Litsy

Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror | Jeffrey Goldberg

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There was a lot of info here. Luckily, Goldberg writes in a very engaging, witty, and humorous way; other wise it would've read like a dry history text. The individual POVs from each side were interesting and enlightening and sometimes frustrating. Overall, a very worthy read.

This completed a second bingo for the month; yayyy!

79/62

#BookSpinBingo #MountTBR #ReadAway2024

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader Excellent!🎉🎉 2d

TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 😊😊 2d

TheAromaofBooks Great review!! 2d

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TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks Thank you 😊 2d

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2d

TheBookgeekFrau @Andrew65 🧡🤎 1d

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julieclair

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I‘m hosting a new challenge for 2025, #FictionalTraveler . Through the magic of books, we‘ll be traveling to different locations throughout the world. Choose your own book, based on the monthly prompt. Personally, I‘ll be reading books I already own, in my never-ending quest to tackle #MountTBR .

Very low key. When you finish your book each month, just post a review using the #FictionalTraveler hashtag, and tag me. ⬇️

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julieclair Feel free to dip in and out throughout the year. I‘ve created a StoryGraph challenge for those who would find it helpful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/eebba389-4e05-42f3-b771-b413425... 7d

kspenmoll I am in! This sounds fun! Thank you! 7d

julieclair @kspenmoll Yay!!! 7d

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majkia Sounds like fun 7d

dabbe I bet I can find a few on my TBR to fit these interesting prompts! Thanks! 🧡🍁🤎 7d

julieclair @majkia Hooray! I‘ll add you to the tag list. 😃 7d

julieclair @dabbe Glad you‘re joining us! 😀 7d

Deblovestoread Oh, I like this. Will likely dip in and out. 💜 7d

PuddleJumper Sounds fun! 7d

LiseWorks Oh this sounds good, I think I'll join on 7d

Read4life Love this! 6d

julieclair @Deblovestoread Glad to have you with us whenever it works for you! 😘 6d

julieclair @PuddleJumper @Read4life Yay! I‘ll add you both to the tag list. 😃 6d

julieclair @LiseWorks Glad to have you with us! 😀 6d

Sace Thanks for the Storygraph link! I‘ll try to read for a couple of the prompts. 6d

BarbaraBB Great idea! I‘m in! 6d

TheAromaofBooks Ooo I love it!! 6d

Enchanted_Bibliophile Sign me up! I love to do prompt challenges 6d

Amiable Sounds fun! Just added to my StoryGraph profile (edited) 6d

DogMomIrene Ohh, love this idea. I recently joined Story Graph, so this is the first challenge I added. What a cool format for actually tracking books I‘d like to read within a challenge. 6d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage This sounds so fun ❤️ 📚 I‘m in! 5d

julieclair @Sace @Amiable @DogMomIrene Glad y‘all are joining us here and on StoryGraph too! I really enjoy using SG. I find it so helpful for keeping track of books I want to read for various challenges. 5d

julieclair @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Yay! So glad y‘all are with us! 5d

bthegood Adding to my storygraph, thx 🙂 5d

Cuilin Sounds fun!!! 4d

julieclair @bthegood @Cuilin Hooray! So glad y‘all are joining us! 😃 3d

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TheBookgeekFrau

Musical Chairs: A Novel | Amy Poeppel

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It was a little all over the place, too drawn-out, and not quite about what the synopsis says it's about. And if I wasn't too lazy to decide on a different book, it would've been a DNF.

78/62

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#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list! 1w

DieAReader #Next 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks @DieAReader Yes and yes! 1w

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DogMomIrene

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music | Rob Sheffield

Just watched Rob Sheffield on Morning Mika.

As someone who used to love pop music back in the 80s, I find myself singing Taylor‘s lyrics because they do remind me of different times in my life. Plus they‘re catchy!

This book seems perfect because I‘m less interested in Taylor‘s personal life, and much more interested in her creative process & business acumen.

#MountTBR

Leftcoastzen Love one of his book so much

Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To

AmyG I just saw him, too. I also loved that book @Leftcoastzen 2w

DogMomIrene @AmyG @Leftcoastzen Adding his other book to my #TBR Need some fun reads to balance the bleak NF I know I‘ll be reading. 2w

AnishaInkspill interesting, thanks for the pointer 2w

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TheBookgeekFrau

Black Beauty | Anna Sewell

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So glad I finally read this 😊

77/62

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w

TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 😊💞😊 2w

TheBookHippie I love this book. 2w

PaperbackPirate Such a good one! 🖤🐴 2w

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TheBookgeekFrau

Killers of a Certain Age | Deanna Raybourn

so-so

This isn't my genre of choice, but I thought it would be more character driven than plot driven given the unusual age of the woman. Definitely a case of it's the reader, not the book.

76/62

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#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

TheAromaofBooks I enjoyed this one, but felt like the characters were all kind of the same. 3w

TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks Yes! The last chapters had a few pops of personality, but that was it. 3w

DieAReader #Next 2w

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TheBookgeekFrau

The House of Broken Angels | Luis Alberto Urrea

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I really wanted to like this end of life story, but the writing style was so distracting that I found it hard to stay in the story.

75/62

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#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES