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BookmarkTavern
BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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I was ready for spring, not over 80 degrees heat. 😂 #BookSpinBingo #BingoBoard

#BookSpin Wonderland, #DoubleSpin Tale of Kore

#Roll100 The Opposite of Loneliness, The King‘s English, Rising Strong

#OokBOokClub Men at Arms

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery on Cobbett‘s Island

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Emerald City of Oz

#QueerBC Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame

#ThematicCozies A Botanist‘s Guide to Rituals and Revenge

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AllDebooks
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Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

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@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin @Susanita @kelli7990 @Eggs

Librarybelle Good morning! I am excited to attend a mystery book event today. The rest of the weekend will be catching up on chores I missed doing this week because of taking Zeke to appointments. It‘s sunny right now, and hearing the birds chirping puts a smile on my face. Hope everyone has a good weekend! 14h
ElizaMarie Good Morning - I am enjoying my morning coffee. Catching up on my shows (Law & Order). We got a puppy yesterday (I am gonna post a picture on a book review). We are gonna spend the day with him so we can come up with a name. 14h
ElizaMarie @Librarybelle - A Mystery book even sounds super fun!!! I love that you have sunshine and birds to keep you company this morning! I woke up with the sun (which I love waking up that way rather than the alarm). 14h
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Librarybelle @ElizaMarie A new puppy! How lovely! ❤️ 13h
Cuilin @Librarybelle How is Zeke? I‘m hearing the birds here also. 12h
Cuilin @ElizaMarie Congratulations on the new puppy 🎉 12h
Cuilin Finally after a year of discomfort, meds are working and I‘m getting stuck in to cleaning, tidying and organizing. 12h
Eggs Thank you 🙏🏻 12h
TheBookHippie @Cuilin oh I am so glad to hear this!!!!! Yay yay yay!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 12h
TheBookHippie @ElizaMarie awe a puppy!!! 12h
TheBookHippie We are preparing for exams here: my son has all his international baccalaureate exams this week and he is really anxious- so I‘m helping him BREATHE and go over things casually… two years of classes comes down to one paper in each subject- Hisory, English… etc -that you write in 5 parts on one subject in differing ways from ONE QUESTION. Then depending how you do it can count for certain amounts of college credits. It‘s worldwide so I get⬇️ 12h
TheBookHippie His phone and Apple Watch here at home while he is testing. It‘s really strict. So send him some good vibes! 12h
Lesliereadsalot I‘m sure he‘ll do great! But I know how you feel. 🩷 11h
thecheckoutstack After two weeks of pneumonia I‘m finally starting to feel like myself, but I woke up with a bit of a sore throat so feeling a little paranoid. The weather is beautiful here today, hoping to build a fence around my new raised garden beds. 10h
Librarybelle @Cuilin He‘s holding steady. He did not really eat this morning and had some potty issues last night. But, he was active and alert this morning. Thanks for asking! 10h
quietlycuriouskate Usual Saturday domestic and admin. chores here. I prevailed upon my daughter to buzz my hair; now I'm all eyes and cheekbones and look like a cross between Cillian Murphy and a Buddhist nun again. 😂 10h
Cuilin @TheBookHippie just in time for our birthday month 🎂 🎈 wishing your son all the luck!!! 🍀 9h
TheBookHippie @Cuilin YAY BIRTHDAYS!!! 🎈🎈🎈 9h
dabbe @ElizaMarie Yay for a puppy! Congrats! 🖤🐾🖤 9h
dabbe @Cuilin WAH🤩🤩! Glad you're feeling better! Don't overdo it, though! 💚💜💚 9h
dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh boy, are those exams stressful! He's lucky to have you as his mamma for you know exactly what to do. I will be keeping my fingers, legs (and whatever else) crossed for him all week! 💚🤞🏻💜 9h
dabbe @thecheckoutstack Glad you're feeling better, but take it easy! Maybe relaxing with a nice drink and book is what you should do today. The garden beds will still be there. 💚💜💚 9h
dabbe @quietlycuriouskate Your cut sounds adorable! I want to see it! 💚💜💚 9h
dabbe As I type this, the girls are whining to go on their walk before it gets too hot. They don't understand that we need our cup of joe before we go. 🤣 Wishing everyone a lovely Saturday. 💜💚💜 9h
ElizaMarie @Cuilin I am so glad to hear your discomfort is subsiding. I am trying to get into the “want“ to spring clean. I start to do well, but my husband is not interested, so it's been a battle to get stuff done -- we did do his dressers today (I did mine a weekish ago). So we got 1 bag of clothing to donate!!! --- What are you organizing today? 9h
ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie Ooo sounds intense! SENDING him all the good vibes I have!!! 8h
ElizaMarie @thecheckoutstack Ooo 2 weeks of pneumonia! I am glad to hear you are out of that! Take it slow and steady! Yay for SUNSHINE! 8h
ElizaMarie @dabbe Enjoy your walk with the girls! Maybe a coffee to go!? 8h
Cuilin @ElizaMarie Everything!!! Both our daughters are in their 20s and they have spent the last 5 to 7 years boomeranging and dropping things off in our basement. It is an utter mess. 8h
AllDebooks Just come inside after a day of garden work. It's so lovely to see all these chats. I shall grab a ☕️ and scroll through. 🌞 7h
AllDebooks @Librarybelle A mystery book event sounds fun. I'm glad you're doing something for you to take your mind off Zeke, if only for a few hours. X 7h
AllDebooks @ElizaMarie A new puppy is so exciting! 😍 I hope he settles in quickly. 🐾 7h
AllDebooks @Cuilin I'm thrilled to hear this. I'm so glad the new meds are helping. Go easy tho'. X 7h
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie sending him all the best wishes and positive vibes possible. Come on TheBabyHippie, you got this x 7h
AllDebooks @thecheckoutstack that sounds like a tough few weeks. I'm glad you're feeling better x 7h
AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate lol, I bet you look super cute and not at all like your description x 7h
AllDebooks @dabbe lol, they are obvs unaware of the need for caffeine. I hope you all enjoyed your walk. X 7h
DebinHawaii @ElizaMarie Congrats on the puppy! 🎉🐶 4h
DebinHawaii @Librarybelle Sending Zeke lots of 💜💜💜 4h
DebinHawaii @Cuilin Glad to hear your meds are working! 💜 4h
DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie Hope the exams went well! 4h
DebinHawaii @thecheckoutstack I hope you continue to to feel better! 💜 4h
DebinHawaii @quietlycuriouskate It sounds like the perfect cut for spring/summer! 💛 4h
DebinHawaii @dabbe You gotta have the coffee! ☕️ 4h
DebinHawaii @AllDebooks Hope you get some time to relax today! 4h
PuddleJumper @AllDebooks Ooo excellent! That's next on my list to read 4h
DebinHawaii Just hitting the coffee shop now & getting caffeinated after wandering around the monthly makers market by my house & stopping by the library. I am planning on a nap latter as it was a crazy workweek & I‘m still pooped. 😵‍💫 4h
Librarybelle @AllDebooks Thanks! It was a good time with lots more on my tbr! And Zeke was happy to see me (and to eat)! 3h
ElizaMarie @Cuilin Hope you can get lost in some audio books during your #AudioOrganizing 3h
dabbe @Librarybelle ... glad to hear that Zeke is holding his own. I've been thinking about you and your boys, especially the #zekemeister. Hoping for good results on his tests. 🖤🐾🖤 2h
Librarybelle Thank you, @dabbe ! 1h
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Butterfinger
Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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I am not a poetry reader. That's on me, definitely not Ocean Vuong. There were some lines I thought were quite lovely.

