw88 ( why am I NOT surprised, Jenny 👓) 5y

jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - sorry, but please NOT Never Let Me Go - I've read it & it hits a bit close to home (transplant!) X 5y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen 😂 I did say it was obvious! 5y

jenniferw88 @Hooked_on_books @Cinfhen - just warning you that this is probably a #chunkster (559 pages)! 5y

jenniferw88 How about

Matilda

squirrelbrain Oh sorry @jenniferw88 😕 5y

Megabooks I would definitely reread

The Gifted School

jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain it's ok - you weren't to know! X 5y

Cinfhen 👍🏽 @jenniferw88 @Megabooks both @BarbaraBB and myself are interested in reading this one 👉🏽

The Gifted School

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jenniferw88 @Cinfhen it's on my 'wishlist' too to get! 5y

Billypar I'll vote for this @vivastory nomination - the Litsy description had me at "The Vegetarian meets Heathers"

Bunny: A Novel

Billypar Also... did we break the Tell the Wolves I'm Home page? It's the only Litsy page that won't load for me this morning 😁 5y

Cinfhen Hahaha!! That‘s too funny @Billypar and I too really want to read this book but I hear it‘s STRANGE

Bunny: A Novel

batsy So many good suggestions here! There are a couple of newish ones that are on my tbr

Ninth House

batsy Also this one

Catherine House: A Novel

batsy There's also this, which was very enjoyable, but it's 600+ pages I think 😁 #pagecountphobia

Skippy Dies: A Novel

batsy Ooh and this! I loved it

The Rotters' Club

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @peaknit I haven‘t read that one yet either, and I should. 5y

Cuilin @batsy Skippy dies is good. 5y

peaKnit Skippy dies, I think I even own that book. 🤗 5y

Cinfhen Skippy Dies is a good one @batsy @Cuilin @peaknit and would make for a good discussion 5y

erzascarletbookgasm I love books set in schools. So many great suggestions, can‘t wait for the voting! 5y

Cinfhen Me too @erzascarletbookgasm 😄 5y

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Birdsong28

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

#Audible Uk

@Ms_T @Andrew65 @Cathythoughts

Ms_T I‘m heading there right now, thanks for the tag! 😘 5y

Birdsong28 @Ms_T I found it through the app on the home page option. It doesn't seem to be on the website. 😘📚📖 5y

Cathythoughts Thankyou 👍🏻♥️ 5y

Andrew65 Thanks for the tag. 😊 The title‘s a bit late I went back to school last week! 😂 5y

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ShananigansReads

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

🤣🤣🤣🤣

#JustForLaughs

JulietReads He clearly doesn't want to go to school. 😆🐾 5y

Sleepswithbooks Best back to school picture I‘ve seen!!! 5y

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Melkyl

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

I am back to school tomorrow, so I am spending today doing what I love best.

Soubhiville Enjoy! 5y

Daisey Sounds like the perfect plan! Hope your school year starts off well! 5y

Melkyl @Soubhiville @Daisey thank you! 5y

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VanChocStrawberry

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

I‘ve been MIA for a while. I‘ll try to post more, but this return to traditional classroom teaching after 16 years is exhausting! The first week with students went really well and I‘m impressed by many of my 8th graders. I love this age—old enough to make some keen observations, young enough to want to please their teachers.

Eggs I love this age too💗👏🏻 5y

BookishMarginalia Welcome back to the classroom! Yours looks very nicely set up too 💪🏻 5y

Crazeedi That's awesome that you've returned to teaching! 👏🎉 5y

VanChocStrawberry Thanks!
@bookishmarginalia I have the kids in rows right now, so I can look at and memorize their faces. I hope to make groups with less traditional arrangements soon. We also get up and move, circle up and try to do things other than sit. The periods are 80 minutes, so they need to stretch and move some! :)
5y

MelissaSue81 Look at your lovely classroom library!
Glad the first week went well! 5y

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MelissaSue81

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

Getting ready for #backtoschool tomorrow. Not looking forward to the super early mornings.. but am looking forward to having a routine again.

CouronneDhiver Awww ❤️ 6y

FantasyChick I feel the same. Just got mine all ready and the wifi goes off in half an hour! Here's hoping for an easy first morning 🤞 6y

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aprilpohren

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

It's back to school today for my 6th and 11th graders. No idea where the summer went! I will be able to sneak in a bit of reading time in the mornings now after they head to school, but still sad to see them start up again.

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Lmstraubie

Back to School: School Story; The Report Card; A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements

On it's way to @kitkatdallibooks to help bring a little relaxation to the start of the school year! 🍎🍂🍁🎒😌 #teachercarepackageswap #TCPS @hermyknee @AndreaReads

kitkatdallibooks Awe 6y

hermyknee Such cute wrapping! 6y

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