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Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer | Forre Wright

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#diamond 💙💚💙

CBee Loveeee Neil. He was my daddy‘s favorite ♥️ 4d

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 4d

dabbe @CBee #ditto I was lucky enough to see him a few times in concert. What a showman! 💙💚🩵 4d

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dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙💚🩵 4d

CBee @dabbe oh wow, so lucky! His voice is the best. So soothing but also so powerful. 4d

mcctrish My mom loved Neil! I wish I could have seen him with her. She did get to a concert 4d

dabbe @CBee And when he cranks, he can crank! 🤩 4d

dabbe @mcctrish Glad she at least got to see him! 😍 4d

LiseWorks Yes, I love this singer 4d

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? 💙💚🩵 4d

CSeydel My parents had this LP! 4d

dabbe @CSeydel Now I feel old; I had the 💿! 4d

CSeydel You‘re only as old as you feel! (I‘m about 103, I think) 4d

dabbe @CSeydel 🤣👵🏻🤣 4d

CBee @CSeydel I, too, am about 103 or so 😂😂😂 4d

dabbe @CBee We grandmas have to stick together! #grandmapower #anditooshallwearpurple 👵🏻💜👵🏻 4d

Eggs I saw him live at College of St. Benedict auditorium for Homecoming 1970! So good 😊 4d

dabbe @Eggs Oh, man, that must have been something! 🤩 3d

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OutsmartYourShelf

Why Sinatra Matters | Pete Hamill

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Republished in honour of what would have been Sinatra's 100th birthday in 2015, this is a personal tribute to 'Ol Blue Eyes' himself. Although it obviously centres around the man & his career, it also covers Italian immigration into America & Sinatra's first brush with prejudice, the rise & fall of Prohibition (& by extension the Mob), & the Second World War. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf I'm not what you would call a Sinatra fan, he was more my mum's cup of tea, but I found this surprisingly interesting to read. It's fairly short at just under 200 pages but it's a good introduction if you have a longer biography about Sinatra to read (which I do).

The author was apparently a friend/acquaintance of the man before he died & his admiration & regard for Sinatra comes through his writing. 3w

OutsmartYourShelf The focus is obviously on Sinatra's music, but I was surprised that his dealings with the Kennedys & the 'Rat Pack' were not covered here & I'm still not sure what the actual truth was when it comes to certain rumoured connections. A good read though. 4🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/758408603
24th-26th Mar 2025

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#ReadYourKindle @CBee 3w

DieAReader Fantastic🎉 3w

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Leftcoastzen

I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone | Nina Simone, Stephen Cleary

The current political climate is so cruel , this mug spoke to me , hope it will help me calm down a bit . A beautiful quote for many situations, right?
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Ruthiella Love it! 1mo

TheBookHippie Love. 1mo

DGRachel I love that mug! Thank you for sharing! 1mo

sarahbarnes ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 1mo

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SilversReviews

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel | Jamie Ford

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#COVER STORIES
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@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: UMBRELLA

Such a good book. I read this in 2010.

When did YOU read it?

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/m89byma2

Eggs Love this book and this author 💙☂️💜 1mo

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Ruthiella

Jazz | Toni Morrison

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Bingo! #OffMyShelf “By a BIPOC author”

Possibly next to “Tar Baby”, the least trauma inducing novel from Morrison so far. Yes, bad things happen, but I also found this book to be a celebration. It‘s about a love triangle gone wrong and a murder, the historical wounds of those involved, but also about hope and love; a love note to New York City and the flowering of Black American culture in the mid 20th century.

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wanderinglynn Yay! 🎉You are rocking it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

Ruthiella @wanderinglynn It‘s so satisfying see the board fill up! 😃 2mo

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Ruthiella @TreenaReads 😊 2mo

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The Dollhouse: A Novel | Fiona Davis

I loved the back and forth perspective/years. And the plot! Well done!

#snowflake #snowflakes #papersnowflakes

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BookNAround

Rhode Island Red | Charlotte Carter

I can‘t seem to settle on my next book so I‘m going to see if a mystery will draw me in enough to stick with it.

LoverOfLearning Such a cool cover! 2mo

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Ruthiella

Jazz | Toni Morrison

#WhereAreYouMonday

Today I find myself in 1920s New York City. Optimism is in the air. The war to end all wars is over and Black Americans have more opportunity than ever in the North.

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TheBookHippie One of my favorite Morrisons! 2mo

Ruthiella @TheBookHippie I‘m on a mission to read all her novels! 2mo

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella oh I can‘t wait to see what your favorites are!! I‘ve read them all. 2mo

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Ruthiella @TheBookHippie I don‘t know if any will top Beloved, the only one I‘ve read twice (so far). After this one I have four more to go. 2mo

Ruthiella @TheBookHippie Do you have a favorite? Or top three? 🤔 2mo

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella The Bluest Eye, Jazz & Song of Solomon. 2mo

Billypar I really liked this one, though Beloved is at the top of my list too. Paradise is my 2nd favorite. The Bluest Eye is on my shelf so will finally read it this year. 2mo

Ruthiella @Billypar Paradise will come after Jazz because I also own a copy. That‘s encouraging to hear it is a favorite of yours. I read The Bluest Eye in the ‘90s, so I really need to revisit it. 2mo

Reggie I love Beloved sooooo much. But there are a couple of passages about a mom and then another about a sofa from The Bluest Eye that come back to me over and over again. 2mo

Ruthiella @Reggie Beloved gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. I definitely need to re-read every thing up to then, however, because it‘s been 30 years since I first read them and I have very little memory of plot or scenes. 2mo

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