Litsy

Dear Dickhead: A Novel | Virginie Despentes

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This book caught my eye when I was book shopping with @Rissreadswithcats & when I read the blurb I decided to buy it. A French epistolary novel that starts with a derogatory social media post. Addiction and recovery, #metoo and the pandemic feature in this guns-blazing, disturbing read.

Rissreadswithcats I ended up getting a copy. Such a great title! 19h

Ruthiella I‘ve read another title from her. She‘s definitely an edgy writer. 17h

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Reggie

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell

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What a book of horror. I‘m not a parent but sometimes I wonder how ya‘ll let your children out into the world. We follow Vanessa in alternating timelines. In 2017 set against the #MeToo movement where she‘s following all the allegations against a former high school English teacher. In 2000 where she‘s 15 and enters a sexual relationship with that teacher. In 2017 she‘s barely coming to realize that she herself was a victim. This was sad and 👇🏼

Reggie enraging. The amount of gaslighting that the teacher used against her. Omg. There‘s a lot to be said about intuition in here. How we should listen to that internal voice especially when it‘s trying to tell you something is wrong. This was tough to read but it was so well written. Pick! 2w

Ruthiella I also thought this book was horrifying but entirely plausible. 2w

AmyG I bailed. I just couldn‘t. 2w

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Jas16 Horrifying subject matter but I thought the book did a great job telling the story. 2w

5feet.of.fury It was so well done. 2w

quietlycuriouskate The way she persisted in romanticising what happened to her was so chilling! 😦 2w

CoverToCoverGirl Disturbing story but well written. It was a pick for me too! 2w

Reggie @Ruthiella totally, the last few years I lived in Las Cruces there was like 4 cases of this in 2 years. In one case, a coach blackmailed a gay student into sex saying he would out him to his family if he didn‘t comply. 2w

Reggie @AmyG I totally understand. I think this would be uncomfortable for alot of people. 2w

Reggie @Jas16 @5feet.of.fury @CoverToCoverGirl Yeah, this author is one to watch. She had such balance here, and she doesn‘t baby the reader. I thought she was great. 2w

Reggie @quietlycuriouskate yes! I think she says to people a couple of times-but he loves me. Even when she‘s talking to the therapist saying that if she is a victim then what does she have from all those years. Ughhh so sad. 2w

Rissreadswithcats I have this on my shelf but it‘s never been the right time to start it. I‘ll get to it someday. 6d

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power | Sonia Purnell

One of my favorite things about my neighborhood is spring, we have over a thousand cherry blossom trees and it makes my daily neighborhood walks a total pleasure.

Listening to the tagged, at the point where Pamela is making friends with Kick Kennedy and trying to stay clear of the gross Ambassador Kennedy. Would have loved to have seen him go through #MeToo

ChaoticMissAdventures The women around Pamela are brutal. The Mitfords loudly calling her fat, others spreading rumors of her being "fast" I am excited to see how she rises. 2w

Karisa 😍 2w

Bookwormjillk Love these cherry trees. Walking under them when they‘re in bloom is like walking through a pink tunnel. 2w

mcctrish Oh how I envy your spring flower walking ( I will get there at some point but it feels like forever ) 2w

kspenmoll Gorgeous!!! 2w

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dabbe

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

#camplitsy25
Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

For your humble consideration. 😊

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 2w

GatheringBooks A stephen king title!!! Nice! 💕 2w

Bookwormjillk I forgot the Stephen King is coming 2w

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BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 2w

Suet624 Ooh, a stephen king! That would be new for camplitsy. 2w

AmyG I also forgot about Stephen King. (edited) 2w

peaKnit Good picks! I have that King preordered on audio, can‘t wait! 2w

mcctrish Everything tuberculosis is on my TBR ❤️❤️ 2w

Meshell1313 Ooh these all sound amazing! 🤩 2w

Kitta Ooo I added the sirens too! 2w

Deblovestoread Oooo, I bet Odyssey is fantastic! 2w

dabbe @squirrelbrain TY! 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @GatheringBooks 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I got your back! 🤩🤣😍 2w

dabbe @BarbaraBB YW! 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @AmyG You have stunned me to my knees. 🤩🤣😍 2w

dabbe @peaKnit TY! 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @mcctrish #metoo 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @Meshell1313 🤩🤣😍 2w

dabbe @Kitta #greatminds 💙💚🩵 2w

dabbe @Deblovestoread IKR? 💙💚🩵 2w

Megabooks I have to say after reading Tuberculosis that I like John's nonfiction more than his fiction. It was very thought-provoking. Thanks for nominating it and the others!

