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This was cute. It‘s what I picture when I think of breezy romance beach read: quick pace, familiar tropes (fake dating, “forced” proximity), plus the guy is hot and an astronaut? 😅 Romance isn‘t my typical genre but this was very cute. 3/5 stars for me…but I‘m not really a romance girly. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Photo is from this weekend. S‘mores Latte was yum.

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LoverOfLearning Love the fit and that looks good! Give me a classic hot coca because I can't do coffee haha 4d

Melismatic @LoverOfLearning thank you! 💖 and this tasted more like hot chocolate tbh, it was so good! 4d

Catsandbooks Ooo s'mores latte! ✊🏼🔥💖 2d

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The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton

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I‘ve owned this book since it came out, but finally picked it up. It‘s a romance, fake dating, going on vacation with his family and one bed.

Amerie needed to save face and tells her ex that she‘s dating an astronaut. It‘s Houston TX, so there are astronauts around. Vincent‘s sister overhears and now they have to be a couple around his family.

I really liked this one. I‘ll read more of this author!

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LoverOfLearning Sounds like a cute one! 4d

Catsandbooks ✊🏼🔥💖 2d

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Melismatic

The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton

Started on audio today for #RiseUpReads 💖

Quite Hallmarky so far in a cute way. Tis the season. 🥰🤷🏻‍♀️

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Kerrbearlib Love that book!
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Catsandbooks 💖🔥 1w

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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

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#RiseUpReads March 2025

Winner - Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman

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Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West | Katie Hickman

#RiseUpReads March 2025

Winner - Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

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Catsandbooks @LaughterHp @melismatic @julsmarshall @skygoddess1 @Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @Jadams89 @puddlejumper @Liz_M @mrsV @thebookhippie @lapreader @willaful @cuilin @peanutnine @singout @mhillis @light_of_aether @alldebooks @kspenmoll 2w

Bookwormjillk Looks good! 2w

Librarybelle This looks very interesting…may I join for this one? 2w

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peanutnine Looks interesting! And my library has it! 😁 2w

Catsandbooks @Librarybelle absolutely! Would you like to be tagged for future months or just March? 2w

Librarybelle Sure…tag me for future months please. I wasn‘t very organized earlier this year to start reading with the group at the beginning of the year, but it would be nice to join in when I can. Thank you! 2w

Catsandbooks @Librarybelle no problem! Added you to the list! ❤️ 2w

Librarybelle Thanks! 2w

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot | Mikki Kendall

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This one is a challenge. Picture taken last Sunday when I gate crashed my sister‘s family holiday yet again. The place in the pic is gorgeous and so great for families. So close to the beach and has different temperature swimming pools. The eccentric man who owns it lets my nephews and niece feed his fish at 4 in the afternoon. They love it. The apartment has plenty of space and there are nice walking tracks. It‘s the Star of the Sea at Terrigal.

LapReader #riseupreads 2w

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Catsandbooks Beautiful view! ✊🏼🔥 2w

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My February #bookspin is The Kiss Countdown - reading with #riseupreads and enjoying it so far
My #doublespin is any memoir. I'm thinking of reading Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay for #AuthorAMonth if library holds work out
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Catsandbooks Yay! 💕 2w

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The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton

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#RiseUpReads February 2025
The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
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Optional Storygraph readalong: https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/37a3e213-d6d7-4b0d-8121-b015806813f0

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Catsandbooks

The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton

#RiseUpReads February 2025
The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Optional Storygraph readalong: https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/37a3e213-d6d7-4b0d-8121-b015806813f0

#blackhistorymonth

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kspenmoll Thanks! Checking my library! 3w

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot | Mikki Kendall

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I thought this was so informative & even with the subject matters being quite heavy, the sections were easily digestible. I highlighted the crap out of the book so much so that my highlighter was dying by the end.

"The process of becoming an ally requires a lot of emotional investment, & far too often the heavy lifting of that emotional labor is done by the marginalized, not by the privileged."

