Litsy

#ranttime Sorry to interrupt, but this just happened.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a weeklong deliberation period over joining Israel‘s campaign against Tehran and thrusting the United States squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict (CNN).

I have no comments (yet), just facts.

RowReads1 I can‘t 🤦🏻‍♀️ 18h

Susanita Thank you for your attention to this matter. 18h

Deblovestoread Because that's how you win a Noble Peace Prize. Sorry for the flippant response. I can't wrap my head around the horror of it all. 🤯🤬🤯 18h

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Eggbeater Congress is supposed to declare wars, aren't they? I feel sick. I don't want any humans to be hurt. 17h

Cupcake12 There are no words 17h

Prairiegirl_reading This is just so sickening. 17h

Aims42 😔💔 I have no words, I‘m speechless and sick to my stomach 17h

Librarybelle It‘s horrifying 17h

dabbe @RoyReads1 @Susanita @Deblovestoread @Eggbeater @Cupcake12 @Prairiegirl_reading @Aims42 @Librarybelle I know I'm supposed to be happy and post about happy books and happy pets, but how can we ignore this? History is happening before our eyes, and history is a genre in reading. According to MSNBC, he did this without any congressional approval. And his message tonight leaves A LOT unanswered. #wtf? 😤 16h

Aims42 @dabbe I didn‘t even bother watching his message, I knew it wouldn‘t be coherent and nothing would be answered 🙄 The US is being run by a 7 year old upset that nobody came to his birthday parade. Please also know that you don‘t have to be happy and post about happy books & pets all the time. You‘re right, history is happening and we can‘t ignore it. We gotta take care of each other ♥️♥️♥️♥️ (edited) 16h

Eggbeater My books are sometimes political, and I need to know that I'm not alone right now, so thank you. 16h

IriDas This is so terrible. No congressional approval. Going to war, for what? His ego. You don‘t always have to be happy. We live in a terrible timeline and ignoring this reality is only for the privileged. 16h

FashionableObserver God help us all. Congress needs to put a stop to this. There are legal, constitutional ways to do so. We need to contact our representatives en masse. This is bad. In fact, this may be as bad as it gets, I fear. 15h

MemoirsForMe I appreciate you letting us know. I‘m speechless. 🤯😩 15h

BarbaraJean I can‘t either right now. I saw this news, read a few headlines and had to stop. Also: I appreciate that you don‘t only post about happy things. These are not happy times, although God knows I need to look for joy where I can in the midst of this madness. There is a place for happy posts and there is a place for keeping it real and Litsy can be both. Thank you for doing both! 💜 (edited) 14h

Jari-chan Can't put a Like at this post, because I really don't like what's happening... 😩 13h

5feet.of.fury Reminds me of Bush saying Iraq had wmds to justify the invasion. This is atrocious. So much for “the Peace President” 10h

LiseWorks Wow! I knew he couldn't help himself 10h

julesG I have no words. Just letters. TF? WTAF? 10h

AnnCrystal I expected it, yet couldn't believe it. I'm just going to say the word that needs to be said, “Impeach!“ 😢🙏🏼. 9h

Bookwormjillk I intentionally let my phone die last night. This is just horrifying. 6h

AmyG I have many thoughts on this. God help us all. 5h

Bookwomble 😥 4h

Amiable @Eggbeater Amen. I‘m with you. Reading is political. Banning books brings politics into the reading sphere. And like @dabbe said, history is being written as we speak. We should not ever be made to feel like we can‘t post anything about what‘s happening in the world. 3h

