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keithmalek

'Stand By Me' is the only song with its own fan club. It's true. There's a whole group of people who scour the world for different versions of the song and have meetings where they play newly discovered versions, discuss the lyrics and drink a toast to Ben E. King.

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keithmalek

A joke:

How do you know when there's a bodhran player at your front door?

The knocking gets faster and faster.

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keithmalek

And there's a woman climbing over chairs, taking pictures of every conceivable object at every conceivable angle...so she's obviously American.

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keithmalek

He's upset a few along the way too, as does anyone willing to put their head above the fray.

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LitStephanie
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Pickpick

Damning account of how the English government suppressed Ireland's economy for centuries, then victim blamed them when the famine happened and mostly refused to help. Lots of quotes from respected English officials expressing anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigotry and occasionally coming right out and publicly stating the famine was a fortuitous way to bring down the unsustainable population. Good but long and repetitive.

TheBookHippie I have this on my list to read. 5mo
LitStephanie @TheBookHippie I listened to the audio but would have preferred print to be able to skip ahead on repetitive parts. 5mo
Texreader I read another book about this and it just infuriated me!! I‘ll have to stack this one too. 5mo
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TheBookHippie @LitStephanie I can‘t do audio -so it‘ll be print! 5mo
LitStephanie @Texreader which one did you read? 4mo
LitStephanie @TheBookHippie that should be better. 4mo
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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our home library:

📖 The Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution by Frank O'Connor

2010 review: ★★★★★

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Cuilin
HEART, BE AT PEACE. | DONAL. RYAN
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#CampLitsy25

@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

My nominations for camp Litsy. There were so many to choose from!!

Suet624 These look great!!! 7mo
squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 7mo
Amiable I‘m reading “Dream Count” right now —love Adichie! 7mo
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Cuilin @Amiable I love Adichie too. 7mo
BarbaraBB A new Ryan, I had no idea! And Allende, wow!
7mo
Deblovestoread Great choices! 7mo
Megabooks That Deviants cover is drawing me in. Love some good queer lit! 7mo
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MeJeMiller
The Lost Letters of Aisling | Cynthia Ellingsen
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Pickpick

I liked 98% of this book. Didn‘t like Rainey‘s “romance” cause it felt Hallmark-y and unnecessary and her open ended ending. I hated how there was so much left open in the modern timeline. I loved how the dual timelines were handled, the friendships and love. There are parts of this where I wish some things were fleshed out at the end. But generally liked it

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Culture Smart! Ireland | John Scotney
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Being in a reading slump means I'm still "in Ireland" for #foodandlit but since my guy is playing pickleball, the pup is content to lounge with me, and today's scrolling doesn't feel so doom-y, I'm going to finish my Ireland Overview with some Irish Pub ambiance on the screen.

Catsandbooks Enjoy at your own pace! 💚 7mo
TheBookHippie 💚 7mo
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