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How to Survive a Pandemic | Michael Greger

Greetings from the house of sickness!

My son went on a school trip and the gift he brought home was Covid. None of us have had it before, but we're all fully vaxxed and boostered, so it isn't *too* terrible.

I committed to entirely too many things this month. I finished the May book for #bobwhitebuddies so I'm only a book behind. I did manage to finish this month's reading for #europacollective and #KLBR. I'm behind on #beyondtheyellowbrickroad.

lauraisntwilder I didn't read my #bookspin or #doublespin, but they're both short and I DID read the one I didn't get done last month 9h

lauraisntwilder I'm only 50 pages into the #ohcanada book for this month, but so far so good! And last, but not least, I haven't started Emily of New Moon yet, but that one will be quick (and lovely). #kindredspiritsbuddyread 9h

Ruthiella Hope you all get better soon! ❤️🥴 9h

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KadaGul Hey @lauraisntwilder! I'm sorry to hear you and your family are not feeling well. 💔 Take care of yourselves and remember, the most important thing is to focus on getting better. Don't worry about anything else right now! Sending lots of positive vibes your way! 🌟 9h

Librarybelle I hope everyone feels better soon! 9h

lauraisntwilder @Ruthiella Thank you! 7h

lauraisntwilder @Librarybelle Thank you! 7h

lauraisntwilder @KadaGul ❤️ Thank you! 7h

DaveGreen7777 Hope you all feel better soon! 6h

tpixie @lauraisntwilder sorry to hear your family and you are sick. Get well soon! I‘ve got this recipe saved but haven‘t tried it yet Italian Nonna's Penicillin Soup https://thecafesucrefarine.com/italian-chicken-pastina-soup-aka-italian-nonnas-p... 31m

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

June 25,2025 Paris had a severe thunderstorm, and people were comparing the flooding to Venice.

January 1910 Paris had a severe thunderstorm and people were comparing the flooding to Venice !

History repeats itself
#EuropaEditions #EuropaCollective

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Lesliereadsalot

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Here we are at the end of June. Happy to open the discussion about Gabriele and welcome all comments. Personally I found this to be one slog of a book. I never found any of these people interesting in the slightest outside of the fact that they‘re the worst parents in history! Gabriele could have been an outstanding musician, but no, she gave up her whole career to cater to her husband. Anybody love this book? ⬇️

BkClubCare Yikes! 1d

mcctrish I know I would have liked it on audio better. I did enjoy looking up the art work mentioned and I also liked all of the interesting artists they encountered over their lives ( the petty war between Francis and Picasso made me chuckle and I loved hearing about Gabriële and Schiaparelli ) but I was maddened by Gabriële throwing away her freedom and agency on a whoring addict regardless of his talent 1d

Lesliereadsalot We‘ll be back in the fall with new Europa books. #EuropaCollective @BarbaraBB @tpixie @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Sapphire @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @JulietteReadsALot @Tamra @lauraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @willaful ⬇️ 1d

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Lesliereadsalot Anybody else who wants a tag, please let me know. Thanks @tpixie for showing us all those paintings! (edited) 1d

Deblovestoread I didn't get to Gabrielle this month but please add me to the Europa Collective tag list 1d

GatheringBooks Haven‘t finished it yet - you‘re right, this is more of a slog than the postcard. It sounds more like an art treatise and art history with all these famous names thrown in that the authors assume i know (or care) about, but i have no clue who they are - and they haven‘t really made me care at all. I googled picabia‘s art - truly amazing, but what a despicable human being. This may be a dnf for me with all the art history > memoir vibe. 1d

tpixie @mcctrish Well said! I second your comments!! I was so looking forward to this after The Postcard. I am still looking forward to the Fall Edition of #EuropaCollective 1d

Gleefulreader I am still working on this as it just doesn‘t call to me when I sit down to read (and that, in itself, says something after how engaging The Postcard was). I will likely finish only because I hate DNF, but we‘ll see. Looking forward to the fall #europacollective! 1d

BarbaraBB I was disappointed too. It felt like reading NF. I‘d much more appreciated a book about Gabriele in her role as (absent) mother than in her being the muse and inspiration to an artist I‘m not really interested in. 1d