See What I Have Done

dabbe @Megabooks I've seen enough on the Vlog Bros to know that it is his PASSION! 🤩 2w

AmyG @dabbe HA! 2w

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#coverstories
#sea
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one 🧜‍♀️ 4w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #metoo Your hair shade matches Ariel's. ♥️🧜‍♀️🩵 4w

Eggs Sweet 🧜🏻‍♀️ 4w

dabbe @Eggs ♥️🧜‍♀️🩵 4w

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DebinHawaii

Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

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#Read2025

Finished today for #SheSaid March & it‘s one of those books you can‘t really like because it‘s so damn frustrating especially in our current world but it also an important read. I missed Manne‘s previous book Down Girl but I understand that this book builds & expands on it & focuses on male entitlement & how patriarchy “punishes women for not giving men the moral goods to which they are, by the terms of our social contract entitled.”⬇️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, DieAReader

DebinHawaii … Published in 2020, the examples like the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, incel gun rampages, and the #MeToo movement are still relevant in 2025 since little has changed & we have even gone further backwards in some respects. Still reading this book, spreading the message & most importantly acting on it are the only ways to bring about change. 1mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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Leniverse

BIRDING. | ROSE. RUANE

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Misleading. At the end one of the women is still unaware that the collision has taken place. So many words saying so little in this book. I didn't connect with the characters at all, as they didn't seem real or realistic. This must be on the #WomensPrize longlist for its #MeToo topic and not for its prose, plot, or characters. The last 3rd had character development and nuance around consent, perception, and self that saved it from the pan.

BarbaraBB I am in no hurry to read it 1mo

squirrelbrain Great review! 1mo

Leniverse @BarbaraBB I can't imagine it will be shortlisted. 1mo

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dabbe

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#5JoysFriday
@debinhawaii (thanks for the tag 😘)

1. First day of spring??? Our forecast for next week is in the 90s!!! This comic is my positive way of TRYING to look at it. 😅
2. Wordle in ONE today! Time for a lottery ticket! 🤩
3. Been on an 80s nostalgia kick lately. If interested, here's a fun one: https://www.boredpanda.com/things-everyone-had-80s/
4. Pip getting her head caught through the gate. 🤣
5. Matt, K & P. 🩵
All are tagged! 🤗

Deblovestoread Loved my Spirograph back in the day 😀 1mo

Leftcoastzen Central Az is one of the few places we are not happy that it is spring! 1mo

AmyG Whoa -on wordle. Congrats! 1mo

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dabbe @Deblovestoread #metoo ... also my Lite Brite! 🤩 1mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #amensista! 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1mo

dabbe @AmyG @AmyG The sometimes benefit of starting with a new word every day. 1mo

ShelleyBooksie Oh Pippa!! ♡♡♡ 1mo

Mollyanna Poor Pippa 🐶💕🐶 1mo

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie She has a huge head, too! No idea how she got it through, but it was fun getting her to back out! 🤣 1mo

dabbe @Mollyanna She is a pip!!! 🤩 1mo

mcctrish Can‘t wait for summer I bet 🥵 poor Pippa and congrats on Wordle 🎉 1mo

Lesliereadsalot Wordle in 1! Way to go!! 🩷 I loved my Spirograph. (edited) 1mo

dabbe @mcctrish Canada's looking lovely in the summer. 🤩 1mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Total luck. I loved my Spirograph, too! And Lite Brite. 🤩 1mo

peaKnit Pippa! lol! 1mo

dabbe @peaKnit She is the pippiest! 🤩 1mo

Read4life Oh, Pip!! 💙🐶💙 1mo

dabbe @Read4life 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo

Jari-chan 💖💖💖 1mo

kspenmoll OMG 90s?! I know where you live but… Meanwhile with wind it‘s 14 degrees here now but should get in 40s later. Wind cold & fierce here… isn‘t it said “ in March the wind blows?” 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 1mo

dabbe @Jari-chan 🩵💙🩵 1mo

dabbe @kspenmoll Also “In like a lion, out like a lamb“ ... at least where you are. It's the total opposite here. I'm already looking forward to October. 🤣 1mo

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dabbe

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#coverstories
#bridge
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Bridge song favorite. And group, too.

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1mo

TheBookHippie Love 1mo

kspenmoll 💕💕 1mo

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CoffeeNBooks Great album! I have this on vinyl and cd! I think I still have the 8- track also. 😁 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie #metoo 1mo

dabbe @kspenmoll 🩵💙🩵 1mo

dabbe @CoffeeNBooks I love their GH album, too. In fact, I think I need to give it a listen! 🤩🤣🤩 1mo

Lesliereadsalot It‘s of absolutely no importance, but I was just talking today with someone about the fact that I once went on a date with Art Garfunkel‘s brother, Jerry. And there‘s your album cover! Such a coincidence. 1mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Wowza! How cool is that? What was he like! Did he look like Art? I could ask you a ton of questions now! 🤩 1mo

Lesliereadsalot He did look like Art but he had glasses. He kept name dropping which I didn‘t like at all. One date was enough for me! 1mo

CoffeeNBooks @dabbe I have that on vinyl and cd also! 1mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤩🤣🤗 1mo

dabbe @CoffeeNBooks #youseriouslyrock 🤩🤗🤩 1mo

Eggs Just listened to this 2 weeks ago 🩵👌🏼 1mo

dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 1mo

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