Roary47 I was at two dance recitals for my girls and left that high to see this. I also didn‘t watch his speech. I‘m worried what this will mean. I‘m glad you are being real. We need to stick together in good times and bad. Praying for safety for us all because of one man‘s actions. 🥺 2h

dabbe @Aims42 Thank you for this. I needed it. ♥️♥️♥️ 1h

dabbe @Eggbeater You are not! We need to stick together now more than ever! BTW, I just followed you! 🤩😍🤗 1h

dabbe @IriDas W🤩WZA. Well said, and thank you! 🩵🎯🩵 1h

dabbe @FashionableObserver I fear that it could get even worse. And you're right; I'm contacting my representatives. Thanks for the reminder. 💙♥️💙 1h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe #same 💙♥️💙 1h

dabbe @BarbaraJean You have no idea how much this means to me. Thank you. 💙♥️💙 1h

dabbe @Jari-chan 🎯🩵🎯 1h

dabbe @5feet.of.fury 🎯🩵🎯 1h

Aims42 @dabbe ???? Sending you all the hugs I can right now, or fist bumps if it‘s also 90°F where you‘re at too 1h

dabbe @LiseWorks As @Aims42 said, no one came to his horrific birthday parade, so he's taking his anger out on the whole world. 😤 1h

dabbe @julesG 🩵🎯🩵 1h

dabbe @AnnCrystal And after that, “LOCK HIM UP!“ #convictedfelon 😤 1h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 1h

dabbe @AmyG You said it. 🎯🩵🎯 1h

dabbe @Bookwomble 😢🎯😢 1h

dabbe @Amiable 🩵🎯🩵 1h

dabbe @Roary47 Thank you; this means so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the recitals; finding the good in life is more important now than ever. 💙♥️💙 1h

dabbe @Aims42 Currently, it's 92º, but it's not even noon. Sending 🤗😍🤗 right back to ya! 1h

Aims42 @dabbe 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 43m

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Librarybelle

Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese

Tomorrow is our discussion day, #LiteraryCrew , for Hester. I had hoped to be finished (and this why this reminder is so late), but this one is not clicking for me. Beautifully written, but I‘m not buying the tie to The Scarlet Letter (and that will be discussed tomorrow, as there is a supposed closer connection to Hester than Isobel). I‘ll see how much more I can read tonight!

Looking forward to your thoughts tomorrow! #BuddyRead

mcctrish, mjdowens, melissajayne, Jerdencon, tpixie, LapReader, Cuilin, kspenmoll, PurpleyPumpkin, Deblovestoread, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, BookwormAHN, Pogue, dabbe, Sargar114, Karisa, bumpinthenight, Singout, julieclair, AllDebooks, Lkempf

Pogue I DNFed this one. I just could not get into it. 5mo

dabbe @Pogue #same 5mo

CatLass007 @Pogue I bailed too. (edited) 5mo

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Librarybelle I think when you purport a character to be the inspiration for one of the best known characters in American literature, you have to be sure that there are no other suspicions to the origin. The author‘s note does not mention Elizabeth Pain or Paine or Payne, who is buried in Boston, and it‘s her tombstone that Hawthorne alludes to at the end of The Scarlet Letter. It just bothers me for some reason, @Pogue @dabbe @CatLass007 ! 5mo

mcctrish I listened to it and I enjoyed the embroidery talk so much 5mo

Librarybelle That is a fascinating piece, @mcctrish ! I also did not know much about synesthesia, so I liked learning about that too. 5mo

CatLass007 @Pogue @dabbe @mcctrish I enjoyed the embroidery talk and I definitely had something new to think about when synesthesia was introduced as one of the many reasons people were accused of witchcraft. I‘d heard the term before but I never knew its meaning. Neither of these things inspired me to continue the book. (edited) 5mo

Gissy I‘m late but I will read the comments later. Trying to follow all the Readathon/buddy reads/challenges I‘m participating this year. But I like I‘m reading books I have in my tbr forever🤗I have both books👌 5mo

Librarybelle That‘s great, @Gissy ! Join in whenever you can. That‘s a great thing about these discussions—no time limit on participating! 5mo

Sace I wasn‘t really that bothered by the supposed inspiration. To be honest I never even knew there were possible real life inspirations. Clearly I need to brush up on my Scarlet Letter knowledge. I (barely) read it in high school and I don‘t remember a bit of it. I actually really enjoyed this book though. (edited) 5mo

