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BookishMarginalia
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BethM To say I sprinted to open this notification is an understatement! So glad to see you! 11h
BookishMarginalia @BethM I‘m so glad to see you too! 💜💜💜 11h
Chrissyreadit YAY! You‘re Back! 10h
BookishMarginalia @Chrissyreadit Yes! I‘ve missed you! 8h
MaleficentBookDragon Welcome back!!!!! We‘ve missed you! 6h
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Brenley
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In high school, I could not STAND The Scarlet Letter. After revisiting it in college, I found a weirdness in Hawthorne and fell in love. A colleague just gave me a box of books and I found this gem - I think the 'connections' section is what makes this edition for me. #TeachersofLitsy #TOC

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BarbaraTheBibliophage
This Rough Magic | Mary Stewart
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What? Now the heroine finds that the potential bad guy has a banned book (which a group of Littens just read together)! And she better know, even if he's not a killer, he's a wacko dude if he's reading this racist, misogynistic book. 😱😱

#toc #tocreadalong #coincidentalreading

PurpleyPumpkin No kidding! 😂 9y
KVanRead Lol! Run. Away. The reading coincidences are strong with this one. Love how that happens. 9y
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elkeOriginal
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Best #TOC ever! This is going to be fun...

#blameitonLitsy #blameitonLiberty

TheLondonBookworm That's awesome 😮 9y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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2.5 stars Have you ever known a twenty-something young man who arrogantly believes he knows everything about everything? This is 319 pages of that guy, mostly while he's drunk or high. It's just a whiny bigoted blog, albeit with moments of brilliance.

Longer review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1777545523

#TOC
#ToCreadalong
#bannedbookchallenge
#bannedbookreadathon
#bannedbookreading
#TOCreadathon

beagle.mama Isn't this the book Jerry owed the library in that Seinfeld episode? The one with the librarian named Mr. Bookman. 9y
PurpleyPumpkin I am still struggling with this one! Ugh, I'll be glad when I'm done. I'm gonna finish it because I don't think l be going back to it. Ever. 😕 9y
DGRachel Kudos to you for sticking it out (I'm so glad I bailed!). 🤓 9y
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LauraBeth I can remember being in my early 20s and having someone in their 40s say, "if you ever meet a man and he tells you he likes Henry Miller, run far, far away..." 9y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @beagle.mama Believe it or not, I didn't watch that show. I've only seen a few episodes. But, I did think of it while reading this book, which is also about a whole lot of nothing. 😎 9y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @PurpleyPumpkin @DGRachel I just decided to power through it this weekend. I hated seeing it waiting all the time. But ugh. 9y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @LauraBeth Wise words! 😎 9y
DGRachel @LauraBeth 😂😂😂😂 9y
Kathrin @LauraBeth And now we know why!! 😂😂😂 9y
Kathrin Okay... so what are we going to tackle next???? 9y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kathrin I'm open to suggestions! What do you think? 9y
Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage If we stay with banned books and avoid books that have been banned for obscenity (#toomuchpenis) then how about... 9y
KVanRead Was planning to finish it last week, but after Tuesday it was pretty much the last thing I wanted to read. It's due back at the library tomorrow but I just can't do it right now. I'm so close to done. Ugh. Maybe tomorrow. 9y
KVanRead When I return TOC I'm picking up my next read which also happens to be a banned book 9y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @kvanread Persepolis is one of the last few books I have on my list for the #ReadHarder challenge! @Kathrin I'd be up for reading about snow and cold in Russia during my winter. It'll make me feel warm! 9y
Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage Persepolis sounds interesting! 9y
KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm reading it for ReadHarder as well! 9y
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PurpleyPumpkin
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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Well, this isn't exactly a #bookandbrew, but my rye & soda with a splash of ginger ale is my go-to drink at the end of a long work day. This is my current read and it's making me cranky! I'm aiming to finish it by the weekend. *fingers crossed* #TOC #TOCreadathon
#ToCreadalong #day9 #photoadaynov16

Kirstin I love rye & ginger too! Yum! 9y
PurpleyPumpkin @Kirstin Isn't it the best?😉🍸 9y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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I finally don't hate this book. Not that I love it, but I've settled into his odd cadence of non-story telling writing. Still struggling with his incredible bigoted nature though. Almost caught up too.

#TOC
#ToCreadalong
#bannedbookchallenge,
#bannedbookreadathon
#bannedbookreading
#TOCreadathon

@manifestsanity
@KVanRead
@katedfisher
@gibblr
@PurpleyPumpkin
@Kathrin
@Chrys

JanuarieTimewalker13 @BarbaraTheBibliophage I really liked TOCancer...Henry Miller seemed like a fun guy...there's a great video of him on YouTube:"Asleep and Awake", I watched it about 5 years ago...tried to get into TOCap, but put it down...one day I will try again! 9y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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Today's plan. Couch. And 80 pages from our #tocreadalong book! I can do it, right? 😜 #toc #tropicofcancer

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KVanRead
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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KVanRead
Tropic of Cancer | Henry Miller
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😂😂😂This is probably my favorite part of this crazy book so far. Weirdly, I find it to be the most profound and the funniest bit I've read. Miller's unabashed embrace of the sh*t of life, both figurative and literal is pretty off-putting most of the time, but here it works! #TOC #TOCreadalong #bannedbookchallenge @Kathrin @BarbaraTheBibliophage @PurpleyPumpkin @gibblr @katedfisher

BarbaraTheBibliophage I have to agree. I liked this part the most of what I've read so far. It is the closest to storytelling Miller has gotten so far. 💩 9y
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