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Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos | Jose Ignacio Lopez Vigil, Josc) Ignacio Lc3pez Vigil, Jos Ignacio Lpez Vigil, Josa(c) Ignacio La3pez Vigil
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My #Roll100 books for April. 🎲 24 and 🎲 36 are pending library holds. 🎲 16 is probably going to be purchased since it‘s not at any library branches or libby.

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Library holds are so unpredictable. I've had one on hold since Christmas 1w
SconsinBookyBadger @PuddleJumper my brick & mortar library is quick on interloans, libby on the hand is slow pace even with available soon ebooks or audio 🐌 7d
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merelybookish
Late Nights on Air | Elizabeth Hay
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I'm at odds about this book. On one hand it is gently interweaving multiple story threads with patience and care.
On the other hand it includes lines like this:
"His penis was more narrow than wide, more O Henry bar than chocolate slab, more spring rhubarb than autumn gourd, more canoe than motorboat." ?????
Which might be one of THE worst sentences I've ever read in a novel.
So...a real toss-up right now. ?

Aims42 😳😖😳😖😳😖 1mo
Soubhiville Well that‘s bizarre. 1mo
kspenmoll What?!😳 1mo
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Leftcoastzen 😵 1mo
willaful *boggle* 1mo
Ruthiella 🤮🙄😳 1mo
BarbaraBB 🤣🤣 love the accompanying photo 🤣🤣 1mo
Cathythoughts Yuck 🤮 I‘m staying away from this one. 1mo
CSeydel Whoa, that‘s a sentence I can‘t unread 1mo
Susanita That‘s pretty bad 🤣🤣 1mo
Anna40 Why oh why? 1mo
OrangeMooseReads That line gives me the ick lol 1mo
youneverarrived 🙈😂😂 1mo
sarahbarnes That is…so bad. 😆😆😆 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Thanks for sharing that sentence 🤣 I think I‘d take it as my sign to DNF 1mo
merelybookish @aims42 @soubhiville @kspenmoll @leftcoastzen @willaful @ruthiella @hooked_on_books Definitely a sentence that inspires a lot of emojis! And disgust. 😂 1mo
merelybookish @barbarabb seemed better than an Oh Henry bar. 😆 1mo
merelybookish @cathythoughts A wise decision! 1mo
merelybookish @CSeydel Oh, it's bad! Perhaps I should have provided a trigger warning. 1mo
merelybookish @susanita @anna40 @youneverarrived @sarahbarnes It's like one of those comparisons would have been more than enough to gross me out... but three???? 1mo
merelybookish @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Yeah, this is the dilemma. I'm more than halfway and I'm slightly interested in the storyline. So not sure I'm ready to DNF just yet. (Instead it will probably become a hate read.) 1mo
TheLudicReader Dear Lord, I have no memory of that. 🤮 1mo
quietlycuriouskate Oh dear God.... and I still haven't forgotten the penis/seahorse image in The English Patient! 1mo
merelybookish @TheLudicReader This is one of the downsides of audiobooks. Harder to ignore or not hear terrible prose. 1mo
merelybookish @quietlycuriouskate Oh God, I wonder if it's a Canadian thing. 😒 1mo
Reggie Lololololololololol 4w
merelybookish @Reggie exactly!!! 😂 4w
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An autobiographical story of Rod Serling‘s life and career as a writer which coincided with the growth of television. A truly fascinating tale with a nice Twilight Zone twist at the end. Definitely a read for writers and those looking for something different from the world of graphic novels.

Story 4.5 / 5
Art 3.5 / 5
Overall 8 / 10 - A interesting, compelling biography.

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merelybookish
Late Nights on Air | Elizabeth Hay
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Happy Caturday from my favourite napping pals!
Started this 2007 Giller Prize winner today (for #192025 natch). One of those works of Canlit that everyone seems to have read except for me. Decidedly mixed reviews on Litsy including a definitive pan of Hay's writing style by @Lindy 🤨🙂 whose opinion I respect. So we shall see...

TheKidUpstairs I've actually never read this one, either! I've got it on my shelf, probably been sitting there since about 2007 😂 Someday, maybe, I'll get to it! 1mo
Librarybelle A lovely Caturday! 1mo
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Lindy I look forward to hearing what you think. I‘m a minority opinion on this. 1mo
TheLudicReader I read this years ago and really liked it. 1mo
merelybookish @TheKidUpstairs I'm not the only one!! 1mo
merelybookish @Lindy I'm not far but am already feeling conflicted. On one hand annoyed at how main female character's sexiness keeps being described. On the other, was heartened by the inclusion of an Alden Nowlan porm. So we shall see! 1mo
merelybookish @TheLudicReader Good to know! The women in my book club are also fans. 1mo
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Xclamation
Pickpick

A good workhorse of a book covering the professional lives of 11 of Edward R. Murrow's mentees. Although the book makes it relatively easy to keep track of so many individuals, the authors could have stood to either write a few more pages or focus on a few fewer subjects. Either would have been equally suitable and I'll let that sum up my feelings on the quality of the writing itself.

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Maggiepesa
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This nonfiction book explains how a radio broadcast called The War of the Worlds created fake panic and turned into the 1938 invasion of America. There are tons of firsthand accounts included in this book. These include photographs, historical documents, and drawings from the time period. There quotes from important people as well as captions depicting importance. It is very thorough and provides a timeline of events.