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Figuring | Maria Popova

Lengthy but unforgettable

https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/10/22/brain-pickings-becoming-the-marginalia...

#12BooksOf2025

@TheEllieMo

kspenmoll Such a fabulous book! 💛💛💛 1h

TheEllieMo You have such excellent taste in books! 39m

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monalyisha

Hymn for the Black Terrific: Poems | Kiki Petrosino

It‘s a good omen when you crack open your first #AuldLangSpine book of the year and find an epigraph from your hometown poet.

Elizabeth Bishop is from Worcester, MA, just like me!

Billypar

Amiable Go, Wormtown! 2h

Bookwormjillk I didn‘t know you were from Worcester. We went to a Woo Sox game last spring and loved it. We will be back! 2h

monalyisha @Bookwormjillk Yes! I‘m in Rhode Island now, which is where my husband is from. But I was born in Worcester, grew up there, still have friends & family there. And it‘s not too far from us, obviously. I‘m not a sporty person but I have actually been to a Woo Sox game! It was too big of a deal not to... and small town mascots make me laugh. They‘re always so weird! Smiley Ball is no exception. Where are you located? 2h

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Bookwormjillk @monalyisha Virginia now but grew up near Plymouth and my parents still live there. 2h

kspenmoll I went to college in Worcester & my sister works there. 2h

Billypar That's such a cool coincidence! Not sure I've ever visited but I remember being corrected on the pronunciation (it's 'Wooster' right?) 2h

monalyisha @Billypar You‘ve got it. More of a “wuss” and less of a “woo” (which is not how I‘d like to describe myself, if pressed) but that‘s an infinitesimal difference. The important part is that you don‘t land hard on the “r” and make it 3 syllables. 😉 2h

AnnCrystal 🆒🤩👍🏼📚💝. now

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monalyisha

Hymn for the Black Terrific: Poems | Kiki Petrosino

Fresh book of poems, fresh coffee, fresh snow, and a fresh, brand new year.

Happy 2026, everyone!

@Billypar I brewed the good coffee this morning in your honor. A medium roast from Borealis Coffee, our local coffee co, with “notes of brown sugar and molasses” and “just a whisper of berry on the finish.” Garfield approves.

#AuldLangSpine

kspenmoll Happy New Year! 2h

Billypar Perfect choice for such a cozy scene (I love the rabbit - looks very lifelike). Enjoy the poems and coffee! 2h

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WanderingBookaneer

The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden | Stanley Kunitz, Genine Lentine

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WanderingBookaneer

The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden | Stanley Kunitz, Genine Lentine

Current view as I read tagged book.

The Wild Braid is meant to be read outdoors, in a pause during hiking, on frigid mornings.

ChasingOm Beautiful!! 2h

AnnCrystal 🤩💝. now

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CSeydel

Auld Lang Syne And Other Songs | Robert Burns

All About Me #AuldLangSpine introduction :)

You can tell from this photo that I have GenZ-aged kids. Why they love taking these fisheye photos, I‘ll never understand, but my camera roll is full of them 😆 This was taken in an airport during a trip my youngest and I took to visit my middle child on the east coast.

1. My name is Caroline Seydel: both names have the long-I sound, but mostly people don‘t pronounce them that way. cont‘d ⬇️

monalyisha, sebrittainclark

britt_brooke Love the pic! 😂 12h

CSeydel 2. I‘ve lived in Los Angeles for 25 years. I thought I would hate it here, but I‘m quite fond of it. Mostly.

3. My husband and I have been married 27 years. We still celebrate the anniversary of our first date

4. I used to be a Molecular biologist, but now I write news stories for biotech magazines 12h

CSeydel 5. I love live music and my youngest daughter is helping me stay current on some really great indie bands. Being in LA we have lots of opportunities to go to shows at little clubs or iconic venues like the Hollywood Bowl
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CSeydel @britt_brooke Thanks! It‘s so flattering 12h

CSeydel @sebrittainclark I hope you‘ll share a little too so we can get acquainted. Happy new year! 🥂🎉 12h

CSeydel 6. My side of the family is English Canadian and every year for NYE our tradition is to have a plum pudding - those rich, dense, steamed cakes bursting with dried fruit. You douse it in brandy and light it, and if it makes it to the table before the flames go out, you‘ll have good luck in the new year! 12h

Amiable My husband and I celebrate the anniversary of our first date, too! 9h

Lesliereadsalot Thanks for sharing. I loved reading about who you are. When I was in my 30s I had a friend who worked in radio in New York and she would send me all the up and coming band names who were touring in Chicago. So I saw tons of music in small venues, before they became stars. Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Ry Cooder to name a few. 5h

CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot That sounds amazing! now

CSeydel @Amiable It‘s fun, isn‘t it? Like a little secret anniversary for just the two of us now

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Caryl

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen | Carole Boston Weatherford

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An excellent “history in verse” by a prolific writer of nonfiction for children & young adults. A collaboration between Carole Boston Weatherford and her son who did the illustrations. My August #BookSpin pick.

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 18h

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lil1inblue

The Tradition | Jericho Brown

Playing catch up:
April's fave: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
May's fave: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
June's fave: The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, my favorite new-to-me author this year
July's fave: The Tradition by Jericho Brown

#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo Some great choices here 20h

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Eggs

Wings of Silver | Jo Petty

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” -Proverbs 25:11

#Silver

#DashingThruDecember

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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