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boozybookworm
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AMEN...

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 3d
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Faranae
The Enemies of Books | William Blades
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Panpan

I emerge from lurk to diss this bibliophilic classic. What the summaries, wikipedia, and most reviewers don't tell you is that Blades was a Caxton-obsessed misogynistic prick, and his book is mostly hearsay and hyperbole. It wasn't a waste of my time because I tracked down some anecdotes that are now presented as verified facts and cleared up some history, but I did spend a long time wanting to slug the man.

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Jerdencon
The Library Book | Susan Orlean
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Im sure some of you have been there but I was just in the Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal which is dubbed one of the most beautiful book stores in the world - cost 10 euro to get in but it was beautiful. The rumor (which isn‘t true) is that JK Rowling based her Hogwarts library on it bc she had lived in Porto. Even though it‘s not true - still fun to pretend and appreciate how pretty this little store is. 💕📚

Librarybelle Wow! 4d
Ruthiella Beautiful! 🤩 4d
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JulietteReadsALot
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Pickpick

Fun little cartoon collection around the theme of books and literature.
Perfect palate cleanser for relaxing. Of course, some are better than others, but I'm always impressed by the imagination it takes to create so many vignettes.

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JenniferEgnor
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Pickpick

This was a delightful book. (Aren‘t books about books always)? We tend to think of a library as a place with windows, doors, walls, cards, and other things. But what if some of them aren‘t so obvious—what if you have to search for them? What if they move around mysteriously from place to place, becoming accessible to multiple communities? This book is full of fascinating places that house books. My personal favorites: Kurkku Fields (Japan)⬇️

JenniferEgnor and Norway‘s ‘Future Library‘ (these books not to be opened until 2114). We we survive that long, or will the books outlive us? 6d
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ncsufoxes
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#WDNCW that I bought 4 books last week while on vacation & came home to 2 more that I had ordered before we left. The TBR pile grows bigger. Trying to focus more on reading & learning rather than being on social media & watching the sh!t show.

Aims42 Were the 2 books you ordered ahead of time pre-orders? Those definitely don‘t negatively impact you 😆 Either way, I fully support you in this “we don‘t care” post because readers gonna read 🤓 And to quote Sebastian from ‘The Little Mermaid‘, “The human world is a mess” 🦀🧜🏻‍♀️🔥 1w
KadaGul @Aims42 Nailed it 🎯 1w
TheBookHippie I keep buying books!!!! 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
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TheBookHippie @Aims42 oh I‘m using this 🤣 1w
ncsufoxes @Aims42 they were not but one I‘ve been trying to find (All in Her Head) & a book by Jill Lepore. But I was ordering a cookbook that I had found at the library & wanted to buy a copy for home. So that was my justification to buy 2 more books. The books I bought on vacation were my souvenirs, 3 of the 4 were also signed by the authors. I did give my sister a pile of books, so I got a few out of the house. 1w
Aims42 @ncsufoxes Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice 😎 #justified 1w
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🥳👌🏼📚💝. 1w
dabbe OMG! Beyond L😍VE this!! I embrace the extra books and escapism from it all! #youdoyou! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w
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KCofKaysville
The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
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Starting a book of historical fiction about a woman passing for white in a racist time.

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Cortg
The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
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Mehso-so

While I appreciated learning about JP Morgan‘s personal librarian, Bella da Costa Greene, and her rise to becoming an acclaimed art collector, I didn‘t love this read. I was kinda bored throughout the story. Maybe it was the writing. I am intrigued to do some googling on her, her father, Richard Greener, and I would like to visit the Pierpoint Morgan Library on my next trip to NYC. So overall it was a worthwhile read but not a love.

ChaoticMissAdventures I found this of most Marie Benedict books unfortunately. This one is the only one I finished. She picks the most interesting women but then for me, her books always fall flat. I am glad though that she helps bring lesser known women more attention. 2w
TheBookHippie @ChaoticMissAdventures I can‘t read her AT ALL 😵‍💫 2w
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Tamra I really enjoyed this one 2w
Cortg @TheBookHippie @Tamra Thanks for the recs! I would like to read something else about her. The Personal Librarian is our book club choice this month. 2w
Cortg Thanks!!! @tpixie 2w
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Teresereading
The Little Library | Margaret McNamara
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Popped over to beautiful Bruny Island for a couple of nights. Surprised to see so many tourists in the middle of winter.
They have 6 little libraries on the island, made by the Men's Shed. I've visited 5 and will swing by no.6 on the way to the ferry.

Cupcake12 This is lovely, we don‘t have many of these in the UK. 2w
hannah-leeloo We have any? @Cupcake12 😱 2w
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BarbaraJean
The Library at Night | Alberto Manguel
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I loved this. Manguel writes about being a reader in ways that are so relatable, even though I‘m pretty sure his reading is much more erudite than my own! Starting with reflections on setting up his own library, Manguel uses each chapter to examine a different aspect of libraries—the library as myth, as order, as space, as imagination, and so on. He brings together historical tidbits about personal and national libraries with his own reflections⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …on reading and the collecting of books. Sprinkled throughout are related photos that made me add to my aspirational list of libraries and bookish sites to visit someday. And, naturally, several more of Manguel‘s books about reading have now been added to my TBR. This fulfills # 7 for my #50x50 challenge: a book about books/reading. And, it was my May #BookSpin. @TheAromaofBooks 3w
TheBookHippie I personally think Netanyahu is pure evil, simultaneously I am so tired of people blaming all Jewish people for Palestine. People have lost the ability of nuance and the ability to contain multitudes. I give to Hadassah, I want the hostages home, I weep for what happened Oct 7. I also give to WORLD KITCHEN and aid to feed Gaza. I worry for the women & children there. I‘m so tired of people being on one side. No one wins in war but the oligarchs. 3w
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie I think you meant to post this for the Beinart book, but YES to all of this. Complexity abounds in all of this and SO MUCH nuance is needed. When people conflate Judaism as a whole—or all Jewish people—with the current government of Israel, it completely flattens that nuance. It is possible to both be heartbroken about October 7 and the destruction of Gaza. Any person of decency should be able to see the horror of both. (edited) 3w
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TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean ha. OY VEY yes!!!! Ooops. 3w
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie 😂 I knew what you meant! 😁 3w
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3w
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