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Bookwomble
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I've had H&S (as they preferred to be collectively known 🫠) and Tecumseh for 26 and 24 years respectively, and at 1207 and 509 pages, I have to face the truth that I'm never going to read them. So, they join the #AntiBookHaul ranks, and I've created space for four other books to come out of floor stacks and onto a shelf! This feels simultaneously 📚👋😢😮‍💨 and 📚👋😌🏆

Bookwomble And as long as I keep buying books faster than I read them, it's also a Sisyphean task. Mrs. B has suggested a one-in-one out rule, but that feels too close to Kier Starmer's immigration policy for comfort! 😏 6d
Leftcoastzen 😂✊ 6d
Deblovestoread My husband is not a reader and I often get a glazed eye look when I talk about what I‘m reading. BUT you have brought to my attention the advantage of not having to share book space…it‘s mine all mine. 😂 6d
quietlycuriouskate Hurray for ousting H & S! (Though I fear what new shelf they'll bully into making room for them.) 6d
Bookwomble @quietlycuriouskate I don't think Bullock was complimentary about that double act, so whoever had it after me won't find it a celebration 😏 That said, I don't think I'll get anything out of it personally other than confirmation of my firmly held belief that they were atrocious people, so I can save myself 1200 heavy pages! 6d
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Kristy_K
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I bought this over a decade ago, and it‘s been sitting on my shelf since then. It felt like the right time to pick it up and I‘m so glad I did. It‘s packed with history and information but in a way that‘s easily absorbable.

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Itchyfeetreader
Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys
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Another YA from the TBR pile. this was stark and unrelenting in its portrayal of the experience of life for those forcibly removed from the Baltic states by the USSR during WW2. Lina is a wonderfully drawn protagonist - at times selfish, at times incredibly brave she is well rounded esp for a YA even if I did want to shake her! If I had a criticism, it‘s the end. Incredibly abrupt with a postscript as though the author ran out of steam or words

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OutsmartYourShelf
Young Stalin | Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Out of Churchill, Hitler, & Stalin, I know the least about Stalin so decided now would be the perfect time to read this first book in the two part series. How did Joseph Dzhugashvili from Georgia become the megalomaniac ruler of Russia & preside over millions of deaths of his own people?

OutsmartYourShelf Even from the start Stalin seemed to have innate confidence in his own abilities & judgment & a powerful personal charisma. This book deals with his life from his humble origins to just after Lenin took power. It's informative but it's very verbose & therefore the text seems very dense. It also seemed a much longer book than it actually was & there are lots of footnotes. 7mo
OutsmartYourShelf Stalin comes across as a sociopath or even psychopath at times: manipulative, able to walk away from those he professed to love without a backward glance (including some of his own children), & an astounding lack of empathy with others. I'm thinking the second book will be very interesting. 4🌟

TWs: adult/minor relationships, animal death (moderate).
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Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 7mo
PuddleJumper Nice! 7mo
Librarybelle Montefiore‘s books all seem a bit verbose. I have a discarded library copy of this one to read some day: 7mo
OutsmartYourShelf @Librarybelle Oh yes, I‘ve got that one too. 7mo
dabbe Wowza. Those eyes just scream to me: psychopath. 😱😱😱 7mo
DieAReader 🎉🤓Great!! 7mo
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Princess-Kingofkings
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Thanks to Litsy encouragement, I surpassed my goal of reading 12 books. Started the tagged book on Monday ~ the writing is easy to read while the content is heartbreaking. 🩶

MemoirsForMe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6mo
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RiversEve
Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys
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4 stars

Deblovestoread Welcome to Litsy! 9mo
RiversEve Thank you!! 9mo
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RiversEve
Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys
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The fuzzball is my brothers dog. He‘s my reading buddy a lot of times #pets #dogs #readingbuddy #kindle #libby

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Princess-Kingofkings
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@Readergrrl The wrapping paper was rich! The delicate sunflower bookmark is one of a kind. I‘m thrilled with the sunflower book sleeve. I‘ve wanted to read Where the Lost Wander for some time. Discovering that Ruta Sepetys was born & raised in Michigan was a sweet surprise. I am desperately looking forward to reading the tagged book, acknowledging it will cost me emotionally 😔#FallingForFallSwap

Avanders 😍♥️🍁🍎🍂 10mo
Chrissyreadit 🍁🍁🧡🍁🍁 10mo
Deblovestoread Both books are excellent! 10mo
Readergrrl I am so glad that you liked your package! I really enjoyed both books and I hope they transport you as they did me. And I agree, the Ruta Septys is a heartbreaker and stays in my thoughts forever! 10mo
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DebinHawaii
Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys
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#CoverLove

A favorite #Gray book. 🩶

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩶📚🩶 12mo
Eggs This was an awesome book based on real history❤️💔 12mo
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