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This book is very poignant for American society today. I think about it constantly as I see what is happening in the news. #blackcatcrew

#BookReport

I finished the buddy reads; Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenTheAndNow and Brideshead Revisited

I finished this month‘s reading of A Thousand Feasts

I read One Boat

#WeeklyForecast

Continue my yearlong reads on the right

Continue All the Sinners Bleed on Audio

Hopefully finish Flashlight

Packed with action and more family secrets than you can shake a stick at, this story of one family who benevolently rules their Virginia county during Prohibition is hard to put down. The story follows youngest daughter Sallie as she navigates the many twists and turns of her own family tree to ascend to the “throne” of her father, the Duke, who is nothing if not local royalty. (1/2)

I bought this when we were in Shenandoah Nat‘l Park. It reads like a thesis or dissertation that was “rewritten” to be a book. It has a very academic feel which detracts from he pathos I think was her goal. She claims to want to present the people‘s “own voices” but then interrupts them to insert her interpretation. And giving the letters without their replies only tells at best half of the story. Disappointing.

I picked this up when we were in Shenandoah National Park last month. It‘s about time I read it. 😀

#ThematicCozies #July

There‘s a big fair in town and of course Meg is in charge of almost everything and trying to solve a murder and poultry theft at the same time. These books make no sense but are still fun to read.

I‘m actually sitting outside reading and I‘m not sweating or being attacked by bugs!

Love every Trigiani book and this one set in Appalachia is a good one. I just always love her main females, Ave Marie Mulligan, love her family and friend dynamics in her books. Her characters say it like it is. These are always a comfort read for me.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH LITSY FAMILY!!! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🩷

2025 has been a rough year so far for the queer community, so we have to make sure this year's Pride Month is filled with joy, resistance, and of course - great books! ☺️💕 Here are the queer books that I'm starting the month off with!

Does anyone else have any fun books lined up for Pride Month?

My sixth selection for #2025bestreads is the most unhinged horror book that I have read so far this year. This book has a very important message one that seems that to have been missed as it is currently sitting at 3.38 on Good Reads. This is is Chapman's boldest book to date. Old school Stephen King for our current dysfunctional era.