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Liz_M
14 Weeks | Jessica Gadziala
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I haven't changed this stack for a few days, so this is it, this is my stack for #14Books14Weeks!

A few for pride month, a few for Women in Translation month, half are #1001Books and more than half are for #192025

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sarahbarnes I Who Have Never Known Men is so good! I really liked Trust, too. 5d
Liz_M @sarahbarnes I was so intrigued by the title of I Who Have ... and then it got some Litsy love. Also Trust, because NYC setting. (edited) 5d
Ruthiella Good strategy to have a couple shorter titles to balance out the longer ones! 5d
ncsufoxes I liked Trust, I started Martyr! (really liked it) but I had to return it to the library & haven‘t gotten back to it. 5d
Liz_M @ncsufoxes Marytr! might be the book that has been recommended to me the most! 5d
BarbaraBB I still haven‘t read and do want to read 5d
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Daisey
The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison
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Pickpick

Toni Morrison is a master at describing the most devastating and heartbreaking stories with wonderful language, and to hear this one in her voice added to that. Some of her books strike me much more than others and this is one of stronger. The switching perspectives and sometimes backwards storytelling were somewhat confusing, but they all had purpose and are worth the effort to follow.

#audiobook #1001books #Reading1001
#TBRTakedown May 2025

TheBookHippie One of my favorite reads … 6d
nikamavrody Who published it? BTW there‘s a writeup of Namwali Serpell‘s “On Morrison” recently in https://people.com/on-morrison-cover-reveal-exclusive-11729512 5d
Daisey @TheBookHippie I don‘t think I could ever call it a favorite, but it‘s definitely a powerful read. 5d
TheBookHippie @Daisey I read it as a late teen and again as an adult more than once. 5d
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Daisey
The Blind Owl | Sadegh Hedayat
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Panpan

This was not the book for me. It‘s a strange, dark story with repetitive scenes from the perspective of a narrator frequently in an opium haze. At least that‘s how it seemed to me. I also think I missed aspects due to differences of culture & translation. I feel there‘s much more symbolism than I‘m aware of.

📷: Gandalf kept me company during my #HammockReading this evening.

#translated #1001books #Reading1001 #TBRTakedown April 2025

AlaMich What a sweet face! 😻 7d
Leftcoastzen What a cutie! 😻 7d
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 7d
Daisey @AlaMich @Leftcoastzen @Ruthiella Thanks all! He can be pretty adorable when he wants to. 6d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6d
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AshleyHoss820
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People of the 1800s must have been GAGGED when this book came out. Wells takes aim at several societal institutions, which may be why it‘s hard to nail down a central theme. Also, it‘s hard to escape the times in which this book was written. That said, I think it‘s a scathing indictment of “civilized” people. For all your pretenses at being better than anyone else, your behavior is no better than an animal‘s. 245/1,001 #1001Books

vivastory One of my favorites 2w
AshleyHoss820 @vivastory Mine as well! I always think about the duality of man and how we‘re not as civilized as we think we are. ☺️ 2w
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AshleyHoss820
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What if you killed someone? What if no one knew the crime had been committed yet? With an axe hanging like a pendulum over his head (will it land, will it miss?), our narrator returns home after killing a one-night stand. How does one deal with this internal knowledge? What does it reveal about oneself? 244/1,001 #1001Books

tpixie Wow! 2w
Daisey This is a 1001 title I don‘t recognize, but now I‘m intrigued. 2w
BarbaraBB I‘ve been looking for this book for years but never found a copy! 2w
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AshleyHoss820 @Daisey It was an interesting read! The narrative style takes some getting used to! 2w
AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB I am almost certain I found it on ThriftBooks! My copies are always in English if that makes a difference to anyone. ☺️ 2w
BarbaraBB Lucky you. I haven‘t been able to find an English copy! 2w
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Liz_M
All Your Children, Scattered | Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
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Not a bad #BookSpinBingo month. I finished the tagged for #FoodandLit, #Rwanda. The Book Censor's Library was my #DoubleSpin and also fits #OffMyShelf - #InvolvesBooks; The Colour and Dance on the Volcano were for #192025; Indigenous Pacific Islander anthology worked for #FictionalTraveler and was my #BookSpin. There are a couple of #1001Books, and several for a global reading project.

Most importantly, I have two bingos!

Suet624 Nice! 3w
Ruthiella Bingo! 🤩 3w
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Daisey
Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
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Mehso-so

I had a hard time with this book. It did not hold my attention well through long sections, then something rather bizarre or violent would happen and I‘d get caught up in the story again for a while. It also took a long time to get the characters straight.

When I finished, I did listen to a podcast episode that discussed a few aspects and gave me a bit more to think about. (Link in comments)

#audiobook #LMMAdjacent #1001books

BarbaraJean This was underwhelming to me, for the same reasons you mention. Thanks for sharing that podcast episode--I'll have to check it out. 1mo
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Daisey
Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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I‘m a bit late starting, but I got caught up listening to the first few chapters of The Mill on the Floss while taking a walk with Luthien today. I‘m not sure what I think of these two siblings yet, but I‘m looking forward to seeing where this goes.

#HashtagBrigade #audiobook #1001books

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Tamra 😘 1mo
ElizaMarie Awe beautiful walk with a lovely companion 💛💛💛 1mo
kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary!!!! 1mo
Daisey @kspenmoll Thank you!! 1mo
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Daisey
The Colour: A Novel | Rose Tremain
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Parts of this book were bleak and I was almost constantly listening with a slight feeling of dread about what might be about to happen, but I also enjoyed it. It actually ended on a more hopeful note than I expected through most of the story. I felt it described the setting of 1860s New Zealand and the gold rush very well.

#ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #NewZealand #audiobook #1001books #TBRTakedown

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Liz_M
The Odyssey | Homer
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A fair amount of reading was done in March. While many books are in the 3-star range, I did really enjoy The Odyssey (read over two months). I finished ny #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin, read a couple of books for #192025, read two books set in big cities for #FictionalTraveler, a couple of #1001Books, and I even got a Bingo.

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2mo
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