Melismatic Gosh, where to begin! I kept a running tab of notes on my phone since I was listening to the audiobook. A big one was the concept of “respectability” and how that decides who will actually be heard. We‘re seeing that play out right now in public policy debate over “DEI”. 3w

Melismatic It boils down to semantics but when the goal posts can continually be moved, can you ever reach true equality? 3w

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TheBookHippie I think the mistake people make is they don‘t realise it‘s for life, in your every single action. It isn‘t one and done, it isn‘t dressing up in a pink hat and marching and it isn‘t work that will ever be finished. It also isn‘t just when it affects you and if you‘re white 99 percent of the time it isn‘t about you. You should never have to tell anyone you‘re a feminist they should know. White feminism makes me furious most days. 3w

willaful I was very struck by the line, “they can be trusted to raise any children but their own.“ So obvious, but an outsider won't necessarily see it. Prejudice is so amazing at creating these mutually exclusive ideas at the same time, like “immigrants are lazing away on welfare and also taking all our jobs.“ 3w

Bookwormjillk This was an interesting time to be reading this book for sure. I just finished this today and am still processing. 3w

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TheBookHippie @willaful RIGHT?!?! 3w

Catsandbooks @TheBookHippie 100%!!! It's a lifetime commitment! 3w

Catsandbooks @Melismatic Yes, the respectability stuck with me too. Never being good enough, or the right type of person, just to be acknowledged. And all of the DEI news has been so upsetting. 3w

Catsandbooks @willaful Absolutely! Extreme ends of the spectrum 3w

Catsandbooks @Bookwormjillk very relevant for our current situation 😫 3w

TheBookHippie @Catsandbooks the purchase just what you need new and thrift or share or trade for the rest is another key. Chose the lowest price in the least offendable place … etc etc 3w

TheBookHippie I think it‘s necessary to live by “I may not want you at my table, that doesn‘t mean I don‘t want you fed.” Life choices, moral and voting choices means you don‘t get to be in my inner circle or have access to me, to be in someone‘s life is a privilege not a right. However they get sick you bring soup and bread. Not all women are safe, some are so dangerous you must stay far away. However never do anything to hamper their rights. It‘s a lot. 3w

Catsandbooks @TheBookHippie Ooo that's a great quote! There's a reason I talk to very few members of my family anymore 3w

willaful @Catsandbooks :-( I feel very lucky I haven't had to cut anyone off. But I absolutely would if they refused to accept my daughter or voted against her rights. 3w

Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie I like that quote 3w

TheBookHippie @Catsandbooks @Bookwormjillk TUPAC 😂♥️-“Just because you lost me as a friend, doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table.” 3w

Catsandbooks @TheBookHippie ✊🏼❤️ 3w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie So much this. I'm reminded of a post by an anti-racist educator about why Black women didn't want to do the Women's March this year. Among her questions were (paraphrasing) “What is the purpose of the March“ and “What change are you trying to affect“? So much “activism“ is performative with no real goal. 3w

lil1inblue I feel like I highlighted half of this book. But here's one I think is important: “Equality is great, but equity is better precisely because the emotional validation someone with financial security and the insulation of privilege might need is nearly useless for someone without those things.“ 3w

lil1inblue Also: “We expect marginalized voices to ring out no matter the obstacles they face, and then we penalize them for not saying the right thing in the right way.“ As white women, we often expect Black women to do the labor for us, and then we criticize and tone -police when we don't like how it's presented. Or if it challenges our privilege. 3w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue I refused to go as well. They treat it like a party and it‘s the ONE thing they do. No thanks, pass. Part of protesting is to see other social justice groups introduce yourself figure out where they‘re located at what do they need? Is there something they need that you can give or do you know someone that can help their needs -in the same goes for you -tell other people what you‘re looking for. Unfortunate what they do now is a parade. 3w

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