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xicanti
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Throwback to last night, when I fried up some leftovers to go with another chunk of WINTER. I loathe winter, fully and completely, but these essays are fascinating. Adam Gopnik delves into how and why people engage positively with winter, with a hefty emphasis on how many of those who romanticize it are winter tourists who have the option to leave it when it gets a bit rough, or people who equate suffering with virtue.

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Rome753
A Collection of Essays | George Orwell
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Next up for reading

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anushareflects
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Pickpick

A cultural critic‘s essay collection that is titled “Against Everything” is an immediate buy for me. A truly thought provoking and boundary pushing read, with some great insights and perspectives by the Stanford professor, author and cultural critic Mark Greif. Read my full review on anushareflects.wordpress.com. Essays dwell on themes of exercise, experience, reality TV, war, and much more.

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kspenmoll
Gratitude | Oliver Sacks
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#5JoysFriday

1) Mark Twain House sponsored a book interview with Michael Luo author of Strangers in the Land- my family joined in the event.
2)coffee!!!!! & poetry!!!!!
3) kitties!!!!
4) iris blooming in my yard
5) lily of the valley in my yard
#nature #coffee #poetry #family #catsoflitsy

Suet624 My lilies of the valley have spread like crazy this year! It‘s fine with me because I love their smell 6d
dabbe 💚💜💚 6d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 6d
OrangeMooseReads Love lily of the valley! 6d
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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture by Seamus Heaney

2013 review: ★★★★★

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Andrea313
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This poor Old Man has had a rough day healthwise, and while he doesn't feel up to being cuddled outright, he's happy to have me near. 🥹 Closing out the night with this wonderful (so far) read and a little extra love for my #ColeCat. #CatsOfLitsy #CurrentlyReading

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w
Texreader ♥️🐈‍⬛♥️🐈‍⬛ Hoping he‘s back to tip top shape soon. 2w
Bookwormjillk 😻😻😻 2w
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Andrea313 @Texreader Thank you! He's doing better today, thankfully. 🙏❤️ 2w
bookishbitch Sending healing vibes his way! 1w
Andrea313 @bookishbitch Thank you! ❤️ 1w
RaeLovesToRead If he is open to a kiss on the nose, send him one from me 💙 1w
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Jari-chan
Authority: Essays | Andrea Long Chu
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Next round in my #bookishmonopoly journey! I got Random.org and put all my To Read books in a huge wheel thingy. It chose Authority by Andrea Long Chu which is totally a #blameitonLitsy 😁
I preordered the audiobook and can't wait to get it.

@AkashaVampie

kspenmoll What fun!!! 2w
Jari-chan @kspenmoll It really is! 2w
AkashaVampie Awesome job with doing a wheel. 2w
MemoirsForMe Love your #BookishMonopoly board! Looks like a great read too. Yay! 🙌🏻 2w
Jari-chan @AkashaVampie & @MemoirsForMe Thank you both 💖 2w
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monalyisha
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I wasn‘t confident about my choices, so I never posted it…but here‘s my April #ReadingBracket2025.

I‘m thinking about it now because I‘m musing about May‘s selection. I‘ve been reading Idle Grounds & just loving it. I‘m only a few pages from the end — really dragging my feet on the conclusion. What if I‘m somehow disappointed?

Anyway, my choice for April is John Green‘s The Anthropocene Reviewed. Eminently listenable! 🎧

Mantel is still ahead.

Berry.Villain Where can I get the blank copy? 2w
monalyisha @Berry.Villain It‘s from @CSeydel — you may need to scroll through her posts quite a bit. I think she likely posted it towards the beginning of the year. 2w
CSeydel @berry.villain I tagged you in the post but then I remembered I could post a direct link to it! Here it is in case anyone else is looking: https://litsy.com/p/TXdoWG1rQWx3 2w
CSeydel If I could wish for one upgrade to Litsy it would be the ability to search a hashtag on a specific user profile 2w
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AvidReader25
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Hanif‘s poetry and essays have a way of cutting straight to your heart without you realizing it. On the surface he‘s talking about music and critiquing concerts he‘s attended. But when you dig deeper, he‘s processing his life events: deaths, exclusion, crushes, and so much more. He‘s walking us through the ways music can make us feel connected to both ourselves, who we‘ve been in the past, and the people who have helped shape us. It‘s beautiful.

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