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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

“The world will Always Take what you are willing to give.”

We all need to be a little less willing to give, remember the old saying, ‘put on your oxygen mask first or you can not help anyone else‘. Save some space for yourself to just be, refresh, regenerate, get grounded, and just be in the moment and refill your own well before everyone drains you dry. “The world will always take what you are willing to give.” Save a little you for yourself

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #SheSaid 4d

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

If you were able to get ahold of this book, how did you like this week‘s sections? If not, did you sign up to get my book as it travels around visiting?

Sorry for the late post, but we can talk in the comments 😉

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 4d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 4d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa There are a few quotes from those section that really stuck with me, I‘ll post them too. But although this is so much a book about the women in her family and their lives and letting them go, I love the way she grows through it & learns to be loving and fierce herself….become her own female head of the family. 4d

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Julsmarshall I was not able to get my hands on this book but you can keep tagging me, I‘ll keep trying 😄 4d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall Do you want me to take you off the tag list for this month? If you asked before and I forgot or missed it, my apologies 4d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall and if you go to last weeks post there is a sign up for the reading book share group 4d

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

I‘m really enjoying this book so far, not much overlap with her previous book, but the talk about matriarchs, carrying on the traditions over multiple generations, ties to & fighting for the land, the continuing line despite it all, the people that we lean on & in turn become the ones approached to lean on, all feel very solid & centering to me this week. Terrible things happen to people & a people, but humans & families carry on.

Lindy Becoming a Matriarch is a finalist for Canada‘s GG awards. The winners will be announced on November 13th. 🏆 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Again if anyone could not get it in the US, please respond to the form below and we can mail my copy around the US to read. 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/LkJaSPSGwGjo97RN9 2w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

My book has arrived, so the schedule is up and ready to go!

Singout My audiobook will be available in a week: I‘ll be a bit behind. 2w

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DebinHawaii

Spooky Season | Jessie Haas

I failed to read as much as I wanted or complete all of my books & challenges for October & #HauntedShelf but I did manage to finish some & read/listened to 15 books + 1 children‘s book & 2 stories.

I still need to do reviews but I finished for #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #ChildrensClassicRead2024 #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies 3 for #SeasonalCozies #SeriesLive my 3 #Roll100 books but no #CastTheDie
Starting fresh for November & working on my #TBR

AnnCrystal 📚👏🥳👍🙏💝. 2w

TheSpineView Great job! 2w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w

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TheAromaofBooks

Spin of Fate | A. A. Vora

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is TWELVE! Our official #DoubleSpin number is ONE!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are over 200 of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/4kTBMWAsCa9Cvmqs6

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks That is everyone I have on my tag list, so if you didn't get tagged and would like to be added, please let me know!! Happy reading, everyone!! 3w

Soubhiville Yay! I‘ll be reading How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons (poetry! Haven‘t done that in a long time!) and a reread of one of my favorites- The Starless Sea! Thank you Sarah! 🙂📚 3w

bekakins This is amazing, in a happy coincidence I had just started reading number 12 on my list anyway! 😁 3w

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GinaKButler Woo-hoo!! I got

The Thorn Birds

Singout Also our #SheSaid book,

Becoming a Matriarch

bookandbedandtea Good morning, Sarah. Yay for #BookSpin day! 3w

AmyG

Things We Lost in the Fire

claudiuo Indeed what I was waiting for 🎉 Thank you so much! 3w

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DieAReader I‘m gonna skip this month & next to try catching up lol😂 3w

dabbe Thank you! #yourock 🤎🍁🧡 3w

willaful Oooo.... two toughies for me this month! But both in my #10BeforeTheEnd list, so that's excellent. 3w

Sace I‘ve got a week off for Thanksgiving so I‘m hoping for lots of reading time this month! 3w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Looks like I need to prioritize A Series of Unfortunate Events #12 The Penultimate Peril and the tagged that I've wanted to get to for years.

Elizabeth Is Missing

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vlwelser

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

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French take on the patriarchy and how we got here. It's interesting.

#SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

This is supposed to be our next read, but I‘m having a difficult time getting a copy here in the US. Is anyone else having issues?

staci.reads Yes, all I can find is a $23 dollar paperback from a 3rd party seller on Amazon, and I don't want to go that route for a couple reasons. 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Even on eBay I can only find shipped from England, Canada, or Australia 🤷‍♀️ 3w

Suet624 Looks really good. Bummer it‘s hard to find. 3w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 I thought so too, that‘s why I was wondering if anyone else was having issues too 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @staci.reads I‘m going to order from them, the payment still goes through Amazon and they are located in Canada, so probably why they needed to go 3rd party seller. I‘ll let you know how I make out 3w

MallenNC I only saw it on Amazon for $38 which isn‘t reasonable and I see it on Blackwell‘s site from the UK for $12 (shipping included) but the shipping time probably would not work for our purposes. 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa It‘s very odd to me that it‘s won some awards, and that her first memoir is available everywhere, but this one is so difficult to get in the US. 3w

TheKidUpstairs I'm not sure what shipping costs are, but if you want to order it but not use Amazon, I think GoodMinds.com ships to the US. (GoodMinds is a FirstNations owned and operated online book store here in Ontario) 3w

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AllDebooks

Bright I Burn | Molly Aitken

I really enjoyed this #AtoZReadathon challenge, just 4 away from a full set! I'll tag my reads in the comments. It's been a great month with some fantastic reads. Thank you for hosting @Texreader

AllDebooks #LetterA

A Haunting in the Arctic

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AllDebooks #LetterD So good

Dark Matter: A Ghost Story

AllDebooks #LetterE ☹️ 3w

AllDebooks #LetterF

Hex: Darkland Tales