Librarybelle @Sace I don‘t know why it bothers me so much! Maybe it‘s my mindset right now. But, if I ignore that part, it‘s a good story! 5mo

tpixie @Sace I‘m with you I did not know there were possible real inspirations, and I just took this as the author‘s imaginative take on it and not a real-life take. That was probably our advantage. I loved Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter and I did enjoy this book. I loved learning about synesthesia and the embroidery passages. 5mo

Mollyanna I didn‘t read The Scarlet Letter in school, so I thought that was why I just never really connected with the characters. Maybe not based on the comments. I‘ve got about 90 minutes of the audio left, so I‘ll finish it. It‘ll likely be a so-so for me. (edited) 5mo

Librarybelle I‘m glad you enjoyed this one, @tpixie ! The writing is beautiful. 5mo

Librarybelle @Mollyanna I‘m over halfway through and will finish it. It‘s probably a so-so read for me too. 5mo

Gissy @Librarybelle 😃👌❤️ 5mo

Sargar114 I started but probably won‘t finish today. Agree so far a so so for me 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5mo

Librarybelle I likely won‘t finish today either, @Sargar114 ! 5mo

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Cupcake12

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Anybody else the same?? 🐾😂❤️🐶

TheBookHippie 🙋🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 9mo

JamieArc Ugh. Yes. 9mo

julesG Yeah, about right. 9mo

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Bookwormjillk Yes except it would be 2 cats 9mo

dabbe 🎯! 🦮🐾🦮 9mo

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk #same 9mo

MonicaLoves2Read 🎯❤️📚🐶 9mo

intothehallofbooks Yep! 9mo

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dabbe

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#CoverLove
#albumcover
#purple
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Because of course. I wouldn't have made it through college without this album or U2's JOSHUA TREE. 💜💜💜

lil1inblue Joshua Tree 🥰 11mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩🤗😀 11mo

willaful I was just thinking about how huge this album was in my life when it came out, and wondering when that stopped being a thing that happened to me. *sniff* 11mo

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dabbe @willaful #same! *snuffle* 11mo

marleed I have distinct memories of the weeks following this album‘s release! 11mo

dabbe @marleed 💜💜💜 11mo

Eggs 💜❤️💜❤️ 11mo

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😘🤗 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!!! 💜 🕺🏾 11mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I thought about you when posting! 🤩💜🤩 11mo

IndoorDame 💜💜💜 11mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩💜🤗 11mo

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Kshakal

The Library Book | Susan Orlean

#lifegoals

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage #same 13mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 13mo

julesG 🤣🤣🤣🤣 13mo

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Deblovestoread

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday

1) I hate shoes. They are the first thing that come off when I‘m in the door. I also hate my feet being cold so own lots of socks.
2) I have to have a tidy area to start work or a project and clean as I go cooking, etc. Sometimes I spend so much time organizing I run out of time to start said project.
3) I can clean any kind of mess but can‘t clean my hairbrush or the drain of wet hair 🤮

Thanks for the questions @dabbe

AmyG Hahahaha….#3. Every time I visit my daughter that‘s MY job. 1y

TheBookHippie @AmyG SAME 1y

dabbe #1: I tool around the house in UGG slippers and socks. Even in the infernal summer! 😂
#2: I'd like to aspire to this! 😃
#3: #same 🤢 1y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hate the drain!!!! 1y

Soubhiville I‘m a no shoes in the house person too, and I‘m all about wool socks and slippers in the colder months! 1y

AnnR Another no shoes in the house person here, too, and I must at least have socks on indoors. My feet get too cold year round. 1y

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TK-421

Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries | Martha Wells

“Disinformation, which is the #same as lying but for some reason has a different name, is the top tactic in corporate negotiation/warfare. (There had been a whole episode about it on Sanctuary Moon.)” #QuotsyAug21

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TheSpineView

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#QuotsyAug21 @TK-421
#Same

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