Litsy

Hark the Herald Angels Slay | Vicki Delany

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I read the previous one for #cbbc and wanted to continue the series. I‘m enjoying this cozy in an upstate NY town where Christmas Shops are year round. I enjoyed the mystery- it actually was not who I thought it would be and still made sense! The side characters are very lovable and the main character is fun!

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Read4life

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen | Vicki Delany

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This was a carryover for #readyourebooks and was spun this month. It‘s also a #Roll100 book.
I enjoyed my first trip to Rudolph and look forward to reading more in this cozy series.

#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2025

Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper That looks like a cute festive read 1w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w

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ManyWordsLater

A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward | Isaac Metzker

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There are some heart wrenching letters in here. But the ones that got me were the ones that hit closest to home.

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The_Penniless_Author

The Prince Of West End Avenue | Alan Isler

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I'm a sucker for stories that delve into the internal politics of relatively insignificant groups (town councils, offices, or in this case, the residents of the Emma Lazarus retirement home and their upcoming production of Hamlet) and elevate them to epic proportions. A witty, comic novel that transforms into something heavier and darker by the end, a meditation on trauma and guilt that chimes beautifully with the play at the center of the story.

Suet624 Hi, fellow Vermonter. How are you doing? 2w

The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 That's a tough one. 😅 Good, at the moment, but with a cloud of disaster hovering ever-present on the periphery (like a lot of other feds, or just people in general, I suppose). How about you? 2w

Suet624 Oh shoot - I didn't realize your work situation. I'm so sorry. This current situation is such a disaster in so many areas it's hard to pick just one. I'm okay - just shoveling a lot. Told my kids if social security is taken away they'll have to take care of me. At least 2 of the kids seem amenable. :) But of course I worry about all the other things happening to friends and neighbors. It's hard knowing what we could have had. Best wishes to you. 2w

The_Penniless_Author @Suet624 It's true, everywhere you look it's impending disaster. I don't really know what to do at the moment but keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking it one day at a time (and find respite in cliches, apparently 😁). 2w

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ManyWordsLater

Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of Letters from the Lower East Side to the Jewish Daily Forward | Isaac Metzker

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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HeatherBookNerd

Disorderly Men | Edward Cahill

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The three “disorderly men” of the title are detained in a police raid of a gay bar, charged with disorderly conduct. It is pre-Stonewall, early 1960s NYC when being gay meant a lot of shame, rejection, secrets, and ostracism. We follow the personal stories of each man as their lives eventually intersect. It is a sobering reminder of the cumulative emotional damage that occurs when gay people shoulder the burden of a forced closeted existence.

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Leftcoastzen

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel | Colum McCann

#TLT #ThreeListThursday on Friday
Got the 2nd list done today! 3 is not enough 😄
God Of Small Things
Look Homeward Angel
Let The Great World Spin
The Jungle

dabbe

dabbe And I haven't read any of your choices! More to go on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 1mo

Leftcoastzen @dabbe I‘m happy ! There are many on those lists I mean to read , I have read Shakespeare but I forgot which ones ! The Jungle radicalized me in 6th grade. Sinclair wanted it to outrage people about treatment of workers . Teddy Roosevelt reacted more to the food safety elements. 1mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #gobsmacked that you read THE JUNGLE in 6th grade. It's on our 12 grade. list. 🤩 1mo

Suet624 God of small things and Let The Great World Spin are two favorites of mine. 4w

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Leftcoastzen

Coney Island: A Postcard Journey to the City of Fire | Richard Snow

#25Alive #Dreams a photo of a postcard in a book about Coney Island. This is of the park called Dreamland . It was the last of the early parks built, opening in May of 1904. Completely destroyed by fire in May of 1911 .

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

AnnCrystal 🤩 thanks for sharing this 👍💝. (edited) 1mo

Eggs That is awesome 👏🏻 👏🏻 1mo

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GatheringBooks

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#25Alive! Day 20: My #FvWinterDrink is peppermint rum chata - but this one is a close second. Thoroughly enjoyed our final book for the #EuropaCollective. Scheduled my post at GatheringBooks in two weeks‘ time. 💕

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, jlhammar

Eggs Yum 😋 1mo

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