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I don't know what to make of Grace: whether she's guilty or not isn't really the point. It's about the necessity of women's remaining spotless while it's accepted that men's nature (and, by a logical leap, tantamount to a right) is to fling paint about at will. I liked the domestic detail, the assertion that the sewing of hemlines is just as novel-worthy as the drawing up of battle lines. But there is still a brittleness in Atwood I can't warm to.

quietlycuriouskate This is as close as I'm going to get to a true crime story for #litsyreadingchallenge #lrc18 7y

Tamra Have you watched the mini-series too? (edited) 7y

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Traveler13

Bingo | Jeffrey B. Fuerst

My #lrc18 board.

jessberk13

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kendrastephaniekaryn

Challenges | Ben Bova

The 2018 #popsugarreadingchallenge has been posted! Has anyone seen anything about the 2018 #litsyreadingchallenge? I hope it happens again next year!

Drnkpnkprincess I just looked this over- some really great prompts I never thought of! 7y

BarbaraBB Yes there is! Check out @Jessica 7y

jessberk13 I'm working on #LRC18 prompts as we speak! 7y

kendrastephaniekaryn @jessica Yay! I can't wait! I love to plan my books out. 7y

saradxxiii Planning to try the Popsugar reading challenge next year! Already gathering a list of titles on Goodreads. I tried to do a reading challenge in 2016 and couldn‘t keep up with it. I know l‘ll do better this time! 😊💪🏻📚 7y

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jessberk13

I Challenge You! | Tracey West

It's that time of year again - starting to plan for the 2018 #LitsyReadingChallenge!! Please leave me any ideas or thoughts you have for next year!!
#LRC18 📚📚❤

Bloomingjen I don't know if you can make anything of this - I saw a private group on GR where they picked a book from every country to read - I thought that would be interesting. so maybe an author from a country from which you have never read a bo 7y

Bloomingjen that posted before i meant- find a country from which you haven't read an author 7y

PurpleyPumpkin Yay, thanks for doing this again!!👍🏽 7y

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jessberk13 @PurpleyPumpkin I'm trying to decide when to have it finished. How long to allow for planning before the new year begins? 7y

PurpleyPumpkin Good question! When did you first post last year? I can‘t remember, but it was plenty of time. Maybe by the first or second weekend in December? I think that‘s well in advance. 👍🏽 7y

KellyK Book published the year you were born. 7y

Kathrin Book with a first name in the title. 7y

BooksAtNight A book you first heard about on Litsy 7y

BooksAtNight Also, thank you for doing this again! 7y

prowlix A memoir or biography of a women of color? I'm always super excited for these reading challenges! 7y

wonga book that‘s been made into a movie 7y

Marchpane A short story collection by a POC 7y

Marchpane A book with a fruit in title 7y

Marchpane A novel based on a historical event 7y

Marchpane A book someone else read for this challenge 7y

jenniferw88 A book tied to your ancestry 7y

jenniferw88 The first book you see in a bookstore 7y

Velvetfur A book that features your favourite animal 😊 7y

Velvetfur A book by someone with the first name as yourself 😊 7y

StrayCat13 A book that's also a song title 7y

StrayCat13 Written by a Canadian or takes place in Canada 7y

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Natasha.C.Barnes

Just Kids | Patti Smith

Welp, I guess I'm finishing Just Kids today! It's been such a great book, I never expected to get so much out of it! I'm reading it for #musemonthlychallenge "celebrity memoir" and for #litsyreadingchallenge #lrc18 "about music/theatre" and thought this would be a not-boring choice--boy is it more than that! ??✨

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wonga

Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon | Peter Ames Carlin

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thumbs up for me! big chunky book with lots of nitpicky details for the big fan. more about his music and creative process than personal details but still lots i didn't know. for example: one of my favorite songs, "Gone At Last," was originally a duet with Bette Midler (who he was dating at the time) but it didn't work out and when they broke up she was replaced by Phoebe Snow! #LRC18

MemoirsForMe Who knew about Bette and Phoebe! How interesting! 😊 8y

Aleida I heard he was a bit of a dick towards women. 8y

wonga @aledia not just women I think! he comes across as being sometimes difficult and insecure and all of his relationships seem complicated. (edited) 8y

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Kalalalatja

Swing Time | Zadie Smith

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I don't really know what I feel about this book. The first 250-300 pages were so hard to get through, I didn't really connect to any of the characters and the most exciting part of the book for me were Tracey and her experience, which there were way to little about.

#MarchMadness #LRC18 #LitsyReadingChallenge

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merelybookish Smith is one of my favourite authors so I tend to give her lots of leeway. But I was disappointed by this. 8y

Moray_Reads @merelybookish i felt the same. It was like a novel with a split personality and lacked the perfect balance you usually see in hey writing 8y

merelybookish @Moray_Reads I feel like she was trying to DO something dance-like with her writing.. but it didn't work. I like that she plays with the novel form but this one did not wow me like her others have. 8y

Kalalalatja @merelybookish @Moray_Reads this was my first of her novels, and I definitely think I will pick up some of her earlier works, so glad to know there's something better by her out there 👍 8y

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bookwrm526

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn

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I have to say, I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. I am a country music fan, and I have long loved her songs though I've never been able to attend a concert. As this has a co-writer, I didn't expect it to be as clearly her voice as it was, and that's really what made it. #LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC18 #musicamdtheater @jessica (image from web)

Sace I cannot tell you how many times I've read this book. I guess I'm making myself look bad, but as a kid I would read it and as soon as it was done read it again. I was a total fan girl. I did get to see her in concert and she's amazing! 8y

Laura317 I haven't read the book, but love the movie with Sissy Spacek. 8y

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Cinfhen

Challenge Accepted: A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country | Gary Kaunonen

Here is how my bingo card looks at the end of the month! Thanks to this challenge I am choosing books I might otherwise have not read!
#LRC3 Another Brooklyn
#LRC8 Ill Will
#LRC12 Silver Star
#LRC13 Hotel on Place Vendome
#LRC16 Picture Perfect
#LRC17 Lillian Boxfish Takes aWalk
#LRC18 Born to Run
#LRC23 Witchfinder's Sister
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jessberk13

Vexingcircumstance And I didn't know about this reading challenge... 8y

TrishB Looks great 😀👍 8y

CocoReads You are rockin' this! I've got 5 more for #LitsyAtoZ and then I'm going to focus on this one! 8y

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KarenUK Killing it! 🙌🙌🙌💕 8y

kspenmoll Great!!! 🙌 8y

Lmstraubie 👏👊👏👊👏 8y

LauraBeth Nice! 😀🎉⭐👏 8y

jessberk13 Look at you go!!! 8y

saresmoore Yeehaw! I'm impressed by the small feat of compiling this list with all the appropriate hashtags, not to mention all the reading! 8y

lynneamch Wow! So cute, too! I just Finished Lillian. ❤❤❤ 8y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @TrishB @KarenUK @kspenmoll @Lmstraubie @LauraBeth I've been basing my reading choices on the boxes, which is kind of ridiculous but I've read some really good books 😊 (edited) 8y

Cinfhen Appreciate the encouragement @lynneamch @saresmoore @CocoReads I've sort of neglected the other challenges but it's only March so I still have plenty of time 😍💜☺️ 8y

CocoReads @Cinfhen that's what I'm doing. I'm pretty much only focusing on one at a time, if something I read fors more than one, that's fine but I can really only concentrate on one at a time. 8y

Cinfhen Exactly @CocoReads we have 10 months to fill the other challenges and I've found plenty of cross overs!!! 8y

Reviewsbylola Great job 👏👏 8y

LeahBergen Oooo, you're doing good! I should check out how mine is looking (I've been writing the titles down but haven't done my card). 8y

Cinfhen @LeahBergen it's fun to see those boxes fill up 😀 8y

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