I'm winning even / if it just looks like / my fingers are shaking

Nobody's free without breaking open

I was made to die but I'm here to stay

It seems to me like a roller coaster. The speaker moves from gutwrenching despair to the heights of victory. Maybe. #QueerBC @PuddleJumper
There's death. Then dancing.

TheBookHippie I really liked this book. 5d
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 5d
Kitta I‘m not a much of a poetry reader either but I‘m obsessed with Ocean Vuong. I heard him speak at an event and bought everything from the book table lol 4d
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PuddleJumper
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This is the first discussion post for #QueerBC

This is for both Alan Hollinghurst and Ocean Vuong

I've put up a few questions that you can answer or you can just comment with your thoughts about the book you read

As a reminder May‘s author will be Neon Yang

PuddleJumper If you are on Storygraph and want to join the book club, you can do that here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/ec1d5a86-5de9-4315-a128-fcab4d27c31d

Suggest authors here: https://forms.gle/nLwAy72Zufi4brty6

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willaful 1. I read Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong, a book of poetry.

2. A primary theme was grief, and still finding joy in life despite grief. The style of poetry was sometimes too oblique for me, but the simpler poems were powerful.

3. Yes, though primarily to poetry fans. I tried introducing my mom to it (she's dealing with a lot of grief) and she got even less than me. 😂

4. “Because this body is my last address.“ from “reasons for staying.“
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Zuhkeeyah 1) Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 2) He wrote of grief and loss. My two favorites were “Dear T” and “Künstlerroman”. Very different styles (one verse the other story-ish) 3) Yes 4) “If words, as they claimed, had no weight in our world, why did we keep sinking” from Almost Human (edited) 6d
lil1inblue I haven't finished either yet, but I am reading The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst and Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong. I like The Line of Beauty so far, but I also feel like I'm missing the point. I'm hoping it all makes sense by the end. Night Sky is excellent, but I'm not as far along. 5d
Butterfinger I did enjoy Time is a Mother and would definitely recommend more of Ocean Vuong. I attempted The Swimming Pool Library by Hollinghurst. Way too much erotica for my taste. The admission of being cruel to his partner was when I had to bail. 3d
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BookmarkTavern
Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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Pickpick

A powerful collection of poetry following Vuong‘s journey of grief after the loss of his mother.

Incisive and sometimes brutal, this is a wonderful collection. But for me, Dear Rose was the strongest poem, by far, and actually brought me to tears & ended up with me texting my mother to let her know I love her. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern #QueerBC @PuddleJumper CW 👇🏻 (edited) 1w
BookmarkTavern No One Knows the Way to Heaven, brief reference to suicide 1w
PuddleJumper Looks like a beautiful book 1w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
Read-n-Bloom Beautiful kitty! 1w
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willaful
Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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This is a section from “Reasons for Staying,“ my favorite poem from this. You can read the full poem here: https://griffinpoetryprize.com/poem/reasons-for-staying-vuong/

I definitely didn't get all of these poems, but even the bits and pieces I did were powerful and evocative.

#QueerBC #NationalPoetryMonth

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 1w
peanutnine I felt the same way about this collection, there were some beautiful sections that really stood out as powerful 🩷 1w
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BookmarkTavern
The Sparsholt Affair | Alan Hollinghurst
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Bailedbailed

I‘m at 60%, one of the characters is trying to pry into the big mysterious scandal at the center of the book, and I‘ve realized that I just don‘t care about whatever it is or whoever is involved. 😅 I‘m just bored.

Which is a pity because Hollinghurst is excellent at grounding his stories in a time and place. I think I‘ll have to try a different book by him at another time.

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willaful
Compound Fracture | Andrew Joseph White

Really interested in the main character but I couldn't take the awfulness of the situation.

#Roll100 #36
#QueerBC

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LitsyEvents
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Sharing for @puddlejumper Mays #queerbc author has been chosen! For more information and to join in see original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2856215

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PuddleJumper
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General consensus was to have one author in May and the other in June.

So May‘s #QueerBC author will be Neon Yang!

What do you think you'll read? If you've got any recommendations, drop them in the comments

Don't forget April we're reading Alan Hollinghurst and poetry by Ocean Vuong

PuddleJumper If you are on Storygraph and want to join the book club, you can do that here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/ec1d5a86-5de9-4315-a128-fcab4d27c31d

Suggest authors here: https://forms.gle/nLwAy72Zufi4brty6

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TheBookHippie I‘m trying to push my library to keep these books in circulation so I‘ll check out whatever they have in book form. I will report back. 3w
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willaful I didn't get into The Black Tides of Heaven so I'm thinking I'll start with a short story and see how that goes. 3w
PuddleJumper @TheBookHippie Hope they keep them! 3w
PuddleJumper @willaful I'd only heard of The Black Tides of Heaven and the new one Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame 3w
willaful @TheBookHippie I've been doing that too, will go check my library out now. It's nice to check out physical books and not have to worry about wasting an expensive ebook loan! 3w
Jari-chan I just got a recommendation for Brighter Than Scale today - perfect! 3w
BookmarkTavern Black Tides of Heaven is very good! And I‘ve got an ARC of Brighter than Scale! 3w
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern Awesome! Both books look interesting 3w
PuddleJumper @Jari-chan Haha that's good timing 3w
Kenyazero Nice! I read Black Tides of Heaven a while ago and remember liking it. I‘m excited to see what else my library has! 3w
flying_monkeys My library doesn't have any of their books, so I'll have to go the short story route. I'll read “Glass Lights“ since I own a copy of The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories. 2w
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