Lesliereadsalot Gotcha! @Deblovestoread 23h

Lesliereadsalot Would any of you liked to be tagged for #EuropaCollective? @Jess_Read_This @Caryl @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Aimeesue @Cathythoughts @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @youneverarrived @Daisey @CBee 21h

CBee @Lesliereadsalot I didn‘t get to this one. Bit of a reading slump 😔 You can keep me on the list though! 19h

Daisey I appreciate the check-in, but I can‘t keep up with another readalong group. 19h

Lesliereadsalot No problem! Thanks for the RSVP @Daisey 18h

lauraisntwilder @mcctrish I did the audio... It didn't help. 🫤 10h

lauraisntwilder This was barely a novel. It was a personal family narrative and it was too long even for that. I was baffled that the name of the book is Gabriele, but they only focused on her relationship to Picabia and then end the book when their marriage is dissolving. I know they say it's because their grandfather was born, but I think it was really that there wasn't a narrative to the story and they had to stop somewhere. 10h

Lesliereadsalot We should get t-shirts made up: I made it to the end of Gabriele! @mcctrish @tpixie @BarbaraBB @lauraisntwilder @Gleefulreader @GatheringBooks 8h

mcctrish @Lesliereadsalot we sure should 8h

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 😝 48m

tpixie @lauraisntwilder yes! I wonder how others in the world feel about this book. It‘s a strong example how women lose themselves for a man-she only sees herself as a reflection of them. At the beginning of the book, they write about how she was totally obsessed with music, but maybe she was just totally assessed about getting out of her home & finding a man.She was so quick to drop everything for a man that gave her attention-even a jerk like Francis. 39m

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GatheringBooks

A Reaper at the Gates (Ember Quartet, Book 3) | Sabaa Tahir

#JuneSpecials Day 26: Can stand for #ChocPudding #ChocolatePudding but more like Chilis molten chocolate cake - paired with the third book in the Ember in the Ashes quartet which I simply devoured while in Seattle a week ago. I am not starting Book 4 yet so I can prolong my stay in Sabaa Tahir‘s world. Will get to the #CampLitsy2025 and #EuropaCollective titles first.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Oh I remember this cake from Chilis! It‘s been 15+ years… 4d

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mcctrish

Gabri�le | Anne Berest Berest

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The people Gabriële touched in her life blows my mind! Her relationship with Picabia was insane! That she was such an awful mother breaks my heart for her children, but not everyone is a good mother and what choice did G have in that day and age? Francis was such an utter twat. I loved reading AB and CB talk about their perspectives. The work they put into this ? #europacollective

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 8: The Shadow Is More Beautiful Than The Academy
🎈For the 1st time, a painter has painted something that doesn‘t represent ANYTHING. Before Picasso. Before Kandinsky.
In which Francis starts losing his vision & and seems to spend all this time in opium dens…

Rubber: by Francis Picabia

#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

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Chelsea.Poole

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

so-so

#EuropaEditions are usually hits for me but this one fell short. I also had such high hopes after loving The Postcard by the same author (one of the two). I just couldn‘t get over how selfish the titular character was presented…by her great grandchildren no less! Obsessed with her husband and they‘re both into the art scene around the turn of the century but totally uninterested in their offspring. Lots of name dropping and little parenting.

Chelsea.Poole #europacollective 1w

BarbaraBB That last sentence says it all 🤣 1w

squirrelbrain I agree entirely! 1w

Lesliereadsalot You‘d really have to be like these people to actually like these people! 1w

tpixie Well said! 1w

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mcctrish

Gabri�le | Anne Berest Berest

Cheers to The Weekend ? I‘ve got one more week of school to go ( probably only 2 days in person but who knows) I‘m still plodding along #europacollective Ch 17 - Gabriële & Francis have gone to America I continue to despise F who‘s pissed off they couldn‘t travel first class, F was going to sulk the entire crossing until most of the ship was seasick except him & an exotic dancer who put on a show every day giving him a reason to get up

tpixie Beautiful photo & view! He‘s such an ass! I switched to Les MIs for a bit- I‘m behind on both. 💜 (edited) 1w

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